Proximity-Driven Magnetic Coupling between an Open-Shell Nanographene and a Rare-Earth Surface Alloy

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09052" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsnano.5c09052</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Proximity-Driven Magnetic Coupling between an Open-Shell Nanographene and a Rare-Earth Surface Alloy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Open-shell nanographenes have attracted significant attention due to their structurally tunable spin ground state. While most characterization has been conducted on weakly interacting substrates such as noble metals, the influence of magnetic surfaces remains largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate how TbAu2, a rare-earth-element-based surface alloy, affects the magnetic properties of phenalenyl (or [2]triangulene (2T)), the smallest spin-1/2 nanographene. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements reveal a striking contrast: while 2T on Au(111) exhibits a zero-bias Kondo resonance-a hallmark of a spin-1/2 impurity screened by the conduction electrons of the underlying metal-deposition on TbAu2 induces a symmetric splitting of this feature by approximately 20 mV. This opening is large compared to the few meV splitting induced by externally applied magnetic fields. We attribute this splitting to a strong proximity-induced interaction with the ferromagnetic out-of-plane magnetization of TbAu2. Moreover, our combined experimental and many-body model analysis demonstrates that this interaction is spatially modulated, following the periodicity of the TbAu2 surface superstructure. These findings highlight that TbAu2 serves as a viable platform for stabilizing and characterizing the magnetic properties of spin-1/2 nanographenes and for studying the interactions of more complex pi-magnetic materials with magnetic substrates.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Proximity-Driven Magnetic Coupling between an Open-Shell Nanographene and a Rare-Earth Surface Alloy

Popis výsledku anglicky

Open-shell nanographenes have attracted significant attention due to their structurally tunable spin ground state. While most characterization has been conducted on weakly interacting substrates such as noble metals, the influence of magnetic surfaces remains largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate how TbAu2, a rare-earth-element-based surface alloy, affects the magnetic properties of phenalenyl (or [2]triangulene (2T)), the smallest spin-1/2 nanographene. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements reveal a striking contrast: while 2T on Au(111) exhibits a zero-bias Kondo resonance-a hallmark of a spin-1/2 impurity screened by the conduction electrons of the underlying metal-deposition on TbAu2 induces a symmetric splitting of this feature by approximately 20 mV. This opening is large compared to the few meV splitting induced by externally applied magnetic fields. We attribute this splitting to a strong proximity-induced interaction with the ferromagnetic out-of-plane magnetization of TbAu2. Moreover, our combined experimental and many-body model analysis demonstrates that this interaction is spatially modulated, following the periodicity of the TbAu2 surface superstructure. These findings highlight that TbAu2 serves as a viable platform for stabilizing and characterizing the magnetic properties of spin-1/2 nanographenes and for studying the interactions of more complex pi-magnetic materials with magnetic substrates.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ACS Nano

ISSN

1936-0851

e-ISSN

1936-086X

Svazek periodika

19

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

38

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

33868-33878

Kód UT WoS článku

001575471900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105017371712