Date of Award

1-1-2014

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Program

Nanoscale Sciences

Content Description

1 online resource (xv, 89 pages) : color illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Vincent P LaBella

Committee Members

Ji Ung Lee, Alain Diebold, Carl Ventrice, Ajey Jacob

Keywords

Graphene, Magnetism, Metal oxide, Spin, Spintronics, Chemical vapor deposition, Raman spectroscopy

Subject Categories

Materials Science and Engineering | Physics

Abstract

The focus of this dissertation is to explore the possibility of wafer scale graphene-based spintronics. Graphene is a single atomic layer of sp2 bonded carbon atoms that has attracted much attention as a new type of electronic material due to its high carrier mobilities, superior mechanical properties and extremely high thermal conductivity. In addition, it has become an attractive material for use in spintronic devices owing to its long electron spin relaxation time at room temperature. This arises in part from its low spin-orbit coupling and negligible nuclear hyperfine interaction. In order to realize wafer scale graphene spintronics, utilization of CVD grown graphene is crytical due to its scalability.

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