Observation of the underscreened Kondo effect in a molecular transistor
Abstract
We present the first quantitative experimental evidence for the underscreened Kondo effect, an uncomplete compensation of a quantized magnetic moment by conduction electrons, as originally proposed by Nozieres and Blandin. The device consists of an even charge spin S = 1 molecular quantum dot, obtained by electromigration of C60 molecules into gold nanogaps and operated in a dilution fridge. The persistence of logarithmic singularities in the low temperature conductance is demonstrated by a comparison to the fully screened configuration obtained in odd charge spin S = 1/2 Coulomb diamonds. We also discover an extreme sensitivity of the underscreened Kondo resonance to magnetic field, that we confirm on the basis of numerical renormalization group calculations.
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@article{arxiv.0910.1092,
title = {Observation of the underscreened Kondo effect in a molecular transistor},
author = {Nicolas Roch and Serge Florens and Theo A. Costi and Wolfgang Wernsdorfer and Franck Balestro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.1092},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures, with supplementary information file (3 pages, 3 figures). Minor corrections in V2, as published