Experimental physicists from the Würzburg-dresden Ct.qmat cluster demonstrated a new quantum effect that is They called Spinaron. In the course of studies, it was found that the cobalt atom on the copper surface takes an unusual state. This discovery doubts the long-term effect of Kondo, which was considered a standard model of the interaction of magnetic materials with metals since the 1980s.
In the Würzburg laboratory under the leadership of Professor Matthias Bode and Dr. Artem Approesko, extreme conditions were created. Using a scanning tunnel microscope, scientists have found that the magnetic moment of the cobalt atom remains static, but constantly switches, exciting copper electrons. This phenomenon was called the spinaron effect.
Bode compared this state with a rugby ball, which, rotating, makes the balls surrounding him move in waves. Similarly, copper electrons began to fluctuate in response to a change in the magnetic moment of cobalt.
This discovery can have far -reaching consequences for Spintronics – a new direction in electronics, which can make IT more environmentally friendly and energy -efficient. However, Bode emphasized that so far the real use of this combination of cobalt and copper in household electronics is unlikely.
At the moment, Artem appastic and the theoretician from Jülich Samir Lunis analyze the publications describing the effect of Kondo since the 1960s. Approxko suggested that many of them may actually describe the effect of Spinaron, which can rewrite the history of theoretical quantum physics.