Spin filtering and spin separation in 2D materials by topological spin Hall effect
- Award ID(s):
- 1710512
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10280155
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 40
- ISSN:
- 0953-8984
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 405803
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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