Spin-orbit-torque engineering via oxygen manipulation

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 333-338

  Qiu, Xuepeng ^a   Narayanapillai, Kulothungasagaran ^a   Wu, Yang ^a   Deorani, Praveen ^a   Yang, Dong Hyuk ^b   Noh, Woo Suk ^b   Park, Jae Hoon ^b   Lee, Kyung Jin ^c   Lee, Hyun Woo ^b   Yang, Hyunsoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIZATION; OXYGEN; POLARIZATION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; TORQUE;

DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; ELECTRICAL GATING; ELECTRICAL MANIPULATION; NEW MECHANISMS; RECONFIGURABLE LOGIC; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

SPIN HALL EFFECT;

OXYGEN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPIN ORBIT TORQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS; TORQUE;

EID: 84927176830     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.18     Document Type: Article

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