Long Spin Diffusion Length in Few-Layer Graphene Flakes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2016, Pages

  Yan, W ^a,e   Phillips, L C ^a   Barbone, M ^a   Hamalainen S J ^b   Lombardo, A ^a   Ghidini, M ^a,c   Moya, X ^a   MacCherozzi, F ^d   Van Dijken, S ^b   Dhesi, S S ^d   Ferrari, A C ^a   Mathur, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM; ELECTRODES;

FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; MAGNETIC SWITCHING; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; RESISTIVE SWITCHING; SPIN-DIFFUSION LENGTH; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84992111102     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.147201     Document Type: Article

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