Tuning the magneto-transport properties of nickel-cyclopentadienyl multidecker clusters by molecule-electrode coupling manipulation

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2274-2282

  Yi, Zelong ^a   Shen, Xin ^a   Sun, Lili ^a   Shen, Ziyong ^a   Hou, Shimin ^a   Sanvito, Stefano ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Molecule electrode coupling; Multidecker clusters and nanowires; Nanomagnetism; Non equilibrium Green's function; Spin transport

Indexed keywords

CONTACT GEOMETRY; CYCLOPENTADIENYLS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GASPHASE; GOLD ELECTRODES; LARGE SPIN; MAGNETO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR MAGNET; MOLECULE-ELECTRODE COUPLING; NANOMAGNETISMS; NI ADATOM; NICKEL ATOMS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; NONMAGNETICS; PERIODIC FUNCTION; QUANTUM TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS; SPIN TRANSPORT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MOLECULES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOWIRES; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORGANOMETALLICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 77951706954     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901784t     Document Type: Article

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