@article{ElsterPlattThomaleetal.2015, author = {Elster, Lars and Platt, Christian and Thomale, Ronny and Hanke, Werner and Hankiewicz, Ewelina M.}, title = {Accessing topological superconductivity via a combined STM and renormalization group analysis}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {6}, journal = {Nature Communications}, number = {8232}, doi = {10.1038/ncomms9232}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-148181}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The search for topological superconductors has recently become a key issue in condensed matter physics, because of their possible relevance to provide a platform for Majorana bound states, non-Abelian statistics, and quantum computing. Here we propose a new scheme which links as directly as possible the experimental search to a material-based microscopic theory for topological superconductivity. For this, the analysis of scanning tunnelling microscopy, which typically uses a phenomenological ansatz for the superconductor gap functions, is elevated to a theory, where a multi-orbital functional renormalization group analysis allows for an unbiased microscopic determination of the material-dependent pairing potentials. The combined approach is highlighted for paradigmatic hexagonal systems, such as doped graphene and water-intercalated sodium cobaltates, where lattice symmetry and electronic correlations yield a propensity for a chiral singlet topological superconductor. We demonstrate that our microscopic material-oriented procedure is necessary to uniquely resolve a topological superconductor state.}, language = {en} } @article{VarykhalovMarchenkoSanchezBarrigaetal.2012, author = {Varykhalov, A. and Marchenko, D. and S{\´a}nchez-Barriga, J. and Scholz, M. R. and Verberck, B. and Trauzettel, B. and Wehling, T. O. and Carbone, C. and Rader, O.}, title = {Intact Dirac Cones at Broken Sublattice Symmetry: Photoemission Study of Graphene on Ni and Co}, series = {Physical Review X}, volume = {2}, journal = {Physical Review X}, number = {041017}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041017}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-135732}, year = {2012}, abstract = {The appearance of massless Dirac fermions in graphene requires two equivalent carbon sublattices of trigonal shape. While the generation of an effective mass and a band gap at the Dirac point remains an unresolved problem for freestanding extended graphene, it is well established by breaking translational symmetry by confinement and by breaking sublattice symmetry by interaction with a substrate. One of the strongest sublattice-symmetry-breaking interactions with predicted and measured band gaps ranging from 400 meV to more than 3 eV has been attributed to the interfaces of graphene with Ni and Co, which are also promising spin-filter interfaces. Here, we apply angle-resolved photoemission to epitaxial graphene on Ni (111) and Co(0001) to show the presence of intact Dirac cones 2.8 eV below the Fermi level. Our results challenge the common belief that the breaking of sublattice symmetry by a substrate and the opening of the band gap at the Dirac energy are in a straightforward relation. A simple effective model of a biased bilayer structure composed of graphene and a sublattice-symmetry-broken layer, corroborated by density-functional-theory calculations, demonstrates the general validity of our conclusions.}, language = {en} } @article{WeisseHeddergottHeydtetal.2012, author = {Weiße, Sebastian and Heddergott, Niko and Heydt, Matthias and Pfl{\"a}sterer, Daniel and Maier, Timo and Haraszti, Tamas and Grunze, Michael and Engstler, Markus and Rosenhahn, Axel}, title = {A Quantitative 3D Motility Analysis of Trypanosoma brucei by Use of Digital In-line Holographic Microscopy}, series = {PLoS One}, volume = {7}, journal = {PLoS One}, number = {5}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0037296}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130666}, pages = {e37296}, year = {2012}, abstract = {We present a quantitative 3D analysis of the motility of the blood parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Digital in-line holographic microscopy has been used to track single cells with high temporal and spatial accuracy to obtain quantitative data on their behavior. Comparing bloodstream form and insect form trypanosomes as well as mutant and wildtype cells under varying external conditions we were able to derive a general two-state-run-and-tumble-model for trypanosome motility. Differences in the motility of distinct strains indicate that adaption of the trypanosomes to their natural environments involves a change in their mode of swimming.}, language = {en} }