Nearly perfect spin filter, spin valve and negative differential resistance effects in a Fe4-based single-molecule junction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zu, Fengxia ^a,b   Liu, Zuli ^a   Yao, Kailun ^a,c   Gao, Guoying ^a   Fu, Huahua ^a   Zhu, Sicong ^a   Ni, Yun ^a   Peng, Li ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84899798696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04838     Document Type: Article

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