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Effects of spin–orbit coupling and many-body correlations in STM transport through copper phthalocyanine
| Content Provider | Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) |
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| Author | Benjamin Siegert Andrea Donarini Milena Grifoni |
| Abstract | The interplay of exchange correlations and spin–orbit interaction (SOI) on the many-body spectrum of a copper phtalocyanine (CuPc) molecule and their signatures in transport are investigated. We first derive a minimal model Hamiltonian in a basis of frontier orbitals that is able to reproduce experimentally observed singlet–triplet splittings. In a second step SOI effects are included perturbatively. Major consequences of the SOI are the splitting of former degenerate levels and a magnetic anisotropy, which can be captured by an effective low-energy spin Hamiltonian. We show that scanning tunneling microscopy-based magnetoconductance measurements can yield clear signatures of both these SOI-induced effects. |
| Related Links | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.254 |
| e-ISSN | 21904286 |
| DOI | 10.3762/bjnano.6.254 |
| Journal | Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Beilstein-Institut |
| Publisher Date | 2015-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Germany |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Technology Chemical Technology Science Physics Anisotropy Copper Phthalocyanine Magnetotransport Spin–orbit Interaction Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (stm) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |