Molecular magnetic switch for a metallofullerene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wu, Bo ^a   Wang, Taishan ^a   Feng, Yongqiang ^a   Zhang, Zhuxia ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Wang, Chunru ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; METAL; METALLOFULLERENE; NITROXIDE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FULLERENE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; RADICAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR SIZE; RELAXATION TIME; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 84929346650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7468     Document Type: Article

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