Mapping the spin state in spin-crossover complex assemblies: Current-imaging tunnelling spectroscopy (CITS)

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 662-669

  Grohmann, Andreas ^a   Haryono, Marco ^a   Student, Katja ^a   Müller, Paul ^b   Stocker, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current imaging tunelling spectroscopy; Iron; Molecular electronics; N ligands; Spin crossover

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; SPIN DYNAMICS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COMPLEX ASSEMBLY; CURRENT IMAGING; CURRENT IMAGING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPIES; CURRENT-IMAGING TUNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; N LIGANDS; N-LIGANDS; NANO-SCALE OBJECTS; SPIN CROSSOVERS; SPIN STATE; SPIN-CROSSOVER COMPLEXES;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84875740914     PISSN: 14341948     EISSN: 10990682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201201156     Document Type: Review

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