Spin-orbit induced electronic spin separation in semiconductor nanostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kohda, Makoto ^a,b   Nakamura, Shuji ^c   Nishihara, Yoshitaka ^c   Kobayashi, Kensuke ^c,d   Ono, Teruo ^c   Ohe, Jun Ichiro ^e   Tokura, Yasuhiro ^f,g   Mineno, Taiki ^a   Nitta, Junsaku ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Bio Medical Informatics Research Center   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ELECTROSPINNING; FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

ELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84867009346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2080     Document Type: Article

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