• 文献标题:   Uniaxial 2D Superlattice of Fe-4 Molecular Magnets on Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GRAGNANIELLO L, PASCHKE F, ERLER P, SCHMITT P, BARTH N, SIMON S, BRUNE H, RUSPONI S, FONIN M
  • 作者关键词:   singlemolecule magnet, graphene, scanning tunneling microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, xray magnetic circular dichroism, electrospray deposition
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Konstanz
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05105
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We demonstrate that electrospray deposition enables the fabrication of highly periodic self-assembled arrays of Fe4H single molecule magnets on graphene/Ir(111). The energetic positions of molecular states are probed by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy, showing pronounced long- and short-ranged spatial modulations, indicating the presence of both locally varying intermolecular as well as adsorption-site dependent molecule substrate interactions. From the magnetic field dependence of the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism signal, we infer that the magnetic easy axis of each Fe4H molecule is oriented perpendicular to the sample surface and that after the deposition the value of the uniaxial anisotropy is identical to the one in bulk. Our findings therefore suggest that the observed interaction of the molecules with their surrounding does not modify the molecular magnetism, resulting in magnets that retain their bulk magnetic properties.