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Pumping spins through polymers

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Spin pumping and spin-to-charge conversion in hybrid metal–organic devices reveal the physical mechanisms at work in semiconducting polymers.

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Figure 1: Measurement of pure spin currents through a polymer thin-film.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Bert Koopmans is at the Centre for NanoMaterials, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands,

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Koopmans, B. Pumping spins through polymers. Nature Phys 10, 249–250 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2928

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