• 文献标题:   Interatomic Spin Coupling in Manganese Clusters Registered on Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   REN JD, GUO HM, PAN JB, ZHANG YF, YANG YF, WU X, DU SX, OUYANG M, GAO HJ
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Phys
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.176806
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Different interatomic spin interactions in graphene-regulated Mn atomic clusters are investigated by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and magnetic-field-dependent inelastic spin excitation spectroscopy. All dimers observed exhibit an antiferromagnetic (AFM) singlet ground state and spin transition from the singlet to triplet states, but their AFM coupling strength shows a unique dependence on their site registration on the graphene. Intriguing spin coupling can be found in the graphene-mediated Mn trimers, which manifest multilevel spin excitations. In combination with Heisenberg spin modeling and first-principles numerical simulation, an exclusive noncollinear spin configuration of the Mn trimer regulated by the graphene template can be determined, and our observed experimental exchange energies cannot be understood by a direct spin exchange mechanism, but suggest a nonlocal Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida indirect spin exchange mechanism through substrate modulation, which has not yet been achieved in graphene so far.