Riddle of Kondo effect solved in ultimately thin wires
Date | 15th, Nov 2023 |
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Source | Nanowerk - Nanotechnology Websites |
DESCRIPTION
New observations with a scanning tunnelling microscope reveal the effect in one-dimensional wires floating on graphene. Scientists for the first time directly measured the so-called Kondo effect, which governs the behaviour of magnetic atoms surrounded by a sea of electrons.