A strategy to create spin-split metallic bands on silicon using a dense alloy layer

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gruznev, Dimitry V ^a,b   Bondarenko, Leonid V ^a,b   Matetskiy, Andrey V ^a,b   Yakovlev, Alexey A ^a   Tupchaya, Alexandra Y ^a   Eremeev, Sergey V ^c,d   Chulkov, Evgeniy V ^d,e,f   Chou, Jyh Pin ^g   Wei, Ching Ming ^g   Lai, Ming Yu ^g   Wang, Yuh Lin ^g   Zotov, Andrey V ^a,b,h   Saranin, Alexander A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION AND CONTROL PROCESSES   (Russian Federation)

^b FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF STRENGTH PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^d TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^f CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^h VLADIVOSTOK STATE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND SERVICE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84899118587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04742     Document Type: Article

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