Robust spin crossover and memristance across a single molecule

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Miyamachi, Toshio ^a   Gruber, Manuel ^a,b   Davesne, Vincent ^b   Bowen, Martin ^b   Boukari, Samy ^b   Joly, Loic ^b   Scheurer, Fabrice ^b   Rogez, Guillaume ^b   Yamada, Toyo Kazu ^a,c   Ohresser, Philippe ^d   Beaurepaire, Eric ^b   Wulfhekel, Wulf ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

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COPPER; IRON;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NANOANALYSIS;

EID: 84864858339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1940     Document Type: Article

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