2-D self-assembly of the bis(phthalocyaninato)terbium(III) single-molecule magnet studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy.
The presence of alkoxyl chains on the single-molecule magnet [(Pc')2Tb(III)] and its planar character favour its 2-D self-assembly on HOPG with the molecular plane parallel to the graphite surface, enabling us to control and/or predict the orientation of the preferential magnetization axis on the surface.
Gómez-Segura
Jordi
J
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC), Campus UAB, Cerdanyola 08193, Spain.
Díez-Pérez
Ismael
I
Ishikawa
Naoto
N
Nakano
Motohiro
M
Veciana
Jaume
J
Ruiz-Molina
Daniel
D