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- Title
Exchange-induced spin polarization in a single magnetic molecule junction.
- Authors
Pei, Tian; Thomas, James O.; Sopp, Simen; Tsang, Ming-Yee; Dotti, Nicola; Baugh, Jonathan; Chilton, Nicholas F.; Cardona-Serra, Salvador; Gaita-Ariño, Alejandro; Anderson, Harry L.; Bogani, Lapo
- Abstract
Many spintronic devices rely on the presence of spin-polarized currents at zero magnetic field. This is often obtained by spin exchange-bias, where an element with long-range magnetic order creates magnetized states and displaces the hysteresis loop. Here we demonstrate that exchange-split spin states are observable and usable in the smallest conceivable unit: a single magnetic molecule. We use a redox-active porphyrin as a transport channel, coordinating a dysprosium-based single-molecule-magnet inside a graphene nano-gap. Single-molecule transport in magnetic field reveals the existence of exchange-split channels with different spin-polarizations that depend strongly on the field orientation, and comparison with the diamagnetic isostructural compound and milikelvin torque magnetometry unravels the role of the single-molecule anisotropy and the molecular orientation. These results open a path to using spin-exchange in molecular electronics, and offer a method to quantify the internal spin structure of single molecules in multiple oxidation states. The spin exchange, which is central to spintronics, has been restricted to devices with long-range magnetic ordering to date. Here, Pei et al. design a single-molecule-magnet and utilize its internal spin exchange to control the current through a single-molecule junction with high spin polarization (>95%).
- Subjects
SINGLE molecule magnets; SPIN polarization; SINGLE molecules; MOLECULAR electronics; SPIN exchange; MAGNETS
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-31909-w