Electron spin relaxation via flexural phonon modes in semiconducting carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Borysenko, K M ^a   Semenov, Y G ^a   Kim, K W ^a   Zavada, J M ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

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EID: 43049117483     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205402     Document Type: Article

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