Magnetic cooling at a single molecule level: A spectroscopic investigation of isolated molecules on a surface

Valdis Corradini, Alberto Ghirri, Andrea Candini, Roberto Biagi, Umberto del Pennino, Gianluca Dotti, Edwige Otero, Fadi Choueikani, Robin J. Blagg, Eric J. L. McInnes, Marco Affronte

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    Abstract

    A sub-monolayer distribution of isolated molecular Fe14(bta)6 nanomagnets is deposited intact on a Au(111) surface and investigated by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy. The entropy variation with respect to the applied magnetic field is extracted from the magnetization curves and evidences high magnetocaloric values at the single molecule level.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2816-2820
    Number of pages5
    JournalAdvanced Materials
    Volume25
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 May 2013

    Keywords

    • molecular nanomagnets
    • magnetocaloric effect
    • x-ray magnetic circular dichroism
    • surface deposition

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