Giant amplification of tunnel magnetoresistance in a molecular junction: Molecular spin-valve transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Dhungana, Kamal B ^a   Pati, Ranjit ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES QUANTUM TRANSPORTS; GATE FIELD; IN-CHANNELS; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; MOLECULAR SPINS; ORBITALS; SPIN VALVE TRANSISTORS; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

TUNNELLING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 84900300261     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4873396     Document Type: Article

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