Graphene spintronics : puzzling controversies and challenges for spin manipulation
Roche, Stephan (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Valenzuela, Sergio O. (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)

Fecha:	2014
Resumen:	This article presents the current puzzling controversy between theory and experimental results concerning the mechanisms leading to spin relaxation in graphene-based materials. On the experimental side, it is surprising that regardless of the quality of the graphene monolayer, which is characterized by the carrier mobility, the typical Hanle precession measurements yield spin diffusion times in the order of which is several orders of magnitude below the theoretical estimates based on the expected low intrinsic spin-orbit coupling in graphene. The results are weakly dependent on whether graphene is deposited or boron-nitride substrates or is suspended, with the mobility spanning 3 orders of magnitude. On the other hand, extraction form two-terminal magnetoresistance measurements, accounting for contact effects results in 0. 1 s, and corresponding diffusion lengths of about 100 m up to room temperature. Such discrepancy jeopardizes further progress towards spin manipulation on a lateral graphene two-dimensional platform. After a presentation of basic concepts, we here discuss state-of-the-art literature and the limits of all known approaches to describe spin transport in massless-Dirac fermions, in which the effects of strong local spin-orbit coupling ceases to be accessible with perturbative approaches. We focus on the limits of conventional views of spin transport in graphene and offer novel perspectives for further progress.
Ayudas:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MAT2010-18065 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MAT2012-33911
Derechos:	Tots els drets reservats.
Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Publicado en:	Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 47 issue 9 (March 2014) , art. 94011, ISSN 1361-6463

DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/9/094011

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