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Published online 19 April 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020415-13
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Molecules take electronics for a spin
Magnetism controls new single-molecule electronic device.
Researchers eager to use individual molecules as the components of ultra-small electronic circuits and computers have put a new spin on their ambitious goal.
They take advantage of a hitherto unexploited property of electric currents, called spin, to make molecular devices that operate under new rules.
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