Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 116602 (2008) [4 pages]Visualizing the Spin of Individual Cobalt-Phthalocyanine MoleculesReceived 5 May 2008; published 12 September 2008 Low-temperature spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy is employed to study spin transport across single cobalt-phthalocyanine molecules adsorbed on well-characterized magnetic nanoleads. A spin-polarized electronic resonance is identified over the center of the molecule and exploited to spatially resolve stationary spin states. These states reflect two molecular spin orientations and, as established by density functional calculations, originate from a ferromagnetic molecule-lead exchange interaction. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.116602
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.116602
PACS:
72.25.−b, 73.20.At, 75.70.Rf, 85.65.+h
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