{"402251":{"#nid":"402251","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ph.D. Defense by John Hankinson","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitle: \u003Cstrong\u003ESPIN DEPENDENT CURRENT INJECTION INTO EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAuthor: John Hankinson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: May 14th at 12:00pm\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Howey N110\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Advisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dr. Walt de Heer\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOver the past decade there has been a great deal of interest in graphene, a 2-dimensional allotrope of carbon with exceptional mechanical and electrical properties.\u0026nbsp; Its outstanding mobility, minimal size, and mechanical stability make it an appealing material for use in next generation electronic devices.\u0026nbsp; Epitaxial graphene growth on silicon carbide is a reliable, scalable method for the production of high quality graphene films.\u0026nbsp; Recent work has shown that the SiC can be patterned prior to graphitization, in order to selectively grow graphene nanostructures.\u0026nbsp; Graphene nanoribbons grown using this technique do not suffer from the rough edges caused by lithographic patterning, and recent measurements have revealed extraordinary transport properties.\u0026nbsp; In this thesis the magnetic properties of these nanoribbons are investigated through spin polarized current injection.\u0026nbsp; The sensitivity of these nanoribbons to spin polarized current is interesting from a fundamental physics standpoint, and may find applications in future spintronic devices.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E Dr. Walt de Heer, Dr. Phillip First, Dr. Edward Conrad, Dr. Zhigang Jiang, Dr. Robbert Haddon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SPIN DEPENDENT CURRENT INJECTION INTO EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2015-05-06 11:48:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:11:54","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-05-14T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-05-14T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-05-14T15:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-05-14 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-05-14 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-05-14 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1366","name":"defense"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"913","name":"PhD"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}