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Gadolinium makes good spin contacts

Nature Materials volume 5, pages 771–772 (2006)Cite this article

Tailoring junctions of ferromagnetic metals and silicon could bring together non-volatile magnetic storage and conventional electronics.

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Figure 1: Ferromagnetic tunnel contact with silicon, and energy band diagram of electrical spin injection.

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