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  • Magnetic materials combined with superconductors could unlock new physical phenomena relevant to quantum technologies.
  • Researchers explored tetrairon(III) propeller-shaped single molecule magnets on a superconducting lead surface, discovering that the superconductor significantly affects the magnet's spin dynamics.
  • The study found that transitioning to the superconducting state changes the magnet's behavior from a blocked state to a resonant quantum tunneling regime, suggesting potential applications for controlling magnetism and probing superconducting states.

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Magnetic materials interfaced with superconductors may reveal new physical phenomena with potential for quantum technologies. The use of molecules as magnetic components has already shown great promise, but the diversity of properties offered by the molecular realm remains largely unexplored. Here we investigate a submonolayer of tetrairon(III) propeller-shaped single molecule magnets deposited on a superconducting lead surface. This material combination reveals a strong influence of the superconductor on the spin dynamics of the single molecule magnet. It is shown that the superconducting transition to the condensate state switches the single molecule magnet from a blocked magnetization state to a resonant quantum tunnelling regime. Our results open perspectives to control single molecule magnetism via superconductors and to use single molecule magnets as local probes of the superconducting state.

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