{
  "id": "1308.3428",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-08-15T15:04:05.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-08-15T15:04:05.000Z",
  "title": "Spintronics and Pseudospintronics in Graphene and Topological Insulators",
  "authors": [
    "D. A. Pesin",
    "A. H. MacDonald"
  ],
  "comment": "Published version; 21 pages, 5 figures",
  "journal": "Nature Materials, 11, 409-416 (2012)",
  "doi": "10.1038/nmat3305",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "The two-dimensional electron systems in graphene and in topological insulators are described by massless Dirac equations. Although the two systems have similar Hamiltonians, they are polar opposites in terms of spin-orbit coupling strength. We briefly review the status of efforts to achieve long spin relaxation times in graphene with its weak spin-orbit coupling, and to achieve large current-induced spin polarizations in topological-insulator surface states that have strong spin-orbit coupling. We also comment on differences between the magnetic responses and dilute-moment coupling properties of the two systems, and on the pseudospin analog of giant magnetoresistance in bilayer graphene.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-08-15T15:04:05.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "topological insulators",
      "achieve long spin relaxation times",
      "pseudospintronics",
      "achieve large current-induced spin polarizations",
      "spin-orbit coupling"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Nature Materials",
      "year": 2012,
      "month": "May",
      "volume": 11,
      "number": 5,
      "pages": 409
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 21,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012NatMa..11..409P"
    }
  }
}