title: A spin of their own.
abstract: Although it is tempting to compare organic semiconductors with their inorganic counterparts, the spin-injection and spin-transport properties are fundamentally different. The challenges in understanding and improving such properties make organic spintronics an exciting field in its own right.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. gjs@bama.ua.edu
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szulczewski
authors.forename: Stefano
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authors.lastname: Sanvito
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coey
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