Switching Behaviors of Graphene-Boron Nitride Nanotube Heterojunctions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Parashar, Vyom ^a   Durand, Corentin P ^b   Hao, Boyi ^a   Amorim, Rodrigo G ^a   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Tiwari, Bishnu ^a   Zhang, Dongyan ^a   Liu, Yang ^c   Li, An Ping ^b   Yap, Yoke Khin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 84937677077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12238     Document Type: Article

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