Peer-reviewed publications

2014:

§ Ultrafast magnetization switching by spin-orbit torques, K. Garello, C. O. Avci, I. M. Miron, O. Boulle, S. Auffret, P. Gambardella, G. Gaudin, arXiv:1310.5586

§ Reaching the magnetic anisotropy limit of a 3d metal atom, I. G. Rau, S. Baumann, S. Rusponi, F. Donati, S. Stepanow, L. Gragnaniello, J. Dreiser, C. Piamonteze, F. Nolting, S. Gangopadhyay, O. R. Albertini, R. M. Macfarlane, C. P. Lutz, B. Jones, P. Gambardella, A. J. Heinrich and H. Brune, Science 344, 988 (2014).

§ Field-like and antidamping spin-orbit torques in as-grown and annealed Ta/CoFeB/MgO layers, C. O. Avci, K. Garello, C. Nistor, S. Godey, B. Ballesteros, A. Mugarza, A. Barla, M. Valvidares, E. Pellegrin, A. Ghosh, I. M. Miron, O. Boulle, S. Auffret, G. Gaudin, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 89, 214419 (2014).

§ Spin tuning of electron-doped metal-phthalocyanine layers, S. Stepanow, A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Krull, J. Kavich, J. C. Cezar, F. Yakhou-Harris, P. M. Sheverdyaeva, P. Moras, C. Carbone, G. Ceballos, A. Mugarza, P. Gambardella, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 5451 (2014).

§ Spin-dependent electron scattering at graphene edges on Ni(111), A. Garcia-Lekue, T. Balashov, M. Ollé, G. Ceballos, A. Arnau, P. Gambardella, D. Sanchez-Portal, A. Mugarza, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 06682 (2014).

§ Spin-orbit torque magnetization switching of a three terminal perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction, M. Cubukcu, M. Drouard, O. Boulle, K. Garello, C.O. Avci, I. M. Miron, J. Langer, B. Ockert, P. Gambardella, G. Gaudin, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 042406 (2014).

2013:  

§ Magnetic Moment and Anisotropy of Individual Co Atoms on Graphene, F. Donati, Q. Dubout, G. Autès, F. Patthey, F. Calleja, P. Gambardella, O.V. Yazyev, and H. Brune, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 236801 (2013).

§ Symmetry and magnitude of spin-orbit torques in ferromagnetic heterostructures, K. Garello, I. M. Miron, C. O. Avci, F. Freimuth, Y. Mokrousov, S. Blügel, S. Auffret, O. Boulle, G. Gaudin, and P. Gambardella, Nature Nanotech. 8, 587 (2013).

§ Site and orbital-dependent charge donation and spin manipulation in electron doped metal-phthalocyanines, C. Krull, R. Robles, A. Mugarza, and P. Gambardella, Nature Mater. 12, 337 (2013).

§ Observation of out-of-plane unidirectional anisotropy in MgO-capped planar nanowire arrays of Fe, S. K. Arora, B. J. O'Dowd, D. M. Polishchuk, A. I. Tovstolytkin, P. Thakur, N. B. Brookes, B. Ballesteros, P. Gambardella and I. V. Shvets, J. Appl. Phys. 114, 133903 (2013).

§ Magnetization reversal behaviour of planar nanowire arrays of Fe, S.K. Arora, B.J. O’Dowd, P. Thakur, N.B. Brookes, B. Ballesteros, P. Gambardella, and I.V. Shvets, Current Nanoscience 9, 609 (2013).

§ Scattering of surface electrons by isolated steps versus periodic step arrays, J. E. Ortega, J. Lobo-Checa, G. Peschel, S. Schirone, Z. M. Abd El-Fattah, M. Matena, F. Schiller, P. Borghetti, P. Gambardella, and A. Mugarza, Phys. Rev. B 87, 115425 (2013).

2012:  

§ Exchange biasing single molecule magnets: coupling of TbPc₂ to antiferromagnetic layers, A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Krull, T. Balashov,A. Mugarza, C. Nistor, F. Yakhou, V. Sessi, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, S. Stepanow, and P. Gambardella, Nano Lett. 12, 5703 (2012).

§ Yield and shape selection of graphene nanoislands grown on Ni(111), M. Ollé Soronellas, G. Ceballos, D. Serrate, and P. Gambardella, Nano Lett. 12, 4431 (2012).

§ Magnetization switching of an MgO/Co/Pt layer by in-plane current injection,C. Onur Avci, K. Garello, I. M. Miron, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, O. Boulle, and P. Gambardella, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 212404 (2012)

§ Electronic and magnetic properties of molecule-metal interfaces:transition metal phthalocyanines adsorbed on Ag(100), A. Mugarza, R. Robles, C. Krull, R. Korytar, N. Lorente, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 85, 155437 (2012).

§ Magnetic properties of planar nanowire arrays of Co fabricated on oxidized step-bunched silicon templates, S.K. Arora, B. J. O’Dowd, B. Ballesteros, P. Gambardella, and I.V. Shvets, Nanotechnology 23, 235702 (2012).

§ Structural and magnetic properties of planar nanowire arrays of Co grown on oxidized vicinal silicon (111) templates, S. K. Arora, B. J. O’Dowd, C. Nistor, T. Balashov, B. Ballesteros, A. Lodi Rizzini, J. J. Kavich, S.S. Dhesi, P. Gambardella, and I. V. Shvets, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 07E342 (2012).

2011:

§ Oxygen Dissociation by Concerted Action of Di-Iron Centers in Metal-Organic Coordination Networks at Surfaces: Modeling Non-Heme Iron Enzymes. S. Fabris, S. Stepanow, N. Lin, P. Gambardella, A. Dmitriev, J. Honolka, S. Baroni, and K. Kern, Nano Letters 11, 5414 (2011).

§ Coupling single molecule magnets to ferromagnetic substrates, A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Krull, T. Balashov, J.J. Kavich, A. Mugarza, P.S. Miedema, P.K. Thakur, V. Sessi, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, S. Stepanow, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 177205 (2011).

§ Spin coupling and relaxation inside molecule-metal contacts, A. Mugarza, C. Krull, R. Robles, S. Stepanow, G. Ceballos, and P. Gambardella, Nature Comm. 2, 490 (2011).

§ Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection, I. M. Miron, K. Garello, G. Gaudin, P.-J. Zermatten, M. V. Costache, S. Auffret, S. Bandera, B. Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, and P. Gambardella, Nature 476, 189 (2011).

§ Orbital moment anisotropy of Pt/Co/AlOx heterostructures with strong Rashba interaction, C. Nistor, T. Balashov, J. J. Kavich, A. Lodi Rizzini, B. Ballesteros, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, S.S. Dhesi, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 84, 054464 (2011).

§ Current-induced spin-orbit torques, P. Gambardella and I.M. Miron, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A 369, 3175 (2011).

§ Mixed-valence behavior and strong correlation effects of metal phthalocyanines adsorbed on metals, S. Stepanow, P. Miedema, A. Mugarza, G. Ceballos, P. Moras, J. Cezar, C. Carbone, F. de Groot, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 83, 220401(R) (2011).

§ Self-assembled nanoscale magnetic networks on surfaces: fundamental interactions and functional properties, C. Carbone, S. Gardonio, P. Moras, S. Lounis, M. Heide, G. Bihlmayer, N. Atodiresei, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel, S. Vlaic, A. Lehnert, S. Ouazi, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, J. Honolka, A. Enders, K. Kern, S. Stepanow, C. Krull, T. Balashov, A. Mugarza, and P. Gambardella, Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 1212 (2011).

§ Formation of one-dimensional ordered alloy at step edges: an atomistic study of the (2x1) Ni/Pt alloy on the Pt(997) surface, W. Essolaani, F. Picaud, C. Ramseyer, P. Gambardella, D. Spanjaard and M.-C. Desjonquères, Surf. Sci. 605, 917 (2011).

§ Localization, splitting and mixing of field emission resonances induced by alkali metal clusters on Cu(100), S. Stepanow, A. Mugarza, G. Ceballos, P. Gambardella, I. Aldazabal, A. G. Borisov, and A. Arnau, Phys. Rev. B 83, 115101 (2011).

2010:

§ Orbital specific chirality and homochiral self-assembly of achiral molecules induced by charge transfer and spontaneous symmetry breaking, A. Mugarza, N. Lorente, P. Ordejon, C. Krull, S. Stepanow, M.-L. Bocquet, J. Fraxedas, G. Ceballos, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 115702 (2010).

§ Spin and Orbital Magnetic Moment Anisotropies of Monodispersed Bis(Phthalocyaninato)Terbium on a Copper Surface, S. Stepanow, J. Honolka, P. Gambardella, L. Vitali, N. Abdurakhmanova, T.-C. Tseng, S. Rauschenbach, S. L. Tait, V. Sessi, S. Klyatskaya, M. Ruben, and K. Kern, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132, 11900 (2010).

§ Magnetic anisotropy of Fe and Co ultrathin films deposited on Rh and Pt (111) substrates: An experimental and first-principles investigation, A. Lehnert, S. Dennler, P. Blonski, S. Rusponi, M. Etzkorn, G. Moulas, P.Bencok, P.Gambardella, H. Brune, and J. Hafner, Phys. Rev. B 82, 094409 (2010).

§ Giant spin and orbital moment anisotropies of a Cu-Phthalocyanine monolayer, S. Stepanow, A. Mugarza, G. Ceballos, P. Moras, J. Cezar, C. Carbone, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 82, 014405 (2010).

§ Magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of Co and Fe adatoms on the (111) surfaces of Pd and Rh, P. Blonski, A. Lehnert, S. Dennler, S. Rusponi, M. Etzkorn, G. Moulas, P. Bencok, P. Gambardella, H. Brune and J. Hafner, Phys. Rev. B 81, 104426 (2010).

§ Correlated electrons step by step: itinerant-to-localized transition of Fe impurities in free-electron metal hosts, C. Carbone, M. Veronese, P. Moras, S. Gardonio, C. Grazioli, P. H. Zhou, O. Rader, A. Varykhalov, C. Krull, T. Balashov, A. Mugarza, P. Gambardella, S. Lebeque, O. Eriksson, M. I. Katsnelson, and A. I. Lichtenstein, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 117601 (2010).

§ Current-driven spin torque induced by the Rashba effect in a ferromagnetic metal layer, I. M. Miron, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, S. Pizzini, Jan Vogel, and P. Gambardella, Nature Mater. 9, 230 (2010).

2009:

§ Longitudinal detection of ferromagnetic resonance using x-ray transmission measurements, G. Boero, S. Rusponi, J. Kavich, A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Piamonteze, F. Nolting, C. Tieg, J. Thiele, and P. Gambardella, Rev. Sci. Instr. 80, 123902 (2009).

§ 2p x-ray absorption of iron-phthalocyanine, P. S. Miedema, S. Stepanow, P. Gambardella, and F. M. F. de Groot, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 190 012143 (2009).

§ Simultaneous in-plane and out-of-plane exchange bias using a single antiferromagnetic layer resolved by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, J. Nogués, S. Stepanow, A. Bollero, J. Sort, B. Dieny, F. Nolting, and P. Gambardella, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 152515 (2009).

§ Direct evidence of imprinted vortex states in antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic bilayer microdisks, G. Salazar-Alvarez, J. Sort, J. J. Kavich, A. Mugarza, S. Stepanow, A. Potenza, H. Marchetto, S. S. Dhesi, V. Baltz, A. Webber, L. J. Heyderman, J. Nogués, and P. Gambardella, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 012510 (2009).

§ Double resonant x-ray and microwave absorption: atomic spectroscopy of precessional orbital and spin dynamics, G. Boero, S. Rusponi, P. Bencok, R. Meckenstock, J.-U. Thiele, F. Nolting, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 79, 224425 (2009).

§ Complex magnetic phase in submonolayer Fe stripes on Pt(997), J. Honolka, T.Y. Lee, K. Kuhnke, D. Repetto, V. Sessi, P. Wahl, A. Buchsbaum, P. Varga, S. Gardonio, C. Carbone, S. R. Krishnakumar, P. Gambardella, M. Komelj, R. Singer, M. Faehnle, K. Fauth, G. Schuetz, A. Enders, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. B 79, 104430 (2009).

§ Magnetism of individual atoms adsorbed on surfaces, H. Brune and P. Gambardella, Surf. Sci. 603, 1830 (2009).

§ Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface, P. Gambardella, S. Stepanow, A. Dmitriev, J. Honolka, F. de Groot, M. Lingenfelder, S. Sen Gupta, D.D. Sarma, P. Bencok, S. Stanescu, S. Clair, S. Pons, N. Lin, A. P. Seitsonen, H. Brune, J.V. Barth, and K. Kern, Nature Mater. 8, 189 (2009).

Before 2009:

§ High magnetic moments and anisotropies for Fe_xCo_1−x monolayers on Pt(111), G. Moulas, A. Lehnert, S. Rusponi, J. Zabloudil, C. Etz, S. Ouazi, M. Etzkorn, P. Bencok, P. Gambardella, P. Weinberger, and H. Brune, Phys. Rev. B 78, 214424 (2008).

§ Kondo Effect in Single Atom Contacts: The Importance of the Atomic Geometry, L. Vitali, R. Ohmann, S. Stepanow, P. Gambardella, K. Tao, R. Huang, V. S. Stepanyuk, P. Bruno, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 216802 (2008).

§ Element-resolved x-ray ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy, G. Boero, S. Mouaziz, S. Rusponi, P. Bencok, F. Nolting, S. Stepanow, and P. Gambardella, New J. Phys. 10, 013011 (2008).

§ Absence of local magnetic moments in Ru and Rh impurities and clusters on Ag(100) and Pt(997), J. Honolka,K. Kuhnke, L. Vitali, A. Enders, S. Gardonio, C. Carbone, K. Kern, P. Bencok, S. Stepanow, and P. Gambardella, Phys. Rev. B 76, 144412 (2007).

§ Surface characterization of MnGe and MnCrGe dilute magnetic semiconductors, P. Gambardella, L. Claude, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, J. Raabe, F. Nolting, P. Bencok, A.T. Hanbicki, B.T. Jonker, C. Grazioli, M. Veronese, and C. Carbone, Phys. Rev. B 75, 125211 (2007).

§ Structure and magnetism of atomically thin Fe layers on flat and vicinal Pt surfaces, D. Repetto, T. Y. Lee, S. Rusponi, J. Honolka, K. Kuhnke, V. Sessi, U. Starke, H. Brune, P. Gambardella, C. Carbone, A. Enders, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. B 74, 054408 (2006).

§ Equilibrium island size distribution in one dimension, P. Gambardella, H. Brune, K. Kern, and V.I. Marchenko, Phys. Rev. B 73, 245425 (2006).

§ Quantum chains with a spin, P. Gambardella, Nature Mater. 5, 431 (2006).

§ Finite-sized Heisenberg chains and magnetism of one-dimensional metals systems, A. Vindigni, A. Rettori, M.G. Pini, C. Carbone, and P. Gambardella, Appl. Phys. A 82, 385 (2006).

§ X-ray ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy, G. Boero, S. Rusponi, P. Bencok, R. S. Popovic, H. Brune, and P. Gambardella, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 152503 (2005).

§ Paramagnetic Mn impurities on Ge and GaAs surfaces, P. Gambardella, H. Brune, S.S. Dhesi, P. Bencok, K. Menon, S. Gardonio, M. Veronese, C. Grazioli, and C. Carbone, Phys. Rev. B 72, 045337 (2005).

§ Magnetic anisotropy from single atoms to large monodomain islands of Co/Pt(111), P. Gambardella, S. Rusponi, T. Cren, N. Weiss, and H. Brune, C. R. Physique 6, 75 (2005).

§ Oscillatory magnetic anisotropy in one-dimensional atomic wires, P. Gambardella, A. Dallmeyer, K. Maiti, M. C. Malagoli, S. Rusponi, P. Ohresser, W. Eberhardt, C. Carbone, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 077203 (2004).

§ Magnetism in monatomic metal wires, P. Gambardella, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15, S2533 (2003).

§ Giant magnetic anisotropy of single Co atoms and nanoparticles, P. Gambardella, S. Rusponi, M. Veronese, S.S. Dhesi, I. Cabria, R. Zeller, P.H. Dederichs, A. Dallmeyer, C. Grazioli, K. Kern, C. Carbone, and H. Brune, Science 300, 1130 (2003).

§ Localized magnetic states of Fe, Co, and Ni impurities on alkali metal films, P. Gambardella, S.S. Dhesi, S. Gardonio, C. Grazioli, P. Ohresser, and C. Carbone, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 047202 (2002).

§ Ferromagnetism in one-dimensional monatomic metal chains, P. Gambardella, A. Dallmeyer, K. Maiti, M. C. Malagoli, W. Eberhardt, K. Kern, and C. Carbone, Nature 416, 301 (2002).

§ Oxygen dissociation at Pt steps, P. Gambardella, Z. Šljivančanin, B. Hammer, M. Blanc, K. Kuhnke, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 056103 (2001).

§ Growth of composition-modulated Ag/Co wires on Pt(997), P. Gambardella, M. Blanc, K. Kuhnke, K. Kern, F. Picaud, C. Ramseyer, C. Girardet, C. Barreteau, D. Spanjaard, and M.C. Desjonquères, Phys. Rev. B 64, 45404 (2001).

§ Ni growth on vicinal Pt(111): low temperature exchange and formation of ordered surface alloys, P. Gambardella and K. Kern, Surf. Sci. 475, L229 (2001).

§ Co growth on Pt(997): from monatomic chains to monolayer completion, P. Gambardella, M. Blanc, L. Bürgi, K. Kuhnke, and K. Kern, Surf. Sci. 449, 93 (2000).

§ Electronic states and magnetism of monatomic Co and Cu wires, A. Dallmeyer, C. Carbone, W. Eberhardt, C. Pampuch, O. Rader, W. Gudat, P. Gambardella, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. B 61, R5133 (2000).

§ One-dimensional metal chains on Pt vicinal surfaces, P. Gambardella, M. Blanc, H. Brune, K. Kuhnke, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. B 61, 2254 (2000).

§ Collision induced desorption and dissociation of O₂ chemisorbed on Ag(001), L.Vattuone, P.Gambardella, U.Burghaus, F.Cemic, A.Cupolillo, U.Valbusa, and M.Rocca, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 2490 (1998).

§ Enhanced collision induced desorption and dissociation of O₂ chemisorbed on Ag(001) at grazing incidence, L.Vattuone, P.Gambardella, F.Cemic, U.Valbusa, and M.Rocca; Chem. Phys. Lett. 278, 245 (1997).

§ HREELS study of O₂ molecular chemisorption on Ag(001), L.Vattuone, P.Gambardella, U.Valbusa, and M.Rocca, Surf. Sci. 377, 671 (1997).

§ HREELS study of CO oxidation on Ag(001) by O₂ and O, U.Burghaus, L.Vattuone, P.Gambardella, and M.Rocca, Surf. Sci. 374, 1 (1997).

Chapters in books:

§ Atomic and molecular magnets on surfaces, H. Brune and P. Gambardella, in Fundamentals of Picoscience, K. D. Sattler (Ed.), (CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2013).

§ Low-dimensional magnetic systems, A. Enders, P. Gambardella, and K. Kern, in Handbook of Magnetism and Advanced Magnetic Materials Vol. I, H. Kronmüller and S. Parkin (Eds.), (J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 2007).

§ Magnetism in low-dimensional systems, P. Gambardella, in Magnetic Nanostructures in Modern Technology, Spintronics, Magnetic MEMS and Recording, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Magnetic Nanostructures for Micro-Electromechanical Systems and Spintronic Applications, R. Grechishkin and B. Azzerboni (Eds.), (Springer, Berlin, 2007).

Other publications:

§ Orbital moment anisotropy in heterostructures with strong Rashba interaction measured by vector-resolved XMCD, C. Nistor, T. Balashov, J. J. Kavich, A. Lodi Rizzini, B. Ballesteros, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, S. S. Dhesi, and P. Gambardella, Diamond Annual Review 2011/2012.

§ Spin-orbit torques in ultrathin ferromagnetic metal layers, I. M. Miron, G. Gaudin, S. Auffret, B. Rodmacq, A. Schuhl, S. Pizzini, Jan Vogel, and P. Gambardella, Proc. SPIE 7760, 77600Z (2010).

§ Contribution to Magnetization Dynamics on the Nanoscale in Ultrafast Phenomena at the Nanoscale: Science opportunities at the SwissFEL X-ray Laser, Edited by B. P. Patterson, Paul Scherrer Institut, 2009.

§ Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface, P. Gambardella, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Highlights 2009.

§ Italian science: greater expectations? P. Gambardella, Correspondence to Nat. Mater. 2006.

§ Oscillatory magnetic behavior in one-dimensional atomic wires, P. Gambardella, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Highlights 2004.

§ Giant atomic magnetic anisotropy, P. Gambardella, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Highlights 2003.

§ Magnetic moments of isolated atoms at surfaces, P. Gambardella, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility Highlights 2002.

Patents

§ Magnetic memory element, G. Gaudin, I.M. Miron, P. Gambardella, A. Schuhl, ICN, CNRS, and ICREA, US Patent application 12/899,072 (06.10.2010). WO 2012/014131 (02/12/2012)

§ Writable magnetic element, G. Gaudin, I.M. Miron, P. Gambardella, A. Schuhl, ICN, CNRS, and ICREA, US Patent application 12/899,091 (06.10.2010). WO 2012/014132 (02/12/2012)

§ Writable magnetic element, G. Gaudin, I.M. Miron, P. Gambardella, A. Schuhl, ICN, CNRS, and ICREA, US Patent application 12/959,980 (03.12.2010). WO 2012/056348 (03.05.2012).