Graphene nanoribbon heterojunctions

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 896-900

  Cai, Jinming ^a,e   Pignedoli, Carlo A ^a   Talirz, Leopold ^a   Ruffieux, Pascal ^a   Söde, Hajo ^a   Liang, Liangbo ^b   Meunier, Vincent ^b   Berger, Reinhard ^c   Li, Rongjin ^c   Feng, Xinliang ^c   Müllen, Klaus ^c   Fasel, Roman ^a,d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Oneness International Group Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NITROGEN;

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MOLECULAR PRECURSOR; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; SCANNING PROBES;

NANORIBBONS;

GRAPHENE; HYDROCARBON; MONOMER; NANORIBBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84909945643     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.184     Document Type: Article

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