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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 97, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.076806
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It has been shown that by distorting a CoPc molecule adsorbed on a Au(111) surface a Kondo effect is induced with a temperature higher than 200 K. We examine a model in which an atom with strong Coulomb repulsion (Co) is surrounded by four atoms on a square (molecule lobes), with two atoms above and below it representing the apex of the STM tip and an atom on the gold surface (all with a single atomic orbital). The Hamiltonian is solved exactly for the isolated cluster, and, after connecting the leads, the conductance is calculated by standard techniques. Quantum interference prevents the existence of the Kondo effect when the orbitals on the square do not interact (undistorted molecule); the Kondo resonance shows up after switching on that interaction. The weight of the Kondo resonance is controlled by the interplay of couplings to the STM tip and the gold surface and between the molecule lobes.
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