Electronic properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons studied by TAO-DFT

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2003-2011

  Wu, Chun Shian ^a   Chai, Jeng Da ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84929337189     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct500999m     Document Type: Article

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