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Enhanced coherence by coupling spins through a delocalized π-system: vanadyl porphyrin dimers

Enhanced coherence by coupling spins through a delocalized π-system: vanadyl porphyrin dimers
Enhanced coherence by coupling spins through a delocalized π-system: vanadyl porphyrin dimers

Vanadium(IV) magnetic centers are prime candidates for molecular quantum units. One long-standing question is how to obtain a scaffold that connects multiple centers and allows two communication modalities: magnetic and electronic. We have synthesized and studied a selection of vanadyl porphyrin dimers as models of the most synthetically accessible linear porphyrin arrays. We show that a strongly π-conjugated backbone places the magnetic system in an intermediate regime dominated by exchange coupling (J) and protects the quantum coherence against electron pair flip-flop processes at low temperatures (<10 K). This result is a fundamental step toward the design of molecular materials for single-molecule devices controlled by microwaves with electrical readout.

electron pair flip-flop, electron paramagnetic resonance, exchange coupling, magnetism, molecular electronics, pi-conjugation, quantum coherence, SDG9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, spin, vanadyl porphyrins
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Pozo, Iago, Huang, Zhijie, Lombardi, Federico, Alexandropoulos, Dimitris I., Kong, Fanmiao, Slota, Michael, Tkach, Igor, Bennati, Marina, Deng, Jie Ren, Stawski, Wojciech, Horton, Peter N., Coles, Simon J., Myers, William K., Bogani, Lapo and Anderson, Harry L. (2024) Enhanced coherence by coupling spins through a delocalized π-system: vanadyl porphyrin dimers. Chem, 10 (1), 299-316. (doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2023.09.013).

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Vanadium(IV) magnetic centers are prime candidates for molecular quantum units. One long-standing question is how to obtain a scaffold that connects multiple centers and allows two communication modalities: magnetic and electronic. We have synthesized and studied a selection of vanadyl porphyrin dimers as models of the most synthetically accessible linear porphyrin arrays. We show that a strongly π-conjugated backbone places the magnetic system in an intermediate regime dominated by exchange coupling (J) and protects the quantum coherence against electron pair flip-flop processes at low temperatures (<10 K). This result is a fundamental step toward the design of molecular materials for single-molecule devices controlled by microwaves with electrical readout.

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Accepted/In Press date: 18 September 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 October 2023
Published date: 11 January 2024
Additional Information: Funding Information: we thank the EPSRC (grant nos. EP/R029229/1 and EP/R042594/1 ), the Royal Society (URF and grant), the European Union ( ERC-CoG-773048-MMGNR and ERC-ADG 885606 ARO-MAT ), and the Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellowship (Next Generation EU, Gobierno de España – Ministerio de Universidades ) for financial support. We thank the EPSRC UK National Crystallography Service at the University of Southampton for the collection of crystallographic data. Funding Information: we thank the EPSRC (grant nos. EP/R029229/1 and EP/R042594/1), the Royal Society (URF and grant), the European Union (ERC-CoG-773048-MMGNR and ERC-ADG 885606 ARO-MAT), and the Margarita Salas Postdoctoral Fellowship (Next Generation EU, Gobierno de España – Ministerio de Universidades) for financial support. We thank the EPSRC UK National Crystallography Service at the University of Southampton for the collection of crystallographic data. I.P. L.B. and H.L.A. conceived the project. Z.H. F.L. and M.S. carried out the X-band and Q-band EPR measurements, analysis, and simulations. I.T. and M.B. carried out the J-band EPR measurements. I.T. I.P. L.B. W.K.M. and Z.H. carried out the J-band EPR analysis and simulations. W.K.M. provided assistance and support with the EPR experiments. I.P. and J.-R.D. conducted the synthesis and chemical characterization. I.P. and F.K. performed the theoretical calculations. D.I.A. carried out SQUID magnetometry. W.S. P.N.H. and S.J.C. performed X-ray crystallography. I.P. L.B. and H.L.A. coordinated and supervised the project. All authors contributed to the manuscript. The authors declare no competing interests. We support inclusive, diverse, and equitable conduct of research.
Keywords: electron pair flip-flop, electron paramagnetic resonance, exchange coupling, magnetism, molecular electronics, pi-conjugation, quantum coherence, SDG9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, spin, vanadyl porphyrins

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Local EPrints ID: 486018
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486018
ISSN: 2451-9308
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ORCID for Peter N. Horton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-2016
ORCID for Simon J. Coles: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8414-9272

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Date deposited: 05 Jan 2024 17:54
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:51

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Author: Iago Pozo
Author: Zhijie Huang
Author: Federico Lombardi
Author: Dimitris I. Alexandropoulos
Author: Fanmiao Kong
Author: Michael Slota
Author: Igor Tkach
Author: Marina Bennati
Author: Jie Ren Deng
Author: Wojciech Stawski
Author: Peter N. Horton ORCID iD
Author: Simon J. Coles ORCID iD
Author: William K. Myers
Author: Lapo Bogani
Author: Harry L. Anderson

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