Silicon spintronics

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 400-408

  Jansen, Ron ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; SILICON; SPIN POLARIZATION;

BUILDING BLOCKES; DIGITAL DATAS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84860178637     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3293     Document Type: Review

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