Perfect spin-filtering and giant magnetoresistance with Fe-terminated graphene nanoribbon

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Cao, Chao ^a   Wang, Yan ^b   Cheng, Hai Ping ^b   Jiang, J Z ^c,d  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FILED; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; SPIN CONFIGURATIONS; SPIN FILTERING; TRANSPORT SIMULATION; TUNNELING JUNCTIONS; ZIG-ZAG;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 80052090643     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3626596     Document Type: Article

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