Controlled magnetic bistability of a helical non-Kekulé hydrocarbon on a Au(111) surface

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Recent advances in the synthesis of graphene fragments that possess unpaired π-electrons and display high-spin ground states have unlocked possibilities to explore exotic physical phenomena related to magnetism. The high degree of spin-delocalisation makes these non-metal-based systems ideal building blocks for the construction of chains and lattices with strongly correlated magnetic ground states, which is the main requisite for measurement-based quantum computation.In a recent publication, we demonstrate the magnetic bistability of a diradical nanographene that allows direct spin manipulation at the single-molecule level. To this end, we made use of solution-phase synthesis and tip-induced activation on a metallic surface to construct a helical non-Kekulé hydrocarbon spin switch, with a reversible transformation between a magnetic ground state and a non-magnetic one via intramolecular bond formation/breaking. The switching process was monitored by scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements, illustrating that this, and related systems, hold potential as spin-switch units for direct manipulation of magnetism and quantum information in entangled spin systems. This record contains data that support the results discussed in the publication.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.24435/materialscloud:ae-s0
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-0206s
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Creator Karbasiyoun, Moheb; Di Giovannantonio, Marco; Biswas, Kalyan; Écija, David; Blacque, Olivier; Catarina, Gonçalo; Krane, Nils; Pignedoli, Carlo A.; Ruffieux, Pascal; Urgel, José I.; Fasel, Roman; Juríček, Michal
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Contributor Di Giovannantonio, Marco; Pignedoli, Carlo A.
Publication Year 2025
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Discipline Materials Science and Engineering