Electronic spin transport and spin precession in single graphene layers at room temperature

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7153, 2007, Pages 571-574

  Tombros, Nikolaos ^a   Jozsa, Csaba ^a   Popinciuc, Mihaita ^a   Jonkman, Harry T ^a   Van Wees, Bart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; GRAPHITE;

CARBON; COBALT; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34547635051     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06037     Document Type: Article

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