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Phys. Rev. B 76, 241403(R) (2007) [4 pages]

Electronic transport through magnetic molecules with soft vibrating modes

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P. S. Cornaglia1,2,3, Gonzalo Usaj1,3, and C. A. Balseiro1,3
1Instituto Balseiro and Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
2Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
3Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina

Received 26 September 2007; published 14 December 2007

The low-temperature transport properties of a molecule are studied in the field-effect transitor geometry. The molecule has an internal mechanical mode that modulates its electronic levels and renormalizes both the interactions and the coupling to the electrodes. For a soft mechanical mode, the spin fluctuations in the molecule are dominated by the bare couplings, while the valence changes are determined by the dressed energies. In this case, the transport properties present an anomalous behavior and the Kondo temperature has a weak gate voltage dependence. These observations are in agreement with recent experimental data.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.241403
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.241403
PACS:
72.15.Qm, 73.22.−f