Superconducting spintronics

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 307-315

  Linder, Jacob ^a   Robinson, Jason W A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; MAGNETIC ORDERS; QUASIPARTICLES; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN TRIPLET; SPIN-POLARIZED; SUPERCONDUCTING ORDERING; SUPERCONDUCTOR INTERFACE;

ENHANCED MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 84926450713     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3242     Document Type: Review

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