C04 – Controlling the spin and electronic interaction in atomic and molecular contacts
Funding period: 01/2008 – 12/2019
Principal investigators: Uta Schlikum, Klaus Kern
Scientific staff: Abishek Grewal, Tobias Herden, Peter Jacobson, Steffen Kahle, Thomasz Michnowicz, Matthias Muenks, Verena Schendel, Markus Ternes, Yuqi Wang
Utilizing combined scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy at low temperature we study the electronic and magnetic properties of atomic and molecular junctions. We use differential conductance, inelastic spin-flip, force, and Kelvin probe spectroscopy. The interaction between different spins or between spins and correlated electron systems in the superconducting or Kondo state will be probed on different substrates. We control the electronic and magnetic state of molecules and atomic structures by varying the interaction strength via the electrostatic field, exchange interaction, or the mechanical forces exerted by the probing tip.
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List of publications
2018
- J. Hermenau, M. Ternes, M. Steinbrecher, R. Wiesendanger, and J. Wiebe
Long spin relaxation times in a transition metal atom in direct contact to a metal substrate
Nano Letters 18, 1978 (2018) - DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05392
2017
- B. Borca, T. Michnowicz, R. Pétuya, M. Pristl, V. Schendel, I. Pentegov, U. Kraft, H. Klauk, P. Wahl, R. Gutzler, A. Arnau, U. Schlickum, and K. Kern
Electric field driven direct desulfurization
ACS Nano 11, 4703 (2017) - DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00612 - V. Schendel, C. Barreteau, M. Brandbyge, B. Borca, I. Pentegov, U. Schlickum, M. Ternes, P. Wahl, and K. Kern
Strong paramagnon scattering in single atom Pd contacts
Phys. Rev. B 96, 035155 (2017) - DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.035155 - P. Jacobson, M. Muenks, G. Laskin, O. Brovko, V. Stepanyuk, M. Ternes, and K. Kern
Potential energy-driven spin manipulation via a controllable hydrogen ligand
Science Advances 3, e1602060 (2017) - DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602060 - M. Ternes
Probing Magnetic Excitations and Correlations in Single and Coupled Spin Systems with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
Prog. Surf. Sci. 92, 83–115 (2017) - DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2017.01.001 - M. Muenks, P. Jacobson, M. Ternes, and K. Kern
Correlation Driven Transport Asymmetries Through Coupled Spins in a tunnel junction
Nature Communincations 8, 14119 (2017) - DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14119
2016
- V. Schendel, B. Borca, I. Pentegov, T. Michnowicz, U. Kraft, H. Klauk, P. Wahl, U. Schlickum, and K. Kern
Remotely controlled isomer selective molecular switching
Nano Letters 16, 93 (2016) - DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02974
2015
- B. Borca, V. Schendel, R. Pétuya, I. Pentegov, T. Michnowicz, U. Kraft, H. Klauk, A. Arnau, P. Wahl, U. Schlickum, and K. Kern
Bipolar conductance switching of single anthraditiophene molecules
ACS Nano 9, 12506 (2015) - DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b06000 - A. Spinelli, M. Gerrits, R. Toskovic, B. Bryant, M. Ternes, and A. F. Otte
Exploring the phase diagram of the two-impurity Kondo problem
Nature Communications 6, 10046 (2015) - DOI:10.1038/ncomm10046 - P. Jacobson, T. Herden, M. Muenks, G. Laskin, O. Brovko, V. Stepanyuk, M. Ternes, and K. Kern
Quantum engineering of spin and anisotropy in magnetic molecular junctions
Nature Communications 6, 8536 (2015) - DOI:10.1038/ncomm9536 - M. Ternes
Spin Excitations and Correlations in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
New J. Phys. 17, 063016 (2015) - DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/17/6/063016
2014
- Tobias Herden, Markus Ternes, and Klaus Kern
Lateral and Vertical Stiffness of the Epitaxial h-BN Monolayer on Rh(111)
Nano Letters 14 (6), 3623-3627 (2014) - DOI: 10.1021/nl501349r
2013
- Y. Zhang, S. Kahle, T. Herden, C. Stroh, M. Mayor, U. Schlickum, M. Ternes, P. Wahl, and K. Kern
Temperature and magnetic field dependence of a Kondo system in the weak coupling regime
Nature Communications 4, 2110 (2013) - DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3110
2012
- S. Kahle, Z. Deng, N. Malinowski, C. Tonnoir, A. Forment-Aliaga, N. Thontasen, G. Rinke, D. Le, V. Turkowski, T. S. Rahman, S. Rauschenbach, M. Ternes, and K. Kern
The Quantum Magnetism of Individual Manganese-12-Acetate Molecular Magnets Anchored at Surfaces
Nano Letters 12 (1), 518 (2012) - DOI: 10.1021/nl204141z
2011
- J. Bork, Y. Zhang, L. Diekhöner, L. Borda, P. Simon, J. Kroha, P. Wahl, and K. Kern
A tunable two-impurity Kondo system in an atomic point contact
Nat. Physics 7, 901 (2011) - DOI: 10.1038/nphys2076 - M. Ternes, C. Gonzalez, C. P. Lutz, P. Hapala, F. J. Giessibl, P. Jelinek, and A. J. Heinrich
The Interplay of Conductance, Force, and Structure Change in Metallic Point Contacts
Phys Rev. Lett. 106, 016802 (2011)
2010
- A .R. Schmidt, M. H. Hamidian, P. Wahl, F. Meier, A. V. Balatsky, J. D. Garrett, T. J. Williams, G. M. Luke, and J. C. Davis,
Imaging the Fano lattice to ‘hidden order’ transition in URu2Si2
Nature 465, 570 (2010) - S. Bose, A. M. García-García, M. M. Ugeda, J. D. Urbina, C. H. Michaelis, I. Brihuega, and K. Kern
Observation of shell effects in superconducting nanoparticles of Sn
Nature Mater. 9, 550 (2010) - N. Thontasen, G. Levita, N. Malinowski, Z. Deng, S. Rauschenbach, and K. Kern
Grafting Crown Ether Alkali Host-Guest Complexes at Surfaces by Electrospray Ion Beam Deposition
J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 17768 (2010)
2009
- P. Gambardella, S. Stepanow, A. Dmitriev, J. Honolka, F. de Groot, M. Lingenfelder, S. S. Gupta, D. D. Sarma, P. Bencok, S. Stanescu, S. Clair, S. Pons, N. Lin, A. P. Seitsonen, H. Seitsonen, H. Brune, J. V. Barth and K. Kern
Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface
Nature Mater. 8, 189 (2009) - J. Bork, P. Wahl, L. Diekhöner, and K. Kern
Potential energy landscape of metallic Moiré patterns
New J. Phys. 11, 113051 (2009) - S. Rauschenbach, R. Vogelgesang, R., N. Malinowski, J. W. Gerlach, M. Benyoucef, G. Costantini, Z. Deng, N. Thontasen, N., and K. Kern
Electrospray Ion Beam Deposition: Soft-Landing and Fragmentation of Functional Molecules at Solid Surfaces
ACS Nano 3, 2901 (2009) - M. Ternes, A. J. Heinrich, W.-D. Schneider
Spectroscopic Manifestations of the Kondo Effect on Single Adatoms
J. Phys.: Condens. Mat. 21, 053001 (2009)
2008
- M. Ternes, C. P. Lutz, C. F. Hirjibehedin, F. J. Giessibl, and A. J. Heinrich
The Force Needed to Move an Atom on a Surface
Science 319, 1066 (2008)
2007
- C. F. Hirjibehedin, C.-Y. Lin, A. F. Otte, M. Ternes, C. P. Lutz, B. A. Jones, A. J. Heinrich
Large Magnetic Anisotropy of a Single Atomic Spin Embedded in a Surface Molecular Network
Science 317, 1199 (2007) - U. Schlickum, R. Decker, F. Klappenberger, G. Zoppellaro, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, I. Silanes, A. Arnau, K. Kern, H. Brune, J. V. Barth
Metal-Organic Honeycomb Nanomeshes with Tunable Cavity Size
Nano Lett. 7, 3813 (2007) - P. Wahl, P. Simon, L. Diekhöner, V. S. Stepanyuk, P. Bruno, M. A. Schneider, and K. Kern
Exchange interaction between single magnetic adatoms
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 056601 (2007)