Plasmon-enhanced magneto-optical detection of single-molecule magnets. Issue 6 (10th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pineider, Francesco; Pedrueza-Villalmanzo, Esteban; Serri, Michele; Adamu, Addis Mekonnen; Smetanina, Evgeniya; Bonanni, Valentina; Campo, Giulio; Poggini, Lorenzo; Mannini, Matteo; de Julián Fernández, César; Sangregorio, Claudio; Gurioli, Massimo; Dmitriev, Alexandre; Sessoli, Roberta
• Is Part Of: Materials horizons. Volume 6:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 1148
• Page End: 1155
• Publication Date: 2019-04-10
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c8mh01548a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-6347

Abstract

Abstract : Single-molecule magnets in hybrid architectures with plasmonic nanoantennas exhibit significant enhancement in their magneto-optical response. Abstract : Here we report on nanoarchitectures composed of molecular magnets deposited on optical nanoantennas. We demonstrate a significantly boosted magneto-optical detection of a thin film of a terbium(iii ) bis-phthalocianinato (TbPc2 ) single-molecule magnet and we track down the origin of this enhancement to nanoantenna effects at the optical level. This finding suggests that the vast knowledge on plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies can be readily extended to magneto-optics, thus paving the way to strong magneto-optical enhancements for the readout of nanometric devices embedding single-molecule magnets.