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We are interested in the investigation of the electronic properties of novel materials and condensed matter quantum systems. Examples of these correlated quantum solids are low dimensional carbon systems, cuprate high-temperature superconductors, materials with colossal magnetoresistance and solar cells.
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Nieto W, Chimborazo J, Shiozawa H, Pichler T, Ayala P, Niebieskikwiat D. Magnetic coupling of iron-based ferromagnetic nanoclusters encapsulated inside double-wall carbon nanotubes. Carbon Trends. 2025 Apr;19:100483. doi: 10.1016/j.cartre.2025.100483
Schuster C, Freytag C, Cui W, Shi L, Parth E, Denier van der Gon D et al. Quantifying the bulk yield of carbyne confined in different carbon nanotube hosts. Carbon. 2025 Mar 5;234:119979. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119979
Allard C, Alvarez L, Bantignies JL, Bendiab N, Cambré S, Campidelli S et al. Advanced 1D heterostructures based on nanotube templates and molecules. Chemical Society Reviews. 2024 Jul 22;53(16):8457-8512. doi: 10.1039/d3cs00467h
Karrer M, Aichner B, Wurster K, Magén C, Schmid C, Hutt R et al. Vortex matching at 6 T in YBa2Cu3O7−𝛿 thin films by imprinting a 20-nm periodic pinning array with a focused helium-ion beam. Physical Review Applied. 2024 Jul 17;22(1):014043. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.014043
Cui W, Ayala P, Pichler T, Shi L. Unraveling the govering properties of confined carbyne through the interaction with its carbon nanotube host. Carbon. 2024 Feb 10;219:118784. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118784
Guandalini A, Senga R, Lin YC, Suenaga K, Ferretti A, Varsano D et al. Excitonic effects in energy loss spectra of freestanding graphene. Nano Letters. 2023 Dec 13;23(24): 11835–11841. Epub 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2302.06367, 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03863
Bevz VM, Mikhailov MY, Budinská B, Lamb-Camarena S, Shpilinska SO, Chumak AV et al. Vortex Counting and Velocimetry for Slitted Superconducting Thin Strips. Physical Review Applied. 2023 Mar 30;19(3):034098. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.034098, 10.48550/arXiv.2302.05100
Cui W, Simon F, Zhang Y, Shi L, Ayala P, Pichler T. Ultra-Clean Isotope Engineered Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Tailored Hosts to Trace the Growth of Carbyne. Advanced Functional Materials. 2022 Oct 10;32(41):2206491. Epub 2022 Aug 7. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202206491
Hong J, Svendsen MK, Koshino M, Pichler T, Xu H, Suenaga K et al. Momentum-Dependent Oscillator Strength Crossover of Excitons and Plasmons in Two- Dimensional PtSe2. ACS Nano. 2022 Aug 23;16(8):12328-12337. Epub 2022 Aug 1. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c03322
Milotti V, Berkmann C, Laranjeira J, Cui W, Cao K, Zhang Y et al. Unravelling the Complete Raman Response of Graphene Nanoribbons Discerning the Signature of Edge Passivation. Small Methods. 2022 Aug 18;6(8):2200110. Epub 2022 Jun 22. doi: 10.1002/smtd.202200110
Martinati M, Wenseleers W, Shi L, Pratik SM, Rohringer P, Cui W et al. Electronic structure of confined carbyne from joint wavelength-dependent resonant Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory investigations. Carbon. 2022 Apr 15;189:276-283. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.12.059
Tschannen CD, Frimmer M, Vasconcelos TL, Shi L, Pichler T, Novotny L. Tip-Enhanced Stokes-Anti-Stokes Scattering from Carbyne. Nano Letters. 2022 Apr 13;22(8):3260-3265. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00154
Budinská B, Aichner B, Vodolazov DY, Mikhailov MY, Porrati F, Huth M et al. Rising Speed Limits for Fluxons via Edge-Quality Improvement in Wide MoSi Thin Films. Physical Review Applied. 2022 Mar 30;17(3):034072. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.17.034072
Chambard R, Moreno-Lopez JC, Hermet P, Sato Y, Suenaga K, Pichler T et al. Tuning of photoluminescence intensity and Fermi level position of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes by molecule confinement. Carbon. 2022 Jan;186:423-430. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.09.072
Shi L, Senga R, Suenaga K, Chimborazo J, Ayala P, Pichler T. Photothermal synthesis of confined carbyne. Carbon. 2021 Sept;182:348-353. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.05.058
Tschannen CD, Frimmer M, Gordeev G, Vasconcelos TL, Shi L, Pichler T et al. Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering of Single Carbyne Chains. ACS Nano. 2021 Jul 27;15(7):12249-12255. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03893
Cui W, Shi L, Cao K, Kaiser U, Saito T, Ayala P et al. Isotopic Labelling of Confined Carbyne. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). 2021 Apr 26;60(18):9897-9901. Epub 2021 Mar 22. doi: 10.1002/anie.202017356
Hong J, Koshino M, Senga R, Pichler T, Xu H, Suenaga K. Deciphering the Intense Postgap Absorptions of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. ACS Nano. 2021 Apr 5;15(4):7783-7789. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01868
Shi L, Senga R, Suenaga K, Kataura H, Saito T, Paz AP et al. Toward Confined Carbyne with Tailored Properties. Nano Letters. 2021 Jan 27;21(2):1096-1101. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04482
Kuzmany H, Shi L, Martinati M, Cambré S, Wenseleers W, Kürti J et al. Well-defined sub-nanometer graphene ribbons synthesized inside carbon nanotubes. Carbon. 2021 Jan;171:221-229. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2020.08.065