Observation and electric current control of a local spin in a single-molecule magnet

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Komeda, Tadahiro ^a,b   Isshiki, Hironari ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Zhang, Yan Feng ^a   Lorente, Nicolás ^a,c   Katoh, Keiichi ^a   Breedlove, Brian K ^a   Yamashita, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIS(PHTHALOCYANINATO)TERBIUM; GOLD; LIGAND; METAL COMPLEX; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; TERBIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY; MAGNET; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; OBSERVATION; ROTATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79952320182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1210     Document Type: Article

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