Conductance recovery and spin polarization in boron and nitrogen co-doped graphene nanoribbons

Carbon

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 339-346

  Kim, Seong Sik ^a   Kim, Han Seul ^a   Kim, Hyo Seok ^a   Kim, Yong Hoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPENSATION EFFECTS; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC METALLIC STATE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); QUANTUM TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84922796997     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.066     Document Type: Article

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