2015/03/10 by Wei Han, Roland K. Kawakami, Martin Gmitra +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.214
published as Nature Nanotechnology 9, 794-807 (2014) · 47 Pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2015/03/10 · arxiv updated 2015/03/11
The isolation of graphene has triggered an avalanche of studies into the spin-dependent physical properties of this material, as well as graphene-based spintronic devices. Here we review the experimental and theoretical state-of-art concerning spin injection and transport, defect-induced magnetic moments, spin-orbit coupling and spin relaxation in graphene. Future research in graphene spintronics will need to address the development of applications such as spin transistors and spin logic devices, as well as exotic physical properties including topological states and proximity-induced phenomena in graphene and other 2D materials.