Magnetic bistability of individual single-molecule magnets grafted on single-wall carbon nanotubes.
A POM to remember: Hexanuclear Fe(III) polyoxometalate (POM) single-molecule magnets (see structure) can be noncovalently assembled on the surface of single-wall carbon nanotubes. Complementary characterization techniques (see TEM image and magnetic hysteresis loops) demonstrate the integrity and bistability of the individual molecules, which could be used to construct single-molecule memory devices.
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Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, Université Paris-Sud 11, CNRS UMR 8182, 91405 Orsay, France.
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