Revealing the atomic site-dependent g factor within a single magnetic molecule via the extended Kondo effect

Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Mar 27;114(12):126601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.126601. Epub 2015 Mar 24.

Abstract

The site-dependent g factor of a single magnetic molecule, with intramolecular resolution, is demonstrated for the first time by low-temperature, high-magnetic-field scanning tunneling microscopy of dehydrogenated Mn-phthalocyanine molecules on Au(111). This is achieved by exploring the magnetic-field dependence of the extended Kondo effect at different atomic sites of the molecule. Importantly, an inhomogeneous distribution of the g factor inside a single molecule is revealed. Our results open up a new route to access local spin properties within a single molecule.