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Single Molecular Magnet - Gold Nanoparticle Composites
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011
Abstract
The past decade has witnessed a great interest in single molecule magnets (SMM) especially those based on manganese such as Mn12-acetate due to their potential applications in ultrahigh density data storage and quantum computing devices. The focus so far has been in finding different derivatives of Mn or other complexes based on transition elements in order to raise the blocking temperature of single-molecule magnets (SMMs). Herein we propose a fundamentally new approach of generating new category of SMMs through formation of composite structures by binding SMMs on to nanoparticles. In this report, we present the synthesis and characterization of single molecular magnet - gold nanoparticle composite- Mn12-cysteinate functionalized gold nanoparticles.
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