Evolution of Magnetic Anisotropy of an Organometallic Molecule in a Mechanically Controlled Break Junction: The Roles of Connecting Electrodes
2019
The precise control of local spin states in magnetic organometallic molecules by the means of mechanically controlled break junction (MCBJ) is a cutting edge frontier of single molecule science. For instance, a fine-tuning of the magnetic anisotropy of a Co(tpy–SH)2 molecule has been achieved experimentally by sandwiching the molecule between two electrodes and gradually enlarging their separation. However, an accurate simulation of such a process has remained rather challenging, which is largely due to the complex structure of the composite junction as well as the static electron correlation originating from the nearly degenerate d-orbitals of the cobalt atom. In this work, by employing an embedding method which combines the high-level complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) method and a density functional theory (DFT) method, we carefully simulate the evolution of magnetic anisotropy of the Au–Co(tpy–S)2–Au junction during the mechanical stretching process. It is found that the presence of ...
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