Electronic interactions between gold films and mn12-acetate
| Title: | Electronic interactions between gold films and mn12-acetate |
| Author: | Means, Joel Lewis |
| Abstract: | Interactions between Mn12–acetate molecular magnets and thin gold films have been explored in light of the theory of weak localization. Low-temperature measurements of the magnetoresistance of gold films of varying thicknesses, with and without the presence of a surface layer of Mn12–acetate, have been performed using a dilution refrigerator. Quantitative fits to the data using the predictions of weak localization theory were performed using a least-squares fit method in order to determine characteristic times for elastic, inelastic, spin-orbit and spin scattering events within the gold. These data indicate that the presence of Mn12–acetate on the surface of the gold film leads to a significant enhancement of the spin scattering within the gold films. |
| Subject: |
Mn12-Acetate
Thin Films Weak Localizatin |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2573 |
| Date: | 2007-12 |
Citation
(2007).
Electronic interactions between gold films and mn12-acetate.
Doctoral dissertation,
Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2573.
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