Observation of Biradical Spin Coupling through Hydrogen Bonds

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  • Yang He
  • Na Li
  • Ivano E. Castelli
  • Ruoning Li
  • Yajie Zhang
  • Xue Zhang
  • Chao Li
  • Bingwu Wang
  • Song Gao
  • Lianmao Peng
  • Shimin Hou
  • Ziyong Shen
  • Jing-Tao Lu
  • Kai Wu
  • Hedegård, Per
  • Yongfeng Wang

Investigation of intermolecular electron spin interaction is of fundamental importance in both science and technology. Here, radical pairs of all-trans retinoic acid molecules on Au(111) are created using an ultralow temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Antiferromagnetic coupling between two radicals is identified by magnetic-field-dependent spectroscopy. The measured exchange energies are from 0.1 to 1.0 meV. The biradical spin coupling is mediated through O-H ??? ??? ??? O hydrogen bonds, as elucidated from analysis combining density functional theory calculation and a modern version of valence bond theory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number236401
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume128
Issue number23
Number of pages6
ISSN0031-9007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jun 2022

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  • SINGLE, ATOM

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