Spin injection into amorphous semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 732011-732014

  Tsymbal, E Y ^a   Burlakov, V M ^b   Oleinik, I I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETISM; MODEL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0037104313     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.073201     Document Type: Article

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