Spin-charge conversion device through coating

05/07/2013

Spin-charge conversion device through coating

-Progress towards the development of next generation energy saving devices utilizing plastics-

Summary

Assistant Professor Kazuya Ando Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University (presently Lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Keio University) and Professor Eiji Saitoh, Advanced Institute for Materials Research at Tohoku University has found that within the widely used electro-conductive plastic, the flow of the magnetism called the "spin current" can be converted into electrical signals and has successfully created a plastic magnetic-electrical conversion device.

Article Information

Kazuya Ando, Shun Watanabe, Sebastian Mooser, Eiji Saitoh, and Henning Sirringhaus, "Solution-processed organic spin-charge converter" Nature Materials (2013) abstract (will open in a new tab)

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Kazuya Ando
Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

Address : 3-14-1 Hiyoshi Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522 Japan
TEL : +81-45-566-1582
E-MAIL : ando@appi.keio.ac.jp

Eiji Saitoh
Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

Address : 2-1-1 Katahira Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8577 Japan
TEL : +81-22-215-2021
E-MAIL : saitoheiji@imr.tohoku.ac.jp


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Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

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