08 Fakultät Mathematik und Physik

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    Epitaxy and scanning tunneling microscopy image contrast of copper-phthalocyanine on graphite and MoS2
    (1994) Ludwig, Christoph; Strohmaier, Rainer; Petersen, Jörg; Gompf, Bruno; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
    Monolayers of copper–phthalocyanine (Cu–Pc) on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and MoS2 prepared by organic molecular beam epitaxy have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. On both substrates there exist well defined preparation conditions leading to ordered two-dimensional arrays of flat lying molecules. On HOPG they form a close-packed structure with a nearly quadratic unit cell, whereas on MoS2 we found two phases, one close-packed and one rowlike phase. This rowlike phase can be explained by a long range interaction due to an adsorbate induced superstructure of the substrate, which also can be seen in the scanning tunneling microscopy images. In images with submolecular resolution, the molecules appear different on the two substrates. On MoS2 they look like a four-leaved clover, on graphite they show a more detailed inner structure.
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    Dynamics of poling PVDF between 25°C and 120°C
    (1991) Eberle, Gernot; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
    PVDF films with high β-content are poled in an electric field of 60 MV/m at temperatures between 25°C and 120°C. At 25°C the alignment of dipoles takes place in a central poling zone during several hours of poling. When the temperature is increased to 120°C the poling time necessary to align the dipoles in this narrow zone is reduced to several seconds. In addition, at temperatures higher than 90°C and increased poling times the central poling zone first increases but later decreases in its dielectric displacement. Simultaneously in a 10 μm regime adjoining the positive electrode a secondary displacement zone starts to grow. The strong reduction of this peak under short circuit conditions indicates hetero-charge accumulation in front of an anode.
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    Optical and magneto-optical investigations on 3D Dirac- and Weyl-semimetals
    (2017) Neubauer, David; Dressel, Martin (Prof. Dr.)
    This work concentrates on optical investigations on 3D Dirac- and Weyl-semimetals with and without applied magnetic fields. Four compounds are extensively discussed, namely the 3D Dirac semimetal Cd3As2, the Weyl semimetals TaAs and NbP, and finally evidence is found for 2D Dirac states in the iron based superconductor FeSe. For the measurements in magnetic fields a novel magneto-optical installation is designed and implemented in the lab. The design principle and characterization of this setup is presented.
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    Tuning charge order in (TMTTF)2X by partial anion substitution
    (2021) Pustogow, Andrej; Dizdarevic, Daniel; Erfort, Sebastian; Iakutkina, Olga; Merkl, Valentino; Untereiner, Gabriele; Dressel, Martin
    In the quasi-one-dimensional (TMTTF)2X compounds with effectively quarter-filled bands, electronic charge order is stabilized from the delicate interplay of Coulomb repulsion and electronic bandwidth. The correlation strength is commonly tuned by physical pressure or chemical substitution with stoichiometric ratios of anions and cations. Here, we investigate the charge-ordered state through partial substitution of the anions in (TMTTF)2[AsF6]1-x[SbF6]x with x≈0.3, determined from the intensity of infrared vibrations, which is sufficient to suppress the spin-Peierls state. Our dc transport experiments reveal a transition temperature TCO = 120 K and charge gap ΔCO=430 K between the values of the two parent compounds (TMTTF)2AsF6 and (TMTTF)2SbF6. Upon plotting the two parameters for different (TMTTF)2X, we find a universal relationship between TCO and ΔCO yielding that the energy gap vanishes for transition temperatures TCO≤60 K. While these quantities indicate that the macroscopic correlation strength is continuously tuned, our vibrational spectroscopy results probing the local charge disproportionation suggest that 2δ is modulated on a microscopic level.
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    Field induced gas emission of polymer films
    (1992) Selle, Michael; Eberle, Gernot; Gompf, Bruno; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
    Poling polyvinylidene fluoride under vacuum conditions causes strong gas emission, which is analyzed with a quadrupole mass spectrometer. The dominant peak in the mass spectrum is HF, which is produced by electrochemical reactions at the sample surface. After the electric field is switched off, the gas emission unexpectedly increases to a value higher than under the field. This can be explained by ionic charge detrappingand charge migration
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    Thermal motion of one-dimensional domain walls in monolayers of a polar polymer observed by Video-STM
    (1993) Ludwig, Christoph; Eberle, Gernot; Gompf, Bruno; Petersen, Jörg; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
    Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has been used to investigate monolayers of the ferroelectric copolymer polyvinylidenefluoride/trifluoroethylene P(VDF/TrFE) showing images of ordered polymer monolayers. By scanning with video frame rate, direct observation of the motion of onedimensional domain walls was also possible for the first time. The images clearly show domain walls normal to the polymer chains. From measurements of the temperature dependence of the domain wall velocities the activation energy for the thermally generated kink motion was estimated. These results are compared with theoretical models describing domain wall motion in ferroelectric PVDF.
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    On-chip broadband magnetic resonance spectroscopy down to ultralow temperatures
    (2014) Clauß, Conrad; Dressel, Martin (Prof. Dr.)
    This thesis presents a novel technical realization to perform electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) based on superconducting coplanar waveguides (CPWs) and superconducting CPW resonators. This technique allows for the investigation of magnetic properties of the material under study at basically any arbitrary frequency. The compact design radically facilitates the implementation into dilution refrigerators to probe the samples at temperatures in the milli Kelvin regime. The working principle of the devices is explained and further substantiated by analytical calculations and 3D-electromagnetic (EM) simulations of the microwave EM fields of the given chip structures. The proof of principle was demonstrated on an organic radical with spin 1/2 and on a ruby single crystal with S=3/2, as a more complex spin system. The technique was then utilized to characterize a Gd-based single-ion magnet and to investigate the magnetic properties of the ground states of a heavy-fermion metal. Both materials were studied in detail at temperatures as low as 40 mK, far below the typical low-temperature limit of conventional EPR equipment at around 1 K. The results of the heavy-fermion compound reveal intriguing behavior of the spin-relaxation mechanisms and local magnetic fields at the lowest achievable temperatures and at the phase transitions and crossover regimes of the phase diagram. The thesis is a pioneering work outlining the great potential regarding the range of applicability of the introduced technique and provides a starting point for future improvements and further functional enhancements.
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    High frequency phonon transmission through amorphous films
    (1990) Mebert, Joachim; Maile, Bernd; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
    We now report on phonon spectroscopy measurements in the frequency range from 300 GHz - 1 THz on thin amorphous films of several materials (i.e. e-beam evaporated SiO2., α-Si and α-Ge). Some films were prepared in a residual gas atmosphere as H20 and N2.
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    Microwave properties of superconducting SrTiO3 at mK-temperatures
    (2022) Beydeda, Cenk
    In this thesis the properties of superconducting Nb-doped SrTiO3 are investigated, more concrete the optical conductivity was obtained as function of temperature, magnetic flux density and frequency. Superconducting Stripline resonators were used to probe the optical properties of Nb:SrTiO3. The optical conductivity of Nb:SrTiO3 reveals features that are typically associated with a dirty single-gap superconductor. At low frequencies the coherence peak predicted by the BCS theory is observed. In the type II superconductor Nb:SrTiO3 two critical magnetic flux densities are observed that correspond to two superconducting bands. The real part of the optical conductivity displays a strong initial increase in dependence of magnetic flux density even at lowest achieved temperature to values multiple times of the DC conductivity. The critical magnetic flux densities and the critical temperatures show a dome-shaped dependence on the Nb-doping.
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    Polarization distribution in PVDF obtained by poling under constant current condition
    (1990) Neumann, Guido; Bihler, Eckardt; Eberle, Gernot; Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
    Since the resistivity of PVDE films increases when the films are poled, the voltage across the samples must be increased during the poling process in order to keep the current constant. Under these conditions, the formation of a polarization zone in the center of the film depth is observed. The thickness of the polarization-free zone close to the film surfaces is found to decrease with larger current densities. The results are consistent with a model assuming charge trapping in deep traps associated with the orientation of polar crystallites.