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Graphene

Mind the gap

Nature Materials volume 6, pages 720–721 (2007)Cite this article

Research now shows that interaction with silicon carbide substrate leads to the opening of a semiconductor gap in epitaxial graphene. This is an important first step towards bandgap engineering in this two-dimensional crystal, and its incorporation in electronic devices.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of crystal and electronic band structures (only π-bands are shown).

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