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2.1 Graphene

To describe the electronic structure of graphene-based nanostructures we employ the tight-binding (TB) approximation, whereas to describe the phononic bandstructure we employ the Force Constant Method (FCM).

Subsections

2.1.1 Electronic Structure
2.1.2 Phononic Structure

H. Karamitaheri: Thermal and Thermoelectric Properties of Nanostructures