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 PUBLICATIONS (first and second branchline)

All investigations hereby reported were conducted, in part or entirely, using the Elmitec SPELEEM III microscope at the Nanospectroscopy beamline first branch, or the Elmitec LEEM V at the second branch, as indicated by .
The publication list of the first SPELEEM at GasPhase beamline (1995-1997) is available here.

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

 2010
  1. Electron density decay length effect on surface reactivity;
    L. Aballe, A. Barinov, N. Stojic, N. Binggeli, T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, M. Kiskinova;
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 22, 015001 (2010).
    view article

 2009
  1. Surface Patterning of Silver using an Electron- or Photon-Assisted Oxidation Reaction;
    Sebastian Günther, Sebastian Böcklein, Robert Reichelt, Joost Wintterlin, Alexej Barinov, Tefvik O. Menteş, Miguel A. Niño, Andrea Locatelli;
    Chem. Phys. Chem, in press.
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  2. Silver: a novel growth catalyst for Ge nanoislands on Si(113);
    M. Speckmann, Th. Schmidt, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, J. Falta;
    physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters, published online.
    view article

  3. Magnetization and structure of ultrathin Fe films;
    R. Zdyb, T. O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, M. A. Niño, and E. Bauer;
    Phys. Rev. B 80, 184425 (2009).
    view article

  4. Strain-induced nonequilibrium magnetoelastic domain structure and spin reorientation of NiO(100);
    S. Mandal, K.S.R. Menon, F. Maccherozzi and R. Belkhou;
    Phys. Rev. B 80, 184408 (2009).
    view article

  5. Measuring the magnetization of three monolayer thick Co islands and films by x-ray dichroism;
    A. Mascaraque, L. Aballe, J.F. Marco, T.O. Menteş, F. El Gabaly, C. Klein, A. K. Schmid, K.F. McCarty, A. Locatelli, and J. de la Figuera;
    Phys. Rev. B 80, 172401 (2009).
    view article

  6. Kinetics of the evolution of InAs/GaAs quantum dots to quantum rings: A combined x-ray, atomic force microscopy, and photoluminescence study;
    V. Baranwal, G. Biasiol, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño Orti, L. Sorba;
    Phys. Rev. B 80, 155328 (2009).
    view article

  7. Scaling of spin relaxation and angular momentum dissipation in permalloy nanowires;
    T. A. Moore, M. Kläui, L. Heyne, P. Möhrke, D. Backes, J. Rhensius, U. Rüdiger, L. J. Heyderman, J.-U. Thiele, G. Woltersdorf, C. H. Back, A. Fraile Rodríguez, F. Nolting, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, A. Potenza, H. Marchetto, S. Cavill, and S. S. Dhesi;
    Phys. Rev. B 80, 132403 (2009).
    view article

  8. Concepts for Domain Wall Motion in Nanoscale Ferromagnetic Elements due to Spin Torque and in Particular Oersted Fields;
    M. Kläui, D. Ilgaz, L. Heyne, J.-S. Kim, O. Boulle, Ch. Schieback, F. Zinser, S. Krzyk, M. Fonin, U. Rüdiger, D. Backes, L.J. Heyderman, T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli;
    Journal of Magnetics 14(2), 53-61 (2009). DOI:10.4283/JMAG.2009.14.2.53
    view article

  9. From nanoislands to nanowires: Growth of germanium on gallium-terminated silicon surfaces;
    Th. Schmidt, J.I. Flege, M. Speckmann, T. Clausen, S. Gangopadhyay, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, S. Heun, F. Z. Guo, P. Sutter, J. Falta;
    Physica Status Solidi A 206, 1718–1722 (2009).
    view article

  10. Frustration-driven micromagnetic structure in Fe/CoO/Fe thin film layered systems;
    A. Brambilla, P. Sessi, M. Cantoni, M. Finazzi, N. Rougemaille, R. Belkhou, P. Vavassori, L. Duò, and F. Ciccacci;
    Phys. Rev. B 79, 172401 (2009).
    view article

  11. An XPEEM study of structural cation distribution in swelling clays. I. Synthetic trioctahedral smectites;
    D. Vantelon, R. Belkhou, I. Bihannic, L.J. Michot, E. Montargès-Pelletier, J.-L. Robert;
    Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36:593–602 (2009).
    view article

  12. Synchrotron-based photoelectron microscopy;
    A. Barinov, P. Dudin, L. Gregoratti, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, M. Kiskinova;
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 601, 195-202 (2009).
    view article

  13. Surface compositional mapping of self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum rings;
    G. Biasiol, R. Magri, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş and L. Sorba;
    Journal of Crystal Growth 311, 1764-1766 (2009).
    view article

  14. Controlled Switching of Néel Caps in Flux-Closure Magnetic Dots;
    F. Cheynis, A. Masseboeuf, O. Fruchart, N. Rougemaille, J. C. Toussaint, R. Belkhou, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, and A. Marty;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 107201 (2009).
    view article

  15. A LEEM/µ-LEED investigation of phase transformations in TiOx/Pt(111) ultrathin films;
    S. Agnoli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, G. Granozzi;
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 3727-3732 (2009).
    view article
    This article has been included in a special issue dedicated to celebrate 100 years of the Società Chimica Italiana PCCP.

  16. Beam-induced effects in soft x-ray photoelectron emission microscopy experiments;
    L. Gregoratti, T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, M. Kiskinova;
    Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 170, 13-18 (2009).
    view article
 2008
  1. Chemical patterning of Ag(111): Spatially confined oxide formation induced by electron beam irradiation;
    S. Günther, R. Reichelt, J. Wintterlin, A. Barinov, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, and A. Locatelli;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 233117 (2008).
    view article

  2. Spectromicroscopy of single and multilayer graphene supported by a weakly interacting substrate;
    K.R. Knox, S. Wang, A. Morgante, D. Cvetko, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, P. Kim, and R.M. Osgood Jr.;
    Phys. Rev. B 78, 201408 (2008).
    view article

  3. Mass transport of alkali metal with pulses in a surface reaction;
    L. Hong, H. Uecker, M. Hinz, L. Qiao, I.G. Kevrekidis, S. Günther, T. O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, and R. Imbihl;
    Phys. Rev. E 78, 055203 (2008).
    view article

  4. Spectromicroscopy for Addressing the Surface and Electron Transport Properties of Individual 1-D Nanostructures and Their Networks;
    A. Kolmakov, S. Potluri, T.O. Menteş, L. Gregoratti, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli and M. Kiskinova;
    ACS Nano, 2, 1993–2000 (2008).
    view article

  5. Stress Induced Stripe Formation in Pd/W(110);
    T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, L. Aballe, and E. Bauer;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 085701 (2008).
    view article

  6. Generation of Ultrashort Coherent Vacuum Ultraviolet Pulses Using Electron Storage Rings: A New Bright Light Source for Experiments;
    G. De Ninno, E. Allaria, M. Coreno, F. Curbis, M. B. Danailov, E. Karantzoulis, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, C. Spezzani, and M. Trovò;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 053902 (2008).
    view article

  7. Spin reorientation transition and magnetic domain structure of Co ultrathin films grown on a faceted Au(455) surface;;
    J. H. Gao, Y. Girard, V. Repain, A. Tejeda, R. Belkhou, N. Rougemaille, C. Chacon, G. Rodary, and S. Rousset;
    Phys. Rev. B 77, 134429 (2008).
    view article

  8. Strain relaxation in small adsorbate islands: O on W(110);
    T. O. Menteş, N. Stojić, N. Binggeli, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, L. Aballe, M. Kiskinova, and E. Bauer;
    Phys. Rev. B 77, 155414 (2008).
    view article

  9. Experimental investigation of the spin reorientation of Co/Au based magnetic nanodot arrays;
    L. Gridneva, A. Persson, M.Á. Niño, J. Camarero, J. J. de Miguel, R. Miranda, C. Hofer, C. Teichert, T. Bobek, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, S. Carlsson, and D. Arvanitis;
    Phys. Rev. B 77, 104425 (2008).
    view article

  10. Recent advances in chemical and magnetic imaging of surfaces and interfaces by XPEEM;
    A. Locatelli and E. Bauer;
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 093002 (2008).
    view article

  11. Relationship between Nonadiabaticity and Damping in Permalloy Studied by Current Induced Spin Structure Transformations;
    L. Heyne, M. Kläui, D. Backes, T. A. Moore, S. Krzyk, U. Rüdiger, L. J. Heyderman, A. Fraile Rodríguez, F. Nolting, T. O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, K. Kirsch, and R. Mattheis;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066603 (2008).
    view article

  12. 360° domain wall generation in the soft layer of magnetic tunnel junctions;
    M. Hehn, D. Lacour, F. Montaigne, J. Briones, R. Belkhou, S. El Moussaoui, F. Maccherozzi, and N. Rougemaille;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 072501 (2008).
    view article

  13. X-ray photoelectron emission microscopy in combination with x-ray magnetic circular dichroism investigation of size effects on field-induced Néel-cap reversal;
    F. Cheynis, N. Rougemaille, R. Belkhou, J.-C. Toussaint, and O. Fruchart;
    J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07D915 (2008).
    view article
 2007
  1. Domain wall spin structures in 3d metal ferromagnetic nanostructures;
    M. Laufenberg, M. Klaeui, D. Backes, W. Buehrer, H. Ehrke, D. Bedau, U. Ruediger, F. Nolting, L. J. Heyderman, S. Cherifi, A. Locatelli, R. Belkhou, S. Heun, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, T. Kasama, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, A. Pavlovska, and E. Bauer;
    Advances in Solid State Physics 46, 281-293 (2007).
    view article

  2. Layer-resolved imaging of domain wall interactions in magnetic tunnel junction-like trilayers;
    J. Vogel, S. Cherifi, S. Pizzini, F. Romanens, J. Camarero, F. Petroff, S. Heun and A. Locatelli;
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 476204 (2007).
    view article

  3. Adsorbate induced self-ordering of germanium nanoislands on Si(113);
    Th. Schmidt, T. Clausen, J.I. Flege, S. Gangopadhyay, A. Locatelli and T.O. Menteş, F.Z. Guo, S. Heun and J. Falta;
    New J. Phys. 9, 392 (2007).
    view article

  4. The (1x1) --> hexagonal structural transition on Pt(100) studied by high-energy resolution core level photoemission;
    A. Baraldi, E. Vesselli, L. Bianchettin, G. Comelli, S. Lizzit, L. Petaccia, S. de Gironcoli, A. Locatelli, T. O. Menteş, L. Aballe, J. Weissenrieder and J. N. Andresen;
    J. Chem. Phys. 127, 164702 (2007).
    view article

  5. Surface modification of oxides by electron-stimulated desorption for growth-mode control of metal films: Experiment and density-functional calculations;
    T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, L. Aballe, A. Pavlovska, E. Bauer, T. Pabisiak and A. Kiejna;
    Phys. Rev. B 76, 155413 (2007).
    view article

  6. Low energy electron diffraction and low energy electron microscopy microspot I/V analysis of the (4x4)O structure on Ag(111): Surface oxide or reconstruction?;
    R. Reichelt, S. Günther, J. Wintterlin, W. Moritz, L. Aballe, and T.O. Menteş;
    J. Chem. Phys. 127, 134706 (2007).
    view article

  7. Gold-Catalyzed Oxide Nanopatterns for the Directed Assembly of Ge Island Arrays on Si;
    J.T. Robinson, F. Ratto, O. Moutanabbir, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, L. Aballe, and O. D. Dubon;
    Nano lett. 7, 2655-2659 (2007).
    view article

  8. A spectro-microscopic study of the reactive phase separation of Au + Pd and O on Rh(110);
    A. Locatelli, L. Aballe, T.O. Menteş, F.Z. Guo and M. Kiskinova;
    Surf. Sci. 601, 4663-4668 (2007).
    view article

  9. Tuning the domain wall orientation in thin magnetic strips using induced anisotropy;
    S. Cherifi, R. Hertel, A. Locatelli, Y. Watanabe, G. Potdevin, A. Ballestrazzi, M. Balboni, and S. Heun;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 092502 (2007).
    view article

  10. Ferromagnetic nanorings;
    C. A. F. Vaz, T. J. Hayward, J. Llandro, F. Schackert, D. Morecroft, J. A. C. Bland, M. Kläui, M. Laufenberg, D. Backes, U. Rüdiger, F. J. Castaño, C. A. Ross, L. J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, A. Locatelli, G. Faini, S. Cherifi and W. Wernsdorfer;
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 255207 (2007).
    view article

  11. Surface Concentration Mapping of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots;
    G. Biasiol, S. Heun, G.B. Golinelli, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, F.Z. Guo, and L. Sorba;
    AIP Conf. Proc. 893, 49 (2007).
    view article

  12. Magnetostructure of MnAs on GaAs revisited;
    E. Bauer, R. Belkhou, S. Cherifi, A. Locatelli, A. Pavlovska, and N. Rougemaille;
    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1470 (2007).
    view article

  13. Recent Advances in Imaging with Spectroscopic Analysis at Elettra;
    L. Aballe, A. Barinov, M. Bertolo, L. Gregoratti, B. Kaulich, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, L. Quaroni, S. La Rosa, and M. Kiskinova;
    Brilliant Light in Life and Material Science, Springer, Series B: Physics and Biophysics, 2007 (edts V. Tsakanov and H. Wiedermann), p. 301-316.

  14. Atomic Crack Defects Developing at Silicon Carbide Surfaces Studied by STM, Synchrotron Radiation-based micro-spot XPS and LEEM;
    P. Soukiassian, F. Amy, C. Brylinski, T.O. Menteş, and A. Locatelli;
    Materials Science Forum 556-557, 481-486 (2007).
    view article

  15. Morphology and Composition of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots;
    S. Heun, G. Biasiol, V. Grillo, E. Carlino, L. Sorba, G. B. Golinelli, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, and F.Z. Guo;
    J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 7, 1721-1725 (2007).
    view article

  16. Initial stages of heteroepitaxial Mg growth on W(110): Early condensation, anisotropic strain, and self-organized patterns;
    L. Aballe, A. Barinov, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, and M. Kiskinova ;
    Phys. Rev. B 75, 115411 (2007).
    view article

  17. Alignment of Ge Nanoislands on Si(111) by Ga-Induced Substrate Self-Patterning;
    Th. Schmidt, J.I. Flege, S. Gangopadhyay, T. Clausen, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, and J. Falta;
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 066104 (2007).
    view article

  18. One-dimensional Au on TiO2;
    A. Locatelli, T. Pabisiak, A. Pavlovska, T.O. Menteş, L. Aballe, A. Kiejna and E. Bauer;
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 082202 (2007).
    view article
 2006
  1. Microscopy of mesoscopic ferromagnetic systems with slow electrons;
    E. Bauer, R. Belkhou, S. Cherifi, R. Hertel, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, A. Pavlovska, R. Zdyb, N. Agarwal, H. Wang;
    Surf. Interface Anal. 38, 1622-1627 (2006).
    view article

  2. Photoemission electron microscopy with chemical sensitivity: SPELEEM methods and applications;
    A. Locatelli, L. Aballe, T.O. Menteş, M. Kiskinova, E. Bauer;
    Surf. Interface Anal. 38, 1554-1557 (2006).
    view article

  3. Imaging with Chemical Analysis: Adsorbed Structures Formed During Surface Chemical Reactions;
    A. Locatelli and M. Kiskinova;
    Chemistry - A European Journal 12, 8890-8896 (2006).
    view article

    abstract availavle at:
    ChemInform 38, (2007); link

  4. Formation of Regular Surface-Supported Mesostructures with Periodicity Controlled by Chemical Reaction Rate;
    A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, L. Aballe, A.S. Mikhailov, M. Kiskinova;
    J. Phys. Chem. B. (Letter) 110, 19108-19111 (2006).
    view article

  5. The nature of charged zig-zag domains in MnAs thin films;
    R. Engel-Herbert, D. M. Schaadt, S. Cherifi, E. Bauer, R. Belkhou, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, A. Pavlovska, J. Mohanty, K. H. Ploog, and T. Hesjedal;
    J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 305, 457 - 463 (2006).
    view article

  6. Chemistry and formation process of Ga(Al)As oxide during local anodic oxidation nanolithography;
    M. Lazzarino, G. Mori, L. Sorba, D. Ercolani, G. Biasiol, S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    Surf. Sci. 600, 3739 - 3743 (2006).
    view article

  7. Investigation of magnetically coupled ferromagnetic stripe arrays,
    R. Engel-Herbert, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, D. M. Schaadt, J. Mohanty, K. H. Ploog, E. Bauer, R. Belkhou, S. Heun, A. Pavlovska, T. Leo, and T. Hesjedal;
    Appl. Phys. A 84, 231 - 236 (2006).
    view article

  8. X-ray induced variation of the chemistry of GaAs/AlAs oxide nanostructures;
    G. Mori, M. Lazzarino, D. Ercolani, G. Biasiol, A. Locatelli, L. Sorba, and S. Heun;
    Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 246, 39-44 (2006).
    view article

  9. Temperature dependent low energy electron microscopy study of Ge growth on Si(113);
    T. Clausen, Th. Schmidt, J.I. Flege, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, S. Heun, F.Z. Guo, J. Falta;
    Appl. Surf. Sci. 252, 5321-5325 (2006).
    view article

  10. Current-induced vortex nucleation and annihilation in vortex domain walls;
    M. Kläui, M. Laufenberg, L. Heyne, D. Backes, U. Rüdiger, C.A.F. Vaz, J.A.C. Bland, L. J. Heyderman, S. Cherifi, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, and L. Aballe;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 232507 (2006).
    view article

  11. Quantitative determination of domain wall coupling energetics;
    M. Laufenberg, D. Bedau, H. Ehrke, M. Kläui, and U. Rüdiger, D. Backes, L. J. Heyderman, and F. Nolting, C.A.F. Vaz, J.A.C. Bland, T. Kasama, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, S. Cherifi, A. Locatelli, and S. Heun;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 212510 (2006).
    view article

  12. Orientation and interface effects on the structural and magnetic properties of MnAs-on-GaAs hybrid structures;
    L. Däweritz, D. Kolovos-Vellianitis, A. Trampert, C. Herrmann, K.H. Ploog, E. Bauer, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, and S. Heun;
    J. Phys. IV 132, 159 - 162 (2006).
    view article

  13. Magnetic states in wide annular structures;
    M. Kläui, U. Rüdiger, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, S. Cherifi, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, A. Pavlovska, E. Bauer, and L. J. Heyderman;
    J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08G308 (2006).
    view article

  14. Diffusion Dynamics during the Nucleation and Growth of Ge/Si Nanostructures on Si(111);
    F. Ratto, A. Locatelli, S. Fontana, S. Kharrazi, S. Ashtaputre, S.K. Kulkarni, S. Heun, and F. Rosei;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 096103 (2006).
    view article

  15. Observation of thermally activated domain wall transformations;
    M. Laufenberg, D. Backes, W. Bährer, D. Bedau, M. Kläui, U. Rüdiger, C.A.F. Vaz, J.A.C. Bland, L. J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, S. Cherifi, A. Locatelli, R. Belkhou, and S. Heun, E. Bauer ;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 052507 (2006).
    view article

  16. Chemical Mapping of Individual Semiconductor Nanostructures;
    F. Ratto, A. Locatelli, S. Fontana, S. Kharrazi, S. Ashtaputre, S.K. Kulkarni, S. Heun, and F. Rosei;
    Small 2, 401 - 405 (2006).
    view article
 2005
  1. Real-time low-energy electron microscopy study of Ga adsorption and facet array formation on Si(113);
    T. Clausen, Th. Schmidt, J.I. Flege, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, S. Heun, F.Z. Guo and J. Falta;
    e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. Vol. 3, 379-383 (2005).
    view article

  2. Three-dimensional magnetic-flux-closure patterns in mesoscopic Fe islands;
    R. Hertel, O. Fruchart, S. Cherifi, P.-O. Jubert, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, and J. Kirschner;
    Phys. Rev. B 72, 214409 (2005).
    view article

  3. Evidence of material mixing during local anodic oxidation nanolithography;
    G. Mori, M. Lazzarino, D. Ercolani, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    J. Appl. Phys. 98, 114303 (2005).
    view article

  4. Surface compositional gradients of InAs/GaAs quantum dots;
    G. Biasiol, S. Heun, G. B. Golinelli, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, F.Z. Guo, C. Hofer, C. Teichert, and L. Sorba;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 223106 (2005).
    view article

  5. Self-organized 2D nanopatterns after low-coverage Ga adsorption on Si(111);
    Th. Schmidt and S. Gangopadhyay and J. Flege and T. Clausen and A. Locatelli and S. Heun and J. Falta;
    New J. Phys., 7, 193, 2005.
    view article

  6. Imaging low-dimensional magnetism with slow electrons;
    R. Zdyb, A. Pavlovska, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, S. Cherifi, R. Belkhou, E. Bauer;
    Appl. Surf. Sci. 249, 38-44 (2005).
    view article

  7. Virgin domain structures in mesoscopic Co patterns: Comparison between simulation and experiment;
    S. Cherifi, R. Hertel, J. Kirschner, H. Wang, R. Belkhou, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, A. Pavlovska, and E. Bauer;
    J. Appl. Phys. 98, 043901 (2005).
    view article

  8. Tailoring of the structural and magnetic properties of MnAs films grown on GaAs - Strain and annealing effects;
    L. Däweritz, C. Herrmann, J. Mohanty, T. Hesjedal, and K. H. Ploog; E. Bauer, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, R. Belkhou, A. Pavlovska, S. Heun;
    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23, 1759 (2005).
    view article

  9. GaAs oxide desorption under extreme ultraviolet photon flux;
    D. Ercolani, M. Lazzarino, G. Mori, B. Ressel, L. Sorba, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, A. Ballestrazzi, S. Heun;
    Adv. Funct. Mater. 15, 587-592 (2005).
    view article

  10. Desorption dynamics of oxide nanostructures fabricated by local anodic oxidation nanolithography;
    G. Mori, M. Lazzarino, D. Ercolani, L. Sorba, S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    J. Appl. Phys. 97, 114324 (2005).
    view article

  11. Imaging of magnetic nanodots on self-organized semiconductor substrates;
    A.M. Mulders, A. Fraile Rodriguez, and D. Arvanitis, C. Hofer and C. Teichert; M.Á. Niño, J. Camarero, J.J. de Miguel, and R. Miranda; K. Lyutovich and E. Kasper; S. Heun and A. Locatelli;
    Phys. Rev. B 71, 214422 (2005).
    view article

  12. Behavior of SiO2 nanostructures under intense extreme ultraviolet illumination;
    S. Heun, S. Kremmer, D. Ercolani, H. Wurmbauer, and C. Teichert;
    J. Appl. Phys. 97, 104333 (2005).
    view article

  13. Magnetic domain walls in T-shaped permalloy microstructures;
    T. Haug and C. H. Back, J. Raabe , S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 152503 (2005).
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  14. Imaging of ferroelectric thin films by X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM);
    U. Lev, S. Heun, A. Locatelli and E. Zolotoyabko;
    Ultramicroscopy 104, 169-175 (2005).
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  15. Spectroscopic identification and imaging of surface processes occurring at microscopic and mesoscopic scales;
    A. Locatelli, A. Barinov, L. Gregoratti, L. Aballe, S. Heun, M. Kiskinova;
    J. Electr. Spectr. Relat. Phenom. 144-147, 361-366 (2005).
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  16. Photoemission electron microscopy of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes;
    S. Suzuki, Y. Watanabe, Y. Homma, S.-y. Fukuba, A. Locatelli, S. Heun;
    J. Electr. Spectr. Relat. Phenom. 144-147, 357-360 (2005).
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  17. Energetically Driven Reorganization of a Modified Catalytic Surface under Reaction Conditions;
    A. Locatelli, C. Sbraccia, S. Heun, S. Baroni, M. Kiskinova;
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 2351-2357 (2005).
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  18. Composition of Ge(Si) islands in the growth of Ge on Si(111) by x-ray spectromicroscopy;
    F. Ratto, F. Rosei, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, S. Fontana, S. Heun, P.-D. Szkutnik, A. Sgarlata, M. De Crescenzi, and N. Motta;
    J. Appl. Phys. 97, 043516 (2005).
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  19. Nanomagnetism Studies with Spin-Polarized Low Energy Electron Microscopy and X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Photo Emission Electron Microscopy;
    R. Zdyb, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, S. Cherifi, R. Belkhou and E. Bauer,
    Surf. Interface Anal. 37 (2005) 239.
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 2004
  1. Domain wall behaviour at constrictions in ferromagnetic ring structures;
    M. Kläui, C.A.F. Vaz, W. Wernsdorfer, E. Bauer, S. Cherifi, S. Heun, A. Locatelli et. al;
    Physica B 343, 343-349 (2004).
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  2. Nanometers-thick self-organized Fe stripes: bridging the gap between surfaces and magnetic materials;
    O. Fruchart, M. Eleoui, J. Vogel, P.O. Jubert, A. Locatelli, and A. Ballestrazzi;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1335 (2004).
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  3. Head-to-head domain-wall phase diagram in mesoscopic ring magnets;
    M. Kläui, C.A.F. Vaz, J.A.C. Bland, L.J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, A. Pavlovska, E. Bauer, S. Cherifi, S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5637 (2004).
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  4. Direct observation of reaction-induced lateral redistribution of sub-monolayers of Au deposited on a Rh(110) surface;
    A. Locatelli, S. Heun, M. Kiskinova;
    Surf. Sci. 566-568, 1130-1136 (2004).
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  5. Tuning Surface Reactivity via Electron Quantum Confinement;
    L. Aballe, A. Barinov, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, and M. Kiskinova;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 196103 (2004).
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  6. Work functions of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes;
    S. Suzuki, Y. Watanabe, Y. Homma, S.-y. Fukuba, S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 127 (2004).
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  7. Composition of Ge(Si) islands in the growth of Ge on Si(111);
    F. Ratto, F. Rosei, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, S. Fontana, S. Heun, P.-D. Szkutnik, A. Sgarlata, M. De Crescenzi, and N. Motta;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4526 (2004).
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  8. Spectromicroscopy of ultrathin Pd films on W(110): interplay of morphology and electronic structure;
    L. Aballe, A. Barinov, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, S. Cherifi, M. Kiskinova;
    Appl. Surf. Sci. 238, 138-142 (2004).
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  9. Spin configurations and classification of switching processes in ferromagnetic rings down to sub-100nm dimensions;
    M. Kläui, C.A.F. Vaz, T.L. Monchesky, J. Unguris, E. Bauer, S. Cherifi, S. Heun, et. al;
    J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 272-276, 1631-1636 (2004).
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  10. Dip-pen nanolithography with magnetic Fe2O3 nanocrystals;
    G. Gundiah, N.S. John, P.J. Thomas, G.U. Kulkarni, C.N.R. Rao, and S. Heun;
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (2004) 5341 - 5343.
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 2003
  1. Direct observation of spin configurations and classification of switching processes in mesoscopic ferromagnetic rings;
    M. Kläui, Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, T. L. Monchesky, J. Unguris, E. Bauer, S. Cherifi, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, L. J. Heyderman, and Z. Cui;
    Phys. Rev. B 68, 134426 (2003).
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  2. Spectromicroscopy study of the dynamics of submonolayer Pd on a polycrystalline Ni surface;
    A. W. Potts, G. R. Morrison, L. Gregoratti, M. Kiskinova, and A. Locatelli;
    Phys. Rev. B 67, 045411 (2003).
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  3. Selective Activation and Passivation of Nanoparticle Catalysts through Substrate Mediation ;
    K. Prabhakaran, Y. Watanabe, Y. Homma, T. Ogino, B.Q. Wei, P.M. Ajayan, K.V.P.M. Shafi, A. Ulman, S. Heun, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi;
    Langmuir 19, 10629-10631 (2003).
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  4. High lateral resolution spectroscopic imaging of surfaces: The undulator beamline "Nanospectroscopy" at Elettra;
    A. Locatelli, A. Bianco, D. Cocco, S. Cherifi, S. Heun, M. Marsi, M. Pasqualetto, and E. Bauer;
    J. Phys. IV 104, 99-102 (2003).
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  5. AFM anodization studied by spectromicroscopy;
    M. Lazzarino, G. Mori, D. Ercolani, B. Ressel, A. Colli, L. Sorba, A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, A. Ballestrazzi, and S. Heun;
    Technical Proceedings of the 2003 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, vol. 3, ch. 1, pp. 51 - 54.
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 2002
  1. Low-energy electron microscopy/x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoemission electron microscopy study of epitaxial MnAs on GaAs;
    E. Bauer, S. Cherifi, L. Däweritz, M. Kaestner, S. Heun, and A. Locatelli;
    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 20, 2539 (2002).
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  2. X-ray magnetic circular dichroism imaging in a low energy electron microscope;
    A. Locatelli, S. Cherifi, S. Heun, M. Marsi, K. Ono, A. Pavlovska, and E. Bauer;
    Surf. Rev. Lett. 9, 171-176 (2002).
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