Observation of a large spin-dependent transport length in organic Spin valves at room temperature

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xianmin ^a   Mizukami, Shigemi ^a   Kubota, Takahide ^a   Ma, Qinli ^a   Oogane, Mikihiko ^a   Naganuma, Hiroshi ^a   Ando, Yasuo ^a   Miyazaki, Terunobu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONICS; FILM; GENERAL DEVICE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPIN VALVE DEVICE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84879944248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2423     Document Type: Article

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