Towards molecular spintronics

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-339

  Rocha, Alexandre R ^a   García SUÁREZ, Víctor M ^b   Bailey, Steve W ^c   Lambert, Colin J ^c   Ferrer, Jaime ^b   Sanvito, Stefano ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PARAFFINS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS (HOMO); LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS (LUMO); MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS; ORGANIC MOLECULES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL; PHYSICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 16244403960     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1349     Document Type: Article

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