Erickson, Michael John2013-02-182013-02-182013-01https://hdl.handle.net/11299/144491University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. January 2013. Major: Physics. Advisor: Paul A. Crowell. 1 computer file (PDF); xiv, 267 pages, appendices A-D.en-USSpin transportSurface and Interface effects in nanoscopic metallic spin transport devicesThesis or Dissertation