Emergent magnetism as a cooperative effect of interactions and reservoir
arXiv:2301.12781 · doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00526
Abstract
Closed shell molecular structures are under normal conditions time-reversal invariant. Experimental evidences point, however, towards that this invariance may be locally violated when the structure is in contact with a particle reservoir. The mechanisms behind such local symmetry breaking are not clear by any means. By considering a minimal model for a closed shell structure, here we propose that the symmetry breaking may result from a combination of internal and/or external interactions. It is shown that a magnetic moment of a localized electron level can be generated and maintained under the influence of such combination. The theoretical results should cast new light on the mechanisms that may form magnetic properties in molecular compounds.
Seven pages, seven figures; submitted
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