Suppression of thermal conductivity in graphene nanoribbons with rough edges
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Alexander V. Savin,1,2 Yuri S. Kivshar,2 and Bambi Hu3,4 1Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia 2Nonlinear Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia 3Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5005, USA 4Centre for Nonlinear Studies, The Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China Received 25 June 2010; revised manuscript received 27 September 2010; published 10 November 2010
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تاریخ انتشار 2010