• 文献标题:   Enhanced magnetoresistance in graphene spin valve
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   IQBAL MZ, HUSSAIN G, SIDDIQUE S, IQBAL MW
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM MAGNETIC MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0304-8853 EI 1873-4766
  • 通讯作者地址:   GIK Inst Engn Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.01.059
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Graphene has been explored as a promising candidate for spintronics due to its atomically flat structure and novel properties. Here we fabricate two spin valve junctions, one from directly grown graphene on Ni electrode (DG) and other from transferred graphene (TG). The magnetoresistance (MR) ratio for DG device is found to be higher than TG device i.e. similar to 0.73% and 0.14%, respectively. Also the spin polarization of Ni electrode is determined to be 6.03% at room temperature in case of DG device, however it reduces to 2.1% for TG device. From this analysis, we infer how environmental exposure of the sample degrades the spin properties of the magnetic junctions. Moreover, the transport measurements reveal linear behavior for current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, indicating ohmic behavior of the junctions. Our findings unveil the efficiency of direct growth of graphene for spin filtering mechanism in spin valve devices.