Ni(111)|graphene|h-BN junctions as ideal spin injectors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Karpan, V M ^a   Khomyakov, P A ^a,c   Giovannetti, G ^a,b,d   Starikov, A A ^a   Kelly, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 80455150084     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.153406     Document Type: Article

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