Electron spin relaxation in graphene from a microscopic approach: Role of electron-electron interaction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Zhou, Y ^a   Wu, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 77957556765     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085304     Document Type: Article

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