Publications

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

  • Magneto-optical response of chromium trihalide monolayers: chemical trends, A Molina-Sánchez, G Catarina, D Sangalli, J Fernández-Rossier; J. Mater. Chem. C 8, 8856 (2020).

  • Spin–layer locking of interlayer excitons trapped in moiré potentials, Nature Materials 19, 630 (2020).

  • Excitonic States in Semiconducting Two-dimensional Perovskites, A Molina-Sánchez; ACS Applied Energy Materials 1 (11), 6361–6367 (2018).

  • Ab initio calculations of ultra-short carrier dynamics in 2D materials: valley depolarization in single-layer WSe2, A. Molina-Sánchez, Davide Sangalli, Ludger Wirtz, and Andrea Marini, Nano Letters 17, 4549 (2017).

  • Effect of spin-orbit interaction on the optical spectra of single-layer, double-layer, and bulk MoS2, A Molina-Sánchez, D Sangalli, K Hummer, A Marini, L Wirtz; Physical Review B 88 (4), 045412 (2013).

PUBLICATIONS


1. Many-body perturbation theory calculations using the yambo code, D. Sangalli, A. Ferretti, H. Miranda, C. Attaccalite, I. Marri, E. Cannuccia, P. Melo, M. Marsili, F. Paleari, A. Marrazzo, G. Prandini, P. Bonfà, M.O. Atambo, F. Affinito, M. Palummo, A. Molina-Sánchez, C. Hogan, M. Grüning, D. Varsano, A. Marini, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 325902 (2019).


2. Out-of-plane orientation of luminescent excitons in two-dimensional indium selenide, Mauro Brotons-Gisbert, Raphaël Proux, Raphaël Picard, Daniel Andres-Penares, Artur Branny, Alejandro Molina-Sánchez, Juan F. Sánchez-Royo, Brian D. Gerardot, Nature Communications 10, 3913 (2019).


3. Optical contrast and Raman spectroscopy techniques applied to few-layer 2D hexagonal boron nitride, Marie Krecmarova, Daniel Andres-Penares, Ladislav Fekete, Petr Ashcheulov, Alejandro Molina-Sánchez, Ivan Gregora, Rodolfo Canet-Albiach, Vincent Mortet, Juan P Martínez-Pastor, Juan F. Sánchez-Royo, Nanomaterials 9, 1047 (2019).

4. Exciton-phonon coupling in the UV absorption and emission spectra of bulk hexagonal boron nitride, F Paleari, HPC Miranda, A Molina-Sánchez, and L Wirtz, Physical Review Letters 122, 187401 (2019).

5. Excitonic States in Semiconducting Two-dimensional Perovskites, A Molina-Sánchez, ACS Applied Energy Materials 1, 6361 (2018).

6. Intravalley Spin-Flip Relaxation Dynamics In Single-Layer WS2, Z Wang, A Molina-Sánchez, P Altmann, D Sangalli, D De Fazio, G Soavi, U Sassi, F Bottegoni, F Ciccacci, M Finazzi, L Wirtz, AC Ferrari, A Marini, G Cerullo, and S Dal Conte, Nano Letters 18, 6882 (2018).


7. Excitons in few-layer hexagonal boron nitride: Davydov splitting and surface localization, F Paleari, T Galvani, H Amara, F Ducastelle, A Molina-Sánchez, L Wirtz, 2D Materials 5, 045017 (2018).

8. Interlayer and intralayer excitons in MoS2/WS2 and MoSe2/WSe2 heterobilayers, E Torun, HPC Miranda, A Molina-Sánchez, L Wirtz, Physical Review B 97, 245427 (2018).


9. Ab initio calculations of ultra-short carrier dynamics in 2D materials: valley depolarization in single-layer WSe2, A. Molina-Sánchez, D. Sangalli, L. Wirtz, and A. Marini, Nano Letters 17, 4549 (2017).

10. Au-nanoparticle size dependent Fermi energy in catalyst growth InAs nanowires, M. Möller, D. S. de Oliveira, M. A. Cotta, P. K. Sahoo, F. Iikawa, P. Motisuke, A. Molina-Sánchez, A. García-Cristóbal, M. M. de Lima, and A. Cantarero, Nanotechnology 28, 295702 (2017).

11. Quantum interference effects in resonant Raman spectroscopy of MoTe2 from first principles, Henrique P. C. Miranda, Sven Reichardt, Guillaume Froehlicher, Alejandro Molina-Sánchez, Stéphane Berciaud, and Ludger Wirtz, Nano Letters 17, 2381 (2017).

12. Excitons in boron nitride single layer, T. Galvani, F. Paleari, H. P. C. Miranda, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, S. Latil, H. Amara, and F. Ducastelle, Physical Review B 94, 125303 (2016).

13. Temperature-dependent excitonic effects in the optical properties of single-layer MoS2, A. Molina-Sánchez, M. Palummo, A. Marini, and L. Wirtz, Physical Review B 93, 155435 (2016).

14. A unified description of the optical phonon modes in N-layer MoTe2, G. Froehlicher, E. Lorchat, F. Fernique, C. Joshi, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, S. Berciaud, Nano Letters 15, 6481 (2015).

15. Vibrational and optical properties of MoS2: from monolayer to bulk, A. Molina-Sánchez, K. Hummer, and L. Wirtz, Invited Review in Surface Science Reports 70, 554 (2015).

16. Excitons in a mirror: Formation of optical MoS2 bilayers using MoS2 monolayers and gold substrates, J. Mertens, Y. Shi, H. Y. Yang, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, J. J. Baumberg, Applied Physics Letters 104, 191105 (2014).

17. Moiré-induced replica of graphene phonons on Ir(111), M. Endlich, H. Miranda, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, J. Kröger, Annalen der Physik 526, 372 (2014).

18. Dielectric screening of the Kohn anomaly of graphene on hexagonal boron nitride, F. Forster, A. Molina-Sánchez, S. Engels, A. Epping, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Wirtz, and C. Stampfer, Physical Review B 88, 085419 (2013).

19. Screening of electron-phonon coupling in graphene on Ir(111), M. Endlich, A. Molina-Sánchez, L. Wirtz, and J. Kröger, Physical Review B 88, 205403 (2013).

20. Ab-initio study of the excitonic effects on the optical spectra of single-layer, double- layer, and bulk MoS2, A. Molina-Sánchez, D. Sangalli, K. Hummer, A. Marini, L. Wirtz, Physical Review B 88, 045412 (2013).

21. The contribution of the buffer layer to the Raman spectrum of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001), F. Fromm, M. H. Oliveira Jr., A. Molina-Sánchez, M. Hundhausen, J. M. Lopes, H. Riechert, L. Wirtz, and Th. Seyller, New Journal of Physics 15, 043031 (2013).

22. Probing Quantum Confinement within Single Core-Multishell Nanowires, G. Martinez- Criado, A. Homs, B. Alen, J. A. Sans, J. Segura-Ruiz, A. Molina-Sánchez, J. Susini, J. Yoo, and G.-C. Yi, Nano Letters 12, 5829 (2012).

23. Semiempirical pseudopotential approach for nitride-based nanostructures and ab initio based passivation of free surfaces, A. Molina-Sánchez, A. García-Cristóbal, and G. Bester, Physical Review B 86, 205430 (2012)

24. Anisotropic optical response of GaN and AlN nanowires, A. Molina-Sánchez and A. García-Cristóbal, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 295301 (2012).

25. Inhomogeneous electron distribution in InN nanowires: Influence on the optical properties, A. Molina-Sánchez, J. Segura-Ruiz, N. Garro, A. García-Cristóbal, A. Cantarero, F. Iikawa, C. Denker, J. Malindretos, and A. Rizzi, Physica Status Solidi C 9, 1001 (2012).

26. Phonons in single-layer and few-layer MoS2 and WS2, A. Molina-Sánchez and L. Wirtz, Physical Review B 84, 155413 (2011).

27. LDA+U and tight-binding electronic structure of InN nanowires, A. Molina-Sánchez, A. García-Cristóbal, A. Cantarero, A. Terentjevs, and G. Cicero, Physical Review B 82, 165324 (2010).

28. Inhomogeneous free electron distribution in InN nanowires: photoluminescence experiments, J. Segura-Ruiz, A. Molina-Sánchez, N. Garro, A. García-Cristóbal, A. Cantarero, F. Iikawa, C. Denker, J. Malindretos, and A. Rizzi, Physical Review B 82, 125319 (2010).

29. Reversed Polarized emission in highly strained a-plane GaN/AlN multiple quantum wells, R. Mata, A. Cros, J. A. Budagosky, A. Molina-Sánchez, N. Garro, A. García- Cristóbal, J. Renard, S. Founta, B. Gayral, E. Bellet-Amalric, C. Bougerol, and B. Daudin, Physical Review B 82, 125405 (2010).

30. Tight-binding study of the optical properties of GaN/AlN polar and non polar quantum wells, A. Molina, A. García-Cristóbal, and A. Cantarero, Microelectronics Journal 40, 418 (2009).