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Spintronics

The molecular way

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Molecular spintronics is an interdisciplinary field at the interface between organic spintronics, molecular magnetism, molecular electronics and quantum computing, which is advancing fast and promises large technological payoffs.

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Figure 1: Molecular spintronics is a multidisplinary research area covering the physics, chemistry and materials science of spintronic devices that make direct use of molecular properties.

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  1. Andrea Cornia is in the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and INSTM, I-41125 Modena, Italy,

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  2. Pierre Seneor is at the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91767 Palaiseau Cedex, France,

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Cornia, A., Seneor, P. The molecular way. Nature Mater 16, 505–506 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4900

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