Observation of spatially-varying Fermi velocity in strained-graphene directly grown on hexagonal boron nitride

Carbon

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-145

  Jang, Won Jun ^a   Kim, Howon ^a   Shin, Yong Ro ^a   Wang, Min ^b,c   Jang, Sung Kyu ^b,c   Kim, Minwoo ^b,c   Lee, Sungjoo ^b,c   Kim, Sang Woo ^b,c   Song, Young Jae ^b,c   Kahng, Se Jong ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NITRIDES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EFFECTS OF STRAINS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FERMI VELOCITIES; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; SLOPE VARIATIONS; STRAINED GRAPHENE; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84899489109     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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