Nowadays, new directions in quantum spintronics aim at transposing the existing concepts and at developing alternative ones with various types of materials, from inorganic to -conjugated organic semiconductors. In this context, single molecule-magnets (SMMs) are interesting candidates to be integrated in molecular spintronics devices. Such devices lead the way for the electronic detection and coherent manipulation of SMMs spin states, exploitable in quantum computation schemes. We developed for this purpose an innovative multi-terminals device based on a carbon nanotube quantum dot, laterally coupled to few SMMs through supramolecular interaction. The conductance of the nanotube is measured at very low temperature (40 mK) and each time one of the SMM magnetic moment reverses, the conductance changes. The latters act on the conduction electron through the QD as spin polarizer and analyzer. This spin-valve effect gives access to the behavior of a single localized spin by standard electrometry We report a full magnetic characterization of a single bis-phthalocyaninato terbium complex (TbPc2). In particular, we performed a detailed study of quantum tunnelling of the magnetization of the Tb electronic moment and we present a read-out technic of the Tb nuclear spin state. These results open up strong perspectives for a coherent manipulation of a single nuclear spin in TbPc2.
