Among the various research experiments performed in the last part of the project, the consortium worked together to develop methods for manipulating spin properties of the organic system using electronic currents, electrostatic voltages, mechanical forces, or simply by controlling the environment around the magnetically active molecule. The combination between organic synthesis, experimental observations and theoretical simulations was essential to resolve the understanding of the new phenomenology arising when electronic spins are measured one at the time. In this approach, it was possible to explore new forms of unconventional magnetism arising at the single molecule level, where controlled bond breaking and reorganization reactions could be induced with high energy and space precision.
In line with the application of organic spins in quantum technologies, we had a look to the quantum phenomenology arising from entangled spins in graphene nanostructures, as well as understanding and demonstrating the scales of the interaction of electronic spins with nuclear spins, mediated by hyperfine interactions, and their coherent dynamical evolution. It is crucial to emphasize that these investigations were amply collaborative, involving a unique combination of concepts and tools of chemistry, condensed matter physics, quantum physics, and physical engineering, making each of you an integral part of this research.