Imaging single spin probes embedded in a conductive diamagnetic layer

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1885-1892

  Messina, Paolo ^a   Fradin, Frank ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(111) SURFACE; DIAMAGNETIC MATRIXES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; MOLECULAR LAYERS; MOLECULAR PARAMAGNETS; PARAMAGNETIC MOLECULES; PARAMAGNETIC NATURES; PHENANTROLINE; SELF- ASSEMBLIES; SINGLE SPINS; SPIN NOISE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TUNNELING JUNCTIONS;

MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPIN DYNAMICS;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 65249147629     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la8039863     Document Type: Article

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