Electric fields and substrates dramatically accelerate spin relaxation in graphene

@article{Habib2020ElectricFA,
  title={Electric fields and substrates dramatically accelerate spin relaxation in graphene},
  author={Adela Habib and Junqing Xu and Yuan Ping and Ravishankar Sundararaman},
  journal={Physical Review B},
  year={2020}
}
Adela Habib, 2, ∗ Junqing Xu, ∗ Yuan Ping, † and Ravishankar Sundararaman 4, ‡ Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA (Dated: March 8, 2022) 
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