Probing transverse magnetic anisotropy by electronic transport through a single-molecule magnet

M. Misiorny,1,2,* E. Burzurı́,3,† R. Gaudenzi,3 K. Park,4 M. Leijnse,5 M. R. Wegewijs,1,6 J. Paaske,7 A. Cornia,8 and H. S. J. van der Zant3 1Peter Grünberg Institut & JARA, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany 2Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, 61-614 Poznań, Poland 3Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands 4Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA 5Solid State Physics and Nanometer Structure Consortium (nmC@LU), Lund University, Box 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden 6Institute for Theory of Statistical Physics, RWTH Aachen, 52056 Aachen, Germany 7Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 8Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences and INSTM, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Giuseppe Campi 183, I-41125 Modena, Italy (Received 18 July 2014; revised manuscript received 16 January 2015; published 30 January 2015)