Publications

Publications which include data taken at the SIM beamline (in-house and users), status: 23. March 2009

 

Publications in refereed journals

2009

Magnetic memory of a single-molecule quantum magnet wired to a gold surface
M. Mannini, F. Pineider, P. Sainctavit, C. Danieli, E. Otero, C. Sciancalepore, A.M. Talarico, M.A. Arrio, A. Cornia, D. Gatteschi, R. Sessoli, Nature Materials 8, 194 (2009).

X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism picks out Single-Molecule Magnets suitable for nano-devices
Matteo Mannini, Francesco Pineider, Philippe Sainctavit, Loïc Joly, Arantxa Fraile Rodríguez , Marie-Anne Arrio, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Andrea Cornia, Dante Gatteschi, Roberta Sessoli, Adv. Mater. 21, 167 (2009).

2008

Magnetic structure near the Co/NiO(001) interface,
E Arenholz, G. van der Laan, and F. Nolting, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 162506 (2008).

Thin Cr2O3 films for magnetoelectric data storage deposited by reactive e-beam evaporation,
P. Borisov, A. Hochstrat, V.V. Shvartsman, W. Kleemann, T. Eimüller, A. Fraile-Rodríguez, Ferroelectrics 370, 147 (2008).

Building blocks of an artificial Kagome spin ice: Photoemission electron microscopy of arrays of ferromagnetic islands,
E. Mengotti, L. J. Heyderman, A. Fraile Rodríguez, A. Bisig, L. Le Guyader, F. Nolting, and H-B. Braun, Phys. Rev. B 78, 144402 (2008).

Imaging the antiparallel magnetic alignment of adjacent Fe and MnAs thin films
R. Breitwieser, M. Marangolo, J. Lüning, N. Jaouen, L. Joly, M. Eddrief, V. H. Etgens and M. Sacchi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 122508 (2008).

Impact of interface orientation on magnetic coupling in highly ordered systems: A case study of the low-indexed Fe3O4/NiO interfaces
I.P. Krug, F.U. Hillebrecht, M.W. Haverkort, A. Tanaka, L.H. Tjeng, H. Gomonay, A. Fraile-Rodriguez, F. Nolting, S. Cramm, and C.M. Schneider, Phys. Rev. B 78, 064427 (2008).

Living on the edge: A nanographene molecule adsorbed across gold step edges,
M. Treier, P. Ruffieux, R. Schillinger, T. Greber, K. Müllen, R. Fasel, Surf. Sci. 602, L84 (2008).

Measuring magnetic excitations in microstructures using X-ray microscopy,
C. Quitmann, J. Raabe, C. Buehler, M. Buess, S. Johnson, F. Nolting, V. Schlott, A. Streun, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A 588, 494 (2008).

Magnetic and electronic transitions in the layered cobaltate GdBaCo2O5.5-x
M. García-Fernández, V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, A.M. Mulders, M. Janousch, Y. Bodenthin, D. Meister, B.D. Patterson, A. Mirone, Y. Tanaka, T. Nakamura, S. Greiner, Y. Huang, K. Conder, Phys. Rev. B 78, 054424 (2008).

Polarization analysis in soft X-ray diffraction to study magnetic and orbital ordering,
U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, Y. Bodenthin, M. García-Fernández, R. Wetter, A. M. Mulders, H. Grimmer and M. Horisberger, J. Synchrotron Rad. 15, 469 (2008)

Near edge x-ray absorption fine structure investigation of graphene,
D. Pacile, M. Papagno, A. Fraile Rodriguez, M. Grioni, L. Papagno, C. O. Girit, J. C. Meyer, G. E. Begtrup, and A. Zettl, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 066806 (2008).


Biogenic versus abiogenic magnetite nanoparticles: a XMCD study,
Claire Carvallo, Philippe Sainctavit, Marie-Anne Arrio, Nicolas Menguy, Yuheng Wang, Georges Ona-Nguema, Sandrine Brice-Profeta, American Mineralogist Vol. 93, no. 5-6 (2008).

Direct imaging of current-induced domain wall motion in CoFeB structures
L. Heyne, M. Kläui, D. Backes, P. Möhrke, T. A. Moore, J. G. Kimling, Olivier Boulle, U. Rüdiger, L. J. Heyderman, A. Fraile Rodríguez, F. Nolting, K. Kirsch, and R. Mattheis, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07D928 (2008).

Transport anisotropy in In0.75Ga0.25As two-dimensional electron gases induced by indium concentration modulation
Daniele Ercolani, Giorgio Biasiol, Emiliano Cancellieri, Marcello Rosini, Carlo Jacoboni, Franco Carillo, Stefan Heun, Lucia Sorba, and Frithjof Nolting, Phys. Rev. B 77, 235307 (2008).

Depth magnetization profile of a perpendicular exchange coupled system,
J. M. Tonnerre, M. De Santis, S. Grenier, H. C. N. Tolentino, V. Langlais, E. Bontempi, M. García-Fernández, and U. Staub, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 157202 (2008).

Induced non-collinear magnetic order of Nd3+ in NdNiO3 observed by resonant soft X-ray diffraction,
V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, Y. Bodenthin, M. García-Fernández, G. I. Meijer, and G. Hammerl, Phys. Rev. B 77, 115138 (2008).

Resonant soft x-ray powder diffraction study to determine the orbital ordering
in A-site-ordered SmBaMn2O6,
M. García-Fernández, U. Staub, Y. Bodenthin, S. M. Lawrence, A. M. Mulders, C. E. Buckley, S. Weyeneth, E. Pomjakushina, and K. Conder, Phys. Rev. B. 77, 060402(R) 2008.

Relation between Non-Adiabaticity and Damping in Permalloy Studied by Current Induced Spin Structure Transformations,
L. Heyne, D. Backes, T. A. Moore, S. Krzyk, M. Kläui, U. Rüdiger, L. J. Heyderman, A. Fraile Rodríguez, F. Nolting, T. O. Mentes, M. Á. Niňo, A. Locatelli, K. Kirsch, and R. Mattheis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 066603 (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 Journal of Physics 10, 013011 (2008).

Manipulating the Magnetic Structure with Electric Fields in Multiferroic ErMn2O5,
Y. Bodenthin, U. Staub, M. García-Fernández, M. Janoschek, J. Schlappa, E. I. Golovenchits, V. A. Sanina, and S. G. Lushnikov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 027201 (2008).

 

2007

Direct observation of oxygen superstructures in manganites,
S. Grenier, K. J. Thomas, J. P. Hill, U. Staub, Y. Bodenthin, M. García-Fernández, V. Scagnoli, V. Kiryukhin, S-W. Cheong, B. G. Kim, and J. M. Tonnerre, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 206403 (2007).

Imaging excitations in magnetic thin film microstructures,
M. Buess, J. Raabe, C. Quitmann, J. Stahl, and C.H. Back, Surf. Sci. 601, 5246 (2007).

Dynamic vortex − antivortex interaction in a single cross-tie wall,
K. Kuepper, M. Buess, J. Raabe, C. Quitmann, and J. Fassbender, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 167202.

Paramagnetism of the Co sublattice in ferromagnetic Zn1−xCoxO films,
A. Barla, G. Schmerber, E. Beaurepaire, A. Dinia, H. Bieber, S. Colis, F. Scheurer, J.-P. Kappler, P. Imperia, F. Nolting, F. Wilhelm, A. Rogalev, D. Müller, and J. J. Grob, Phys. Rev. B 76 (2007) 125201.

Antiferromagnetic domain configuration in patterned LaFeO3 thin films,
S. Czekaj, F. Nolting, L.J. Heyderman, K. Kunze, and M. Krüger, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19 (2007) 386214.

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.: Cond. Mat. 19 (2007) 255207.

X-ray imaging and spectroscopy of individual cobalt nanoparticles using photoemission electron microscopy,
A. Fraile Rodríguez, F. Nolting, J. Bansmann, A. Kleibert, and L. J. Heyderman, J. MMM 316, 426 (2007).

Manipulating 4f quadrupolar pair-interactions in TbB2C2 using a magnetic field, A.M. Mulders, U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, Y. Tanaka, A. Kikkawa, K. Katsumata, and J.M. Tonnerre, Phys. Rev. B 75, 184438 (2007).

Surface characterization of MnxGe1−x and CryMnxGe1−x−y dilute magnetic semiconductors,
P. Gambardella, L. Claude, S. Rusponi, K. J. Franke, 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).

Application of the magnetoelectric effect to exchange-bias,
P. Borisov, T. Eimüller, A. Fraile-Rodríguez, A. Hochstrat, X. Chen, and W. Kleemann, J. Magn. Mag. Mat. (2007) 310 2313-2315.

Probing Enantioselectivity with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory,
R. Schillinger, Ž. Šljivančanin, B. Hammer, and T. Greber, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 136102 (2007).

Soft x-ray resonant magnetic powder diffraction on PrNiO3,
U. Staub, M. García-Fernández, A. M. Mulders, Y. Bodenthin, M.J. Martínez-Lope, and J. A. Alonso, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 19, 092201 (2007).

Observation of orbital ordering and Jahn-Teller distortions supporting the Wigner-crystal model in highly doped Bi1-xCaxMnO3,
S. Grenier, V. Kiryukhin, S-W. Cheong, B. G. Kim, J. P. Hill, K. J. Thomas, J. M. Tonnerre, Y. Joly, U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, Phys. Rev. B 75, 085101 (2007).

Structural characterization of diamond-like carbon films for ultracold neutron applications,
F. Atchison, T. Bryś, M. Daum, P. Fierlinger, A. Foelske, M. Gupta, R. Henneck, S. Heule, M. Kasprzak, K. Kirch, R. Kötz, M. Kuźniak, T. Lippert, C.-F. Meyer, F. Nolting, A. Pichlmaier, D. Schneider, B. Schultrich, P. Siemroth, U. Straumann, Diamond and Related Materials 16 334-341 (2007).

 

2006

Tunnel magnetoresistance and robust room temperature exchange bias with multiferroic BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films,
H. Béa, M. Bibes, S. Cherifi, F. Nolting, B. Warot-Fonrose, S. Fusil, G. Herranz, C. Deranlot, E. Jacquet, K. Bouzehouane, and A. Barthélémy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 242114 (2006).

Charge/orbital ordering vs. Jahn-Teller distortion in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4,
U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, A. M. Mulders, M. Janousch, Z. Honda, and J. M. Tonnerre, Europhys. Lett. 76, 926 (2006).

High-order Dy multipole motifs observed in DyB2C2 with resonant soft x-ray Bragg diffraction,
A. M. Mulders, U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, S. W. Lovesey, E. Balcar, T. Nakamura, A. Kikkawa, G. van der Laan, and J. M. Tonnerre, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, 11195 (2006).

Permalloy thin films exchange coupled to arrays of cobalt islands,
A. Fraile Rodríguez, L. J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, A. Hoffmann, J. E. Pearson, L. M. Doeswijk, M. A. F. van den Boogaart, and J. Brugger, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 142508 (2006)

Interaction of magnetostatic excitations with 90 degree domain walls in micron-sized permalloy square,
M. Buess, J. Raabe, K. Perzlmaier, C.H. Back, C. Quitmann, Phys. Rev. B. 74, 100404(R) (2006)

Magnetization reversal in cobalt antidot arrays,
L. J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, D. Backes, S. Czekaj, L. Lopez-Diaz, M. Kläui, U. Rüdiger, C.A.F. Vaz, J.A.C. Bland, R.J. Matelon, U.G. Volkmann, and P. Fischer, Phys. Rev. B 73, 214429 (2006).

Quantitative determination of domain wall coupling energetics,
M. Laufenberg, D. Bedau, H. Ehrke, M. Kläui, U. Rüdiger, D. Backes, L. J. Heyderman, 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).

Fundamental magnetic states of disk and ring elements,
C.A.F. Vaz, M. Kläui, J.A.C. Bland, L.J. Heyderman, C. David and F. Nolting, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. B 246, 13 (2006).

Orbital order in DyB2C2 studied with resonant soft X-ray scattering,
A. M. Mulders, U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, T. Nakamura, A. Kikkawa, and J. M. Tonnerre, Physica B 378-380, 367 (2006).

Magnetic and Orbital Ordering in NdNiO3,
V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, A. M. Mulders, G. I. Meijer, G. Hammerl, and J. M. Tonnerre, Physica B, 378-380, 541 (2006).

Role of magnetic and orbital ordering at the metal-insulator transition in NdNiO3,
V. Scagnoli, U. Staub, A. M. Mulders, M. Janousch, G. I. Meijer, G. Hammerl, J. M. Tonnerre, and N. Stojic, Phys. Rev. B 73 100409(R) (2006).

Photoemission electron microscopy study of remanent magnetic domain states in ferromagnetic wedge films deposited on substrates with micrometer-sized square plateaus,
L. J. Heyderman, S. Czekaj, F. Nolting and E. Müller, P. Fischer, Ph. Gasser, L. López-Díaz, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 063904 (2006).

Observation of thermally activated domain wall transformations,
M. Laufenberg, D. Backes, W. Bührer, 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, S. Heune, and E. Bauer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 052507 (2006).

Chiral Recognition of Organic Molecules by Atomic Kinks on Surfaces,
T. Greber, Z. Sljivancanin, R. Schillinger, J. Wider, and B. Hammer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 056103 (2006).

Spin dependence of the x-ray magnetic linear dichroism on the antiferromagnetic spin axis in LaFeO3 thin films,
S. Czekaj, F. Nolting, L.J. Heyderman, P.W. Willmott, and G. van der Laan, Phys. Rev. B. 73, 020401(R) 2006.

 

2005

Electronic and crystalline structure, morphology, and magnetism of nanometric Fe2O3 layers deposited on Pt(111) by atomic-oxygen-assisted molecular beam epitaxy,
A. Barbier, R. Belkhou, P. Ohresser, M. Gautier-Soyer, O. Bezencenet, M. Mulazzi, M.-J. Guittet, and J.-B. Moussy, Phys Rev. B 72, 245423 (2005).

Orbital and magnetic ordering in La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 studied by soft x-ray resonant scattering,
U. Staub, V. Scagnoli, A, M. Mulders, K. Katsumata, Z. Honda, H.Grimmer, M. Horisberger, and J. M. Tonnerre, Phys. Rev. B, 71, 214421 (2005).

Multiplicity of magnetic domain states in circular elements probed by photoemission electron microscopy,
C.A.F. Vaz, M. Kläui, L.J. Heyderman, C. David, F. Nolting, and J.A.C. Bland, Phys. Rev. B 72, 224426 (2005).

Quantitative analysis of magnetic excitations in Landau-flux closure structures using synchrotron-radiation microscopy,
J. Raabe, C. Quitmann, C.H. Back, F. Nolting, S. Johnson, and C. Buehler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 217204 (2005).

Induced magnetic ordering in a molecular monolayer,
A. Scheybal, T. Ramsvik, R. Bertschinger, M. Putero, F. Nolting, and T. A. Jung, Chem. Phys. Lett. 411, 214 (2005).

Controlled and reproducible domain wall displacement by current pulses injected in ferromagnetic ring structures,
M. Kläui, C. A. F. Vaz, J. A. C. Bland, W. Wernsdorfer, G. Faini, E. Cambril, L.J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, and U. Rüdiger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 106601 (2005).

 

2004

Arrays of nanoscale magnetic dots: Fabrication by x-ray interference lithography and characterization,
L. J. Heyderman, H. H. Solak, C. David, D. Atkinson, R. P. Cowburn, and F. Nolting, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4989 (2004).

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).

Effect of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy on the magnetic behavior of ring elements,
C.A.F. Vaz, M. Kläui, J.A.C. Bland, L.J. Heyderman, and F. Nolting, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 6732 (2004).

Photoemission electron microscopy investigation of patterned cobalt/Terfenol-D sandwich films,
L. J. Heyderman, F. Nolting, and P. Fischer, J. MMM 272-276, e1311 (2004).

Determination of the Absolute Chirality of Adsorbed Molecules,
Fasel, J. Wider, C. Quitmann, K.-H. Ernst, and T. Greber, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 2853 –2856

Uncompensated spins in a micro-patterned CoFeB/MnIr exchange bias system,
T. Eimüller, T. Kato, T. Mizuno, S. Tsunashima, C. Quitmann, T. Ramsvik, S. Iwata, and G. Schütz, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2310 (2004)

Fabrication of Nanoscale Antidot Arrays and Magnetic Observations Using X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy,
L. J. Heyderman, H. H. Solak, F. Nolting and C. Quitmann, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 6651 (2004).

 

2003

X-Ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy Investigation of Magnetic Thin Film Antidot Arrays,
L. Heyderman, F. Nolting and C. Quitman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(9), 1797 (2003).

 

2002

Imaging magnetic microstructures with soft X-ray microscopies,
P. Fischer, G. Denbeaux, F. Nolting, D. Goll, T. Eimüller, Ch. Quitmann, and G. Schütz, Trans. Magn. Soc. Jpn. 26(10), 234-237 (2002).