[Pw_forum] Graphene Nanoribbon

[Giovanni Cantele]

Dear Swapnil Chandratre,

let me also add this reference that you might find of interest:

* Spin Channels in Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons 
Author(s): Cantele, G; Lee, YS; Ninno, D; Marzari, N
NANO LETTERS   Volume: 9   Issue: 10   Pages: 3425-3429   Published: 2009 



There are also some recently appeared review papers, among the many:

* Properties of graphene: a theoretical perspective
D.S.L. Abergela, V. Apalkov, J. Berashevich, K. Ziegler and Tapash Chakraborty
Advances in Physics Vol. 59, No. 4, July–August 2010, 261–482

* Electronic states of graphene nanoribbons and analytical solutions
Katsunori Wakabayashi, Ken-ichi Sasaki1, Takeshi Nakanishi and Toshiaki Enoki
Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 11 (2010) 054504 (18pp)	doi:10.1088/1468-6996/11/5/054504


Giovanni


> Dear Swapnil Chandratre,
> 
>   We recently published some studies on graphene nanoribbons
> terminated with hydrogen, oxygen, and (dissociated) water and ammonia;
> there are manymanymany other studies as well, but here the citations to
> our works (Wassmann et alia):
> 
>  * Structure, stability, edge states and aromaticity of graphene ribbons
> Tobias Wassmann, Ari P Seitsonen, A Marco Saitta, Michele Lazzeri and
> Francesco Mauri, Physical Review Letters 101 096402 (2008);
> http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.096402
> 
>  * Clar's Theory, π-Electron Distribution, and Geometry of Graphene
> Nanoribbons Tobias Wassmann, Ari Paavo Seitsonen, A Marco Saitta, Michele
> Lazzeri and Francesco Mauri, Journal of the American Chemical Society 132
> 3440-3451 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja909234y
> 
>  * Structure and stability of graphene nanoribbons in oxygen, carbon
> dioxide, water and ammonia Ari P Seitsonen, A Marco Saitta, Tobias
> Wassmann, Michele Lazzeri and Francesco Mauri, Physical Review B 82 (2010)
> 115425; http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115425
> 
>     Greetings from Lund/Sweden,
> 
>        apsi
> 
> 
>> Hi,
>> Has anyone worked with Espresso to explore semi conducting properties on a Graphene Nanoribbon ( armchair configuration with specific
>> geometry). Can anyone point to some articles to the same.
>> 
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Swapnil Chandratre
>> Graduate Student
>> Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
>> University of Houston,
>> Houston, TX
>> (M)-713-294-9546




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