Andreas J. Heinrich | |
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| Born | |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Nanosecond scanning tunneling microscopy, spin excitation spectroscopy, precise atom manipulation, A Boy and His Atom |
| Awards | Heinrich Rohrer Medal (2020), Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (2018), Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Scanning tunneling microscope, quantum technology, nanoscience |
| Institutions | Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science Ewha Womans University IBM Research - Almaden |
| Website | IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience |
Andreas J. Heinrich is a physicist working with scanning tunneling microscopy, quantum technology, nanoscience, spin excitation spectroscopy, and precise atom manipulation. He worked for IBM Research in Almaden for 18 years, during which time he developed nanosecond scanning tunneling microscopy which provided an improvement in time resolution of 100,000 times,[1] and combined x-ray absorption spectroscopy with spin excitation spectroscopy.[2] In 2015 his team combined STM with electron spin resonance, which enables single-atom measurements on spins with nano-electronvolt precision REF1, REF2. In 2022 his team demonstrated the extension of ESR-STM to individual molecules REF3. Heinrich was also principal investigator of the stop-motion animated short film A Boy and His Atom filmed by moving thousands of individual atoms.[3] He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the recipient of the Heinrich Rohrer Medal (Grand Medal) of the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science.
In 2016, he became a distinguished professor at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Republic of Korea and the founding director of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for Quantum Nanoscience. Groundbreaking for the research center's Research Cooperation Building occurred in 2018 and it was opened in 2019[4][5] during the IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience.[6]
The QNS building features some of the lowest vibration levels for STM labs in the world REF4. QNS is engineering the quantum future by investigating the scientific foundations of quantum-coherent systems at the nanoscale REF5 with a particular focus on spins on surfaces REF6.
- ^ Loth, Sebastian; Etzkorn, Markus; Lutz, Christopher P; Eigler, DM; Heinrich, Andreas J (24 September 2010). "Measurement of fast electron spin relaxation times with atomic resolution". Science. 329 (5999): 1628–1630. Bibcode:2010Sci...329.1628L. doi:10.1126/science.1191688. PMID 20929842. S2CID 8868701.
- ^ Rau, Ileana G; Baumann, Susanne; Rusponi, Stefano; Donati, Fabio; Stepanow, Sebastian; Gragnaniello, Luca; Dreiser, Jan; Piamonteze, Cinthia; Nolting, Frithjof; Gangopadhyay, Shruba; Macfarlane, Roger M; Lutz, Christopher P; Jones, Barbara A; Gambardella, Pietro; Heinrich, Andreas J; Brune, Harald (2014). "Reaching the magnetic anisotropy limit of a 3d metal atom". Science. 344 (6187): 988–992. Bibcode:2014Sci...344..988R. doi:10.1126/science.1252841. PMID 24812206. S2CID 206556461.
- ^ "IBM Research: A Boy And His Atom". IBM Research. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Center for Quantum Nanoscience Groundbreaking Ceremony at Ewha Womans University". Institute for Basic Science. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
The Center for Quantum Nanoscience at the Institute for Basic Science (Director Andreas Heinrich) will have a revolutionary new research space. The Research Collaboration Building (tentatively named) to be constructed by February 2019 at Ewha Womans University will be the new home of the Center.
- ^ "QNS State-of-the-Art Research Facility". Center for Quantum Nanoscience. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Conference Schedule: QNS Dedication Ceremony". IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience. Center for Quantum Nanoscience. Retrieved 18 September 2019.