Charging single Co atoms on ultrathin NaCl films
Abstract
Single Co adatoms adsorbed on a double-layer NaCl film supported by Cu(111) were negatively charged after applying a positive voltage pulse to the sample in a scanning tunnelling microscope. Density functional calculations showed that the magnetic moment of Co changed from 3μB to 2.2μB after charge state manipulation.
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