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Importance of spin-orbit interaction for the electron spin relaxation in organic semiconductors

Nuccio, L. ; Willis, M. ; Schulz, Leander ; Fratini, S. ; Messina, F. ; D’Amico, M. ; Pratt, F. L. ; Lord, J. S. ; McKenzie, I. ; Loth, M. ; Purushothaman, B. ; Anthony, J. ; Heeney, M. ; Wilson, R. M. ; Hernández, I. ; Cannas, M. ; Sedlak, K. ; Kreouzis, T. ; Gillin, W. P. ; Bernhard, Christian ; Drew, Alan J.

In: Physical Review Letters, 2013, vol. 110, no. 21, p. 216602

Despite the great interest organic spintronics has recently attracted, there is only a partial understanding of the fundamental physics behind electron spin relaxation in organic semiconductors. Mechanisms based on hyperfine interaction have been demonstrated, but the role of the spin-orbit interaction remains elusive. Here, we report muon spin spectroscopy and time-resolved photoluminescence...

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Muon spin rotation study of magnetism and superconductivity in Ba(Fe1−xCox)₂As₂ single crystals

Bernhard, Christian ; Wang, Chen Nan ; Nuccio, Laura ; Schulz, Leander ; Zaharko, O. ; Larsen, J. ; Aristizabal, C. ; Willis, M. ; Drew, Alan J. ; Varma, G. D. ; Wolf, T. ; Niedermayer, Ch.

In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2012, vol. 86, no. 14, p. 144112

Using muon spin rotation (μSR) we investigated the magnetic and superconducting properties of a series of Ba(Fe1−xCox)₂As₂ single crystals with 0≤x≤0.15. Our study details how the antiferromagnetic order is suppressed upon Co substitution and how it coexists with superconductivity. In the nonsuperconducting samples at 0

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Engineering spin propagation across a hybrid organic/inorganic interface using a polar layer

Schulz, Leander ; Nuccio, L. ; Willis, M. ; Desai, P. ; Shakya, P. ; Kreouzis, T. ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Bernhard, Christian ; Pratt, F. L. ; Morley, N. A. ; Suter, A. ; Nieuwenhuys, G. J. ; Prokscha, T. ; Morenzoni, E. ; Gillin, W. P. ; Drew, Alan J.

In: Nature Materials, 2011, vol. 10, p. 39–44

Spintronics has shown a remarkable and rapid development, for example from the initial discovery of giant magnetoresistance in spin valves (Baibich, M. N. et al. Giant magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr magnetic superlattices. Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2472–2475, 1988) to their ubiquity in hard-disk read heads in a relatively short time. However, the ability to fully harness electron spin as...

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Muon spin rotation study of magnetism and superconductivity in BaFe2−xCoxAs₂ and Pr1−xSrxFeAsO

Bernhard, Christian ; Drew, Alan J. ; Schulz, Leander ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Rössle, Matthias ; Niedermayer, Ch. ; Wolf, Th. ; Varma, G. D. ; Mu, G. ; Wen, H.-H. ; Liu, H. ; Wu, G. ; Chen, X. H.

In: New Journal of Physics, 2009, vol. 11, p. 055050

We present a muon spin rotation (μSR) study of the magnetic and superconducting properties of single crystals of electron-doped BaFe2−xCoxAs₂ with x = 0.08, 0.20 and 0.25 (Tc = 9, 25 and 20 K) and of polycrystalline hole-doped Pr1−xSrxFeAsO with x = 0 and 0.2 (Tc = 15...

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Direct measurement of the electronic spin diffusion length in a fully functional organic spin valve by low-energy muon spin rotation

Drew, Alan J. ; Hoppler, Julian ; Schulz, Leander ; Pratt, F. L. ; Desai, P. ; Shakya, P. ; Kreouzis, T. ; Gillin, W. P. ; Suter, A. ; Morley, N. A. ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Dubroka, Adam ; Kim, Kyung Wan ; Bouyanfif, Houssny ; Bourqui, Francis ; Bernhard, Christian ; Scheuermann, R. ; Nieuwenhuys, G. J. ; Prokscha, T. ; Morenzoni, E.

In: Nature Materials, 2009, vol. 8, p. 109 - 114

Electronic devices that use the spin degree of freedom hold unique prospects for future technology. The performance of these 'spintronic' devices relies heavily on the efficient transfer of spin polarization across different layers and interfaces. This complex transfer process depends on individual material properties and also, most importantly, on the structural and electronic properties of the...