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@ARTICLE{Bae:1035000,
author = {Bae, Yujeong and Ternes, Markus and Yang, Kai and Heinrich,
Andreas J. and Wolf, Christoph and Lutz, Christopher P.},
title = {{D}irect {O}bservation of {F}ully {S}pin-{P}olarized
{T}unnel {C}urrent {B}etween {Q}uantum {S}pins {U}sing a
{S}ingle {M}olecule {S}ensor},
journal = {ACS nano},
volume = {19},
number = {1},
issn = {1936-0851},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-00106},
pages = {1361–1370},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Controlling spin-polarized currents at the nanoscale is of
immense importance for high-density magnetic data storage
and spin-based logic devices. As electronic devices are
miniaturized to the ultimate limit of individual atoms and
molecules, electronic transport is strongly influenced by
the properties of the individual spin centers and their
magnetic interactions. In this work, we demonstrate the
precise control and detection of spin-polarized currents
through two coupled spin centers at a tunnel junction by
controlling their spin–spin interactions. We attach a
nickelocene (Nc) molecule to a scanning probe tip and place
it over a spin center (either an Fe atom or another Nc
molecule) located on a surface. By changing the adsorption
orientation of Nc at the tip apex and adjusting the
tip–sample distances, we control the wave function overlap
between two spin systems, resulting in strong changes in
their magnetic exchange coupling, quantum spin states, and
spin excitation energies. Coupling the Nc molecule to the
surface spin induces exchange-split spin states, enabling
the quantitative determination of the spin polarization of
tunnel currents. Strongly asymmetric tunneling spectra
reveal almost $100\%$ spin-polarized currents through the
coupled Nc-Fe spin system. Our findings highlight the
potential of these spin systems at the tunnel junction for
high-performance spin-based devices engineered at the atomic
scale.},
cin = {PGI-3},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106},
pnm = {5213 - Quantum Nanoscience (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5213},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {39810379},
UT = {WOS:001387068800001},
doi = {10.1021/acsnano.4c13934},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1035000},
}