Tunable magnetoresistance in an asymmetrically coupled single-molecule junction

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 259-263

  Warner, Ben ^a   El Hallak, Fadi ^a,d   Prüser, Henning ^a   Sharp, John ^b   Persson, Mats ^b,c   Fisher, Andrew J ^a   Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ASYMMETRIC COUPLING; IRON PHTHALOCYANINES; METALLIC ELECTRODES; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; SPINTRONIC APPLICATIONS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; COPPER NITRIDE; IRON; IRON PHTHALOCYANINE; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84924670946     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.326     Document Type: Article

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