Effects of the covalent linker groups on the spin transport properties of single nickelocene molecules attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Wei, Peng ^a   Sun, Lili ^a   Benassi, Enrico ^b   Shen, Ziyong ^a   Sanvito, Stefano ^c   Hou, Shimin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE GROUPS; AZIRIDINES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LINKER GROUPS; LINKING GROUPS; MAGNETIC MOLECULES; NICKELOCENE; PYRROLIDINE RINGS; PYRROLIDINES; SPIN DEVICE; SPIN FILTERING; SPIN MOMENTS; SPIN TRANSPORT; SPIN-POLARIZED;

AMIDES; FERMI LEVEL; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84861700626     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4721628     Document Type: Article

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