Spin dynamics and relaxation in graphene nanoribbons: Electron spin resonance probing

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 7615-7623

  Rao, Singamaneni S ^a,f,g   Stesmans, Andre ^a   Van Tol, Johan ^b   Kosynkin, Dmitry V ^c   Higginbotham Duque, A ^c   Lu, Wei ^c   Sinitskii, Alexander ^c   Tour, James M ^c,d,e  

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rice University   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^g North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

edge spin; electron spin relaxation rate; electron spin resonance; graphene nanoribbons; tunneling level states

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVES; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; EDGE SPIN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON-SPIN RELAXATION; ESR PROCESS; G FACTORS; G-VALUES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; LINE SHAPE; LINEAR FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MULTI FREQUENCY; SPIN DEVICE; STATE MODELS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VARIABLE TEMPERATURE;

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPIN LABELING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84866655946     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302745x     Document Type: Article

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