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2016
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A chemically driven quantum phase transition in a two-molecule Kondo system
A chemically driven quantum phase transition in a two-molecule Kondo system
The magnetic properties of nanostructures that consist of a small number of atoms or molecules are typically determined by magnetic exchange interactions. Here, we show that non-magnetic, chemical interactions can have a similarly decisive effect if spin-moment-carrying orbitals extend in space and...
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Personal Name(s): | Esat, Taner |
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Lechtenberg, Benedikt / Deilmann, Thorsten / Wagner, Christian / Krüger, Peter / Temirov, Ruslan / Rohlfing, Michael / Anders, Frithjof B. / Tautz, F. S. (Corresponding author) | |
Contributing Institute: |
Quantum Nanoscience; PGI-3 John von Neumann - Institut für Computing; NIC |
Published in: | Nature physics, 12 (2016) 9, S. 867 - 873 |
Imprint: |
Basingstoke
Nature Publishing Group
2016
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DOI: |
10.1038/nphys3737 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Spectra of 2D layered materials Nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum impurity systems close quantum phase transitions Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
The magnetic properties of nanostructures that consist of a small number of atoms or molecules are typically determined by magnetic exchange interactions. Here, we show that non-magnetic, chemical interactions can have a similarly decisive effect if spin-moment-carrying orbitals extend in space and therefore allow the direct coupling of magnetic properties to wavefunction overlap and the formation of bonding and antibonding orbitals. We demonstrate this for a dimer of metal–molecule complexes on the Au(111) surface. A changing wavefunction overlap between the two monomers drives the surface-adsorbed dimer through a quantum phase transition from an underscreened triplet to a singlet ground state, with one configuration being located extremely close to a quantum critical point. |