Molecular actuators driven by cooperative spin-state switching

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shepherd, Helena J ^a,b   Gural'Skiy, Il'Ya A ^a,c   Quintero, Carlos M ^a   Tricard, Simon ^a   Salmon, Lionel ^a   Molnár, Gábor ^a   Bousseksou, Azzedine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD DERIVATIVE; IRON DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; PRESSURE; SPIN STATE SWITCHING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84886668965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3607     Document Type: Article

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