Quantitative analysis of nonequilibrium spin injection into molecular tunnel junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ning, Zhanyu ^a   Zhu, Yu ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Guo, Hong ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MOLECULAR SPINTRONIC SYSTEM; MOLECULAR TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

EID: 38949204964     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.056803     Document Type: Article

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