Kondo effect in molecules with strong correlations

A theory of Kondo tunneling through molecules adsorbed on metallic substrate is constructed and the underlying physics is exposed. It is shown that in the case of weak chemisorption the sandwich-type molecules manifest a novel type of Kondo effect that has not been observed in magnetically doped bulk metals. The exchange Hamiltonian of these molecules unveils unusual dynamical SO(n) symmetries instead of conventional SU(2) symmetry. These symmetries can be experimentally realized and the specific value of n can be controlled by gate voltage.