Multiterminal spin-dependent transport in ballistic carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Cottet, Audrey ^a,b   Feuillet Palma, Chéryl ^a,b   Kontos, Takis ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 65249122511     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.125422     Document Type: Article

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