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Room‐Temperature Spin Transport in C 60 ‐Based Spin Valves
Author(s) -
Gobbi Marco,
Golmar Federico,
Llopis Roger,
Casanova Fèlix,
Hueso Luis E.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201004672
Subject(s) - spintronics , materials science , quantum tunnelling , spin (aerodynamics) , fullerene , spin valve , condensed matter physics , carbon fibers , layer (electronics) , field (mathematics) , magnetic field , nanotechnology , ferromagnetism , magnetization , optoelectronics , composite material , composite number , thermodynamics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
Carbon‐based spin valves , composed of a C 60 layer sandwiched between two magnetic materials show room temperature spin transport for a fullerene thickness up to 30 nm. This result, interpreted by a multistep tunnelling transport model, represents an advance in the field of carbon spintronics.