Site- and orbital-dependent charge donation and spin manipulation in electron-doped metal phthalocyanines

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-343

  Krull, Cornelius ^a   Robles, Roberto ^b   Mugarza, Aitor ^a   Gambardella, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; INTRAMOLECULAR CORRELATIONS; METALPHTHALOCYANINES; ORGANIC MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PHTHALOCYANINE MOLECULES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875471823     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3547     Document Type: Article

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