Real-space observation of spin-split molecular orbitals of adsorbed single-molecule magnets

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schwöbel, Jörg ^a   Fu, Yingshuang ^a   Brede, Jens ^a   Dilullo, Andrew ^b   Hoffmann, Germar ^a   Klyatskaya, Svetlana ^c   Ruben, Mario ^c,d   Wiesendanger, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; GEOMETRY; MAGNET; SPACE;

EID: 84864840116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1953     Document Type: Article

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