Molecule-assisted ferromagnetic atomic chain formation

Ferromagnetic one dimensional Ti atomic chain

Using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method, we have explored the magnetic properties of one dimensional (1D) Ti atomic chain. Astonishingly, we for the first time observed that the 1D Ti atomic chain has ferromagnetic ground state even on NiAl(110) surface although the Ti has no magnetic moment in bulk or macroscopic state. It was found that the physical property of...

Molecule formation in ultracold atomic gases

This review describes recent experimental and theoretical advances in forming molecules in ultracold gases of trapped alkali metal atoms, both by magnetic tuning through Feshbach resonances and by photoassociation. Molecular Bose-Einstein condensation of long-range states of both boson dimers and fermion dimers was achieved in 2002-3. Condensates of boson dimers were found to be short-lived, bu...

Atomic motion in ferromagnetic break junctions.

Coupling single molecule magnets to ferromagnetic substrates.

We investigate the interaction of TbPc(2) single molecule magnets (SMMs) with ferromagnetic Ni substrates. Using element-resolved x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, we show that TbPc(2) couples antiferromagnetically to Ni films through ligand-mediated superexchange. This coupling is strongly anisotropic and can be manipulated by doping the interface with electron acceptor or donor atoms. We obs...

Atomic Cross-Chain Swaps

An atomic cross-chain swap is a distributed coordination task where multiple parties exchange assets across multiple blockchains, for example, trading bitcoin for ether. An atomic swap protocol guarantees (1) if all parties conform to the protocol, then all swaps take place, (2) if some coalition deviates from the protocol, then no conforming party ends up worse off, and (3) no coalition has an...