Geometrical enhancement of low-field magnetoresistance in silicon

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7364, 2011, Pages 304-307

  Wan, Caihua ^a   Zhang, Xiaozhong ^a   Gao, Xili ^a   Wang, Jimin ^a   Tan, Xinyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

GEOMETRY; INHOMOGENEITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SILICON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 80052862796     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10375     Document Type: Article

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