Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 78, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.155403
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Collaborative Research Center SFB 767 [C5]
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Individual Mn-12 single-molecule magnets have been investigated by means of scanning tunneling spectroscopy at room temperature. Current-voltage characteristics of a Mn-12 derivative are studied in detail and compared with simulations. A few-parameter scalar model for ballistic current flow through a single energy level is sufficient to describe the main features observed in scanning tunneling spectra of individual Mn-12 molecules and offers a deeper insight into the electronic transport properties of this class of single-molecule magnets. In addition, distance-voltage spectroscopy performed on individual Mn-12 molecules reveals a possibility to identify the orientation of the molecular easy axis. The results indicate a preferential orientation of the easy axis of the molecules nearly perpendicular to the surface.
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