Electronic transport in graphene: Towards high mobility

Graphene: Properties, Preparation, Characterisation and Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 199-227

  Bolotin, K I ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrier mobility; Carrier scattering; Electronic transport; Graphene; Lattice disorder

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; DEFECT DENSITY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GRAPHENE DEVICES; PHONONS;

CARRIER SCATTERING; ELECTRON PHONON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; INTRINSIC RESPONSE; LATTICE DISORDERS; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING MECHANISM; SCATTERING MECHANISMS; SCATTERING STRENGTH;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84903108730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857099334.3.199     Document Type: Chapter

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