The Quantum Magnetism of Individual Manganese-12-Acetate Molecular Magnets Anchored at Surfaces
Abbreviated Journal Title
Nano Lett.
Keywords
Electrospray mass spectrometry; ion beam deposition; molecular; magnetism; scanning tunneling microscopy; inelastic tunneling; spectroscopy; SINGLE; MN-12; MN-12-ACETATE; EXCITATIONS; NEUTRON; CLUSTER; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience &; Nanotechnology; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter
Abstract
The high intrinsic spin and long spin relaxation time of manganese-12-acetate (Mn(12)) makes it an archetypical single molecular magnet. While these characteristics have been measured on bulk samples, questions remain whether the magnetic properties replicate themselves in surface supported isolated molecules, a prerequisite for any application. Here we demonstrate that electrospray ion beam deposition facilitates grafting of intact Mn(12) molecules on metal as well as ultrathin insulating surfaces enabling submolecular resolution imaging by scanning tunneling microscopy. Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy we detect spin excitations from the magnetic ground state of the molecule at an ultrathin boron nitride decoupling layer. Our results are supported by density functional theory based calculations and establish that individual Mn(12) molecules retain their intrinsic spin on a well chosen solid support.
Journal Title
Nano Letters
Volume
12
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
518
Last Page
521
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1530-6984
Recommended Citation
"The Quantum Magnetism of Individual Manganese-12-Acetate Molecular Magnets Anchored at Surfaces" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2816.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2816
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