Vibronic effects on the quantum tunnelling of magnetisation in Kramers single-molecule magnets

Andrea Mattioni (), Jakob K. Staab, William J. A. Blackmore, Daniel Reta, Jake Iles-Smith, Ahsan Nazir and Nicholas F. Chilton ()
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Andrea Mattioni: The University of Manchester
Jakob K. Staab: The University of Manchester
William J. A. Blackmore: The University of Manchester
Daniel Reta: The University of Manchester
Jake Iles-Smith: The University of Manchester
Ahsan Nazir: The University of Manchester
Nicholas F. Chilton: The University of Manchester

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Single-molecule magnets are among the most promising platforms for achieving molecular-scale data storage and processing. Their magnetisation dynamics are determined by the interplay between electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom, which can couple coherently, leading to complex vibronic dynamics. Building on an ab initio description of the electronic and vibrational Hamiltonians, we formulate a non-perturbative vibronic model of the low-energy magnetic degrees of freedom in monometallic single-molecule magnets. Describing their low-temperature magnetism in terms of magnetic polarons, we are able to quantify the vibronic contribution to the quantum tunnelling of the magnetisation, a process that is commonly assumed to be independent of spin-phonon coupling. We find that the formation of magnetic polarons lowers the tunnelling probability in both amorphous and crystalline systems by stabilising the low-lying spin states. This work, thus, shows that spin-phonon coupling subtly influences magnetic relaxation in single-molecule magnets even at extremely low temperatures where no vibrational excitations are present.

Date: 2024
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