The excitation spectra of spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains on carbon nanostructures, obtained by on-surface synthesis, are reported.
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Fig. 1: Olympicene-based construction of antiferromagnetic S = 1/2 chains.
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de Oteyza, D.G., de la Torre, B. Spinons in nanographene spin chains. Nat. Mater. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02197-8
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