Electrically controlled persistent spin currents at the interface of multiferroic oxides

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jia, Chenglong ^a   Berakdar, Jamal ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 69549097917     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.014432     Document Type: Article

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