Strongly entangled Quantum Spin Rings driven by Hückel rule
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| author | Kumar, Manish Li, Deng-Yuan Yuan, Zhangyu Wang, Ying Soler-Polo, Diego Monino, Enzo Veis, Libor Wang, Yi-Jun Zhang, Xin-Yu Li, Can Jia, Jinfeng Liu, Pei-Nian Jelinek, Pavel Wang, Shiyong |
| author_facet | Kumar, Manish Li, Deng-Yuan Yuan, Zhangyu Wang, Ying Soler-Polo, Diego Monino, Enzo Veis, Libor Wang, Yi-Jun Zhang, Xin-Yu Li, Can Jia, Jinfeng Liu, Pei-Nian Jelinek, Pavel Wang, Shiyong |
| contents | Quantum spin rings represent an intriguing platform for studying unconventional magnetic order and exotic quantum phases, and they are also promising materials for emerging quantum technologies. Conventional spin systems consist of a set of weakly interacting localized spins that are well described by the Heisenberg spin models. Here, we demonstrate that strong interactions between radical centers in macrocycles of different sizes lead to fluctuations in the total number of unpaired electrons and to non-trivial antiferromagnetic order that extends beyond the Heisenberg picture. We demonstrate that the electronic structure of these spin rings is governed by the concept of 4n/4n+2 Hückel (anti)aromaticity for even-membered rings, whereas odd-membered rings possess a highly degenerate frustrated magnetic ground state. The strongly coupled spin rings are experimentally realized through the on-surface synthesis of π-magnetic carbon-based macrocycles, which consist of [2]triangulene units. The close correlation between the electronic structure and the Hückel aromaticity rule is revealed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and multireference calculations. This work establishes a novel design principle employing the concept of Hückel aromaticity for quantum spin macrocycles. |
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| spellingShingle | Strongly entangled Quantum Spin Rings driven by Hückel rule Kumar, Manish Li, Deng-Yuan Yuan, Zhangyu Wang, Ying Soler-Polo, Diego Monino, Enzo Veis, Libor Wang, Yi-Jun Zhang, Xin-Yu Li, Can Jia, Jinfeng Liu, Pei-Nian Jelinek, Pavel Wang, Shiyong Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons Quantum spin rings represent an intriguing platform for studying unconventional magnetic order and exotic quantum phases, and they are also promising materials for emerging quantum technologies. Conventional spin systems consist of a set of weakly interacting localized spins that are well described by the Heisenberg spin models. Here, we demonstrate that strong interactions between radical centers in macrocycles of different sizes lead to fluctuations in the total number of unpaired electrons and to non-trivial antiferromagnetic order that extends beyond the Heisenberg picture. We demonstrate that the electronic structure of these spin rings is governed by the concept of 4n/4n+2 Hückel (anti)aromaticity for even-membered rings, whereas odd-membered rings possess a highly degenerate frustrated magnetic ground state. The strongly coupled spin rings are experimentally realized through the on-surface synthesis of π-magnetic carbon-based macrocycles, which consist of [2]triangulene units. The close correlation between the electronic structure and the Hückel aromaticity rule is revealed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and multireference calculations. This work establishes a novel design principle employing the concept of Hückel aromaticity for quantum spin macrocycles. |
| title | Strongly entangled Quantum Spin Rings driven by Hückel rule |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17854 |