Challenges for semiconductor spintronics

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-159

  Awschalom, David D ^a   Flatté, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; STORAGE (MATERIALS); VIRTUAL STORAGE;

CONTROLLED MOTIONS; HYBRID DEVICES; INFORMATION MANIPULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MAGNETIC METALS; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 33847377540     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys551     Document Type: Review

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