Personale docente

Massimo Ghidini
CURRICULUM VITAE

Carriera

2018- presente UNIVERSITA' DI PARMA, DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA
Professore di seconda fascia

2016- presente DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE (DIDCOT, OXFORDSHIRE, UK)
Advanced Magnetic Materials Fellow e Ambassador

2009-presente DEPT. OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (UK)
Long Term Academic Visitor

1999 - 2018 UNIVERSITA' DI PARMA, DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA
Ricercatore

1997 - 1998 CLARENDON LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (UK) Marie Curie Fellow

1996 - 1997 ISTITUTO MASPEC (CNR, Parma, Italy)
Ricercatore CNR Art.23 per chiamata diretta

1995 - 1996 LABORATOIRE DE MAGNETISME L. NEEL (CNRS, Grenoble, France)
Post-doctoral Fellow CNRS

1992 - 1995 LABORATOIRE DE MAGNETISME L. NEEL (CNRS, Grenoble, France)
PhD Fellow del Ministero della ricerca francese

Altri incarichi presso istituzioni di ricerca di fama internazionale

06/2007-12/2007 INSTITUT L. NEEL (GRENOBLE, FRANCIA)
Chercheur Invitè CNRS (Poste Rouge, finanziamento CNRS)
Invitato come esperto di Microscopia Magnetica per contribuire a nuovo laboratorio di Microscopia a Scansione di Sonda dell'Istituto Neel

10/2005 -12/2005 BAKER LABORATORIES, CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, New York, USA)
Visiting Scientist (Borsa CNR mobilita' internazionale)
Sviluppo di nanoposizionatori ed interferometri in fibra ottica per microscopie a scansione di sonda non convenzionali

06/1999-10/1999 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, CLARENDON LABORATORY
Visiting Scientist (finanziamento Clarendon Laboratory)

Research highlights recenti

1. Il mio lavoro "Shear-strain-mediated magnetoelectric effects revealed by imaging" (Nature Materials 18, 840 (2019)) e' apparso nel volume delle highlights 2020 di Diamond Light Source (vedere file allegato “Diamond Annual Review 2020, A new slant on Magnetoelectrics”).

2. Il mio lavoro "Giant extrinsic reversible magnetocaloric effects in La0 .7Ca0.3MnO3 films due to strain" (Nature Materials 12,52, (2013))
- e' stato selezionato per una News and Views in Nature Materials dal titolo "Magnetocaloric materials: Strained relations" - in Nature Mater 12,11, (2013)
vedere file allegato “Nature Materials News and Views”
- e' stato giudicato come "Internationally Outstanding" (i.e. top level) nell' UK national Research Excellence Framework e come "Eccellente" nella VQR italiana.
- e' apparso nel volume delle highlights 2013 di Diamond Light Source, vedere file denominato dal titolo “Diamond Annual Review 2013, Magnetocaloric alchemy”.

3. Il mio lavoro "Non-volatile electrically driven repeatable magnetization reversal with no applied magnetic field"
(Nature Communications 4, 1453 (2013)) :
- giudicato "Internationally Outstanding" (i.e. top level) nell' UK national Research Excellence Framework e come Eccellente nella VQR italiana
- selezionato come articolo del mese a Cambridge

4. Il mio lavoro "Perpendicular local magnetization under voltage control in Ni films on ferroelectric BaTiO3 substrates" (Advanced Materials, 27, 1460, (2015)) : e' apparso nel volume delle scientific highlights 2016 di Diamond Light Source

Progetti di ricerca internazionali e nazionali, ammessi al finanziamento sulla base di bandi competitivi che prevedano la revisione tra pari
Fellowships Nominative

• Visiting Fellowship EPSRC, EP/G031509/1, Titolo: "Visiting Fellowship - Dr Massimo Ghidini; studies of exchange- and magnetoelectric coupling", PI MG Blamire, Co-I ND Mathur, dal 23/3/2009 al 22/3/2010, valore 78,357 £

• Visiting Professor, Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), Magnetic Imaging, dal 10/2007 allo 01/2008

• Chercheur Invite' (Poste Rouge CNRS), Institut L. Néel de Grenoble dal 06/2007 al 10/2007

• Marie Curie Fellowship, EC contratto numero FMBICT961228, Titolo: Novel Mesoscale Magnetic Arrays and Devices, durata 24 mesi, dall' 1/1/1997 al 31/12/1998

Research grants ed altri progetti

• PI, Imaging and control of magnetism in nanopatterned magnetoelectric heterostructures, Isaac Newton Trust 11.35 (u), dall' 1/7/2012 al 30/6/2013, valore £23,577

• PI, Imaging magnetic domains under electrical control, Isaac Newton Trust 10.26(u), from 1/11/2011 to 30 June 2012, value £34,905

• Theme leader del work-package Scanning Probe Microscopy of Spintronic devices, in EC STREP OFSPIN 2006-2010, valore complessivo EUR 2,622,400, Coord. Dr. V. Dediu, Institute of Nanostructured Materials ISMN-CNR, Bologna

• PI of the Parma Research Unit (Partner), 2002-2006, EC RTN DYNAMICS, Coordinator Prof. Theo Rasing, University of Nijmegen, valore 20,000 EUR

• PI, Fiber optic interferometry controlled nanopositioners for low-temperature scanning probe microscopy, Mobilita' Internazionale CNR, Partner Prof. J. Marohn, Baker Labs, Cornell University, value EUR 10,000

• PI, Swift Heavy Ions for Magnetic Nanostructures, Programma Galileo, Partner: Prof. J.P. Nozieres, Institut Néel, CNRS, Grenoble, durata 24 moths 1998-1999, value EUR 20,000

• PI, Electrical and Optical Control of Magnetic and Transport Properties of Manganites, CNISM project 2006-2007, durata 12 mesi, valore EUR 25,000

• Scientific Secretary, scrittura, organizzazione e gestione del Progetto FIRB Magnetic Nanostructures for Microsystems Technology (2001-2005) che ha collegato la comunita' italiana del magnetismo (130 ricercatori), valore complessivo EUR 6,000,000

• PI, Voltage control of 2D magnetism in exfoliated Fe3-xGeTe2, Proposal MM25058, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• Alternate Contact, Investigating the domain structure of a compensated half-metallic ferrimagnet, Proposal MM25406, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, PI Dr. Karsten Rode (Trinity College Dublin), £ 80,000

• Alternate Contact, Exploring helimagnetism and soliton formation in 2D materials,
Proposal MM24250, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, PI Dr. Angelo Di Bernardo (University of Konstanz), £ 80,000

• PI, Voltage control of magnetic skyrmions in CoFeB films on ferroelectric substrates, Proposal SI20726, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• Alternate Contact, Understanding exchange bias at the interface between ferroelectric BaTiO3 and ferromagnetic La0.7Ba0.3MnO3 in epitaxial bilayer thin films, Proposal MM24250, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, PI Prof. Judith Driscoll (University of Cambridge), £ 80,000

• PI, Exploring the onset of antiferromagnetic ordering in Fe2-xMn 1+xAl Heusler films showing a large exchange bias shift, Proposal SI18619, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 40,000

• PI, Voltage-driven magnetization reversal in a nanomagnet, Proposal SI19060, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Exploring the onset of antiferromagnetic ordering in Fe2-xMn1+xAl Heusler films showing a large exchange bias shift (continuation), Proposal SI18932, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000
• PI, Imaging electric control of magnetism in ferroelectric/ferromagnetic vertical heteroepitaxial nanocomposites, Proposal SI16400, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• Co-investigator, Electrically driven in-plane Magnetization Reversal in Manganite Thin Films, Proposal SI14745, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• Co-investigator, Imaging ferroelectric and ferromagnetic domains in Fe grown on BTO, Proposal SI12893, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Voltage control of magnetic vortex states in permalloy nanodiscs on ferroelectric substrates, Proposal SI11843, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Imaging strain- and charge-mediated magnetoelectric coupling using PEEM, Proposal 14200964
ST/R-1.1-P, Bessy synchrotron, Berlin. This proposal has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n.°312284

• PI, Electrical control of magnetism in ferromagnetic-ferroelectric heterostructures on inactive substrates, Proposal SI10465, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Magnetoelectric imaging of magnetization under ferroelectric control in Ni dots on BaTiO3, Proposal SI 9590, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Imaging strain- and charge-mediated magnetoelectric coupling with PEEM, Proposal 14100670, Bessy synchrotron, Berlin. This proposal has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n.°312284.

• PI, Magnetoelectric coupling arising from charge and strain studied using X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism, Proposal SI8987, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Imaging electrically driven giant changes of thin-film magnetization, Proposal SI8876 Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Visualising electrical-field control of magnetism in Ni nanodots, Proposal SI8186 Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Simultaneous electrical and magnetic imaging of magnetoelectric epitaxial heterostructures, Proposal SI7627 Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Simultaneous electrical and magnetic imaging of magnetoelectric epitaxial heterostructures, Proposal SI6827 Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• PI, Magnetic Domains under electrical control, Proposal SI 6230, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, £ 80,000

• Co-I, Italian Research Project of National Interest (PRIN), Modellizzazione micromagnetica e studio dei processi di rilassamento termico in sistemi nano-compositi di tipo exchange-spring, 24 months from 22/03/2010

• Co-I, PRIN, Proprietà metalliche e magnetiche di cluster molecolari, 24 months, from 20/11/2003.

• Co-I in 7 proposals at Diamond Light Source (SI8325, NT5888, SI7451, SI6249, SI6197, SI1773, SI1771)
Organizzazione grandi conferenze internazionali

Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society 2020 (Phoenix, April 2020)
• Organizzatore principale del simposio EL-12 “Ferroic Materials and Heterostructures for Electronics and Data Storage” (cfr. Appendice A)
• Chair della sessione Nanomagnetism/Magnetoelectrics al Virtual Fall and Spring MRS Meeting 2020
• Organizzatore della sessione Tutorial “Imaging and modeling ferroic nanomaterials” (cfr. Appendice B)

Joint MMM-Intermag Conference 2019 (Washington DC, January 2019)
• Organizer and chair of the symposium “Voltage control of nanomagnetism” (Appendice C)
• Chair of Symposium EE “Multiferroics and Magnetoelectric Phenomena” (Appendice C)

Intermag 2020 (Montreal, May 2020)
• Chair della sessione “AQ- Magnetization Dynamics and Domain walls”
• Coordinatore del peer-reviewing per i proceedings

Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS 2012), (Parma, Settembre 2012)
• Membro del Local Organizing Committee

Organizzazione di workshop e scuole internazionali

• Organizzatore del workshop “Aberration Corrected PEEM at Diamond” (Diamond Light Source, Gennaio 2019)

• Organizzatore principale del Workshop “FerroX” (Diamond Light Source, Giugno 2015)

• Organizzatore del NATO Advanced Study Institute: Magnetic Nanostructures for Microsystems Technology, Luglio 2006, Catona, Italy

Editor

• 2019-21 Guest Editor special issue “Voltage control of nanomagnetism” in the Journal of Physics D

• 2020, Principal Editor MRS Advances, Cambridge University Press

• Editor del libro “Magnetic Nanostructures in Modern Technology: Spintronics, Magnetic MEMS and Recording”, (Springer, 2007)

Expert Evaluator

• Member by invitation of the Community of Experts of the European Science Foundation

• European Research Council (ERC)

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK

• Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) France

Esaminatore e relatore esterno

• Relatore esterno per le seguenti tesi PhD:
-2017 Aalto University (Helsinki, Finland): Mr Diego Lopez Gonzalez
-2016 University J. Fourier (Grenoble, France): Mr Ba Doan
-2013 University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada): Mr M. Elsayed
-2011 University J. Fourier (Grenoble, France): Mr C. Ndao

• Esaminatore esterno per il PhD di Alex Wellburton (University of Cambridge)

• Membro commissioni d'esame di concorso per il reclutamento di ricercatori universitari ed INFM:
- 2008 Università di Ferrara
- 2006 Università di Napoli Federico II
- 2000 INFM, Genova

• Esaminatore interno Università di Parma:
- Laurea: 10 studenti
- PhD: 2 sessioni, 6 studenti in totale

Referee

• Svolgo attivita' di Referee per:
- giornali della Nature family
- Advanced Materials and Advanced Engineering Materials
- giornali American Physical Society (Physical Review Letters, Review of Modern Physics, Physical Review B)

Relazioni e seminari su invito

Relazioni su invito a conferenze internazionali
*indica che sono stato anche chair di sessione

• XPEEM for ferroics
*Tutorial “Imaging and modeling ferroic nanomaterials”, MRS 2020 (Phoenix, April 2020)
90 minute lecture on the principles of X-ray PhotoEmission Electron Microscopy and its applications to the study of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials
Rinviato (causa Covid) al 28th November 2020, Virtual MRS Spring and Fall Meeting

• Nanoscale Magnetoelectric effects
*Intermag 2020
Montreal, Canada
May 2020, rinviato causa Covid

• Nanoscale magnetoelectric effects revealed by high-resolution imaging
9th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC 2020) - Symposium FD Recent Advances in Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Materials and Applications
Montecatini, Italy
June 2020, rinviato al 2021 causa Covid

• Giant magnetoelectric effects in Ni/PMN-PT heterostructures
E-MRS 2020, Symposium P, Oxides and Ferroelectrics
Warsaw, Poland
September 2020, rinviato al 2021 causa Covid

• Voltage control of magnetic domains and vortices in Ni films on ferroelectric substrates
International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities, ISIF 2017
Delhi, India
December 2017

• Magnetoelectric imaging of multiferroic heterostructures
SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering
San Diego, USA
August 2015

• Thermal and Electrical control of perpendicular magnetization
*Royal Society Meeting: Magnetoelectrics at the mesoscale
Chicheley Hall, home of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre, Buckinghamshire
September 2012

• Thermal and electrical control of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in ferromagnetic films on ferroelectric substrates
15th European Conference on Composite Materials
Venice, Italy
June 2012

• Reversible control of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in ferromagnetic films via thermal and electrical treatments of the ferroelectric substrate
*International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF 2011)
Cambridge, UK
August 2011

• Hard-soft composite magnets
*III Joint European Magnetic Symposia
S. Sebastian, Spain
June 2006

• The Activated Torsion Oscillation Magnetometer
Moscow International Symposium on Magnetism
Moscow, Russia
June 2002

• Swift Heavy Ions for Magnetic Nanostructures
Swift Heavy Ions and Matter Conference
Berlin, Germany
September 1998

Relazioni su invito a Workshops internazionali

• Nanoscale magnetoelectric effects revealed by imaging
Workshop in memory of Dominique Givord
Grenoble, France
26th September, 2019

• Voltage control of magnetism using ferroelectrics
Symposium in memory of Dominique Givord
Grenoble,
27th September, 2019

• Magnetoelectric imaging of multiferroic heterostructures,
Workshop "Opportunities for Quantum Materials Research at Diamond-II"
Milton House, Abingdon, UK
September 2018

• Magnetoelectric imaging of multiferroic heterostructures
FerroX Workshop, Diamond Light Source, UK
June 2015

• Thermal and Electrical control of perpendicular magnetization
Joint UK-Korea Meeting on Spintronics and Advanced Materials
ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
April 2013

• Artificial Magnetic materials for Microsystems technology
XCII Congress of the Italian Physical Society
Turin, Italy
September 2006
Lezioni su invito a scuole internazionali

• Magnetic Imaging at the Nanoscale
Magnet School of Magnetism
Pavia, Italy
February 2012

• Swift Heavy Ions for Magnetic Nanostructures
International School Physics with Ions
Blainville-sur-Mer, Normandie
May 2005

• Artificial Magnetic Nanoparticle Systems
International School on the Magnetic Properties of Matter
Sorrento, Italy
November 1996

Seminari su invito presso università ed istituti di ricerca

• Voltage driven creation, annihilation and displacement of magnetic vortex cores
Departmental Seminar, Physics Department
University of York, UK
May 2020 (rinviato a causa del Covid)

• Voltage control of magnetic domains and vortices in Ni films on ferroelectric substrates
Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire, UK
Settembre 2017

• Electrical control of Magnetism
University of Parma, Italy
Dicembre 2012

• Electrically driven magnetic reversal with no applied magnetic field
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK
Dicembre 2011

• Electrical control of local magnetism
Max Planck Institut, Halle, Germany
Ottobre 2011

• Non-volatile electrical control of local magnetism observed using Magnetic Force Microscopy
Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics, Cambridge University Engineering Department, UK
Luglio 2010

• Hard-soft composite magnets
University of Exeter, UK
Settembre 2008

• MFM observation of flux closures in self-assembled Fe epitaxial dots
Institut Neel, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Settembre 2007

• Magnetization and magnetic domain processes in perpendicular films and nanocomposite multilayers
Institut Neel, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Settembre 2007

• The activated torsion oscillation magnetometer
Ohio State University, Columbus, US
Settembre 2002

• The activated torsion oscillation magnetometer
Institut Neel, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Ottobre 2002

• Swift Heavy Ions for Magnetic Nanostructures
CEA, Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), Caen, France
Settembre 1996
Pubblicazioni

1. J. Hu and M. Ghidini,
Special issue on Voltage Control of Nanomagnetism, Preface,
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 54, 010201 (2021)

2. D. Pesquera, E. Khestanova, M. Ghidini, S. Zhang, A. P. Rooney, F. Maccherozzi, P. Riego, S. Farokhipoor, J. Kim, X. Moya, M. E. Vickers, N. A. Stelmashenko, S. J. Haigh, S. S. Dhesi and N. D. Mathur,
Large magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic oxide heterostructures
assembled via epitaxial lift-off
Nature Comm., 11, 3190 (2020)

3. *M. Ghidini, R. Mansell, R. Pellicelli, D. Pesquera, B. Nair, X. Moya, S. Farokhipoor, F. Maccherozzi, C. H. W. Barnes, R. P. Cowburn, S. S. Dhesi and N.D. Mathur
Voltage-driven annihilation and creation of magnetic vortex states by ferroelectric domain switching
Nanoscale 12, 5652 (2020)

4. M. Ghidini, R. Pellicelli, R. Mansell, D. Pesquera, B. Nair, X. Moya, S. Farokhipoor, F. Maccherozzi, C. H. W. Barnes, R. P. Cowburn, S. S. Dhesi, N. D. Mathur,
Voltage-driven displacement of magnetic vortex cores
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 53, 434003 (2020)

5. S. Kurdi, M. Ghidini, G. Divitini, B. Nair, A. Kursumovic, P. Tiberto, S.S. Dhesi and Z.H. Barber
Exchange-bias via nanosegregation in novel Fe2–xMn1+xAl (x = –0.25, 0, 0.25) Heusler films
Nanoscale Adv., 2, 2602 (2020)

6. M. Ghidini, S. S. Dhesi and N.D. Mathur
Nanoscale magnetoelectric effects revealed by imaging
invited paper to the special issue of J. Magn. Magn. Mater. In memory of Dominique Givord
J. Magn. Magn. Mater., published online 18-MAY-2020
DOI information: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167016

7. M. Ghidini, R. Mansell, F. Maccherozzi, X. Moya, L. C. Phillips, W. Yan, D. Pesquera, C. H. W. Barnes, R. P. Cowburn, J.-M. Hu, S. S. Dhesi and N. D. Mathur
Shear-strain mediated magnetoelectric effects revealed by imaging
Nature Mater., 18, 840 (2019)

8. J. Wang, D. Pesquera, R. Mansell, S. van Dijken,R. P. Cowburn, M. Ghidini, and N. D. Mathur
Giant non-volatile magnetoelectric effects via growth anisotropy in Co40Fe40B20 films on PMN-PT substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett., 114, 092401 (2019)

9. M. Ghidini, B. Zhu, R. Mansell, R.Pellicelli, A. Lesaine, X. Moya, S. Crossley, B. Nair, F. Maccherozzi, S.S. Dhesi and N. D. Mathur
Voltage control of magnetic single domains in Ni discs on ferroelectric BaTiO3
invited paper to the special issue of J. Phys D on Magnetoelectrics and their applications,
Editors Gopalan Srinivasan, Cewen Nan, M S Ramachandra Rao, Nian Sun
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51, 224007, (2018)

10. W. Yan, L. C. Phillips, M. Barbone, S. J. Hämäläinen, A. Lombardo, M. Ghidini, X. Moya, F. Maccherozzi, S. van Dijken, S. S. Dhesi, A. C. Ferrari, and N. D. Mathur
Long Spin Diffusion Length in Few-Layer Graphene Flakes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 147201 (2016)

11. L. C. Phillips, A. Lombardo, M. Ghidini, W. Yan, S. Kar-Narayan, S. J. Hämäläinen, M. Barbone, S. Milana, S.van Dijken, A. C. Ferrari, and N. D. Mathur
Tunnelling anisotropic magnetoresistance at La0.67Sr0.33MnO3-graphene interfaces
Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 112405, (2016)

12. L. C. Phillips, W. Yan, X. Moya, M. Ghidini, F. Maccherozzi, S. S. Dhesi and N. D. Mathur
Control of magnetization-reversal processes via uniaxial anisotropy strength in La 0.67Sr0.33MnO3 electrodes for spintronic devices
Phys. Rev. Applied, 4, 064004, (2015)

13. R. Gonçalves, P. Martins, X. Moya, M. Ghidini, V. Sencadas, G. Botelho, N. D. Mathur and S. Lanceros-Mendez
Magnetoelectric CoFe2O4/polyvinylidene fluoride electrospun nanofibres
Nanoscale, 7, 8058, (2015)

14. M. Ghidini, F. Maccherozzi, X. Moya, L.C. Phillips, W. Yan, J. Soussi, N. Métallier, M. E. Vickers, N. -J. Steinke, R. Mansell, C.H.W. Barnes, S.S. Dhesi, N.D. Mathur
Perpendicular local magnetization under voltage control in Ni films on ferroelectric BaTiO3 substrates
Advanced Materials, 27, 1460, (2015)

15. P. Graziosi, A. Riminucci, M. Prezioso, , C. Newby, D. Brunel, I. Bergenti, D. Pullini, D. Busquets-Mataix, M. Ghidini, V.A. Dediu
Pentacene thin films on ferromagnetic oxide: Growth mechanism and spintronic devices
Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 022401, (2014)

16. James F.J. Bryson, Julia Herroro Albillios, Florian Kronast, Massimo Ghidini, Simon A.T. Redfern
Gerrit van der Laan, Richard J. Harrison
Nanopaleomagnetism of meteoritic Fe–Ni studied using X-ray photoemission electron microscopy
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 396, 125, (2014)

17. M. Ghidini, R. Pellicelli, N. D. Mathur
Non-volatile magnetoelectric edge-effects observed using magnetic force microscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett., 104, 142401, (2014)

18. L. C. Phillips, F. Maccherozzi, X. Moya, M. Ghidini, W. Yan, J. Soussi, , S. S. Dhesi, N. D. Mathur
Tuning La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 surface magnetism using LaMnO3 and SrTiO3 caps
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 355, 331, (2014)

19. M. Ghidini, R. Pellicelli, J.L. Prieto, X. Moya, J. Briscoe, S. Dunn, N.D. Mathur
Non-volatile electrically driven repeatable magnetization reversal with no applied magnetic field
Nature Communications 4, 1453, (2013)

20. X. Moya, L. E. Hueso, F. Maccherozzi, A. I. Tovstolytkin, D. I. Podyalovskii, C. Ducati, L. Phillips, M. Ghidini, O. Hovorka, A. Berger, M. E. Vickers, S. S. Dhesi, N. D. Mathur,
Giant extrinsic reversible magnetocaloric effects in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 films due to strain
Nature Materials 12, 52, (2013)

21. L. C. Phillips, M. Ghidini, X. Moya, F. Maccherozzi, S. S. Dhesi and N. D. Mathur
Transverse magnetic domains in nominally uniaxial La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 films on NdGaO3 (001)
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46, 032002, (2013)

22. X. Xu, M. Ghidini, G. Zangari
The Influence of Hypophosphite Additions on the Electrodeposition of Co-Rich Co-Pt Alloys, and on Their Structural and Magnetic Properties
J. Electrochem. Soc. 159, D240-D245, (2012)

23. R. Pellicelli, M. Solzi, C. Pernechele, M. Ghidini
Continuum micromagnetic modeling of antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled multilayers
Phys. Rev. B 83, 054434, (2011)

24. A. A. Sidorenko, C. Pernechele, P. Lupo, M. Ghidini, M. Solzi, R. DeRenzi, I. Bergenti, P. Graziosi, V. Dediu, L. Hueso, A. T. Hindmarch
Interface effects on an ultrathin Co film in multilayers based on the organic semiconductor Alq3
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 162509, (2010)

25. R. Pellicelli, M. Solzi,V. Neu, C. Pernechele, M. Ghidini, L. Schultz
Modeling and characterization of reversible demagnetization processes in exchange-coupled SmCo5/Fe/SmCo5 trilayers
Phys. Rev. B 81, 184430, (2010)

26. M. Ghidini, A. Lodi Rizzini, C. Pernechele, M. Solzi, P. Vavassori
Growth-rate dependence of the extrinsic magnetic properties of electrodeposited CoPt thick films
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 322, 1576, (2010)

27. R. Pellicelli, M. Solzi, M. Ghidini, C. Pernechele
Modeling of irreversible switching and viscosity phenomena in perpendicular thin films
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 322, 1377, (2010)

28. M. Solzi, C. Pernechele, M. Ghidini, M. Natali, M. Bolzan
Magnetic analysis of MnAs films grown on GaAs and Si substrates for potential spintronics and magnetocaloric applications
J.Magn.Magn.Mater. 322,1565 (2010)

29. C. Pernechele, I. Bergenti, M. Solzi, M. Ghidini, V. Dediu
Growth Induced Anisotropy of Cobalt in Cobalt/ Organic Semiconductor
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 322, 1251, (2010)

30. R. Pellicelli, C. Pernechele, M. Solzi, M. Ghidini, F. Casoli, F. Albertini
Modeling and characterization of irreversible switching and viscosity phenomena in perpendicular exchange-spring Fe-FePt bilayers
Phys. Rev. B. 78, 184434, (2008)

31. E. Arisi, I. Bergenti, M. Cavallini, M. Ghidini, C.Pernechele, M. Solzi, V. Dediu
Direct deposition of magnetite thin films on organic semiconductors
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 113305, (2008)

32. C.Pernechele, M. Ghidini, M. Solzi, E. Arisi, V. Dediu
Magnetic behaviour of hybrid magnetite/organic semiconductor bilayers
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 134013, (2008)

33. B. Azzerboni,G. Asti, L. Pareti, M. Ghidini (Eds.)
Magnetic Nanostructures in Modern Technology: Spintronics, Magnetic MEMS and Recording
Springer, (Berlin, New York),2007, pp. 1-320 ISBN 978-1-4020-6337-4

34. R. Bertacco, M. Finazzi, A. Sydorenko, M. Ghidini, G. Allodi, R. De Renzi
Proximity effects induced by a gold layer on La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 thin films
Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 102506, (2007)

35. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, M. Mulazzi, R.Pellicelli, M. Solzi, K. Chesnel, A. Marty
Nucleation of weak stripe domains: thermal dependence of exchange and anisotropy
Phys. Rev. B 76, 094414 (2007)

36. M. Solzi, C. Pernechele, R. Pellicelli, M. Ghidini, F. Albertini, F. Casoli
Angular Dependence of Demagnetization Processes in Fe-FePt Perpendicular Bilayers,
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 316, e313, (2007)

37. S.Brivio, M. Cantoni, D. Petti, A. Cattoni, R. Bertacco, M. Finazzi, F. Ciccacci, A. Sidorenko, G. Allodi, M. Ghidini, R. de Renzi
Decrease of the Curie temperature of La 0.67 Sr0.3MnO3 thin films covered by gold layers
Mater. Sci. Eng. B 144, 93–96 (2007)

38. C.Pernechele, M.Ghidini, M. Solzi, R. Pellicelli, F. Albertini, F. Casoli
Magnetic Viscosity Effects In Epitaxial L10 FePt Thin Films And Exchange Spring Fe-FePt Bilayers
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 316, e162, (2007)

39. M. Ghidini, G.Asti, R. Pellicelli, C. Pernechele, M. Solzi,
Hard-soft composite magnets
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 316, 159–165, (2007)

40. M. Ghidini, G. Asti, C. Pernechele, M. Solzi, G. Zangari
Switching process in hard Co-Pt films
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 316 , e112–e115, (2007)

41. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, R. Pellicelli, C. Pernechele, M. Solzi, F. Albertini, F. Casoli, S. Fabbrici, L. Pareti
Magnetic phase diagram and demagnetization processes in perpendicular exchange-spring multilayers
Phys. Rev. B 73, 094406, (2006)

42. M. Ghidini, G.Zangari, I.L. Prejbeanu, G. Pattanaik, G. Asti, C. Pernechele, M. Solzi
Magnetization processes in Co-rich Co-Pt films with perpendicular anisotropy
J. Appl. Phys. 100, 103911 (2006)

43. C. Pernechele, M. Solzi, R. Pellicelli, M. Ghidini, F. Casoli, F. Albertini
Demagnetization Processes At Varying Angles in Fe-FePt Exchange Spring Bilayers
in Magnetic Nanostructures for Micro-Electromechanical Systems and Spintronic Applications, (2006) p. 86-92, REGGIO CALABRIA:Falzea Editore, ISBN: 8882962091.

44. M. Ghidini, M. Solzi, G. Asti, G. Zangari, S. Auffret, J.P. Nozieres, G.Calestani
Magnetization reversal in Ni80Fe20/Co80Pt20 bilayers
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 290-291, 223-226 (2005)

45. M. Carbucicchio, M. Ghidini,,M. Rateo, M. Solzi
Magnetization processes in exchange coupled nano-crystalline Fe/Co systems
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 290-291, 175-178, (2005)

46. G. Asti, M. Solzi, M. Ghidini
Influence of domain walls on the singular point detection of energy losses in hard magnetic materials
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 290-291, 533, (2005)

47. G. Asti, M. Solzi, M. Ghidini, F. M. Neri
Micromagnetic analysis of exchange-coupled hard-soft planar nanocomposites
Phys. Rev. B 69, 174401, (2004)

48. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, F. M. Neri, M. Solzi
Flux reversal in hard-soft composite magnets
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272-276 650-651 (2004)

49. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, M. Solzi, F. M. Neri
Magnetic phase diagram of the planar exchange-spring magnet: effect of anisotropy ratio
Proc. of the Conference on High Performance Permanent Magnets and their Applications (Annecy, 2004), pp. 442-449, (2004)

50. M. Solzi, M. Ghidini, G. Asti
Nanostructured and nanocomposite magnetic systems,
in The Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hari Singh Nalwa, Editor-in-Chief
(American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles 2004)

51. G. Asti, F. Bolzoni, J.M. Le Breton, M. Ghidini, A. Morel, M. Solzi, P. Tenaud
Anisotropy effects of La-Co substitutions in M-type Sr hexaferrites
Phys. Stat. Sol. 12, 3306, (2004)

52. G. Asti, F. Bolzoni, J.M. Le Breton, M. Ghidini, A. Morel, M. Solzi, F. Kools, P. Tenaud
Magnetic anisotropy of LaCo-substituted SrFe12O19 ferrites
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272-276, e1845, (2004)

53. M. Mulazzi, K. Chesnel, A. Marty, G. Asti, M. Ghidini, M. Solzi, M. Belakhovsky, N. Jaouen, J. M. Tonnerre, F. Sirotti
Stripe domains nucleation observed by X-ray magnetic scattering
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272-276, e895, (2004)

54. M. Rateo, M. Carbucicchio, M. Ghidini, M. Solzi
Temperature dependence of magnetic anisotropy of Co/Fe multilayers
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 272-276, 1240, (2004)

55. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, R. Pellicelli, M. Solzi
The activated torsion oscillation magnetometer
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 258-259, 484, (2003)

56. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, M.Solzi
Sensitive loop tracer for measuring the dynamical response of thin films in a wide audio-frequency range
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 242-245, 975, (2002)

57. M.Solzi, M. Ghidini, G. Asti
The macroscopic magnetic properties of nanostructured and nanocomposite systems,
in Magnetic Nanostructures Chap 8, p. 123-201, (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles 2002)

58. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, R. Pellicelli, M. Solzi
The activated torsion oscillation magnetometer (ATOM): a new high sensitivity magnetometer for thin films
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 242, 1464, (2002)

59. G. Asti, M. Solzi, M.Ghidini
Critical fields and reversal modes of the multilayer spring magnet
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 226-230, 1464, (2001)

60. G. Asti, M. Ghidini, M. Solzi
Singularities in the AC energy losses in hard magnetic materials
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 36, 3605, (2000)

61. G. Asti, M. Carbucicchio, M. Ghidini, M. Rateo, G. Ruggiero, M. Solzi, F. D'Orazio, F. Lucari
Microstructural and magnetic properties of exchange-coupled Co/Fe multilayers
J. Appl. Phys. 87, 6689, (2000)

62. N.M. Dempsey, M. Ghidini, J.P. Nozieres, P.I. Smith, B. Gervais, J.M.D. Coey
Magnetic Hardening of Sm2Fe17N3 by radiation damage
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5652, (1998)

63. N. Dempsey, X.L. Rao, J. M. D. Coey, JP Nozieres, M. Ghidini
Coercive Sm2Fe17N3- A model pinning system created by heavy ion irradiation
J. Appl. Phys. 83, 6902, (1998)

64. M. Ghidini, J.P. Nozieres, F. Bolzoni, G. Suran, J.F. Gregg, B. Gervais
Evidence for a high Tc magnetic amorphous polymorph obtained by swift heavy ion irradiation
Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 146, 260, (1998)

65. J.P. Nozieres, M. Ghidini, D. Givord, P.A. Smith, X.L. Rao, J M D Coey
Swift Heavy Ions for Magnetic Nanostructures
Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 146, 250, (1998)

66. J. P. Nozieres, M. Ghidini, C. Pinettes, C. Lacroix, B. Gervais, G. Suran, D. Dufeu
Thermal excitations in quasi-one-dimensional amorphous ferromagnetic wires,
Phys. Rev. B Rapid Comm. 57, R14040, (1998)

67. J.P. Nozieres, D. Givord, J.C. Toussaint, B. Kevorkian, M. Ghidini, B. Gervais
Magnetic aftereffect in quasi-1D amorphous ferromagnetic nanocolumns
IEEE Trans. Magn. 34, 991, (1998)

68. N Dempsey, JP Nozieres, X. L. Rao, M. Ghidini, B. Gervais, J. M. D. Coey
Domain wall pinning by radiation damage in Sm2Fe17N3
in Magnetic Hysteresis in Novel Magnetic Materials, NATO/ASI Series E, (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1996)

69. M. Ghidini, JP Nozieres, D. Givord, M. Toulemonde, B. Gervais
Amorphisation of rare earth-cobalt intermetallic alloys by swift heavy-ion irradiation,
J. of Phys.: Condensed Matter 8, 8191, (1996)

70. M. Ghidini, JP Nozieres, D.Givord,A.Lienard,B. Gervais, E. Doorhyee
Structural analysis of ferromagnetic latent tracks in RCo2 thin films (R=Y,Tm,Ce) by means of X-ray diffraction
Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 107, 344, (1996)

71. M. Ghidini,
Artificial Magnetic Nanoparticle Systems
in Magnetic Properties of Matter, New Developments and Magnetism's Applications
Eds. L. Lanotte, F. Lucari and L. Pareti (World Scientific, Singapore 1996)

72. D. Givord, JP Nozieres, M. Ghidini, B.Gervais, Y.Otani
Magnetisation processes in amorphous nanoparticles obtained by heavy ion irradiation of non magnetic Y-Co films
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 148, 253, (1995)

73. M. Ghidini, JP Nozieres, D. Givord, B. Gervais
Magnetic processes in amorphous YCo2 nanoparticles obtained by heavy ion irradiation
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 140, 483, (1995)

74. F. Leccabue, B. E. Watts, R. Panizzieri, S. Diaz, J.L. Sanchez, G. Bocelli, M. Ghidini
Magnetic properties of PbFe12-xAlxO19 hexaferrite powders,
Proceedings of The 4th European Conference on Advanced Materials and Processes (EuroMat95), Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, pp. 237-242,(1995)

75. Y. Otani, Y. Nozaki, H. Miyajima, B. Pannetier, M. Ghidini, JP Nozieres, G. Fillon, P. Pugnat, Magnetic flux penetration process in a superconducting Nb film covered by a lithographic array of ferromagnetic particles, Physica C, 235, 2945, (1994)

76. D. Givord, JP Nozieres, M. Ghidini, B. Gervais, Y. Otani
Magnetic properties of amorphous nanoparticles created by heavy ion irradiation of paramagnetic YCo2 thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 76, 6661, (1994)

77. G. Asti, F.Bolzoni, R. Cabassi, M. Ghidini
Determination of SPD peak amplitude : Application to the easy axis distribution function of permanent magnets
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 128, 58, (1993)

Patents and Prototypes

• F. Bolzoni, M. Ghidini
A device for measuring the anisotropy field in very high pulsed fields
MI95 A 000477/IT.

• M. Ghidini
Low-voltage nano-positioning by means a PC controled inertial slider with a custom fiber optic interferometric sensor
Prototype Demonstration at a Research to Business Technical Exhibit, 2005 Bologna, Italy