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Main Authors: Soler-Polo, Diego, Stetsovych, Oleksandr, Kumar, Manish, Lowe, Benjamin, Barragán, Ana, Gao, Zhiqiang, Solé, Andrés Pinar, Zhao, Hao, Pérez-Elvira, Elena, Goudappagouda, Écija, David, Narita, Akimitsu, Jelínek, Pavel, Urgel, José I.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.06853
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author Soler-Polo, Diego
Stetsovych, Oleksandr
Kumar, Manish
Lowe, Benjamin
Barragán, Ana
Gao, Zhiqiang
Solé, Andrés Pinar
Zhao, Hao
Pérez-Elvira, Elena
Goudappagouda
Écija, David
Narita, Akimitsu
Jelínek, Pavel
Urgel, José I.
author_facet Soler-Polo, Diego
Stetsovych, Oleksandr
Kumar, Manish
Lowe, Benjamin
Barragán, Ana
Gao, Zhiqiang
Solé, Andrés Pinar
Zhao, Hao
Pérez-Elvira, Elena
Goudappagouda
Écija, David
Narita, Akimitsu
Jelínek, Pavel
Urgel, José I.
contents Molecular magnets are a promising class of materials with exciting properties and applications. However, a profound understanding and application of such materials depends on the accurate detection of their electronic and magnetic properties. Despite the availability of experimental techniques that can sense the magnetic signal, the exact determination of the spin ground states and spatial distribution of exchange interaction of strongly correlated single-molecule magnets remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate that scanning probe microscopy with a nickelocene-functionalized probe can distinguish between nearly degenerate multireference ground states of single-molecule π-magnets and map their spatial distribution of the exchange interaction. This method expands the already outstanding imaging capabilities of scanning probe microscopy for characterizing the chemical and electronic structures of individual molecules, paving the way for the study of strongly correlated molecular magnets with unprecedented spatial resolution.
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spellingShingle Magnetic ground state discrimination of a Polyradical Nanog-raphene using Nickelocene-Functionalized Tips
Soler-Polo, Diego
Stetsovych, Oleksandr
Kumar, Manish
Lowe, Benjamin
Barragán, Ana
Gao, Zhiqiang
Solé, Andrés Pinar
Zhao, Hao
Pérez-Elvira, Elena
Goudappagouda
Écija, David
Narita, Akimitsu
Jelínek, Pavel
Urgel, José I.
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Molecular magnets are a promising class of materials with exciting properties and applications. However, a profound understanding and application of such materials depends on the accurate detection of their electronic and magnetic properties. Despite the availability of experimental techniques that can sense the magnetic signal, the exact determination of the spin ground states and spatial distribution of exchange interaction of strongly correlated single-molecule magnets remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate that scanning probe microscopy with a nickelocene-functionalized probe can distinguish between nearly degenerate multireference ground states of single-molecule π-magnets and map their spatial distribution of the exchange interaction. This method expands the already outstanding imaging capabilities of scanning probe microscopy for characterizing the chemical and electronic structures of individual molecules, paving the way for the study of strongly correlated molecular magnets with unprecedented spatial resolution.
title Magnetic ground state discrimination of a Polyradical Nanog-raphene using Nickelocene-Functionalized Tips
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.06853