Interface-assisted molecular spintronics

Applied Physics Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Raman, Karthik V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

INTERFACE PHENOMENA; MAGNETIC CHARACTER; MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY; SINGLE MOLECULAR MAGNETS; SPIN DEPENDENT ELECTRONICS; SPIN-POLARIZED BAND;

MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

EID: 84905842521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19319401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4890496     Document Type: Review

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