Long-range ferrimagnetic order in a two-dimensional supramolecular Kondo lattice
Date Issued
2017-01-01
Author(s)
Girovsky, Jan
Nowakowski, Jan
Ali, Ehesan
Baljozovic, Milos
Rossmann, Harald R.
Nijs, Thomas
Aeby, Elise A.
Nowakowska, Sylwia
Siewert, Dorota
Srivastava, Gitika
Wäckerlin, Christian
Dreiser, Jan
Decurtins, Silvio
Liu, Shi-Xia
Oppeneer, Peter M.
Ballav, Nirmalya
DOI
10.1038/ncomms15388
Abstract
Realization of long-range magnetic order in surface-supported two-dimensional systems has been challenging, mainly due to the competition between fundamental magnetic interactions as the short-range Kondo effect and spin-stabilizing magnetic exchange interactions. Spin-bearing molecules on conducting substrates represent a rich platform to investigate the interplay of these fundamental magnetic interactions. Here we demonstrate the direct observation of long-range ferrimagnetic order emerging in a two-dimensional supramolecular Kondo lattice. The lattice consists of paramagnetic hexadeca-fluorinated iron phthalocyanine (FeFPc) and manganese phthalocyanine (MnPc) molecules co-assembled into a checkerboard pattern on single-crystalline Au(111) substrates. Remarkably, the remanent magnetic moments are oriented in the out-of-plane direction with significant contribution from orbital moments. First-principles calculations reveal that the FeFPc-MnPc antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbour coupling is mediated by the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida exchange interaction via the Au substrate electronic states. Our findings suggest the use of molecular frameworks to engineer novel low-dimensional magnetically ordered materials and their application in molecular quantum devices.
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