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    Direct observation of the magnetic anisotropy of an Fe(II) spin crossover molecular thin film
    (IOPP, 2023-07) Dale, Ashley S.; Yazdani, Saeed; Ekanayaka, Thinlini K.; Mishra, Esha; Hu, Yuchen; Dowben, Peter A.; Freeland, John W.; Zhang, Jian; Cheng, Ruihua; Physics, School of Science
    In this work, we provide clear evidence of magnetic anisotropy in the local orbital moment of a molecular thin film based on the SCO complex [Fe(H2B(pz)2)2(bipy)] (pz = pyrazol−1−yl, bipy = 2,2'−bipyridine). Field dependent x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements indicate that the magnetic easy axis for the orbital moment is along the surface normal direction. Along with the presence of a critical field, our observation points to the existence of an anisotropic energy barrier in the high-spin state. The estimated nonzero coupling constant of ∼2.47 × 10−5 eV molecule−1 indicates that the observed magnetocrystalline anisotropy is mostly due to spin–orbit coupling. The spin- and orbital-component anisotropies are determined to be 30.9 and 5.04 meV molecule−1, respectively. Furthermore, the estimated g factor in the range of 2.2–2.45 is consistent with the expected values. This work has paved the way for an understanding of the spin-state-switching mechanism in the presence of magnetic perturbations.