Spin transfer torque in a graphene lateral spin valve assisted by an external magnetic field

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5177-5181

  Lin, Chia Ching ^a   Penumatcha, Ashish Verma ^a   Gao, Yunfei ^a   Diep, Vinh Quang ^a   Appenzeller, Joerg ^a   Chen, Zhihong ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

all spin logic; Graphene; nonlocal spin valve; spin transfer torque

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARALLEL CONFIGURATION; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS (CMOS); NONLOCAL SPIN VALVES; SPIN LOGIC; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-DIFFUSION LENGTH;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETS; TORQUE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84887836706     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl402547m     Document Type: Article

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