Excited states and dynamics of current-driven molecular spin systems (B04)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 425217212

The project will focus on nonequilibrium states and dynamical behavior of newly designed molecular nanomagnets, spin chains and magnetic graphene nanoribbons in defined configurations at surfaces. These will be driven out of equilibrium by a tunneling current. Excitations arising from current injection as well as from temperature and magnetic fluctuations and the coupling of the excited states to magnetic interactions and excited vibronic states will be investigated at the level of single molecules. Spin excitation spectroscopy will be employed to monitor the excited states and to follow the magnetization dynamics of these coupled spin systems.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1432: Fluctuations and Nonlinearities in Classical and Quantum Matter beyond Equilibrium
• Applicant Institution: Universität Konstanz
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Mikhail Fonin; Professor Dr. Rainer Winter