Orbitals of Artificial Atoms in a Gapped Two-Dimensional Vacuum
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| author | Gu, Mong-Wen Sabitova, Aizhan Esat, Taner Wagner, Christian Tautz, F. Stefan Rodin, Aleksandr Temirov, Ruslan |
| author_facet | Gu, Mong-Wen Sabitova, Aizhan Esat, Taner Wagner, Christian Tautz, F. Stefan Rodin, Aleksandr Temirov, Ruslan |
| contents | Advances in nanotechnology now allow the creation of artificial atoms - engineered structures whose electronic states closely mimic those of real atoms. Understanding how these artificial atoms interact and bond is key to designing new materials with tailored electronic properties. Here, we use scanning tunnelling microscopy to visualise the bound states of nanostructures patterned in a two-dimensional molecular film featuring a parabolic band with multiple partial energy gaps. The lowest-energy states split off from the bottom of the band and resemble the familiar $s$ and $p$ orbitals of natural atoms, even bonding in the same way. Yet, artificial atoms go beyond this analogy: the gapped two-dimensional vacuum in which they reside gives rise to entirely new orbitals with no counterparts in real atoms. These quasi-one-dimensional localised states enrich the orbital vocabulary of chemistry, adding a new class of orbitals that are predominantly shaped by the surrounding electronic vacuum. |
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| spellingShingle | Orbitals of Artificial Atoms in a Gapped Two-Dimensional Vacuum Gu, Mong-Wen Sabitova, Aizhan Esat, Taner Wagner, Christian Tautz, F. Stefan Rodin, Aleksandr Temirov, Ruslan Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Advances in nanotechnology now allow the creation of artificial atoms - engineered structures whose electronic states closely mimic those of real atoms. Understanding how these artificial atoms interact and bond is key to designing new materials with tailored electronic properties. Here, we use scanning tunnelling microscopy to visualise the bound states of nanostructures patterned in a two-dimensional molecular film featuring a parabolic band with multiple partial energy gaps. The lowest-energy states split off from the bottom of the band and resemble the familiar $s$ and $p$ orbitals of natural atoms, even bonding in the same way. Yet, artificial atoms go beyond this analogy: the gapped two-dimensional vacuum in which they reside gives rise to entirely new orbitals with no counterparts in real atoms. These quasi-one-dimensional localised states enrich the orbital vocabulary of chemistry, adding a new class of orbitals that are predominantly shaped by the surrounding electronic vacuum. |
| title | Orbitals of Artificial Atoms in a Gapped Two-Dimensional Vacuum |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14737 |