Spin coupling in engineered atomic structures

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5776, 2006, Pages 1021-1024

  Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F ^a   Lutz, Christopher P ^a   Heinrich, Andreas J ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MANGANESE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC SPINS; COUPLED ATOMIC SPINS; SPIN EXCITATION SPECTRUM; SPININTERACTIONS; THIN INSULATING LAYERS;

MAGNETISM;

COPPER; MANGANESE; NANOPARTICLE;

ENGINEERING; MANGANESE; SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33646752959     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125398     Document Type: Article

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