Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

Jens Baringhaus; Ming Ruan; Frederik Edler; Antonio Tejeda; Muriel Sicot; Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi; An-Ping Li; Zhigang Jiang; Edward H. Conrad; Claire Berger; Christoph Tegenkamp; Walt A. de Heer

doi:10.1038/nature12952

journal article Feb 01, 2014

Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

Jens Baringhaus Ming Ruan Frederik Edler Antonio Tejeda

Muriel Sicot Amina Taleb-Ibrahimi An-Ping Li

Zhigang Jiang

Edward H. Conrad Claire Berger Christoph Tegenkamp Walt A. de Heer

Nature Vol. 506 No. 7488 pp. 349-354 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Feb 01, 2014
Vol/Issue: 506(7488)
Pages: 349-354
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School of Physics; Georgia Institute of Technology

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Edward H. Conrad

School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.; Laboratoire d'Études des Propriétés Électroniques des Solides, CNRS, BP166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.

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Claire Berger

Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332

Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332

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Jens Baringhaus, Ming Ruan, Frederik Edler, et al. (2014). Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons. Nature, 506(7488), 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12952

Exceptional ballistic transport in epitaxial graphene nanoribbons

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