Efficient thermal spin injection using CoFeAl nanowire

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages e127-

  Hu, Shaojie ^a   Itoh, Hiroyoshi ^b,c   Kimura, Takashi ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOS DEVICES; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRANSISTORS;

COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL CONNECTION; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84908021624     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.74     Document Type: Article

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