Reviews

• Thin film aspects of nickelate superconductors F. Bernardini, L. Iglesias, M. Bibes, and A. Cano, Front. Phys. 10:828007 (2022); arXiv:2201.11469

• Nickelate superconductors: an ongoing dialog between theory and experiments A. S. Botana, F. Bernardini, and A. Cano, JETP 159, 711 (2021) arXiv:2012.02764

• Ferroelectric Negative Capacitance J. Íñiguez, I. Luk'yanchuk, P. Zubko, and A. Cano, Nature Reviews Materials 4, 243-256 (2019)

• Iron-based superconductors: Foreword H. Alloul and A. Cano (Guest Editors) Comptes Rendus Physique 17, 1 (2016); arXiv:1603.00486

• Non-collinear magnetism in multiferroic perovskites (invited topical review) E. Bousquet and A. Cano, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28, 123001 (2016)

Articles

• Ruddlesden-Popper and perovskite phases as a material platform for altermagnetism F. Bernardini, M. Fiebig, and A. Cano, arXiv:2401.12910

• Preempted phonon-mediated superconductivity in the infinite-layer nickelates Q.N. Meier, J.B. de Vaulx, F. Bernardini, A.S. Botana, X. Blase, V. Olevano, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 109, 184505 (2024); arXiv:2309.05486

• When Ising met Kibble-Zurek I. Kézsmárki and A. Cano, Nature Phys. 19, 1392-1393 (2023)

• Layered monophosphate tungsten bronzes [Ba(PO4)2]WmO3m-3: 2D-metals with locked charge-density-wave instabilities H. Nimoh,  A.M. Arevalo-Lopez,  M. Huvé,  C. Minaud,  A. Cano,  R. Glaum,  and O. Mentré, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202302049 (2023)

• Single-Layer T' Nickelates: Synthesis of the La and Pr Members and Electronic Properties across the Rare-Earth Series K. Wissel, F. Bernardini, H. Oh, S. Vasala, R. Schoch, B. Blaschkowski, P. Glatzel, M. Bauer, O. Clemens, and A. Cano, Chem. Mater. 34 (16), 7201-7209 (2022)

• Superconductivity in the crystallogenide LaFeSiO1-δ with squeezed FeSi layers M. F. Hansen, J.-B. Vaney, C. Lepoittevin, F. Bernardini, E. Gaudin, V. Nassif, M.-A. Méasson, A. Sulpice, S. Tencé, A. Cano, and P. Toulemonde, npj Quantum Mater. 7, 86 (2022); arXiv:2206.11690

• The third dimension of ferroelectric domain walls E.D. Roede, K. Shapovalov, Th. J. Moran, A.B. Mosberg, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, A. Cano, B.D. Huey, A.T.J. van Helvoort, D. Meier, Adv. Mater. 34, 2202614 (2022); arXiv:2202.5271

• Geometric effects in the infinite-layer nickelates F. Bernardini, A. Bosin, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. Materials 6, 044807 (2022); arXiv:2110.13580

• Topotactic fluorination of intermetallics: a novel route towards quantum materials J-B. Vaney, B. Vignolle, A. Demourgues, E. Gaudin, E. Durand, C. Labrugère, F. Bernardini, A. Cano, and S. Tencé, Nature Comm. 13, 1462 (2022)

• Single-layer T'-type nickelates: Ni1+ is Ni1+ F. Bernardini, A. Demourgues, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. Materials 5, L061801 (2021); arXiv:2106.05225

• Interconversion of multiferroic domains and domain walls E. Hassanpour, M.C. Weber, A. Bortis, Y. Tokunaga, Y. Taguchi, Y. Tokura, A. Cano, Th. Lottermoser, and M. Fiebig, Nature Comm. 12, 2755 (2021); arXiv:1908.06876

• Topological thermalization via vortex formation in ultra-fast quenches M. Tello-Fraile, A. Cano, and M. Donaire, Phys. Rev. E 101, 052113 (2020); arXiv:2002.05464

• Ab initio many-body GW correlations in the electronic structure of LaNiO2 V. Olevano, F. Bernardini, X. Blase, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B, 101, 161102(R) (2020); arXiv:2001.09194

• Stability and electronic properties of LaNiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures F. Bernardini and A. Cano, J. Phys. Mater. 3, 03LT01 (2020); arXiv:2001.02133

• Infinite-layer fluoro-nickelates as d^9 model materials F. Bernardini, V. Olevano, X. Blase, and A. Cano, J. Phys. Mater. 3, 035003 (2020); arXiv:1911.11788

• Magnetic penetration depth and Tc in superconducting nickelates F. Bernardini, V. Olevano, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 013219 (2020); arXiv:1910.13269

• Evidence of nodal superconductivity in LaFeSiH A. Bhattacharyya, P. Rodière, J.-B. Vaney, P. K. Biswas, A. D. Hillier, F. Bernardini, S. Tencé, D. T. Adroja, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 101, 224502 (2020); arXiv:1910.13258  

• Magnetic competition in iron-based germanide and silicide superconductors P. Villar Arribi, F. Bernardini, L. de'Medici, P. Toulemonde, S. Tencé, and A. Cano, EPL 128, 47004 (2019); arXiv:1810.10306

• Emergence of polarization in improper ferroelectric thin films J. Nordlander, M. Campanini, M. D. Rossell, R. Erni, Q. Meier, A. Cano, N. A. Spaldin, M. Fiebig, and M. Trassin, Nature Comm. 10, 5591 (2019) 

• Field-induced double spin spiral in a frustrated chiral magnet M. Ramakrishnan, E. Constable, A. Cano, M. Mostovoy, J. S. White, N. Gurung, E. Schierle, S. de Brion, C. V. Colin, F. Gay, P. Lejay, E. Ressouche, E. Weschke, V. Scagnoli, R. Ballou, V. Simonet, and U. Staub, npj Quantum Mater. 4, 60 (2019); arXiv:1810.02656

• Electrostatic potential mapping at ferroelectric domain walls by low- temperature photoemission electron microscopy J. Schaab, K. Shapovalov, P. Schoenherr, J. Hackl, M.I. Khan, M. Hentschel, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, C.M. Schneider, S. Nemsák, M. Stengel, A. Cano, and D. Meier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 122903 (2019)

• Observation of Uncompensated Bound Charges at Improper Ferroelectric Domain Walls P. Schoenherr, K. Shapovalov, J. Schaab, Z. Yan, E.D. Bourret, M. Hentschel, M. Stengel, M. Fiebig, A. Cano, and D. Meier, Nano Letters 19, 1659-1664 (2019)

• Interplay between Ca- and Ti-driven ferroelectric distortions in (Ba,Ca)TiO3 solid solutions from first-principles calculations D. Amoroso, A. Cano, and Ph. Ghosez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 092902 (2019) 

• Multiferroic Quantum Criticality A. Narayan, A. Cano, A.V. Balatsky, and N.A. Spaldin, Nature Mater. 18, 223-228 (2019); arXiv:1711.07989

• Electrical half-wave rectification at ferroelectric domain walls J. Schaab, S. H. Skjærvø, S. Krohns, X. Dai, M. Holtz, A. Cano, M. Lilienblum, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, D. A. Muller, M. Fiebig, S. M. Selbach, and D. Meier. Nature Nano. 13, 1028-1034 (2018); arXiv:1803.08253

• Frequency dependent polarisation switching in h-ErMnO3 A. Ruff, Z. Li, A. Loidl, J. Schaab, M. Fiebig, A. Cano, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, J. Glaum, D. Meier, and S. Krohns, Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 182908 (2018); arXiv:1802.09247

• First-principles study of (Ba,Ca)TiO3 and Ba(Ti,Zr)O3 solid solutions D. Amoroso, A. Cano, and Ph. Ghosez, Phys. Rev. B 97, 174108 (2018); arXiv:1801.08886

• Iron-based superconductivity extended to the novel silicide LaFeSiH F. Bernardini, G. Garbarino, A. Sulpice, M. Núñez-Regueiro, E. Gaudin, B. Chevalier, M.-A. Méasson, A. Cano, and S. Tencé, Phys. Rev. B 97, 100504(R) (2018); arxiv:1701.05010

• Topological defects in hexagonal manganites - Inner structure and emergent electrostatics M.E. Holtz, K. Shapovalov, J.A. Mundy, C.S. Chang, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, D.A. Muller, D. Meier, and A. Cano, Nano Letters 17, 5883 (2017).

• Global formation of topological defects in the multiferroic hexagonal manganites Q. N. Meier, M. Lilienblum, S. M. Griffin, K. Conder, E. Pomjakushina, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, D. Meier, F. Lichtenberg, E. K. H. Salje, N. A. Spaldin, M. Fiebig, and A. Cano. Phys. Rev. X 7, 041014 (2017); arXiv:1703.08321 

• Pressure-induced insulator-metal transition in EuMnO3 R. Qiu, E. Bousquet, and A. Cano. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 305801 (2017).

• Functional electronic inversion layers at ferroelectric domain walls J.A. Mundy, J. Schaab, Y. Kumagai, A. Cano, M. Stengel, I.P. Krug, D.M. Gottlob, H. Doganay, M.E. Holtz, R. Held, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, C.M. Schneider, D.G. Schlom, D.A. Muller, R. Ramesh, N.A. Spaldin, and D. Meier. Nature Mater. 16, 622-627 (2017).

• Background dielectric permittivity: Material constant or fitting parameter? A.P. Levanyuk, B. Strukov, and A. Cano. Ferroelectrics 503, 94 (2016).

• Helical bunching and symmetry lowering inducing multiferroicity in Fe langasites L. Chaix, R. Ballou, A. Cano, S. Petit, S. de Brion, J. Ollivier, L.-P. Regnault, E. Ressouche, E. Constable, C. V. Colin, A. Zorko, V. Scagnoli, J. Balay, P. Lejay, and V. Simonet, Phys. Rev. B 93, 214419 (2016); arXiv:1506.06491

• Optimization of electronic domain-wall properties by aliovalent cation substitution J. Schaab, A. Cano, M. Lilienblum, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, R. Ramesh, M. Fiebig, and D. Meier, Adv. Electron. Mater. 2, 1500195 (2016). 

• Ferroelectricity in the multiferroic hexagonal manganites M. Lilienblum, T. Lottermoser, S. Manz, S.M. Selbach, A. Cano and M. Fiebig, Nature Phys. 11, 1070 (2015).

• Ferroelectric instability in nanotubes and spherical nanoshells R. Qiu, E. Bousquet and A. Cano, EPL 112, 37006 (2015).

• Incommensurate systems as model compounds for disorder revealing low-temperature glasslike behavior G. Remenyi, S. Sahling, K. Biljakovic, D. Staresinic, J.E. Lorenzo, P. Monceau, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 195502 (2015); hal-01003785

• Polarization control at spin-driven ferroelectric domain walls N. Leo, A. Bergman, A. Cano, J. K-Ch. Liang, B. Lorenz, M. Fiebig, and D. Meier, Nature Comm. 6, 6661 (2015).

• Hidden order in hexagonal RMnO3 multiferroics A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 89, 214107 (2014); arXiv:1312.0618

• Imaging and characterization of conducting ferroelectric domain walls by photoemission electron microscopy J. Schaab, I. Krug, F. Nickel, D. Gottlob, H. Doganay, A. Cano, M. Hentschel, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, C.M. Schneider, R. Ramesh, and D. Meier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 232904 (2014); arXiv:1405.2053

• Helical order and multiferroicity in the S = 1/2 quasi-kagome system KCu3As2O7(OD)3 G. J. Nilsen, Y. Okamoto, H. Ishikawa, V. Simonet, C. V. Colin, A. Cano, L. C. Chapon, T. Hansen, H. Mutka, and Z. Hiroi, Phys. Rev. B 89, 140412(R) (2014); arXiv:1404.3107

• Magneto- to electro-active transmutation of spin waves in ErMnO3 L. Chaix, S. de Brion, S. Petit, R. Ballou, L.-P. Regnault, J. Ollivier, J.-B. Brubach, P. Roy, J. Debray, P. Lejay, A. Cano, E. Ressouche, and V. Simonet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 137201 (2014); arXiv:1402.7018

• Single- and multi-domain ferroelectricity driven by interfaces A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, arXiv:1408.2373

• THz Magnetoelectric Atomic Rotations in the Chiral Compound Ba3NbFe3Si2O14 L. Chaix, S. de Brion, F. Lévy-Bertrand, V. Simonet, R. Ballou, B. Canals, P. Lejay, J. B. Brubach, G. Creff, F. Willaert, P. Roy, and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 157208 (2013); arXiv:1303.1706 

• Effect of uniaxial pressure on the magneto-structural transitions of iron arsenide superconductors A. Cano and I. Paul, Phys. Rev. B 85, 155133 (2012); arXiv:1201.5594

• Anisotropic conductance at improper ferroelectric domain walls D. Meier, J. Seidel, A. Cano, K. Delaney, Y. Kumagai, M. Mostovoy, N.A. Spaldin, R. Ramesh, and M. Fiebig, Nature Mater. 11, 284 (2012); arXiv:1112.5194

• Aharonov-Bohm interferences from local deformations in graphene F. de Juan, A. Cortijo, M.A.H. Vozmediano and A. Cano, Nature Phys. 7, 810 (2011); arXiv:1105.0599

• Impact of spin-nematic order on the lattice domains in thin films of iron-based superconductors A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 84, 012504 (2011); arXiv:1103.3302

• Magnetoelastic effects in iron telluride I. Paul, A. Cano and K. Sengupta, Phys. Rev. B 83, 115109 (2011); arXiv:1011.1932 

• Multi-domain ferroelectricity as a limiting factor for voltage amplification in ferroelectric field-effect transistors A. Cano and D. Jimenez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 133509 (2010); arXiv:1103.3768

• Interplay of magnetic and structural transitions in iron-based pnictide superconductors A. Cano, M. Civelli, I. Eremin and I. Paul, Phys. Rev. B 82, 020408(R) (2010); arXiv:1004.4145

• Pseudo-proper ferroelectricity in thin films A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Phys. Rev. B 81, 172105 (2010); arXiv:0907.2236

• Theory of electromagnon resonances in the optical response of spiral magnets A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 80, 180416(R) (2009); arXiv:0902.0495

• Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the local density of states A. Cano and I. Paul, Phys. Rev. B 80, 153401 (2009); arXiv:0909.0019

• Koshino-Taylor effect in graphene A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 79, 153410 (2009); arXiv:0809.1996

• Electromagnon excitations in modulated multiferroics A. Cano and E.I. Kats, Phys. Rev. B 78, 012104 (2008); arXiv:0712.2138

• Quasi-normal mode analysis in BEC acoustic black holes C. Barceló, A. Cano, L.J. Garay and G. Jannes, Phys. Rev. D 75, 084024 (2007); gr-qc/0701173

• Adatom-adatom interaction mediated by an underlying surface phase transition I. Brihuega, A. Cano, M.M. Ugeda, J.J. Sáenz, A.P. Levanyuk, and J.M. Gómez-Rodríguez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 156102 (2007)

• Stability analysis of sonic horizons in Bose-Einstein condensates C. Barceló, A. Cano, L.J. Garay and G. Jannes, Phys. Rev. D 74, 024008 (2006); gr-qc/0603089

• On low-temperature structural phase transitions A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, J. Supercond. 19, 417 (2006), (special issue in honor of V.L. Ginzburg); cond-mat/0603372

• Reply to Comment on “Explanation of the glass-like anomaly in the low-temperature specific heat of incommensurate phases” A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 039604 (2006)

• Strong effect of surfaces on resolution limit of negative-index “superlens” A.M. Bratkovsky, A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 103507 (2005); cond-mat/0412684

• Structural phase transitions in two-dimensional systems: Pb/Ge(111) and Sn/Ge(111) A. Cano, A.P. Levanyuk and E.G. Michel, Z. Kristallogr. 220, 663 (2005)

• Influence of striction on soliton interaction in crystals S.A. Minyukov, A.P. Levanyuk and A. Cano Crystallogr. Rep. 50, 262 (2005)

• (√3×√3)R30° ↔ (3×3) phase transition in Pb/Ge(111) and Sn/Ge(111): A phenomenological study on the phase transition anomalies and the role of defects A. Cano, A.P. Levanyuk and E.G. Michel, Nanotechnology 16, 325 (2005)

• Explanation of the glass-like anomaly in the low-temperature specific heat of incommensurate phases A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 245902 (2004); cond-mat/0404437

• Low-temperature specific heat of real crystals: Possibility of leading contribution of optical and short-wavelength acoustical vibrations A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Phys. Rev. B 70, 212301 (2004); cond-mat/0404063

• Low-temperature structural phase transitions: Phonon-like and relaxation order-parameter dynamics A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Phys. Rev. B 70, 064104 (2004); cond-mat/0404140

• Elasticity-driven interaction between vortices in high-κ superconductors: leading role of a non-core contribution A. Cano, A.P. Levanyuk and S.A. Minyukov, Physica C 404, 226 (2004)

• Elasticity-driven interaction between vortices in type-II superconductors A. Cano, A.P. Levanyuk and S.A. Minyukov, Phys. Rev. B 68, 44515 (2003); cond-mat/0303342

• Zero-T transitions in order-disorder systems: Displacive-like behaviour A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk, Ferroelectrics 283, 3 (2003)

• Universal mechanism of discontinuity of commensurate-incommensurate transitions in three-dimensional solids: Strain dependence of soliton self-energy A.P. Levanyuk, S.A. Minyukov and A. Cano, Phys. Rev. B 66, 014111 (2002); cond-mat/0110469

• Striction-mediated attraction between domain walls: Main cause of the discontinuity of commensurate-incommensurate transitions A.P. Levanyuk, S.A. Minyukov and A. Cano Ferroelectrics 270, 321 (2002)

• Defects as a cause of continuity of normal-incommensurate phase transitions A. Cano and A.P. Levanyuk Phys. Rev. B 62, 12014 (2000); cond-mat/9912130