The discovery and fabrication of new materials have opened the gate for new research fields in science and technology. The novel method of fabricating graphene, a purely 2D carbon lattice, and the discovery of the phenomenon of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic multilayers are not exceptions. The latter has brought about the creation of the new technological field of spintronics, which utilizes both spin and charge degrees of freedom of electrons. As for the former, many applications have been proposed; however, no practical devices have yet been developed in the field of spintronics. The aim of this book is to provide possible hints to overcome the difficulties in graphene applications in the field of spintronics by comparing the physical properties of graphene and magnetoresistive (MR) phenomena in spintronics. The book will be useful for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students of physics, chemistry, and materials science and young researchers in nanotechnology and the field of spintronics.

About the Author

Jun-ichiro Inoue was born in 1947 in Kyoto, Japan. He obtained his PhD in 1977 from Nagoya University. He joined Nagoya University as assistant professor and later became associate professor and then professor. He retired from Nagoya University in 2011. At present, Dr. Inoue is emeritus professor at Nagoya University and a project research member at Tohoku University and the University of Tsukuba.

Ai Yamakage was born in 1983 in Fukushima, Japan. He obtained his PhD in 2011 from Tohoku University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Nagoya University. Since 2014, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Physics and the Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University.

Shuta Honda was born in 1980 in Fukuoka, Japan. He obtained his PhD in 2008 from Nagoya University. After finishing his postdoctoral fellowship at Nagoya University and Kansai University, he joined the University of Tsukuba as assistant professor in October 2011. Since April 2015 he is an assistant professor in the Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Kansai University.

Reviews

"Graphene is a material gathering enormous attention, particularly since the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Since the number of studies on spin-dependent transport phenomena in graphene is growing rapidly, it has been difficult to prepare a comprehensive textbook on the various aspects of graphene. This book is the first publication explaining various issues of spin transport in graphene in detail, from both basic and technical points of view, and gives us a theoretical background for understanding spintronics behaviors in graphene. It also presents concise surveys of spintronics research on various material systems, in addition to graphene studies, and therefore will serve nonspecialists as an introductory guide on all aspects of spintronics."
-Teruya Shinjo, Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Book Information
ISBN 9789814669566
Author Junichiro Inoue
Format Hardback
Page Count 306
Imprint Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd
Publisher Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd
Weight(grams) 566g