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We consider the influence of the electron-electron interaction on the nonlinearity of the current-voltage characteristic of the tunnel junction at low bias (diffusive anomaly) in the presence of the classical magnetic field. We present the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. V. Sukhorukov , A. V. Khaetskii

An electron transport is studied in the system which consists of scanning tunneling microscopy-single molecule magnet-metal. Due to quantum tunneling of magnetization in single-molecule magnet, linear response conductance exhibits stepwise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gwang-Hee Kim , Tae-Suk Kim

We study the effect of uniaxial pressure on the magnetic hysteresis loops of the single-molecule magnet Mn_{12}-Ac. We find that the application of pressure along the easy axis increases the fields at which quantum tunneling of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 J. H. Atkinson , K. Park , C. C. Beedle , D. N. Hendrickson , Y. Myasoedov , E. Zeldov , Jonathan R. Friedman

We discuss a theoretical description of the inelastic electron tunneling spectra (IETS) of a magnetic nanosystem (an atom or a molecule) adsorbed on a solid surface measured in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). We represent the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Daria Kyvala , Jindrich Kolorenc

For the single-molecule magnet Mn12, Cornia et al. recently proposed that solvent molecules may cause the quantum tunneling that requires a lower symmetry than S4. However, magnetic quantum tunneling and electron paramagnetic resonance…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Kyungwha Park , Tunna Baruah , Noam Bernstein , Mark R. Pederson

The tunneling of a giant spin at excited levels is studied theoretically in mesoscopic magnets with a magnetic field at an arbitrary angle in the easy plane. Different structures of the tunneling barriers can be generated by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Rong Lu , Hui Pan , Jia-Lin Zhu , Bing-Lin Gu

The reversal of the magnetization of crystals of molecular magnets that have a large spin and high anisotropy barrier generally proceeds below the blocking temperature by quantum tunneling. This is manifested as a series of controlled steps…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-21 Myriam P. Sarachik

We theoretically investigate inelastic transport through anisotropic magnetic molecules weakly coupled to one ferromagnetic and one nonmagnetic lead. We find that the current is suppressed over wide voltage ranges due to spin blockade. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Florian Elste , Carsten Timm

Quantum particles can penetrate potential barriers by tunneling (1). If that barrier is rotating, the tunneling process is modified (2,3). This is typical for electrons in atoms, molecules or solids exposed to strong circularly polarized…

In this work, we examine low-energy adsorption configurations of four dodecanuclear manganese single-molecule magnets [Mn$_{12}$O$_{12}$(O$_2$CR)$_{16}$(H$_2$O)$_4$] (Mn$_{12}$), where the ligand R being H, CH$_3$, CHCl$_2$ or C$_6$H$_5$,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-16 Shuanglong Liu , Adam V. Bruce , Dmitry Skachkov , James N. Fry , Hai-Ping Cheng

By means of electronic transport, we study the transverse magnetic anisotropy of an individual Fe$_4$ single-molecule magnet (SMM) embedded in a three-terminal junction. In particular, we determine in situ the transverse anisotropy of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 M. Misiorny , E. Burzurí , R. Gaudenzi , K. Park , M. Leijnse , M. R. Wegewijs , J. Paaske , A. Cornia , H. S. J. van der Zant

We study the magnetization dynamics of a molecular magnet driven by static and variable magnetic fields within a semiclassical treatment. The underling analyzes is valid in a regime, when the energy is definitely lower than the anisotropy…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-07-24 L. Chotorlishvili , P. Schwab , J. Berakdar

We report on an experimental active matter system with motion restricted to four cardinal directions. Our particles are magnetite-doped colloidal spheres driven by the Quincke electrorotational instability. The absence of a magnetic field…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-17 Eavan Fitzgerald , Cécile Clavaud , Debasish Das , Isaac C. D. Lenton , Scott R. Waitukaitis

We have measured quantum transport through an individual Fe$_4$ single-molecule magnet embedded in a three-terminal device geometry. The characteristic zero-field splittings of adjacent charge states and their magnetic field evolution are…

Anisotropic single-molecule magnets may be thought of as molecular switches, with possible applications to molecular spintronics. In this paper, we consider current-induced switching in single-molecule junctions containing an anisotropic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-29 Niels Bode , Liliana Arrachea , Gustavo S. Lozano , Tamara S. Nunner , Felix von Oppen

We present an efficient method of calculating the vibrational spectrum of a magnetic molecule adsorbed on a superconductor, directly related to the first derivative of the tunneling $IV$ curve. The work is motivated by a recent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-14 Athanasios Koliogiorgos , Richard Korytár

A distribution of internal transverse magnetic fields has been observed in single molecule magnet (SMM) Mn12-BrAc in the pure magnetic quantum tunneling (MQT) regime. Magnetic relaxation experiments at 0.4 K are used to produce a hole in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. del Barco , A. D. Kent , N. E. Chakov , L. N. Zakharov , A. L. Rheingold , D. N. Hendrickson , G. Christou

The independent control of two magnetic electrodes and spin-coherent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions are strictly required for tunneling magnetoresistance, while junctions with only one ferromagnetic electrode exhibit tunneling…

We report on inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy measurements carried out on single molecules incorporated into a mechanically controllable break-junction of Au and Pt electrodes at low temperature. Here we establish a correlation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-16 Youngsang Kim , Hyunwook Song , Florian Strigl , Hans-Fridtjof Pernau , Takhee Lee , Elke Scheer

The symmetry of magnetic quantum tunneling has been studied in the prototype single molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate using a micro-Hall effect magnetometer and superconducting high field vector magnet system. An average crystal fourfold…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. del Barco , A. D. Kent , E. M. Rumberger , D. N. Hendrickson , G. Christou