@Article{dbt_mods_00062509, author = {Omidian, Maryam and Brand, Jonathan and N{\'e}el, Nicolas and Crampin, Simon and Kr{\"o}ger, J{\"o}rg}, title = {From a wide band gap to the superconducting proximity effect: Fe on Pb(111)}, journal = {New journal of physics: the open-access journal for physics}, year = {2023}, month = {Apr}, day = {03}, publisher = {Dt. Physikalische Ges.}, address = {Bad Honnef}, volume = {25}, number = {3}, keywords = {electronic structure; scanning tunneling microscopy; scanning tunneling spectroscopy; superconductivity; Physik; Zeitschrift; Online-Publikation}, abstract = {Epitaxially grown Fe nanostructures on Pb(111) were studied by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The deposited Fe assemblies are classified into two groups according to their electronic behavior close to the Fermi energy. One group exhibits a wide energy gap of 0.7 eV that is independent of the temperature ranging from 5 K to room temperature. These Fe islands indicate the absence of the superconductivity proximity effect in their interior. The other group shows a metallic behavior at the Fermi level. The substrate superconducting phase locally enters into these islands, which is evidenced by a sharp resonance at the Fermi energy presumably signaling Andreev reflection at the magnet-superconductor interface.}, issn = {1367-2630}, doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/acc607}, url = {https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00062509}, url = {http://uri.gbv.de/document/gvk:ppn:1844980510}, url = {http://uri.gbv.de/document/gvk:ppn:265510562}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/acc607}, file = {:https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbt_derivate_00064814/1367-2630_25_2023_033036.pdf:PDF}, language = {en} }