https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-00988-5
XMCD of a single layer of single molecule magnets
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La.M.M., Department of Chemistry and INSTM RU, Universitià di Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés,
CNRS UMR 7590, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires,
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Case 42, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Department of Chemistry and INSTM RU, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 183, 41100 Modena, Italy
Corresponding author: Philippe.Sainctavit@impmc.jussieu.fr
A detailed report on the X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism (XMCD) investigation of monolayers of Mn12-based single molecule magnets (SMMs) deposited on gold Au(111) is presented. A semi-quantitative analysis of data is provided in order to extract chemical and magnetic information on Mn ions, by comparison with XMCD on bulk samples. This work points that XMCD is a key-tool for the characterization of SMMs-based nanostructured systems. XMCD surface sensitivity and element-specificity will play a fundamental role in the identification of good candidates for SMMs based devices.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2009
