High-spin and magnetic anisotropy signatures in three-terminal transport through a single molecule

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 161, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 591-597

  Zyazin, Alexander S ^a   Van Der Zant, Herre S J ^a   Wegewijs, Maarten R ^b,c,d   Cornia, Andrea ^e  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d JARA Fundamentals of Future Information Technology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular electronics; Nanomagnetism; Single molecule magnets

Indexed keywords

CHARGE STATE; ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH SPINS; INTERMEDIATE COUPLING; NANOMAGNETISM; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNET; SPIN TRANSITION; THREE-TERMINAL TRANSPORT; ZERO-FIELD SPLITTINGS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; KONDO EFFECT; MAGNETS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULES; NANOMAGNETICS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 79953717393     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2010.11.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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