Spin Transport in CVD Graphene (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

Spin Transport in CVD Graphene

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In graphene, electrons keep their magnetization, their spin (the pink arrows in the picture) much longer than they do in ordinary conductors such as copper and aluminum. This characteristic of graphene may enable spintronics to become a complement to traditional electronics, which only utilizes one of the electron´s degrees of freedom, namely their charge.

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M Venkata Kamalakar et al, <i>Nature Communications</i>

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