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Spin Transport in Disordered Graphene

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Charge and Spin Transport in Disordered Graphene-Based Materials

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Carbon has a weak atomic SOC, so graphene is expected to have long spin relaxation time and phase coherence lengths. However, the spin injection measurements based on a non-local spin valve geometry [1–3] revealed surprisingly short spin relaxation times of only about 100–200 ps, being only weakly dependent on the charge density and temperature. The longest spin relaxation time has been measured up to now is also in the order of a few ns [4].

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Van Tuan, D. (2016). Spin Transport in Disordered Graphene. In: Charge and Spin Transport in Disordered Graphene-Based Materials. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25571-2_5

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