Observation of resistively detected hole spin resonance and zero-field pseudo-spin splitting in epitaxial graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mani, Ramesh G ^a   Hankinson, John ^b   Berger, Claire ^b,c   De Heer, Walter A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 84866097771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1986     Document Type: Article

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