Wagner S, Kißlinger F, Ballmann S, Schramm F, Chandrasekar R, Bodenstein T, Fuhr O, Secker D, Fink K, Ruben M, Weber HB (2013)
Publication Type: Journal article, Letter
Publication year: 2013
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Book Volume: 8
Pages Range: 575-579
Journal Issue: 8
Single-molecule spintronics investigates electron transport through magnetic molecules that have an internal spin degree of freedom. To understand and control these individual molecules it is important to read their spin state. For unpaired spins, the Kondo effect has been observed as a low-temperature anomaly at small voltages. Here, we show that a coupled spin pair in a single magnetic molecule can be detected and that a bias voltage can be used to switch between two states of the molecule. In particular, we use the mechanically controlled break-junction technique to measure electronic transport through a single-molecule junction containing two coupled spin centres that are confined on two Co 2+ ions. Spin-orbit configuration interaction methods are used to calculate the combined spin system, where the ground state is found to be a pseudo-singlet and the first excitations behave as a pseudo-triplet. Experimentally, these states can be assigned to the absence and occurrence of a Kondo-like zero-bias anomaly in the low-temperature conductance data, respectively. By applying finite bias, we can repeatedly switch between the pseudo-singlet state and the pseudo-triplet state. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
APA:
Wagner, S., Kißlinger, F., Ballmann, S., Schramm, F., Chandrasekar, R., Bodenstein, T.,... Weber, H.B. (2013). Switching of a coupled spin pair in a single-molecule junction. Nature Nanotechnology, 8(8), 575-579. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.133
MLA:
Wagner, Stefan, et al. "Switching of a coupled spin pair in a single-molecule junction." Nature Nanotechnology 8.8 (2013): 575-579.
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