Spin dependent transmission of Nickelocene-Cu contacts probed with shot noise

Abstract

The current $I$ through nickelocene molecules and its noise are measured with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope on a Cu(100) substrate. Density functional theory calculations and many-body modeling are used to analyze the data. During contact formation, two types of current evolution are observed, an abrupt jump to contact and a smooth transition. These data along with conductance spectra ($dI/dV$) recorded deep in the contact range are interpreted in terms of a transition from a spin-1 to a spin-1/2 state that is Kondo screened. Many-body calculations show that the smooth transition is also consistent with a renormalization of spin excitations of a spin-1 molecule by Kondo exchange coupling. The shot noise is significantly reduced compared to the Schottky value of $2eI$ but no influence of the Kondo effect or spin excitations are resolved. The noise can be described in the Landauer picture in terms of spin-polarized transmission of $\approx$35% through two degenerate $d_{\pi }$-orbitals of the Nickelocene molecule.

arXiv comment10 pages, 10 figures; revised version published in Phys. Rev. B

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