Two topological phases in exchange alternating spin-1 nanographene chains

Abstract

Magnetic nanographenes are emerging as versatile building blocks for artificial spin lattices, enabling the exploration of flagship one-dimensional quantum-magnetism models with unprecedented control. The spin-1 Heisenberg model, including bilinear and biquadratic exchange, was first realized using [3]-triangulenes, revealing the Haldane phase. More recently, Clar's goblets enabled the spin-1/2 Heisenberg model with exchange alternation, uncovering additional topological phases. Here we show that spin-1 nanographenes can be used to explore bond-alternating chains both in the Haldane phase and beyond it, in a dimerized phase with emergent edge spin-1. We use density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) to analyze how biquadratic exchange, which is known to be large in spin-1 nanographenes, determines the phase transition boundary. Combining multiconfigurational and first-principles calculations, we identify two realistic candidates to realize these two different phases: the recently synthesized extended Clar's goblet and a passivated [4]-triangulene. We demonstrate how to distinguish these phases experimentally using inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy, paving the way for their observation.

21 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables

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