Carbon-based nanostructures as a versatile platform for tunable π-magnetism

Emergence of π-magnetism in open-shell nanographenes has been theoretically predicted decades ago but their experimental characterization was elusive due to the strong chemical reactivity that makes their synthesis and stabilization difficult. In recent years, on-surface synthesis under vacuum condi...

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Autores: Oteyza, Dimas G. de, Frederiksen, Thomas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/306739
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/306739
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Open-shell nanographenes
π-magnetism
Electron spin
Magnetic interactions
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Sumario:Emergence of π-magnetism in open-shell nanographenes has been theoretically predicted decades ago but their experimental characterization was elusive due to the strong chemical reactivity that makes their synthesis and stabilization difficult. In recent years, on-surface synthesis under vacuum conditions has provided unprecedented opportunities for atomically precise engineering of nanographenes, which in combination with scanning probe techniques have led to a substantial progress in our capabilities to realize localized electron spin states and to control electron spin interactions at the atomic scale. Here we review the essential concepts and the remarkable advances in the last few years, and outline the versatility of carbon-based π-magnetic materials as an interesting platform for applications in spintronics and quantum technologies.