Spin in organics: A new route to spintronics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1951, 2011, Pages 3602-3616

  Koopmans, Bert ^a   Wagemans, Wiebe ^a   Bloom, Francisco L ^a   Bobbert, Peter A ^a   Kemerink, Martijn ^a   Wohlgenannt, Markus ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetoresistance; Organic electronics; Organic magnetoresistance; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

DEVICE PHYSICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HYDROGEN ATOMS; HYPERFINE FIELD; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; MAGNETO-RESISTIVE EFFECT; NASCENT FIELD; NEGATIVE MAGNETO-RESISTANCE; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC MAGNETORESISTANCE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SPINTRONICS; ORGANICS; PHOTOCONDUCTANCE; SIGN-CHANGE; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CURRENTS; SPIN VALVE; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PHYSICS; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTONS; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 80054987063     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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