Ferroelectrically driven spatial carrier density modulation in graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Baeumer, Christoph ^a   Saldana Greco, DIomedes ^b   Martirez, John Mark P ^b   Rappe, Andrew M ^b   Shim, Moonsub ^a   Martin, Lane W ^a,c,d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; MODULATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLARIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84955320266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7136     Document Type: Article

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