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XMCD of a single layer of single molecule magnets

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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.

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  1. La.M.M., Department of Chemistry and INSTM RU, Universitià di Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy

    M. Mannini, F. Pineider, D. Gatteschi & R. Sessoli

  2. Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, CNRS UMR 7590, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015, Paris, France

    P. Sainctavit & M.-A. Arrio

  3. Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Matériaux Moléculaires, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Case 42, 4 place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    C. Cartier dit Moulin

  4. Department of Chemistry and INSTM RU, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 183, 41100, Modena, Italy

    A. Cornia

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Mannini, M., Pineider, F., Sainctavit, P. et al. XMCD of a single layer of single molecule magnets. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 169, 167–173 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2009-00988-5

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