Principal investigator: Prof. J.P. BUCHER
The "Scanning Probes for Nanomagnetism" group (members: M.V. RASTEI, L. LIMOT, J.P. BUCHER) is part of the Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg. Our research focuses on the electronic and magnetic properties of single objects on the scale of a nanometer, in particular metallic nanostructures, magnetic atoms and molecules. Scanning-probe techniques are employed for this purpose. These include scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM, STS) in ultrahigh vacuum for the electronic properties, and spin-polarized STM and STS (SP-STM, SP-STS) for the magnetic properties. Larger objects such as submicrometric magnetic clusters are studied by magnetic force microscopy (MFM).
Latest news:
- We are organizing the Forum de Microscopies à Sonde Locale 2010
- to be held in Mittelwihr (France) on 15-19 March 2010
- The abstracts are avalaible here [PDF]
- G. Rogez, B. Donnio, E. Terazzi, J.-L. Gallani, J.-P. Kappler, J.P. Bucher, M. Drillon
- The quest for nanoscale magnets: The example of [Mn12] single molecule magnets
- Adv. Mater. 21,4323 (2009)
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- B.W. Heinrich, C. Iacovita, M.V. Rastei, L. Limot, J.P. Bucher, P.A. Ignatiev, V.S. Stepanyuk, P. Bruno
- Spin structure of an atomic protrusion: Probing single atoms on cobalt nanoislands
- Phys. Rev. B 79, 113401 (2009)
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- M. Abes, M.V. Rastei, J. Venuat, A. Carvalho, S. Boukari, E. Beaurepaire, P. Panissod, A. Dinia, J.P. Bucher, V. Pierron-Bohnes
- Magnetic switching field distribution of patterned CoPt dots
- J. Appl. Phys. 105, 113916 (2009)
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