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Electron doping and magnetic moment formation in N- and C-doped MgO
The formation of the magnetic moment in C- and N-doped MgO is the result of a
delicate interplay between Hund's coupling, hybridization and Jahn-Teller
distortion. The balance depends on a number of environmental variables
including electron doping. We investigate such a dependence by self-interaction
corrected density functional theory and we find that the moment formation is
robust with respect to electron doping. In contrast, the local symmetry around
the dopant is more fragile and two different geometries can be stabilized.
Crucially the magnetic moment is always extremely localized, making any carrier
mediated picture of magnetism in d^0 magnets unlikely
Current-induced spin polarization at metallic surfaces from first-principles
We present the results of first-principles calculations based on density
functional theory estimating the magnitude of the current-induced spin
polarization (CISP) at the surfaces of the transition metals with fcc and
bcc crystal structures. We predict that the largest surface CISP occurs for W
and Ta, whereas CISP is considerably weaker for Pt and Au surfaces. We then
discuss how CISP emerges over a length scale equal to few atomic layers as
opposed to the spin accumulation characteristic of the SHE, which is related to
the materials' spin diffusion length. Finally, using our estimates for the CISP
magnitude, we suggest that the spin density appearing near W surfaces in
experiments is mostly due to CISP, whereas that at Pt surfaces stems from the
Hall effect
ERAS in General Thoracic Surgery
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS®) is a strategy that seeks to reduce patients’ perioperative stress response, thereby reducing potential complications, decreasing hospital length of stay and enabling patients to return more quickly to their baseline functional status. This programme results from the union of several perioperative clinical elements that have individually proved to be beneficial to the patient and have showed, when used together, a synergy that results in a significant outcome improvement. The term was coined at the end of the 1990s and originally used to refer to a complex fast-track programme in open colorectal surgery. Subsequently, the practice has spread to other surgical specialties centralising the interest of clinicians and researchers. The objective of this chapter is to analyse the key elements of an ERAS protocol applicable to minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Non-locally sensing the magnetic states of nanoscale antiferromagnets with an atomic spin sensor
The ability to sense the magnetic state of individual magnetic nano-objects
is a key capability for powerful applications ranging from readout of
ultra-dense magnetic memory to the measurement of spins in complex structures
with nanometer precision. Magnetic nano-objects require extremely sensitive
sensors and detection methods. Here we create an atomic spin sensor consisting
of three Fe atoms and show that it can detect nanoscale antiferromagnets
through minute surface-mediated magnetic interaction. Coupling, even to an
object with no net spin and having vanishing dipolar stray field, modifies the
transition matrix element between two spin states of the Fe-atom-based spin
sensor that changes the sensor's spin relaxation time. The sensor can detect
nanoscale antiferromagnets at up to three nanometers distance and achieves an
energy resolution of 10 micro-electronvolts surpassing the thermal limit of
conventional scanning probe spectroscopy. This scheme permits simultaneous
sensing of multiple antiferromagnets with a single spin sensor integrated onto
the surface.Comment: 30 pages main text, 6 figures, Supplementary materials not inculde
A redox-active radical as an effective nanoelectronic component: stability and electrochemical tunnelling spectroscopy in ionic liquids
A redox-active persistent perchlorotriphenylmethyl (PTM) radical chemically linked to gold exhibits stable electrochemical activity in ionic liquids. Electrochemical tunnelling spectroscopy in this medium demonstrates that the PTM radical shows a highly effective redox-mediated current enhancement, demonstrating its applicability as an active nanometer-scale electronic component.We acknowledge the financial support from the EU projects ACMOL (FET Young Explorers, GA no. 618082), ERC StG 2012-306826 e-GAMES, ITN iSwitch (GA no. 642196), COST Action TD1002, the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant No. 200020-144471), the Networking Research Center of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), the DGI (Spain) with project BE-WELL CTQ2013-40480-R, the Generalitat de Catalunya with project 2014-SGR-17, and the Severo Ochoa program. N. C acknowledges the RyC program. C. F. is enrolled in the Materials Science PhD program of UAB. We acknowledge support of the publication fee by the CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources for Research (URICI).
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Enhancing electron correlation at a 3D ferromagnetic surface
Spin-resolved momentum microscopy and theoretical calculations are combined beyond the one-electron approximation to unveil the spin-dependent electronic structure of the interface formed between iron (Fe) and an ordered oxygen (O) atomic layer, and an adsorbate-induced enhancement of electronic correlations is found. It is demonstrated that this enhancement is responsible for a drastic narrowing of the Fe d-bands close to the Fermi energy (EF) and a reduction of the exchange splitting, which is not accounted for in the Stoner picture of ferromagnetism. In addition, correlation leads to a significant spin-dependent broadening of the electronic bands at higher binding energies and their merging with satellite features, which are manifestations of a pure many-electron behavior. Overall, adatom adsorption can be used to vary the material parameters of transition metal surfaces to access different intermediate electronic correlated regimes, which will otherwise not be accessible. The results show that the concepts developed to understand the physics and chemistry of adsorbate–metal interfaces, relevant for a variety of research areas, from spintronics to catalysis, need to be reconsidered with many-particle effects being of utmost importance. These may affect chemisorption energy, spin transport, magnetic order, and even play a key role in the emergence of ferromagnetism at interfaces between non-magnetic systems
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