Atomically thin layers of B–N–C–O with tunable composition

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Ozturk, Birol ^a,b   De Luna Bugallo, Andres ^a,c   Panaitescu, Eugen ^a   Chiaramonti, Ann N ^d   Liu, Fangze ^a   Vargas, Anthony ^a   Jiang, Xueping ^e   Kharche, Neerav ^f   Yavuzcetin, Ozgur ^g   Alnaji, Majed ^h   Ford, Matthew J ^h   Lok, Jay ⁱ   Zhao, Yongyi ^a   King, Nicholas ^a   Dhar, Nibir K ^j   Dubey, Madan ^k   Nayak, Saroj K ^l   Sridhar, Srinivas ^a   Kar, Swastik ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^f BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^h Northeastern University   (United States)

ⁱ Northeastern University   (United States)

^j Night Vision and Electronics Sensors Directorate   (United States)

^k U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; GROUND STATE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LATTICE THEORY; NANOMAGNETICS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVATED TEMPERATURE; COMPOSITION TUNABLE; ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC GROUND STATE; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS; STABLE CONFIGURATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85029939724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500094     Document Type: Article

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