Electronic properties of mesoscopic graphene structures: Charge confinement and control of spin and charge transport

AV Rozhkov, G Giavaras, YP Bliokh, V Freilikher, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
This brief review discusses electronic properties of mesoscopic graphene-based structures.
These allow controlling the confinement and transport of charge and spin; thus, they are of …

Nature of graphene edges: a review

M Acik, YJ Chabal - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Graphene edges determine the optical, magnetic, electrical, and electronic properties of
graphene. In particular, termination, chemical functionalization and reconstruction of …

Control and characterization of individual grains and grain boundaries in graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition

Q Yu, LA Jauregui, W Wu, R Colby, J Tian, Z Su… - Nature materials, 2011 - nature.com
The strong interest in graphene has motivated the scalable production of high-quality
graphene and graphene devices. As the large-scale graphene films synthesized so far are …

BN white graphene with “colorful” edges: the energies and morphology

Y Liu, S Bhowmick, BI Yakobson - Nano letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Interfaces play a key role in low dimensional materials like graphene or its boron nitrogen
analog, white graphene. The edge energy of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has not been …

Equilibrium at the edge and atomistic mechanisms of graphene growth

VI Artyukhov, Y Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The morphology of graphene is crucial for its applications, yet an adequate theory of its
growth is lacking: It is either simplified to a phenomenological-continuum level or is overly …

Role of Chemical Potential in Flake Shape and Edge Properties of Monolayer MoS2

D Cao, T Shen, P Liang, X Chen… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The precise control of the edge geometry and crystal shape of monolayer MoS2 is of
particular importance for their application in nanoelectronics and photoelectro catalysts …

Precisely aligned graphene grown on hexagonal boron nitride by catalyst free chemical vapor deposition

S Tang, H Wang, Y Zhang, A Li, H Xie, X Liu, L Liu… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
To grow precisely aligned graphene on h-BN without metal catalyst is extremely important,
which allows for intriguing physical properties and devices of graphene/h-BN hetero …

Energetics of atomic scale structure changes in graphene

ST Skowron, IV Lebedeva, AM Popov… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The presence of defects in graphene has an essential influence on its physical and chemical
properties. The formation, behaviour and healing of defects are determined by energetic …

Graphene edge from armchair to zigzag: the origins of nanotube chirality?

Y Liu, A Dobrinsky, BI Yakobson - Physical Review Letters, 2010 - APS
The energy of an arbitrary graphene edge, from armchair (A) to zigzag (Z) orientation, is
derived in analytical form. It contains a “chemical phase shift” determined by the chemical …

The necessity of structural irregularities for the chemical applications of graphene

A Eftekhari, H Garcia - Materials Today Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Graphene is a fashionable material in the realm of nanotechnology, but its potentials are
somehow misunderstood. Although a defect-free flat graphene looks perfect with …