Homoepitaxial tunnel barriers with functionalized graphene-on-graphene for charge and spin transport

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Friedman, Adam L ^a   Van 'T Erve, Olaf M J ^a   Li, Connie H ^a   Robinson, Jeremy T ^a   Jonker, Berend T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

ALKENE; DISSIPATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAT BALANCE; PARADIGM SHIFT; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEVICES; ELECTRONICS; FLUORINATION; HOMOEPITAXIAL TUNNEL BARRIER; MEASUREMENT; NON LOCAL SPIN VALVE; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84893011397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4161     Document Type: Article

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