Magnetoresistance effect in spin-polarized junctions of ferromagnetically contacting multiple conductive paths: Applications to atomic wires and carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Kokado, Satoshi ^a   Harigaya, Kikuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION;

EID: 37649031429     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.132402     Document Type: Article

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