Strong spin-phonon coupling between a single-molecule magnet and a carbon nanotube nanoelectromechanical system

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-169

  Ganzhorn, Marc ^a   Klyatskaya, Svetlana ^b   Ruben, Mario ^b,c   Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; PHONONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; RELAXATION TIME; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); YARN;

CRYSTAL ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; PARAMAGNETIC TRANSITION; PHONON DENSITY OF STATE; SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNET; THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULE; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHONON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84874639494     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.258     Document Type: Article

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