Self-assembled monolayer of Cr7Ni molecular nanomagnets by sublimation

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 7090-7099

  Ghirri, Alberto ^a   Corradini, Valdis ^a   Bellini, Valerio ^a   Biagi, Roberto ^a,b   Del Pennino, Umberto ^a,b   De Renzi, Valentina ^a,b   Cezar, Julio C ^c   Muryn, Christopher A ^d   Timco, Grigore A ^d   Winpenny, Richard E P ^d   Affronte, Marco ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

density functional theory; molecular magnets; self assembly; STM; thermal deposition; thiol; XMCD

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MAGNET; STM; THERMAL DEPOSITION; THIOL; XMCD;

GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GOLD COATINGS;

EID: 80053313689     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201800e     Document Type: Article

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