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We achieve tunneling spin injection from Co into single layer graphene (SLG) using TiO2 seeded MgO barriers. A non-local magnetoresistance ({\Delta}RNL) of 130 {\Omega} is observed at room temperature, which is the largest value observed in…
We review our recent work on spin injection, transport and relaxation in graphene. The spin injection and transport in single layer graphene (SLG) were investigated using nonlocal magnetoresistance (MR) measurements. Spin injection was…
We observed spin injection into silicon through Fe/MgO tunnel barrier by using non-local magnetoresistance measurement technique. Fe/MgO tunnel barrier contacts with a lateral spin valve structure were fabricated on phosphorous doped…
We report the first measurements of spin injection in to graphene through a 20 nm thick tungsten disulphide (WS$_2$) layer, along with a modified spin relaxation time ({\tau}s) in graphene in the WS$_2$ environment, via spin-valve and Hanle…
We have experimentally and theoretically investigated the spin transport in Fe/Mg/MgO/MgAl2O4/n+-Si(001) ferromagnetic tunnel junctions on a Si substrate, by systematically varying the thickness combination of amorphous MgO and MgAl2O4…
The conductance mismatch problem limits the spin-injection efficiency significantly, and spin-injection into graphene has been usually requiring high-quality tunnel barriers to circumvent the conductance mismatch. We introduce a novel…
We demonstrate electrical spin injection from a ferromagnet to a bilayer graphene (BLG) through a monolayer (ML) of single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). A Ni81Fe19/ML h-BN/BLG/h-BN structure is fabricated using a micromechanical…
We fabricated a non-local spin valve device with Co-MgO injector/detector tunnel contacts on a graphene spin channel. In this device, the spin polarization of the injector contact can be tuned by both the injector current bias and the gate…
Employing first-principles calculations, we investigate efficiency of spin injection from a ferromagnetic (FM) electrode (Ni) into graphene and possible enhancement by using a barrier between the electrode and graphene. Three types of…
We demonstrate electrical tunnel spin injection from a ferromagnet to graphene through a high-quality Al2O3 grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The graphene surface is functionalized with a self-assembled monolayer of 3,4,9,10-perylene…
We present a theoretical study on the spin-dependent transport through a spin valve consisting of graphene sandwiched between two magnetic leads with an arbitrary orientation of the lead magnetization. No gate voltage is applied. Using…
In this review we discuss spin and charge transport properties in graphene-based single-layer and few-layer spin-valve devices. We give an overview of challenges and recent advances in the field of device fabrication and discuss two of our…
Electrical spin injection from ferromagnetic metals into graphene is hindered by the impedance mismatch between the two materials. This problem can be reduced by the introduction of a thin tunnel barrier at the interface. We present room…
We study room temperature spin transport in graphene devices encapsulated between a layer-by-layer-stacked two-layer-thick chemical vapour deposition (CVD) grown hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) tunnel barrier, and a few-layer-thick…
Realisation of practical spintronic devices relies on the ability to create and detect pure spin currents. In graphene-based spin valves this is usually achieved by injection of spin-polarized electrons from ferromagnetic contacts via a…
We investigate theoretically the spin-independent tunneling magnetoresistance effect in a graphene monolayer modulated by two parallel ferromagnets deposited on a dielectric layer. For the parallel magnetization configuration, Klein…
Spin-dependent properties of single-layer graphene (SLG) have been studied by non-local spin valve measurements at room temperature. Gate voltage dependence shows that the non-local magnetoresistance (MR) is proportional to the conductivity…
We demonstrate spin injection into a graphene thin film with high reliability by using non-local magnetoresistance (MR) measurements, in which the electric current path is completely separated from the spin current path. Using these…
Magnetic gates in close proximity to graphene can induce ferromagnetic correlations. We study the effect of such induced magnetization dependent Zeeman splittings on the graphene transport properties. We estimate that induced spin…
We characterize the spin injection into bilayer graphene fully encapsulated in hBN using trilayer (3L) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) tunnel barriers. As a function of the DC bias, the differential spin injection polarization is found to…