Electrical magnetochiral anisotropy in a bulk chiral molecular conductor

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pop, Flavia ^a,b   Auban Senzier, Pascale ^c   Canadell, Enric ^d   Rikken, Geert L J A ^b   Avarvari, Narcis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRATHIAFULVALENE DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SALT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHIRALITY; CONDUCTOR; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENANTIOMER; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84900002608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4757     Document Type: Article

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