Spin routes in organic semiconductors

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 707-716

  Dediu, V Alek ^a   Hueso, Luis E ^b,c   Bergenti, Ilaria ^a   Taliani, Carlo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

CHEMICAL FLEXIBILITY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MATERIALS SYSTEMS; ORGANIC SPINTRONICS; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPINTRONICS APPLICATION;

MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

EID: 69249086499     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2510     Document Type: Article

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