Phthalocyanines with Iron (Orange) and Manganese (Violet) Centers (IMAGE)

University of Basel

Phthalocyanines with Iron (Orange) and Manganese (Violet) Centers

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These are phthalocyanines with iron (orange) and manganese (violet) centers co-assemble on a gold surface into a checkerboard pattern. The magnetism of iron and manganese differs in strength and points in opposite directions (red and blue arrows), fulfilling the prerequisites for extremely, atomically thin ferrimagnets.

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University of Basel, Department of Physics

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