Chiara Danieli

TL;DR: The road is now open to address individual molecules wired to a conducting surface in their blocked magnetization state, thereby enabling investigation of the elementary interactions between electron transport and magnetism degrees of freedom at the molecular scale.

TL;DR: The findings prove that the quantum spin dynamics can be observed in SMMs chemically grafted to surfaces, and offer a tool to reveal the organization of matter at the nanoscale.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured quantum transport through an individual Fe4 single-molecule magnet embedded in a three-terminal device geometry and demonstrated that the molecule retains its magnetic properties and that the magnetic anisotropy is significantly enhanced by reversible electron addition/subtraction controlled with the gate voltage.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the molecule retains its magnetic properties and, moreover, that the magnetic anisotropy is significantly enhanced by reversible electron addition/subtraction controlled with the gate voltage, suggesting that single-molecule magnetism can be electrically controlled.

TL;DR: The zero-field splitting parameter D of the ground S=5 spin state correlates strongly with the pitch of the propeller gamma, and thus provides a simple link between molecular structure and magnetic behavior.