Theoretical Study on the Difference in Electron Conductivity of a One-Dimensional Penta-Nickel(II) Complex between Anti-Ferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic States—Possibility of Molecular Switch with Open-Shell Molecules

Yasutaka Kitagawa^1,2,*, Hayato Tada¹, Iori Era¹, Takuya Fujii¹, Kazuki Ikenaga¹ and Masayoshi Nakano^1,2,3,4,*

Molecules, 2019, 24, 1956-1-11

¹Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

²Center for Spintronics Research Network (CSRN), Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

³Quantum Information and Quantum Biology Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

⁴Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan

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