Molecular spintronics in mixed-valence magnetic dimers: The double-exchange blockade mechanism

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8106-8114

  Soncini, Alessandro ^a   Mallah, Talal ^b   Chibotaru, Liviu F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Universit e Paris Sud 11   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERRO-MAGNETICALLY COUPLED; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC EXCHANGE COUPLING; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; CLASS I; CLASS II; COUPLED DIMERS; DELOCALIZATIONS; DOUBLE EXCHANGE; DOUBLE EXCHANGE MECHANISM; EXCHANGE-COUPLING INTERACTION; FERROMAGNETIC CONTACTS; IRON COMPLEX; MAGNETIC DIMERS; METALLIC ELECTRODES; MIXED VALENCE; MIXED VALENCE COMPLEXES; MIXED VALENCE SYSTEMS; MIXED-VALENCE DIMERS; MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; REDOX STATE; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIN CURRENTS; SPIN DELOCALIZATIONS; SPIN GROUND STATE; SPIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TUNNELING PROCESS; VIBRONIC COUPLING;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; EXCHANGE COUPLING; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; GROUND STATE; IRON COMPOUNDS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; HUMAN; MAGNETISM;

EID: 77953297819     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja101887f     Document Type: Article

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