Transport through anisotropic magnetic molecules with partially ferromagnetic leads: Spin-charge conversion and negative differential conductance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Elste, Florian ^a   Timm, Carsten ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 33744911625     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235305     Document Type: Article

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