Spin effects in transport through single-molecule magnets in the sequential and cotunneling regimes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Misiorny, MacIej ^a   Weymann, Ireneusz ^a,b   Barnas, Józef ^a,c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 67650155961     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.224420     Document Type: Article

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