Emergent phenomena induced by spin-orbit coupling at surfaces and interfaces

Nature

Volumn 539, Issue 7630, 2016, Pages 509-517

  Soumyanarayanan, Anjan ^a,b   Reyren, Nicolas ^c   Fert, Albert ^c   Panagopoulos, Christos ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ELECTRON; FILM; INDUCED RESPONSE; INTERFACE; MOMENTUM; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

ACCELERATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 85016139572     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19820     Document Type: Review

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