Research interests
RESEARCH TOPIC:
Theoretical Simulation of Condensed Matter Physics; Molecular and Solid State Magnetism
SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY:
The focus has been primarily devoted to the study by ab-initio density functional techniques of the electronic and magnetic properties of correlated systems with low dimensionality, as transition metal oxides, exchange bias interface, magnetic tunnel junctions, magnetic nanostructures at surface, molecular nano magnets.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Simulations of rare-earth adatoms on insulating (SrTiO3,MoS2) and metallic (Ag,Ni) substrates.
- Simulation of two-dimensional systems, i.e. Si and Sb thin layers on Ag(111), TaTe2
Biographical sketch
DEGREES OF STUDY:
2000, Ph.D. in Physics.
Rheinisch-Westfaelischen Technischen Hochschule, Aachen (Germany).Thesis title: “Electronic Structure of Low-Dimensional Magnetic Systems”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rer. Nat. P.H. Dederichs at the Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Forschungszentrum Juelich.
1996, Degree in Physics.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Thesis title: “Correlation effects in valence and core states of ferromagnetic Nickel”, under the supervision of Prof. Franca Manghi.
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS:
December 2007-today:
CNR Researcher contract at the CNR-INFM-S3 Research Center, Modena.
September 2006-December 2007:
CNISM Researcher contract at the Department of Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
November 2002-August 2006:
INFM-S3 post-doc grant (Assegno di ricerca) at the Department of Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
October 2001-September 2002:
University post-doc grant (Assegno di ricerca) at the Department of Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
April 2001-September 2001:
University post-doc grant (Borsa di ricerca e formazione avanzata) at the Department of Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
October 1997-December 2000:
Bat/II research contract for Ph.D. students at the Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany).
January 1997-August 1997:
INFM post-graduate grant at the Department of Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Selected publications
S. Marocchi, P. Ferriani, N. M. Caffrey, F. Manghi, S. Heinze and V. Bellini, “Graphene-mediated exchange coupling between a molecular spin and magnetic substrates”,
Phys. Rev. B. 88, 144407 (2013).
S. K. Mahatha, P. Moras, V. Bellini, P. M. Sheverdyaeva, C. Struzzi, L. Petaccia, and C. Carbone, “Silicene on Ag(111): A honeycomb lattice without Dirac bands”,
Phys. Rev. B 89, 201416(R) (2014).
A. Candini, V. Bellini, D. Klar, V. Corradini, R. Biagi, V. de Renzi, K. Kummer, N. B. Brookes, U. del Pennino, H. Wende, and M. Affronte, “Ferromagnetic Exchange Coupling between Fe Phthalocyanine and Ni(111) Surface mediated by the Extended States of Graphene”,
J. Chem. Phys. C 118, 17670 (2014).
A. Barla, V. Bellini, S. Rusponi, P. Ferriani, M. Pivetta, F. Donati, F. Patthey, L. Persichetti, S. Mahatha, M. Papagno, C. Piamonteze, S. Fichtner, S. Heinze, P. Gambardella, H. Brune, and C. Carbone, “Complex magnetic exchange coupling between Co nanostructures and Ni(111) across epitaxial graphene”,
ACS Nano 10, 1101 (2016).
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. Huang, A. Soncini, H. Wende, and M. Affronte, “Spin-communication channels between molecular nanomagnets and a magnetic substrate: the case study of Ln(III) bis-phthalocyanines on Ni(111) surface”,
Scientific Report 6, 21740 (2016).
S. Marocchi, A. Candini, D. Klar, W. Van den Heuvel, H. Huang, F. Troiani, V. Corradini, R. Biagi, V. De Renzi, S. Klyatskaya, K. Hummer, N. B. Brookes, M. Ruben, H. Wende, U. del Pennino, A. Soncini, M. Affronte, and V. Bellini, “Relay-like exchange mechanism through a spin radical between TbPc2 molecules and graphene/Ni(111) substrates”,
ACS Nano 10, 9353 (2016).
P. Ferriani, S. Heinze and V. Bellini, “Designing a molecular magnetic button based on 4d and 5d transition-metal phthalocyanines”,
Sci. Rep. 7, 3647 (2017).