title: Molecular Order in Buried Layers of TbPc2 Single-Molecule Magnets Detected by Torque Magnetometry.
abstract: Cantilever torque magnetometry is used to elucidate the orientation of magnetic molecules in thin films. The technique allows depth-resolved investigations by intercalating a layer of anisotropic magnetic molecules in a film of its isotropic analogues. The proof-of-concept is here demonstrated with the single-molecule magnet TbPc2 evidencing also an exceptional long-range templating effect on substrates coated by the organic molecule perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università di Firenze & INSTM RU Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perfetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università di Firenze & INSTM RU Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serri
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università di Firenze & INSTM RU Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poggini
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università di Firenze & INSTM RU Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mannini
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università di Firenze & INSTM RU Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Donella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rovai
authors.affiliation: Institut de Mineralogie, de Physique des Materiaux et de Cosmochimie, UMR 7590, CNRS, UPMC, IRD, MNHN, F-75005, Paris, France.|Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin-BP 48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sainctavit
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and London Centre for Nanotechnology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heutz
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry "U. Schiff" Università di Firenze & INSTM RU Firenze, via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sessoli
keywords: cantilever torque magnetometry; magnetic anisotropy; synchrotron radiation; terbium phthalocyanine; thin films