Electron spin relaxation in bilayer graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Wang, L ^a   Wu, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84877879186     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.205416     Document Type: Article

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