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In the current work, based on a semiclassical Boltzmann approach, we have investigated the influence of the Rashba spin-orbit coupling on spin-current of a single layer gapped graphene. It was shown that the Rashba coupling plays a considerable role in the generation of the spin-current of vertical spins in mono-layer graphene. The behavior of the spin-current is determined by the density of impurities. It was also shown that the spin-current of the system could increase by increasing the Rashba coupling strength and band-gap of the graphene and the sign of the spin-current could be controlled by the direction of the current-driving electric field.
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Hasanirokh, K., Azizi, J., Phirouznia, A. et al. The role of the Rashba coupling in spin-current of monolayer gapped graphene. Eur. Phys. J. B 87, 95 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2014-40613-8
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