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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus
MA 56: Surface Magnetism I (joint session O/MA)
MA 56.7: Talk
Thursday, March 19, 2020, 16:30–16:45, WIL A317
Mapping magnetic anisotropies in molecular junctions — •Cristina Mier1, Leonard Garnier2, Benjamin Verlhac2, Roberto Robles1, Laurent Limot2, Nicolás Lorente1, and Deung-Jang Choi1 — 1Centro de Física de Materiales (MPC) CSIC-EHU, San Sebastián, Spain — 2Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPCMS, UMR 7504, Strasbourg, France
The ability to control the spin of single molecules is of great interest for the development of quantum technologies. Nickelocene ((Ni(C5H5 )2,NiCp2) is a magnetic molecule with spin S=1, which shows a big electronic inelastic signal due to the excitation of its spin state [1]. We studied this molecule on a superconducting surface and used a superconducting tip which allows us having a higher energy resolution than the one with normal metallic tips. We found peaks in the differential conductance due to the spin excitations, permitting us to determine the magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) of the system. The energy position of peaks is slightly shifted at different molecules, which indicates differences in magnetic anisotropy energies for each molecules. This study gives us more parameters to tune the MAE in a molecular junction.
[1] M. Ormaza, N. Bachellier, M. N. Faraggi, B. Verlhac, P. Abufager, P. Ohresser, L. Joly, M. Romeo, F. Scheurer, M.-L. Bocquet, N. Lorente, and L. Limot. Efficient spin-flip exci- tation of a nickelocene molecule. Nano Letters, 17(3):1877*1882, 2017. PMID: 28199115.