Publications

2016

  1. A case study of anisotropic exchange interaction: Ln(III) bis-(phthalocyanine)s molecular nanomagnets on Ni substrate.
    A. Candini, D. Klar, S. Marocchi, V. Corradini, R. Biagi, V. de Renzi, U. del Pennino, F. Troiani, V. Bellini, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, K. Kummer, N. B. Brookes, H. Wende, and M. Affronte.
    Scientific Report 6, 21740 (2016). doi:10.1038/srep21740.
  2. A C216-Nanographene Molecule with Defined Cavity as Extended Coronoid.
    U. Beser, M. Kastler, A. Maghsoumi, M. Wagner, C. Castiglioni, M. Tommasini, A. Narita, X. Feng, and K. Mullen.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 4322-4325 (2016). doi:10.1021/jacs.6b01181.
  3. Addressing single molecular spin with graphene based nano-architectures.
    A. Candini, S. Lumetti, F. Balestro, W. Wernsdorfer, and M. Affronte.
    Molecular Architechtonics, Spinger. Ed. Ogawa Takuji (2016).
  4. A Stable Pentagonal-Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet with a Record Magnetization Reversal Barrier over 1000 K.
    J. Liu, Y-C. Chen, J-L. Liu, V. Vieru, L. Ungur, J-H. Jia, L. F. Chibotaru, Y. Lan, W. Wernsdorfer, S. Gao, X-M. Chen, and M-L. Tong.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, 5441-5450 (2016). doi:10.1021/jacs.6b02638.
  5. Bandgap engineering of graphene nanoribbons by structural distortion.
    Y. Hu, C.-A. Palma, L. A. Straasø, M. R. Hansen, J. V. Barth, E. Molinari, D. Prezzi, X. Feng, A. Narita, and K. Müllen.
    In preparation.
  6. Coherently coupling distinct spin ensembles through a high-Tc superconducting resonator.
    A. Ghirri, C. Bonizzoni, F. Troiani, N. Buccheri, L. Beverina, A. Cassinese, and M. Affronte.
    Physical Review A 93, 063855 (2016). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.93.063855.
  7. Coupling molecular spin centers to microwave planar resonators: towards integration of molecular qubits in quantum circuits.
    C. Bonizzoni, A. Ghirri, K. Bader, J. van Slageren, M. Perfetti, L. Sorace, Y. Lan, O. Fuhr, M. Rubene, and M. Affronte.
    Dalton Transactions 45, 16596-16603 (2016). doi:10.1039/c6dt01953f.
  8. Diamondoid Structure in a Metal Organic Framework of Fe4 Single-Molecule Magnets.
    L. Rigamonti, C. Cotton, A. Nava, H. Lang, T. Rüffer, R. Sessoli, L. Sorace, M. Perfetti, W. Wernsdorfer, Y. Lan, A-L. Barra, and A. Cornia.
    Chemistry – A European Journal 22, 13705-13714 (2016). doi:10.1002/chem.201601383.
  9. Exciton-exciton annihilation and biexciton stimulated emission in graphene nanoribbons.
    G. Soavi, S. Dal Conte, C. Manzoni, D. Viola, A. Narita, Y. Hu, X. Feng, U. Hohenester, E. Molinari, D. Prezzi, K. Müllen, and G. Cerullo.
    Nat. Commun. 7, 11010 (2016). doi:10.1038/ncomms11010
  10. Fabrication of Three Terminal Devices by ElectroSpray Deposition of Graphene Nanoribbons.
    P. Fantuzzi, L. Martini, A. Candini, V. Corradini, U. del Pennino, Y. Hu, X. Feng, K. Müllen, A. Narita, and M. Affronte.
    Carbon 104, 112-118 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.03.052.
  11. Giant Hysteresis of Single-Molecule Magnets Adsorbed on a Nonmagnetic Insulator.
    C. Wäckerlin, F. Donati, A. Singha, R. Baltic, S. Rusponi, K. Diller, F. Patthey, M. Pivetta, Y. Lan, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, H. Brune, and J. Dreiser.
    Adv. Mater. 28, 5195-5199 (2016). doi:10.1002/adma.201506305.
  12. Heterodimers of Heterometallic Rings.
    G. Timco, S. Marocchi, E. Garlatti, C. Barker, M. Albring, V. Bellini, F. Manghi, E. J. L. McInnes, W. Wernsdorfer, G. Lorusso, G. Amoretti, S. Carretta, M. Affronte, and R. E. P. Winpenny.
    Dalton Transactions (2016). DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01941b
  13. Immobilization of a Polyoxometalate Single-Molecule Magnet in a Biopolymer or Metal Organic Framework Matrices.
    W. Salomon, Y. Lan, E. Rivière, S. Yang, C. Roch-Marchal, A. Dolbecq, C. Simonnet-Jégat, N. Steunou, N. Leclerc-Laronze, L. Ruhlmann, T. Mallah, W. Wernsdorfer, and P. Mialane.
    Chemistry – A European Journal 22, 6564-6574 (2016) and front cover feature.
  14. Iridates from the molecular side.
    K. S. Pedersen, J. Bendix, A. Tressaud, E. Durand, H. Weihe, Z. Salman, T. J. Morsing, D. N. Woodruff, Y. Lan, W. Wernsdorfer, C. Mathonière, S. Piligkos, S. I. Klokishner, S. Ostrovsky, K. Ollefs, F. Wilhelm, A. Rogalev, and R. Clérac.
    Nature Communications 7, 12195 (2016).
  15. On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons with zigzag edge topology.
    P. Ruffieux, S. Wang, B. Yang, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, J. Liu, T. Dienel, L. Talirz, P. Shinde, C. A. Pignedoli, D. Passerone, T. Dumslaff, X. Feng, K. Müllen, and R. Fasel.
    Nature 531, 489-492 (2016).
  16. Quantum Einstein-de Haas Effect.
    M. Ganzhorn, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and W. Wernsdorfer.
    Nature Comms 7, 11443 (2016).
  17. Raman Fingerprints of Atomically Precise Graphene Nanoribbons.
    I. A. Verzhbitskiy, M. D. Corato, A. Ruini, E. Molinari, A. Narita, Y. Hu, M. G. Schwab, M. Bruna, D. Yoon, S. Milana, X. Feng, K. Müllen, A. C. Ferrari, C. Casiraghi, and D. Prezzi.
    Nano Lett. 16, 3442-3447 (2016).
  18. Rationally Designed Tetrahedral Co(II) Single-Ion Magnets: What governs the Magnitude and Sign of Magnetic Anisotropy?
    S. Vaidya, S. Tewary, S. Kumar Singh, S. K. Langley, K. S. Murray, Y. Lan, W. Wernsdorfer, G. Rajaraman, and M. Shanmugam.
    Inorganic Chemistry online (2016).
  19. Relay-like exchange mechanism between bis(phthalocyaninato) Terbium molecules and Ni(111) substrates across a graphene layer.
    S. Marocchi, A. Candini, V. Corradini, R. Biagi, U. del Pennino, M. Affronte, A. Soncini, and V. Bellini.
    ACS nano in press (2016).
  20. Single-Molecule Magnet (SMM) Behavior in 2,2’-Bipyrimidine-bridged Dilanthanide Complexes.
    W. Yu, F. Schramm, E. M. Pineda, Y. Lan, O. Fuhr, J. Chen, H. Isshiki, W. Wernsdorfer, W. Wulfhekel, and M. Ruben.
    Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 7, 126-137 (2016).
  21. Single-molecule devices with graphene electrodes.
    S. Lumetti, A. Candini, C. Godfrin, F. Balestro, W. Wernsdorfer, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and M. Affronte.
    Dalton Transactions (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02445A
  22. Synthesis of graphene nanoribbons by ambient-pressure chemical vapour deposition and device integration. Z. Chen, W. Zhang, C.-A. Palma, A. Lodi Rizzini, B. Liu, A. Abbas, N. Richter, L. Martini, X.-Y Wang, N. Cavani, H. Lu, N. Mishra, C. Coletti, R. Berger, F. Klappenberger, M. Kläui, A. Candini, M. Affronte, C. Zhou, V. De Renzi, U. del Pennino, J. V. Barth, H. J. Räder, A. Narita, X. Feng, and K. Müllen.
    Submitted (2016).
  23. Synthesis of Stable Nanographenes with OBO-Doped Zigzag Edges Based on Tandem Demethylation-Electrophilic Borylation
    X.-Y. Wang, A. Narita, W. Zhang, X. Feng, and K. Müllen.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 9021-9024 (2016).
  24. Supramolecular 3d-4f Single-Molecule Magnet Architecture.
    S. Schmitz, J. van Leusen, N. Izarova, Y. Lan, W. Wernsdorfer, P. Kögerler, and K. Yu. Monakhov.
    Dalton Transactions online (2016).
  25. Thin layers of Molecular Nanomagnets
    A. Cornia, D. Taham, M. Affronte, chapter in book Molecular Magnetic Materials. Concepts and applications. Ed. Barbara Sieklucka Wiley (2016).
  26. Ultra high photoresponsivity with field effect control in a all graphene device.
    L. Martini, Z. Chen, N. Mishra, C. Coletti, A. Narita, X. Feng, K. Müllen, M. Affronte, and A. Candini.
    Submitted (2016).

2015

  1. Bis-Phthalocyaninato Lanthanide (III) Complexes- From Molecular Magnetism to Spintronic Devices.
    Y. Lan, S. Klyatskaya, and M. Ruben.
    Book chapter, VCH, Germany, 232–94 (2015). DOI: 10.1002/9783527673476.ch8
  2. Controlling the spin texture of topological insulators by rational design of organic molecules.
    S. Jakobs, A. Narayan, B. Stadtmüller, A. Droghetti A, I. Rungger, Y.S. Hor, S. Klyatskaya, D. Junkenn, J. Stöckl, M. Laux, O.L.M. Momti, M. Aeschlimann, R.J. Cava, M. Ruben, S. Mathias, S. Sanvito, and M. Cinchetti.
    Nano Letters 15, 6022–9 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02213
  3. Electroburning of few-layer graphene flakes, epitaxial graphene, and turbostratic graphene discs in air and under vacuum.
    A. Candini, N. Richter, D. Convertino, C. Coletti, F. Balestro, W. Wernsdorfer, M. Kläui, and M. Affronte.
    Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 6, 711 (2015).
  4. Exchange bias of TbPc2 molecular magnets on antiferromagnetic FeMn and ferromagnetic Fe films.
    C. Nistor, C. Krull, A. Mugarza, S. Stepanow, C. Stamm, M. Soares,S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and P. Gambardella.
    Phys. Rev. B 92, 184402 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.184402
  5. Exfoliation of graphene via wet chemical routes.
    K. Parvez, S. Yang, X. Feng, and K. Müllen.
    Synth. Met. 210, Part A, 123-132 (2015).
  6.  Kondo effect in binuclear metal-organic complexes with weakly interacting spins.L. Zhang, A. Bagrets, D. Xenioti, R. Korytár, M. Schackert, T. Miyamachi, F. Schramm, O. Fuhr, R. Chandrasekar, M. Alouani, M. Ruben, W. Wulfhekel, and F. Evers.
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 195424 (2015). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195424
  7. Magnetic interaction between a radical spin and a Single-Molecule Magnet in a Molecular Spin-Valve.
    M. Urdampilleta, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and W. Wernsdorfer.
    ACS Nano 9, 4458–64 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b01056
  8. Molecular materials – towards quantum properties.
    M. Ruben.
    Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 6, 1485–6 (2015). DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.6.153.
  9. Self-assembly of bis(phthalocyaninato)terbium on metal surfaces.
    Z. Deng, S. Rauschenbach, S. Stepanow, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and K. Kern.
    Phys. Scr. 90, 098003 (2015). DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/90/9/098003.
  10. Synthesis, characterization, monolayer assembly and 2D lanthanide coordination of a linear terphenyl-di(propiolonitrile) linker on Ag(111).
    Z. Chen, S. Klyatskaya, J. I. Urgel, D. Écija, O. Fuhr, W. Auwärter, J. V. Barth, and M. Ruben.
    Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 6, 327–35 (2015). DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.6.31
  11. Tuning the Ising-type Anisotropy in Trigonal Bipyramidal Co(II) Complexes.
    F. Shao, B. Cahier, N. Guihéry, E. Rivière, R. Guillot, A.-L. Barra, Y. Lan, W. Wernsdorfer, V. E. Campbell, and T. Mallah.
    Chemical Communications 51, 16475-16478, cover feature (2015).
  12. Tuning the magneto-optical response of TbPc2 single molecule magnets by the choice of the substrate.
    P. Robaschik, M. Fronk, M. Toader, S. Klyatskaya, F. Ganss, P. F. Siles, O. G. Schmidt, M. Albrecht, M. Hietschold, M. Ruben, D. R. T. Zahn, and G. Salvan.
    J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 8039–49 (2015). DOI: 10.1039/C5TC01520K

2014

      1. Bis-Phthalocyaninato Lanthanide (III) Complexes- From Molecular Magnetism to Spintronic Devices.Y. Lan, S. Klyatskaya, and M. Ruben.
        Book chapter 2014 in press. Editor: R. Layfield and M. Murugesu, “Molecular Magnetism in Lanthanides and Actinides”, Wiley-VCH, Nov. 2014.
      2. Bottom-Up Synthesis of Liquid-Phase-Processable Graphene Nanoribbons with Near-Infrared Absorption.
        A. Narita, I. Verzhbitskiy, W. Frederickx, K. S. Mali, S. A. Jensen, M. R. Hansen, M. Bonn, S. De Feyter, C. Casiraghi, X. Feng, et al.
        ACS Nano 8, 11622-11630 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/nn5049014.
      3. Chemical tuning of the magnetic relaxation in dysprosium(III) mononuclear complexes.
        L. J. Batchelor, I. Cimatti, R. Guillot, F. Tuna, W. Wernsdorfer, L. Ungur, L. F. Chibotaru, V. E. Campbell, and T. Mallah.
        Dalton Transactions 43, 12146-12149 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00846D.
      4. Coherent electrical manipulation of a single nuclear spin.
        S. Thiele, F. Balestro, R. Ballou, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and W. Wernsdorfer
        Science 344, 1135-8 (2014). DOI: 10.1126/science.1249802
      5. Coupling of single, double, and triple-decker metal-phthalocyanine complexes to ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic substrates.
        A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Krull, A. Mugarza, T. Balashov, C. Nistor, R. Piquerel, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, P. M. Sheverdyaeva, P. Moras, C. Carbone, C. Stamm, P. S. Miedema, P. K. Thakur, V. Sessi, M. Soares, F. Yakhou-Harris, J. C. Cezar, S. Stepanow, and P. Gambardella.
        Surf. Sci. 630, 361–74 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2014.07.008.
      6. Deposition, Characterization, and Thin-Film-Based Chemical Sensing of Ultra-long Chemically Synthesized Graphene Nanoribbons.
        A. N. Abbas, G. Liu, A. Narita, M. Orosco, X. Feng, K. Muellen, and C. Zhou.
        Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 7555-7558 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/ja502764d
      7. Detection of multipartite entanglement in spin rings by use of exchange energy.
        I. Siloi and F. Troiani.
        Phys. Rev. A 90, 042328 (2014). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.042328.
      8. Domain wall pinning in ultra-narrow electromigrated break junctions
        Robert M Reeve, André Loescher, Mohamad-Assaad Mawass, Regina Hoffmann-Vogel and Mathias Klaui (2014).
        J. Phys: Cond Matt 26, 474207. DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/26/47/474207.
      9. Electrically driven nuclear spin resonance in single-molecule magnets.
        S. Thiele, F. Balestro, R. Ballou, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and W. Wernsdorfer.
        Science 344, 1135-8 (2014). DOI: 10.1126/science.1249802.
      10. Entanglement swapping with energy-polarization-entangled photons from quantum dot cascade decay.
        F. Troiani.
        Phys Rev B 90, 245419 (2014). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245419.
      11. Field-regulated switching of the magnetization of Co-porphyrin on graphene.
        D. Klar, S. Bhandary, A. Candini, L. Joly, P. Ohresser, S. Klyatskaya, M. Schleberger, M. Ruben, M. Affronte, O. Eriksson, B. Sanyal, and H. Wende.
        Phys. Rev. B 89, 144411 (2014). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.144411
      12. Hysteretic behaviour in a vacuum deposited submonolayer of single ion magnets.
        D. Klar, A. Candini, L. Joly, S. Klyatskaya, B. Krumme, P. Ohresser, J.-P. Kappler, M. Ruben, and H. Wende.
        Dalton Trans. 43, 10686-10689 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4DT01005A
      13. Layer-by-Layer Assembled Heteroatom-Doped Graphene Films with Ultrahigh Volumetric Capacitance and Rate Capability for Micro-Supercapacitors.
        Z. S. Wu, K. Parvez, A. Winter, H. Vieker, X. J. Liu, S. Han, A. Turchanin, X. L. Feng, and K. Mullen.
        Advanced Materials 26, 4552-4558 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201401228.
      14. Optical properties and electrical transport of thin films of terbium(III) bis(phthalocyanine) on cobalt.
        P. Robaschik, P. F. Siles, D. Bülz, P. Richter, M. Monecke, M. Fronk, S. Klyatskaya, D. Grimm, O. G. Schmidt, M. Ruben, D. R. T. Zahn, and G. Salvan.
        Beilstein J. Nanotechnol., 5, 2070-8 (2014). DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.5.215.
      15. Potentialities of Molecular Nanomagnets for Information Technologies.
        M. Affronte and F. Troiani, chapter in the book Molecular Magnets p. 249-273, NanoScience and Technology, J. Bartolomé et al. (eds.), © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2014). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40609-6_10
      16. Quantum Computation with Molecular Nanomagnets: achivements, challenges and new trends.
        A. Ghirri, F. Troiani, and M. Affronte, in press in Molecular Nanomagnets and Related Phenomena – Structure and Bonding Ed. Song Gao Springer (2014). DOI: 10.1007/430_2014_145
      17. X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of a Custom Designed Bis(phthalocyaninato)-TbIII Single Molecular Magnet as a Fundamental Unit for Supramolecular Spintronic Devices.
        S. Klyatskaya, A. Eichhoefer, and W. Wernsdorfer.
        Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 4179-4185 (2014). DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402421.

2013

        1. Antiferromagnetic coupling of 2 molecules to ultrathin Ni and Co films.
          D. Klar, S. Klyatskaya, A. Candini, B. Krumme, K. Kummer, P. Ohresser, V. Corradini, V. de Renzi, R. Biagi, L. Joly, J.-P. Kappler, U. del Pennino, M. Affronte, H. Wende, and M. Ruben.
          Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 4, 320–324 (2013). DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.4.36
        2. Pure spin current-induced domain wall motion probed by localized spin signal detection.
          N. Motzko, B. Burkhardt, N. Richter, R. Reeve, P. Laczkowski, W. Savero Torres, L. Vila, J.-P. Attané, and M. Kläui.
          Phys. Rev. B 88, 214405 (2013). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.214405

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