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2009
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Magnetically Hindered Chain Formation in Transition-Metal Break Junctions
Magnetically Hindered Chain Formation in Transition-Metal Break Junctions
Based on first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that magnetism impedes the formation of long chains in break junctions. We find a distinct softening of the binding energy of atomic chains due to the creation of magnetic moments that crucially reduces the probability of successful chain format...
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Personal Name(s): | Thiess, A. |
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Mokrousov, Y. / Heinze, S. / Blügel, S. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; IFF-1 JARA - HPC; JARA-HPC JARA-FIT; JARA-FIT Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; IAS-1 |
Published in: | Physical review letters, 103 (2009) S. 217201 |
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College Park, Md.
APS
2009
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Physical Description: |
217201 |
DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.217201 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Grundlagen für zukünftige Informationstechnologien |
Series Title: |
Physical Review Letters
103 |
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Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/7221 in citations.
Based on first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that magnetism impedes the formation of long chains in break junctions. We find a distinct softening of the binding energy of atomic chains due to the creation of magnetic moments that crucially reduces the probability of successful chain formation. Thereby, we are able to explain the long standing puzzle why most of the transition metals do not assemble as long chains in break junctions and thus provide indirect evidence that in general suspended atomic chains in transition-metal break junctions are magnetic. |