Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Spin inversion in graphene spin valves by gate-tunable magnetic proximity effect at one-dimensional contacts

  • Jinsong Xu,
  • Simranjeet Singh,
  • Jyoti Katoch,
  • Guanzhong Wu,
  • Tiancong Zhu,
  • Igor Žutić,
  • Roland K. Kawakami

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05358-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Owing to its long spin diffusion length, graphene shows promise for spintronics applications, especially when encapsulated within hexagonal boron nitride. Here, the authors demonstrate gate-tunable spin transport in encapsulated graphene-based spin valves with one-dimensional ferromagnetic edge contacts via magnetic proximity effect.