Spin qubits with electrically gated polyoxometalate molecules

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Lehmann, Jörg ^a   Gaita Arino, Alejandro ^a,b   Coronado, Eugenio ^b   Loss, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CONTROLLED GATING; ELECTRICAL GATES; ELECTRICAL MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR REDOX; POLYOXOMETALATES; TWO-QUBIT GATES;

QUBITS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 34250010358     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.110     Document Type: Article

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