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      Graphene based spintronic strain sensor

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          We investigate the spin-resolved transport in a two-terminal zigzag graphene nanoribbon device with two independent Rashba spin-orbit coupling regions and in the presence of applied strain. By employing a recursive Green's function technique to the tight-binding model for the graphene nanoribbon, we calculate the spin-resolved conductance of the system. We show that by switching the sign of one of the gates it is possible to select which spin component will be transmitted. Moreover, our results show that an uniaxial strain applied to the nanoribbon plays a significant role in the transport, providing and additional manner to control the spin-polarized conductance. This makes the present system a potential candidate for future implementations of spin-based mechanical strain sensors.

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          1512.05436

          Nanophysics
          Nanophysics

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