Rectification induced in N2AA-doped armchair graphene nanoribbon device

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Tong ^a   Li, Xiao Fei ^a,b   Wang, Ling Ling ^a   Luo, Kai Wu ^a   Xu, Liang ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GREEN'S FUNCTION;

ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN FUNCTIONS; RECTIFICATION BEHAVIOR; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS; RECTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTITUTIONAL NITROGEN;

ATOMS;

EID: 84904105441     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4884975     Document Type: Article

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