| Abstract: | A detailed report on the X-ray Magnetic Circular
Dichroism (XMCD) investigation of monolayers of Mn12-based single
molecule magnets (SMMs) deposited on gold Au(111) is presented. A
semi-quantitative analysis of data is provided in order to extract
chemical and magnetic information on Mn ions, by comparison with
XMCD on bulk samples. This work points that XMCD is a key-tool for
the characterization of SMMs-based nanostructured systems. XMCD
surface sensitivity and element-specificity will play a fundamental
role in the identification of good candidates for SMMs based
devices. |
