Magnetic memory of a single-molecule quantum magnet wired to a gold surface

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-197

  Mannini, Matteo ^a,b   Pineider, Francesco ^a   Sainctavit, Philippe ^c   Danieli, Chiara ^d   Otero, Edwige ^e   Sciancalepore, Corrado ^d   Talarico, Anna Maria ^d   Arrio, Marie Anne ^c   Cornia, Andrea ^d   Gatteschi, Dante ^a   Sessoli, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTM CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DICHROISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD METALLURGY; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; MOLECULES; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ELEMENTARY INTERACTIONS; FERROMAGNETIC SURFACES; INDUCED MAGNETIC ORDER; NON-MAGNETIC SUBSTRATE; PARAMAGNETIC MOLECULES; SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNET; SYNCHROTRON BASED TECHNIQUES; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 60749105988     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2374     Document Type: Article

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