Tight-binding model of Mn 12 single-molecule magnets: Electronic and magnetic structure and transport properties

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Rostamzadeh Renani, Fatemeh ^a   Kirczenow, George ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

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EID: 84863318402     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.245415     Document Type: Article

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