Imaging single spin probes embedded in a conductive diamagnetic layer.
- Materials Science Division
The detection of spin noise by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has recently been substantially improved by the work presented by Komeda and Manassen (Komeda, T.; Manassen, Y. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92, 212506). The application of this technique to molecular paramagnets requires the positioning and anchoring of paramagnetic molecules at surfaces. It also requires the possibility of tunneling high current densities into the STM-molecule-substrate tunneling junction. In this letter, we exploit the self-assembly of 1,10-phenantroline on the Au(111) surface to form a diamagnetic matrix that hosts individual molecules and dimers of diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH). STM measurements are used to characterize the molecular layer. Electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements elucidate the role of thermal annealing in the preservation of the paramagnetic nature of the DPPH molecules.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1009341
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/JA-68798; TRN: US201106%%418
- Journal Information:
- Langmuir, Vol. 25, Issue Jan. 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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