Spin-helical Dirac states in graphene induced by polar-substrate surfaces with giant spin-orbit interaction: A new platform for spintronics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Eremeev, S V ^a,b,c   Nechaev, I A ^a,b,c   Echenique, P M ^c,d,e   Chulkov, E V ^c,d,e  

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

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 84934987463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06900     Document Type: Article

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