Electronic read-out of a single nuclear spin using a molecular spin transistor

Nature

Volumn 488, Issue 7411, 2012, Pages 357-360

  Vincent, Romain ^a   Klyatskaya, Svetlana ^b   Ruben, Mario ^b,c   Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang ^a   Balestro, Franck ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ATOM; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84865126807     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11341     Document Type: Review

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