Quantifying the interplay between fine structure and geometry of an individual molecule on a surface

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Quantifying the interplay between fine structure and geometry of an individual molecule on a surface
المؤلفون: Steinbrecher, Manuel, van Weerdenburg, Werner M. J., Walraven, Etienne F., van Mullekom, Niels P. E., Gerritsen, Jan W., Natterer, Fabian D., Badrtdinov, Danis I., Rudenko, Alexander N., Mazurenko, Vladimir V., Katsnelson, Mikhail I., van der Avoird, Ad, Groenenboom, Gerrit C., Khajetoorians, Alexander A.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. B 103, 155405 (2021)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: The pathway toward the tailored synthesis of materials starts with precise characterization of the conformational properties and dynamics of individual molecules. Electron spin resonance based scanning tunneling microscopy can potentially address molecular structure with unprecedented resolution. Here, we determine the fine structure and geometry of an individual TiH molecule, utilizing a combination of a newly developed mK ESR-STM in a vector magnetic field and ab initio approaches. We demonstrate a strikingly large anisotropy of the g-tensor unusual for a spin doublet ground state, resulting from a non-trivial orbital angular momentum stemming from the molecular ground state. We quantify the relationship between the resultant fine structure, hindered rotational modes, and orbital excitations. Our model system provides new avenues to determine the structure and dynamics of individual molecules.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.155405
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01928
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2007.01928
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.155405