Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12(10), 6656-6667; doi:10.3390/ijms12106656
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Molecular Quantum Spintronics: Supramolecular Spin Valves Based on Single-Molecule Magnets and Carbon Nanotubes

Matias Urdampilleta 1 email, Ngoc-Viet Nguyen 1 email, Jean-Pierre Cleuziou 1 email, Svetlana Klyatskaya 2 email, Mario Ruben 2,3 email and Wolfgang Wernsdorfer 1,* email
1 Institut Néel, CNRS et Université Joseph Fourier, BP 166, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France 2 Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany 3 Institute de Physique et Chimie de Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 67034 Strasbourg, France
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Received: 18 July 2011; in revised form: 14 September 2011 / Accepted: 26 September 2011 / Published: 10 October 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Molecular Electronics)
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Abstract: We built new hybrid devices consisting of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown carbon nanotube (CNT) transistors, decorated with TbPc2 (Pc = phthalocyanine) rare-earth based single-molecule magnets (SMMs). The drafting was achieved by tailoring supramolecular π-π interactions between CNTs and SMMs. The magnetoresistance hysteresis loop measurements revealed steep steps, which we can relate to the magnetization reversal of individual SMMs. Indeed, we established that the electronic transport properties of these devices depend strongly on the relative magnetization orientations of the grafted SMMs. The SMMs are playing the role of localized spin polarizer and analyzer on the CNT electronic conducting channel. As a result, we measured magneto-resistance ratios up to several hundred percent. We used this spin valve effect to confirm the strong uniaxial anisotropy and the superparamagnetic blocking temperature (TB ~ 1 K) of isolated TbPc2 SMMs. For the first time, the strength of exchange interaction between the different SMMs of the molecular spin valve geometry could be determined. Our results introduce a new design for operable molecular spintronic devices using the quantum effects of individual SMMs.
Keywords: molecular quantum spintronics; molecular magnets; nanoelectronics devices

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Urdampilleta, M.; Nguyen, N.-V.; Cleuziou, J.-P.; Klyatskaya, S.; Ruben, M.; Wernsdorfer, W. Molecular Quantum Spintronics: Supramolecular Spin Valves Based on Single-Molecule Magnets and Carbon Nanotubes. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 6656-6667.

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Urdampilleta M, Nguyen N-V, Cleuziou J-P, Klyatskaya S, Ruben M, Wernsdorfer W. Molecular Quantum Spintronics: Supramolecular Spin Valves Based on Single-Molecule Magnets and Carbon Nanotubes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2011; 12(10):6656-6667.

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Urdampilleta, Matias; Nguyen, Ngoc-Viet; Cleuziou, Jean-Pierre; Klyatskaya, Svetlana; Ruben, Mario; Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang. 2011. "Molecular Quantum Spintronics: Supramolecular Spin Valves Based on Single-Molecule Magnets and Carbon Nanotubes." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12, no. 10: 6656-6667.

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