Atomic- and Nanoscale Magnetism

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fascinating recent developments in atomic- and nanoscale magnetism, including the physics of individual magnetic adatoms and single spins, the synthesis of molecular magnets for spintronic applications, and the magnetic properties of small clusters as well as non-collinear spin textures, such as spin spirals and magnetic skyrmions in ultrathin films and nanostructures. Starting from the level of atomic-scale magnetic interactions, the book addresses the emergence of many-body states in quantum magnetism and complex spin states resulting from the competition of such interactions, both experimentally and theoretically. It also introduces novel microscopic and spectroscopic techniques to reveal the exciting physics of magnetic adatom arrays and nanostructures at ultimate spatial and temporal resolution and demonstrates their applications using various insightful examples. The book is intended for researchers and graduate students interested in recent developments of one of the most fascinating fields of condensed matter physics. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Magnetic Spectroscopy of Individual Atoms, Chains and Nanostructures (Jens Wiebe, Alexander A. Khajetoorians, Roland Wiesendanger)....Pages 3-24 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopies of Magnetic Atoms, Clusters, and Molecules (Jörg Kröger, Alexander Weismann, Richard Berndt, Simon Altenburg, Thomas Knaak, Manuel Gruber et al.)....Pages 25-53 Electronic Structure and Magnetism of Correlated Nanosystems (Alexander Lichtenstein, Maria Valentyuk, Roberto Mozara, Michael Karolak)....Pages 55-70 Local Physical Properties of Magnetic Molecules (Alexander Schwarz)....Pages 71-87 Magnetic Properties of One-Dimensional Stacked Metal Complexes (Tabea Buban, Sarah Puhl, Peter Burger, Marc H. Prosenc, Jürgen Heck)....Pages 89-116 Designing and Understanding Building Blocks for Molecular Spintronics (Carmen Herrmann, Lynn Groß, Bodo Alexander Voigt, Suranjan Shil, Torben Steenbock)....Pages 117-136 Magnetic Properties of Small, Deposited 3d Transition Metal and Alloy Clusters (Michael Martins, Ivan Baev, Fridtjof Kielgast, Torben Beeck, Leif Glaser, Kai Chen et al.)....Pages 137-161 Non-collinear Magnetism Studied with Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (Kirsten von Bergmann, André Kubetzka, Oswald Pietzsch, Roland Wiesendanger)....Pages 163-182 Theory of Magnetic Ordering at the Nanoscale (Elena Vedmedenko)....Pages 183-200 Magnetism of Nanostructures on Metallic Substrates (Michael Potthoff, Maximilian W. Aulbach, Matthias Balzer, Mirek Hänsel, Matthias Peschke, Andrej Schwabe et al.)....Pages 201-217 Front Matter ....Pages 219-219 Magnetization Dynamics on the Atomic Scale (Stefan Krause, Roland Wiesendanger)....Pages 221-248 Magnetic Behavior of Single Nanostructures and Their Mutual Interactions in Small Ensembles (Stefan Freercks, Simon Hesse, Alexander Neumann, Philipp Staeck, Carsten Thönnissen, Eva-Sophie Wilhelm et al.)....Pages 249-265 Fluctuations and Dynamics of Magnetic Nanoparticles (Elena Vedmedenko, Michael Potthoff)....Pages 267-284 Picosecond Magnetization Dynamics of Nanostructures Imaged with Pump–Probe Techniques in the Visible and Soft X-Ray Spectral Range (Philipp Wessels, Markus Drescher)....Pages 285-298 Magnetic Antivortices (Matthias Pues, Guido Meier)....Pages 299-323 Nonequilibrium Quantum Dynamics of Current-Driven Magnetic Domain Walls and Skyrmions (Martin Stier, Michael Thorwart)....Pages 325-342 Imaging the Interaction of Electrical Currents with Magnetization Distributions (Robert Frömter, Edna C. Corredor, Sebastian Hankemeier, Fabian Kloodt-Twesten, Susanne Kuhrau, Fabian Lofink et al.)....Pages 343-358 Electron Transport in Ferromagnetic Nanostructures (Falk-Ulrich Stein, Guido Meier)....Pages 359-383 Back Matter ....Pages 385-390