Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Non-covalent control of spin-state in metal-organic complex by positioning on N-doped graphene

  • Bruno de la Torre,
  • Martin Švec,
  • Prokop Hapala,
  • Jesus Redondo,
  • Ondřej Krejčí,
  • Rabindranath Lo,
  • Debashree Manna,
  • Amrit Sarmah,
  • Dana Nachtigallová,
  • Jiří Tuček,
  • Piotr Błoński,
  • Michal Otyepka,
  • Radek Zbořil,
  • Pavel Hobza,
  • Pavel Jelínek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05163-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Molecules can change their electronic properties when they are adsorbed on substrates, which can be useful for sensing and catalysis. Here, the authors use atomic force microscopy to show that the spin state of an iron complex can be changed upon displacing the molecule to different sites of a nitrogen-doped graphene