On the Structural and Chemical Characteristics of Co/Al2O3/graphene Interfaces for Graphene Spintronic Devices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Canto, Bárbara ^a   Gouvea, Cristol P ^b   Archanjo, Bráulio S ^b   Schmidt, João E ^b   Baptista, Daniel L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 84942133973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14332     Document Type: Article

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