Magnetic materials interfaced with superconductors may reveal new physical phenomena with potential for quantum technologies. The use of molecules as magnetic components has already shown great promise, but the diversity of properties offered by the molecular realm remains largely unexplored. Here we investigate a submonolayer of tetrairon(iii) propeller-shaped single molecule magnets deposited on a superconducting lead surface. This material combination reveals a strong influence of the superconductor on the spin dynamics of the single molecule magnet. It is shown that the superconducting transition to the condensate state switches the single molecule magnet from a blocked magnetization state to a resonant quantum tunnelling regime. Our results open perspectives to control single molecule magnetism via superconductors and to use single molecule magnets as local probes of the superconducting state.

Quantum dynamics of a single molecule magnet on superconducting Pb(111) / Serrano G.; Poggini L.; Briganti M.; Sorrentino A.L.; Cucinotta G.; Malavolti L.; Cortigiani B.; Otero E.; Sainctavit P.; Loth S.; Parenti F.; Barra A.-L.; Vindigni A.; Cornia A.; Totti F.; Mannini M.; Sessoli R.. - In: NATURE MATERIALS. - ISSN 1476-1122. - STAMPA. - 19:(2020), pp. 546-551. [10.1038/s41563-020-0608-9]

Quantum dynamics of a single molecule magnet on superconducting Pb(111)

Serrano G.
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Poggini L.;Briganti M.;Sorrentino A. L.;Cucinotta G.;Cortigiani B.;Otero E.;Cornia A.;Totti F.;Mannini M.;Sessoli R.
2020

Abstract

Magnetic materials interfaced with superconductors may reveal new physical phenomena with potential for quantum technologies. The use of molecules as magnetic components has already shown great promise, but the diversity of properties offered by the molecular realm remains largely unexplored. Here we investigate a submonolayer of tetrairon(iii) propeller-shaped single molecule magnets deposited on a superconducting lead surface. This material combination reveals a strong influence of the superconductor on the spin dynamics of the single molecule magnet. It is shown that the superconducting transition to the condensate state switches the single molecule magnet from a blocked magnetization state to a resonant quantum tunnelling regime. Our results open perspectives to control single molecule magnetism via superconductors and to use single molecule magnets as local probes of the superconducting state.
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Serrano G.; Poggini L.; Briganti M.; Sorrentino A.L.; Cucinotta G.; Malavolti L.; Cortigiani B.; Otero E.; Sainctavit P.; Loth S.; Parenti F.; Barra A...espandi
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