Graphene Spintronics

Handbook of Spin Transport and Magnetism

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 579-598

  Józsa, Csaba ^a   van Wees, Bart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11086-33     Document Type: Chapter

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