Prof. Dr. Markus Ternes

1994 – 2001: Studies at the Technical University Berlin, Germany

2001 – 2006: Research and teaching assistant at the École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

2006: Doctoral examination “docteur és science” (PhD); awarded with the Max-Auwärter Prize in 2008.

2006 – 2008: Postdoctoral fellow at the IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California.

2009 – 2018: Senior scientist and group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart.

2016: Habilitation at the University of Konstanz, venia legendi for experimental physics.

since 2018: Heisenberg-Professor at the RWTH Aachen University and at the Peter-Grünberg Insitute for Quantum Nanoscience (PGI-3).

1. J. Martinez-Castro, R. Bolat, Q. Fan, S. Werner, H. H. Arefi, T. Esat, J. Sundermeyer, C. Wagner, J. M. Gottfried, R. Temirov, M. Ternes, and F. S. Tautz, "Disentangling the Complex Electronic Structure of an Adsorbed Nanographene: Cycloarene C108", arXiv:2110.11449v2 [cond-mat.mes-hall]
2. M. Zonda, O. Stetsovych, R. Korytar, M. Ternes, R. Temirov, A. Racanelli, F.Tautz, P. Jelinek, T. Novotny, and M. Svec, "Resolving ambiguity of the Kondo temperature determination in mechanically tunable single-molecule Kondo systems", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 6320 (2021)
3. A. Grewal, Y. Wang, M. Muenks, K. Kern, and M. Ternes, "Local stiffness and work-function variations of hexagonal boron nitride on Cu(111)", Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 12, 559 (2021)
4. Y. Wang, S. Arabi, K. Kern, and M. Ternes, "Symmetry mediated tunable molecular magnetism on a 2D material", Comm. Phys. 4, 103 (2021)
5. L. M. Veldman, L. Farinacci, R. Rejali, R. Broekhoven, J. Gobeil, D. Coffey, M. Ternes, and A. F. Otte, "Free coherent evolution of a coupled atomic spin system initialized by electron scattering", Science 372, 964 (2021)
6. M. Ternes , C. P. Lutz, A. J. Heinrich, and W.-D. Schneider, "Sensing the spin of an individual Ce adatom", Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 167202 (2020)
7. B. Verlhac, N. Bachellier, L. Garnier, M. Ormaza, P. Abufager, R. Robles, M.-L. Bocquet, M. Ternes, N. Lorente, and L. Limot, "Atomic-scale spin sensing with a single molecule at the apex of a scanning tunneling microscope", Science 366, 623 (2019)
8. J. Hermenau, M. Ternes, M. Steinbrecher, R. Wiesendanger, and J. Wiebe, "Long spin relaxation times in a transition metal atom in direct contact to a metal substrate", Nano Letters 18, 1978 (2018)
9. D.-J. Choi, R. Robles, S. Yan, J. Burgess, S. Rolf-Pissarczyk, J.-P. Gauyacq, N. Lorente, M. Ternes, and S. Loth, "Building complex Kondo impurities by manipulating entangled spin chains", Nano Letters 17, 6203 (2017)
10. L. Schlipf, T. Oeckinghaus, K. Xu, D. D. Bhaktavatsala Rao, A. Zappe, F. Fávaro de Oliveira, B. Kern, M. Azarkh, M. Drescher, M. Ternes, K. Kern, J. Wrachtup, and A. Finkler, "Molecular quantum spin network controlled by a single qubit", Science Advances 3, e1701116 (2017)
11. V. Schendel, C. Barreteau, M. Brandbyge, B. Borca, I. Pentegov, U. Schlickum, M. Ternes, P. Wahl, and K. Kern, "Strong paramagnon scattering in single atom Pd contacts", Phys. Rev. B 96, 035155 (2017)
12. P. Jacobson, M. Muenks, G. Laskin, O. Brovko, V. Stepanyuk, M. Ternes, and K. Kern, "Potential energy-driven spin manipulation via a controllable hydrogen ligand", Science Advances 3, e1602060 (2017)
13. M. Ternes, "Probing Magnetic Excitations and Correlations in Single and Coupled Spin Systems with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy", Prog. Surf. Sci. 92, 83–115 (2017)
14. M. Muenks, P. Jacobson, M. Ternes, and K. Kern, "Correlation driven transport asymmetries through coupled spins in a tunnel junction", Nature Communications 8, 14119, (2017)
15. D.-J. Choi, R. Robles, J.-P. Gauyacq, M. Ternes, S. Loth, and N. Lorente, "Structural and magnetic properties of FeMn_x (x = 1 . . . 6) chains supported on Cu₂N/Cu(100)", Phys. Rev. B. 94, 085406 (2016)
16. M. Ternes, "Auf die Bindung kommt es an", Physik Journal 7, 24 (2016)
17. S. Rauschenbach, M. Ternes, L. Harnau, and K. Kern, "Mass spectrometry as preparative tool for the surface science of large Molecules", Ann. Rev. An. Chem. 9, 473 (2016)
18. A. A. Khajetorians, M. Steinbrecher, M. Ternes, M. Bouhassoune, S. Lounis, M. dos Santos Dias, J. Wiebe, and R. Wiesendanger, "Tailoring the chiral magnetic interaction between two individual atoms", Nature Communications 7, 10620 (2016)
19. A. Spinelli, M. Gerrits, R. Toskovic, B. Bryant, M. Ternes, and A. F. Otte, "Exploring the phase diagram of the two-impurity Kondo problem", Nature Communications 6, 10046 (2015)
20. P. Jacobson, T. Herden, M. Muenks, G. Laskin, O. Brovko, V. Stepanyuk, M. Ternes , and K. Kern, "Quantum engineering of spin and anisotropy in magnetic molecular junctions", Nature Communications 6, 8536 (2015)
21. M. Ternes, "Spin excitations and correlations in scanning tunneling spectroscopy", New J. Phys. 17, 063016 (2015)
22. K. v. Bergmann, M. Ternes, S. Loth, C. P. Lutz, and A. J. Heinrich, "Spin polarization of the split Kondo state", Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 076601 (2015)
23. E. Schäfer-Nolte, L. Schlipf, M. Ternes, F. Rheinhard, J. Wrachtrup, and K. Kern, "Tracking temperature dependent relaxation times with a wide-band quantum spectrometer", Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 217204 (2014)
24. T. Herden, M. Ternes, and K. Kern, "Lateral and vertical stiffness of the epitaxial h-BN monolayer on Rh(111)", Nano Letters 14, 3623 (2014)
25. E. Schäfer-Nolte, F. Rheinhard, M. Ternes, J. Wrachtrup, and K. Kern, "A diamond-based scanning probe spin sensor operating at low temperature in ultra high vacuum", Rev. Sci. Instr. 85, 013701 (2014)
26. Y. Zhang, S. Kahle, T. Herden, Ch. Stroh, M. Mayor, U. Schlickum, M. Ternes, P. Wahl, and K. Kern, "Temperature and magnetic field dependence of a Kondo system in the weak coupling regime", Nature Communications 4, 2110 (2013)
27. S. Kahle, Z. Deng, C. Tonnoir, N. Malinowski, A. F. Aliaga, N. Thontasen, G. Rinke, D. Le, V. Turkowsky, T. S. Rahman, S. Rauschenbach, M. Ternes, and K. Kern, "The quantum magnetism of individual manganese-12-acetate molecular magnets anchored at surfaces", Nano Letters 12, 518 (2012)
28. M. Ternes, "In die Tiefe geschaut", Physik Journal 10, 20 (2011)
29. M. Ternes, C. Gonzalez, C. P. Lutz, P. Hapala, F. J. Giessibl, P. Jelı́nek, and A. J. Heinrich, "The interplay of conductance, force, and structure change in metallic point contacts", Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 016802 (2011)
30. S. Loth, K. v. Bergmann, M. Ternes, A. Otte, C. P. Lutz, and A. J. Heinrich, "Controlling the state of quantum spins with electric currents", Nature Physics 6, 340 (2010)
31. M. Ternes, M. Pivetta, F. Patthey, and W.-D. Schneider, "Creation, electronic properties, disorder, and melting of two-dimensional surface-state-mediated adatom superlattices", Prog. Surf. Sci. 85, 1 (2010)
32. A. Otte, M. Ternes, S. Loth, C. P. Lutz, C. F. Hijibehedin, and A. J. Heinrich, "Spin excitations of a Kondo-screened atom coupled to a second magnetic atom", Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 107203 (2009)
33. M. Ternes, C. P. Lutz, and A. J. Heinrich, "Atomic manipulation on metal surfaces" in Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy Vol. 2, (Spinger, Berlin, 2009)
34. N. N. Negulyaev, V. S. Stephanyuk, L. Niebergall, P. Bruno, M. Pivetta, M. Ternes, F. Patthey, and W.-D. Schneider, "Melting of two-dimensional adatom superlattices stabilized by long-range electronic interactions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 246102, (2009)
35. M. Ternes, A. J. Heinrich, and W.-D. Schneider, "Spectroscopic manifestiation of the Kondo effect on single adatoms", J. Phys: Cond. Mat. 21, 053001 (2009)
36. A. Otte, M. Ternes, S. Loth, K. von Bergmann, H. Brune, C. P. Lutz, C. F. Hirjibehedin, and A. J. Heinrich, "The role of magnetic anisotropy in the Kondo effect", Nature Physics 4, 847 (2008)
37. M. Ternes, F. J. Giessibl, and A. J. Heinrich, "Rasterkraftmikroskopie: Wie viel Kraft ist nötig, um ein Atom zu bewegen?", Physik in unserer Zeit 39, 111 (2008)
38. M. Ternes, C. P. Lutz, C. F. Hirjibehedin, F. J. Giessibl, and A. J. Heinrich, "The force needed to move an atom on a surface", Science 319, 1066 (2008)
39. C. F. Hirjibehedin, C.-Y. Lin, A. F. Otte, M. Ternes, C. P. Lutz, B. A. Jones, and A. J. Heinrich, "Large magnetic anisotropy of a single atomic spin embedded in a surface molecular network", Science 317, 1199 (2007)
40. M. Pivetta, M. Ternes, F. Patthey, and W.-D. Schneider, "Diatomic molecular switches to enable the excitation of low-energy vibrations", Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 126104 (2007)
41. M. Ternes, W.-D. Schneider, J. C. Cuevas, C. P. Lutz, C. F. Hirjibehedin, and A. J. Heinrich, "Subgap structure in asymmetric superconducting tunnel junctions", Phys. Rev. B 74, 132501 (2006)
42. Ch. Kolf, J. Kroha, M. Ternes, and W.-D. Schneider, Comment on “Fano resonance for Anderson impurity systems”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 019701 (2006)
43. M. Ternes, C. Weber, M. Pivetta, F. Patthey, J. P. Pelz, T. Giamarchi, F. Mila, and W.-D. Schneider, "Scanning-tunneling spectroscopy of surface-state electrons scattered by a slightly disordered two-dimensional dilute ’solid’: Ce on Ag(111)", Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 146805 (2004)
44. F. Silly, M. Pivetta, M. Ternes, F. Patthey, J. P. Pelz, and W.-D. Schneider, "Coverage-dependent self-organization: from individual adatoms to adatom superlattices" New J. Phys. 6, 14 (2004)
45. F. Silly, M. Pivetta, M. Ternes, F. Patthey, J. P. Pelz, and W.-D. Schneider, "Creation of an atomic superlattice by immersing metallic adatoms in a two-dimensional electron sea", Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 016101 (2004)
46. H. Eisele, A. Lenz, Ch. Hennig, R. Timm, M. Ternes, and M. Dähne, "Atomic structure of InAs and InGaAs quantum dots determined by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy", J. Crystal Growth 284, 322 (2003)
47. H. Eisele, R. Timm, A. Lenz, Ch. Hennig, M. Ternes, S. K. Becker, and M. Dähne, "Segregation effects during GaAs overgrowth of InAs and InGaAs quantum dots studied by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy", Phys. Stat. Sol. C 4, 1129 (2003)