Engineering curvature in graphene ribbons using ultrathin polymer films

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7085-7089

  Li, Chunyu ^a   Koslowski, Marisol ^b   Strachan, Alejandro ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

band structure engineering; curvature; Graphene; molecular dynamics; nanoribbon

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FILM THICKNESS; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANORIBBONS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; STRESSES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

BAND STRUCTURE ENGINEERING; CURVATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANORIBBON; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS; ULTRA-THIN POLYMER FILMS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84916601772     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl503527w     Document Type: Article

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