Individual assembly of radical molecules on superconductors: demonstrating quantum spin behavior and bistable charge rearrangement

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11320/25:10491184

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0367820" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0367820</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c12387" target="_blank" >10.1021/acsnano.4c12387</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Individual assembly of radical molecules on superconductors: demonstrating quantum spin behavior and bistable charge rearrangement

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

High-precision molecular manipulation techniques are used to control the distance between radical molecules on superconductors. Our results show that the molecules can host single electrons with a spin 1/2. By changing the distance between tip and sample, a quantum phase transition from the singlet to doublet ground state can be induced. Due to local screening and charge redistribution, we observe either charged or neutral molecules, which couple in a sophisticated way, showing quantum spin behavior that deviates from the classical spins. Dimers at different separations show multiple Yu-Shiba-Rusinov peaks in tunneling spectroscopy of varying intensity, which are in line with the superconducting two-impurity Anderson model, where singlet (S = 0) and doublet (S = 1/2) ground states are found. The assembly of chains of 3, 4, and 5 molecules shows alternating charge patterns, where the edge molecules always host a charge/spin. The tetramer is observed in two configurations, where the neutral site is moved by one position. We show that these two configurations can be switched by the action of the probing tip in a nondestructive manner, demonstrating that the tetramer is an information unit, based on single-electron charge reorganization.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Individual assembly of radical molecules on superconductors: demonstrating quantum spin behavior and bistable charge rearrangement

Popis výsledku anglicky

High-precision molecular manipulation techniques are used to control the distance between radical molecules on superconductors. Our results show that the molecules can host single electrons with a spin 1/2. By changing the distance between tip and sample, a quantum phase transition from the singlet to doublet ground state can be induced. Due to local screening and charge redistribution, we observe either charged or neutral molecules, which couple in a sophisticated way, showing quantum spin behavior that deviates from the classical spins. Dimers at different separations show multiple Yu-Shiba-Rusinov peaks in tunneling spectroscopy of varying intensity, which are in line with the superconducting two-impurity Anderson model, where singlet (S = 0) and doublet (S = 1/2) ground states are found. The assembly of chains of 3, 4, and 5 molecules shows alternating charge patterns, where the edge molecules always host a charge/spin. The tetramer is observed in two configurations, where the neutral site is moved by one position. We show that these two configurations can be switched by the action of the probing tip in a nondestructive manner, demonstrating that the tetramer is an information unit, based on single-electron charge reorganization.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

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

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GF23-05263K" target="_blank" >GF23-05263K: Supravodivé nanohybridy mimo rovnováhu</a><br>

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

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

3403-3413

Kód UT WoS článku

001396498400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85215846152