Giant Negative Magnetoresistance Reflecting Molecular Symmetry in Dicyano(phthalocyaninato)iron Compounds

Abstract

Materials containing Fe(Pc)(CN)₂ dicyano(phthalocyaninato)iron molecules show a giant negative magnetoresistance from the interaction between the conduction and the local moment. Under a magnetic field, the resistance becomes two orders of magnitude smaller than the zero-field resistance. The magnetic-field-angle dependence of the magnetoresistance reflects the symmetry of the Fe(Pc)(CN)₂ molecule. We discuss, according to the scaling relation, the correlation between the magnetoresistance and the molecular spin fluctuation.