Hydrogenated Graphene as a Homoepitaxial Tunnel Barrier for Spin and Charge Transport in Graphene

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 6747-6755

  Friedman, Adam L ^a   van 't Erve, Olaf M J ^a   Robinson, Jeremy T ^a   Whitener, Keith E ^a   Jonker, Berend T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic transport; graphene; hydrogenated graphene; spin transport; tunnel barrier

Indexed keywords

HYDROGENATION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HANLE EFFECTS; NONLOCAL SPIN VALVES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPIN LIFETIMES; SPIN TRANSPORT; TUNNEL BARRIER; ZERO-BIAS RESISTANCE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84938151050     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02795     Document Type: Article

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