Direct experimental determination of onset of electron-electron interactions in gap opening of zigzag graphene nanoribbons

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Y Y ^a   Chen, M X ^a   Weinert, M ^a   Li, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANORIBBON;

ALKENE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ELECTRON INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHONON; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84903771192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5311     Document Type: Article

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