Control of single-spin magnetic anisotropy by exchange coupling

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-68

  Oberg, Jenny C ^a   Reyes Calvo, M ^a,e   Delgado, Fernando ^b   Moro Lagares, María ^c   Serrate, David ^c   Jacob, David ^d   Fernández Rossier, Joaquín ^b   Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCHANGE COUPLING; EXCITATION ENERGY; EXCITED STATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MOLECULES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; LOCAL STRUCTURE; OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN RELAXATION TIME; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; WATER MOLECULE;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

PROTON; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXCITATION; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE SPIN MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84891797254     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.264     Document Type: Article

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