Single-Molecule Magnets on Surfaces

Structure and Bonding

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 293-330

  Cornia, Andrea ^a   Mannini, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular assembling; Molecular magnetism; Spintronics; Surface science; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999652730     PISSN: 00815993     EISSN: 16168550     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/430_2014_150     Document Type: Article

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