Nanospectroscopy beamline

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

2010

Image blur and energy broadening effects in XPEEM;
A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, and E. Bauer;
Ultramicroscopy, in press.
10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.12.020
Extrinsic screening of ferroelectric domains in Pb(Zr_0.48Ti_0.52)O₃;
I. Krug, N. Barrett, A. Petraru, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, K. Rahmanizadeh, G. Bihlmayer, C.M. Schneider;
App. Phys. Lett., 97, 222903 1-3 (2010).
10.1063/1.3523359
Domain faceting in an in-plane magnetic reorientation transition;
E. Vescovo, T.O. Menteş, J.T. Sadowski, J.M. Ablett, M.Á. Niño, and A. Locatelli;
Phys. Rev. B, 82, 184405 (2010).
10.1103/PhysRevB.82.184405
Structural coherency of epitaxial graphene on 3C-SiC(111) epilayers on Si(111);
A. Ouerghi, R. Belkhou, M. Marangolo, M.G. Silly, S. El Moussaoui, M. Eddrief, L. Largeau, M. Portail, F. Sirotti;
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 161905 (2010).
10.1063/1.3497287
Beyond the Magnetic Domain Matching in Magnetic Exchange Coupling;
H. Magnan, O. Bezencenet, D. Stanescu, R. Belkhou, A. Barbier;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 097204 (2010).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.097204
Domain-Wall Depinning Assisted by Pure Spin Currents;
D. Ilgaz, J. Nievendick, L. Heyne, D. Backes, J. Rhensius, T.A. Moore, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, T.O. Menteş, A. V. Schmidsfeld, A. V. Bieren, S. Krzyk, L. J. Heyderman, and M. Kläui;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 076601 (2010).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.076601
Corrugation in Exfoliated Graphene: An Electron Microscopy and Diffraction Study;
A. Locatelli, K. R. Knox, D. Cvetko, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, S. Wang, M. B. Yilmaz, P. Kim, R. M. Osgood Jr., and A. Morgante;
ACS Nano, 4, 4879-4889 (2010).
10.1021/nn101116n
Tailoring magnetic vortices in nanostructures;
F. Garcia, H. Westfahl, J. Schoenmaker, E.J. Carvalho, A.D. Santos, M. Pojar, A.C. Seabra, R. Belkhou, A. Bendounan, E.R.P. Novais, and A.P. Guimaraes;
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 022501 (2010);
10.1063/1.3462305
Domain wall velocity measurement in permalloy nanowires with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism imaging and single shot Kerr microscopy;
T.A. Moore, M. Kläui, L. Heyne, P. Mohrke, D. Backes, J. Rhensius, U. Rüdiger, L.J. Heyderman, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, A. Potenza, H. Marchetto, S. Cavill, S.S. Dhesi;
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322, 1347-1352 (2010).
10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.06.048
Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by XMCD-PEEM;
V. Uhlir, S. Pizzini, N. Rougemaille, J. Novotny, V. Cros, E. Jimenez, G. Faini, L. Heyne, F. Sirotti, C. Tieg, A. Bendounan, F. Maccherozzi, R. Belkhou, J. Grollier, A. Anane, and J. Vogel;
Phys. Rev. B 81, 224418 (2010).
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224418
Asymmetric hysteresis of nel caps in flux-closure magnetic dots;
O. Fruchart, N. Rougemaille, A. Bendounan, J.-C. Toussaint, R. Belkhou, T. Yuan, Y. Hyeonseung, F. Cheynis, A. Masseboeuf, P. Bayle-Guillemaud, A. Marty;
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 46 (6), 1552-1555 (2010).
10.1109/TMAG.2010.2043222
Surface Patterning of Silver using an Electron- or Photon-Assisted Oxidation Reaction;
Sebastian Gunther, Sebastian Bocklein, Robert Reichelt, Joost Wintterlin, Alexej Barinov, Tefvik O. Menteş, Miguel Á. Niño, Andrea Locatelli;
Chem. Phys. Chem., 11, Issue 7, 1525-1532 (2010).
10.1002/cphc.200900740
Ge Growth on Partially and Entirely Ag Covered Si(111);
Th. Schmidt, M. Speckmann, J. Falta, T.O. Mentes, M.Á. Nino and A. Locatelli;
e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. Vol. 8, p.221 (2010).
10.1380/ejssnt.2010.221
Temperature dependence of surface stress across an order-disorder transition: p(1x2)O/W(110);
N. Stojić, T.O. Menteş, N. Binggeli, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, and E. Bauer;
Phys. Rev. B 81, 115437 (2010).
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.115437
Oxidation of Supported PtRh Particles: Size and Morphology Effects;
M. Dalmiglio, M. Amati, L. Gregoratti, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, L. Felisari and M. Kiskinova;
J. Phys. Chem. C, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable).
10.1021/jp910370r
Surface compositional profiles of self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum rings;
R. Magri, S. Heun, G. Biasiol, A. Locatelli, T.O. Mentes, and L. Sorba;
AIP Conf. Proc., 1199, 3-4 (2010).
10.1063/1.3295472
Electron density decay length effect on surface reactivity;
L. Aballe, A. Barinov, N. Stojić, N. Binggeli, T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, M. Kiskinova;
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 22, 015001 (2010).
10.1088/0953-8984/22/1/015001

2009

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 Rapid Research Letters, 3, 305-307 (2009).
10.1002/pssr.200903294
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.184425
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.184408
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.172401
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155328
Scaling of spin relaxation and angular momentum dissipation in permalloy nanowires;
T. A. Moore, M. Kläui, L. Heyne, P. Mohrke, D. Backes, J. Rhensius, U. Rüdiger, L. J. Heyderman, J.-U. Thiele, G. Woltersdorf, C. H. Back, A. Fraile Rodriguez, 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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.132403
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).
10.4283/JMAG.2009.14.2.53
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).
10.1002/pssa.200881602
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. Duo, and F. Ciccacci;
Phys. Rev. B 79, 172401 (2009).
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.172401
The electrode model system Pt(O2)|YSZ: Influence of impurities and electrode morphology on cyclic voltammograms;
E. Mutoro, B. Luerssen, S. Gunther and J. Janek;
Solid State Ionics, Volume 180, 1019-1033 (2009).
10.1016/j.ssi.2009.04.012
An XPEEM study of structural cation distribution in swelling clays. I. Synthetic trioctahedral smectites;
D. Vantelon, R. Belkhou, I. Bihannic, L.J. Michot, E. Montarges-Pelletier, J.-L. Robert;
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 36:593-602 (2009).
10.1007/s00269-009-0304-4
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).
10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.157
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).
10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2008.09.198
Controlled Switching of Neel 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).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.107201
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).
10.1039/b821339a
This article has been included in a special issue dedicated to celebrate 100 years of the Società Chimica Italiana PCCP.
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).
10.1016/j.elspec.2008.09.003

2008

Chemical patterning of Ag(111): Spatially confined oxide formation induced by electron beam irradiation;
S. Gunther, R. Reichelt, J. Wintterlin, A. Barinov, T.O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, and A. Locatelli;
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 233117 (2008).
10.1063/1.3040685
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.201408
Mass transport of alkali metal with pulses in a surface reaction;
L. Hong, H. Uecker, M. Hinz, L. Qiao, I.G. Kevrekidis, S. Gunther, T. O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, and R. Imbihl;
Phys. Rev. E 78, 055203 (2008).
10.1103/PhysRevE.78.055203
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).
10.1021/nn8003313
Stress Induced Stripe Formation in Pd/W(110);
T.O. Menteş, A. Locatelli, L. Aballe, and E. Bauer;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 085701 (2008).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.085701
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).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.053902
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.134429
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.155414
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.104425
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).
10.1088/0953-8984/20/9/093002
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 Rodriguez, F. Nolting, T. O. Menteş, M.Á. Niño, A. Locatelli, K. Kirsch, and R. Mattheis;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066603 (2008).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.066603
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).
10.1063/1.2832332
X-ray photoelectron emission microscopy in combination with x-ray magnetic circular dichroism investigation of size effects on field-induced Neel-cap reversal;
F. Cheynis, N. Rougemaille, R. Belkhou, J.-C. Toussaint, and O. Fruchart;
J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07D915 (2008).
10.1063/1.2832332

2007

Domain wall spin structures in 3d metal ferromagnetic nanostructures;
M. Laufenberg, M. Kläui, D. Backes, W. Buehrer, H. Ehrke, D. Bedau, U. Rüdiger, 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).
10.1007/978-3-540-38235-5_21
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).
10.1088/0953-8984/19/47/476204
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).
10.1088/1367-2630/9/10/392
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).
10.1063/1.2794344
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155413
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. Gunther, J. Wintterlin, W. Moritz, L. Aballe, and T.O. Menteş;
J. Chem. Phys. 127, 134706 (2007).
10.1063/1.2779028
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).
10.1021/nl071051y
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).
10.1016/j.susc.2007.05.025
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).
10.1063/1.2778466
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. Castano, C. A. Ross, L. J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, A. Locatelli, G. Faini, S. Cherifi and W. Wernsdorfer;
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 255207 (2007).
10.1088/0953-8984/19/25/255207
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).
10.1063/1.2729764
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).
10.1116/1.2746353
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.
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).
10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.556-557.481
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).
10.1166/jnn.2007.705
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.115411
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).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.066104
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).
10.1088/0953-8984/19/8/082202

2006

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).
10.1002/sia.2430
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).
10.1002/sia.2424
Imaging with Chemical Analysis: Adsorbed Structures Formed During Surface Chemical Reactions;
A. Locatelli and M. Kiskinova;
Chemistry - A European Journal 12, 8890-8896 (2006).
10.1002/chem.200601189

abstract availavle at:
ChemInform 38, (2007); link
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).
10.1021/jp065090u
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).
10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.02.083
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).
10.1016/j.susc.2006.01.086
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).
10.1007/s00339-006-3619-8
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).
10.1016/j.nimb.2005.12.005
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).
10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.12.021
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).
10.1063/1.2209177
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).
10.1063/1.2207220
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).
10.1051/jp4:2006132031
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).
10.1063/1.2169485
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).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.096103
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).
10.1063/1.2168677
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).
10.1002/smll.200500345

2005

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).
10.1380/ejssnt.2005.379
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
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.214409
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).
10.1063/1.2135213
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.
10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/193
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).
10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.11.089
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).
10.1063/1.2007872
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).
10.1116/1.1978902
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).
10.1002/adfm.200400033
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).
10.1063/1.1923165
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, R. Miranda, K. Lyutovich, E. Kasper, S. Heun and A. Locatelli;
Phys. Rev. B 71, 214422 (2005).
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.214422
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).
10.1063/1.1904723
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).
10.1063/1.1897059
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).
10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.03.008
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).
10.1016/j.elspec.2005.01.275
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).
10.1016/j.elspec.2005.01.071
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).
10.1021/ja045285k
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).
10.1063/1.1832747
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.
10.1002/sia.1973

2004

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).
10.1016/j.physb.2003.08.067
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).
10.1063/1.1650902
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).
10.1063/1.1829800
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).
10.1016/j.susc.2004.06.070
Tuning Surface Reactivity via Electron Quantum Confinement;
L. Aballe, A. Barinov, A. Locatelli, S. Heun, and M. Kiskinova;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 196103 (2004).
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.196103
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).
10.1063/1.1768304
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).
10.1063/1.1758304
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).
10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.05.198
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).
10.1016/j.jmmm.2003.12.1365
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.
10.1063/1.1766399

2003

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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.68.134426
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).
10.1103/PhysRevB.67.045411
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).
10.1021/la035223s
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).
10.1051/jp4:200300038
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.
ISBN: 0-9728422-2-5

2002

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).
10.1116/1.1525005
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).
10.1142/S0218625X02001896e