Colloquium: Spintronics in graphene and other two-dimensional materials

A Avsar, H Ochoa, F Guinea, B Özyilmaz… - Reviews of Modern …, 2020 - APS
After the first unequivocal demonstration of spin transport in graphene [Tombros et al.,
Nature (London) 448, 571–574 (2007)], surprisingly at room temperature, it was quickly …

Spin transport in graphene/transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures

JH Garcia, M Vila, AW Cummings… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Since its discovery, graphene has been a promising material for spintronics: its low spin–
orbit coupling, negligible hyperfine interaction, and high electron mobility are obvious …

Spin lifetimes exceeding 12 ns in graphene nonlocal spin valve devices

M Drögeler, C Franzen, F Volmer, T Pohlmann… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We show spin lifetimes of 12.6 ns and spin diffusion lengths as long as 30.5 μm in single
layer graphene nonlocal spin transport devices at room temperature. This is accomplished …

Large proximity-induced spin lifetime anisotropy in transition-metal dichalcogenide/graphene heterostructures

TS Ghiasi, J Ingla-Aynés, AA Kaverzin… - Nano letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Van der Waals heterostructures have become a paradigm for designing new materials and
devices in which specific functionalities can be tailored by combining the properties of the …

Long distance spin communication in chemical vapour deposited graphene

MV Kamalakar, C Groenveld, A Dankert… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Graphene is an ideal medium for long-distance spin communication in future spintronic
technologies. So far, the prospect is limited by the smaller sizes of exfoliated graphene …

Electrical control of valley-zeeman spin-orbit-coupling–induced spin precession at room temperature

J Ingla-Aynés, F Herling, J Fabian, LE Hueso… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The ultimate goal of spintronics is achieving electrically controlled coherent manipulation of
the electron spin at room temperature to enable devices such as spin field-effect transistors …

Proximity induced room temperature ferromagnetism in graphene probed with spin currents

JC Leutenantsmeyer, AA Kaverzin, M Wojtaszek… - 2D …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a direct measurement of the exchange interaction in room temperature
ferromagnetic graphene. We study the spin transport in exfoliated graphene on an yttrium …

Large Multidirectional Spin-to-Charge Conversion in Low-Symmetry Semimetal MoTe2 at Room Temperature

CK Safeer, N Ontoso, J Ingla-Aynés, F Herling… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Efficient and versatile spin-to-charge current conversion is crucial for the development of
spintronic applications, which strongly rely on the ability to electrically generate and detect …

Bias induced up to 100% spin-injection and detection polarizations in ferromagnet/bilayer-hBN/graphene/hBN heterostructures

M Gurram, S Omar, BJ Wees - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
We study spin transport in a fully hBN encapsulated monolayer-graphene van der Waals
heterostructure at room temperature. A top-layer of bilayer-hBN is used as a tunnel barrier …

Nanosecond spin lifetimes in single-and few-layer graphene–hBN heterostructures at room temperature

M Drögeler, F Volmer, M Wolter, B Terrés… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We present a new fabrication method of graphene spin-valve devices that yields enhanced
spin and charge transport properties by improving both the electrode-to-graphene and …