Emergent magnetism in irradiated graphene nanostructures

Carbon

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 196-203

  Daniels, Colin ^a   Bullard, Zachary ^b   Girão, Eduardo Costa ^c   Meunier, Vincent ^a,b  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; NANORIBBONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODEL HAMILTONIANS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; SPIN-POLARIZED CURRENTS; STOCHASTIC MANNER; UNIAXIAL STRESS; ZIGZAG CONFIGURATION;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84906318889     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.06.072     Document Type: Article

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46. See Supplemental Material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.06. 072 for videos of transformation processes.