Prof. Dr. Ralph Claessen

Office address
Physikalisches Institut Universität Würzburg
Am Hubland
D-97074 Würzburg
Phone: +49 (0)931 31 85732
Fax: +49 (0)931 31 492
Email: claessen(at)physik.uni-wuerzbug.de
Web: http://www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/EP4
Project E1
Spectral electronic properties of noble metal nanowires with controlled architectures
Areas of Research
• Experimental condensed matter physics
• Surfaces and interfaces
• Strongly correlated electron systems
• Electron and x-ray spectroscopy
Selected Publications
1. C. Blumenstein, J. Schäfer, S. Mietke, S. Meyer, A. Dollinger, M. Lochner, X.Y. Cui, L. Patthey, R. Matzdorf, and R. Claessen
Atomically controlled quantum chains hosting a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid
Nature Physics 7, 776 (2011).
2. S. Glawion, J. Heidler, M.W. Haverkort, L.C. Duda, T. Schmitt, V.N. Strocov, C. Monney, K. J. Zhou, A. Ruff, M. Sing, and R. Claessen
Two-spinon and orbital excitations of the spin-Peierls system TiOCl
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 107402 (2011).
3. J. Schäfer, C. Blumenstein, S. Meyer, M. Wisniewski, and R. Claessen
New model system for a one-dimensional electron liquid: Self-organized atomic gold chains on Ge(001)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 236802 (2008).
4. J. Schäfer, D. Schrupp, M. Preisinger, and R. Claessen
Conduction states with vanishing dimerization in Pt nanowires on Ge(001) observed with scanning tunneling microscopy
Phys. Rev. B 74, 041404(R) (2006).
5. R. Claessen, M. Sing, U. Schwingenschlögl, P. Blaha, M. Dressel, and C.S. Jacobsen
Spectroscopic signatures of spin-charge separation in the quasi-one-dimensional organic conductor TTF-TCNQ
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 096402 (2002).