Publications

2022

Ultrafast Loss of Lattice Coherence in the Light-Induced Structural Phase Transition of V2O3

A. S. Johnson, D. Moreno-Mencía, E. B. Amuah, M. Menghini, J.-P. Locquet, C. Giannetti, E. Pastor and S. E. Wall,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 255701 (2022).


Growth of magnesium nitride thin films on various surfaces via atomic-nitrogen-assisted molecular beam epitaxy at moderate substrate temperatures

K. Schouteden,  L. Ceccon, M. Recaman Payo, Y. Sun, W.-F. Hsu, V. S. Rangasamy, J. Derluyn, M. Menghini, J. W. Seo, J.-P. Locquet, 

Applied Physics A 128, 995 (2022).


Quantum Conductance in Memristive Devices: Fundamentals, Developments, and Applications

G. Milano,  M. Aono, L. Boarino, U. Celano, T. Hasegawa, M. Kozicki, S. Majumdar, M. Menghini, E. Miranda, C. Ricciardi, S. Tappertzhofen, K. Terabe, I. Valov, 

Advanced Materials 34, 2270235 (2022).


Nanoscale self-organization and metastable non-thermal metallicity in Mott insulators

A. Ronchi, P. Franceschini, P. Franceschini, A. De Poli, P. Homm, A. Fitzpatrick, F. Maccherozzi, G. Ferrini, F. Banfi, S. S. Dhesi, M. Menghini, M. Fabrizio, J.-P. Locquet and C. Giannetti, 

Nature Communications 13, 3730 (2022).



2021



Realization of macroscopic ratchet effect based on nonperiodic and uneven potentials

V. Rollano, A. Gomez, A. Muñoz-Noval, M. Velez, M.C. de Ory, M. Menghini, E.M. Gonzalez, J.L. Vicent

Scientific Reports 11, 16617 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96192-z


Low-threshold power and tunable integrated optical limiter based on an ultracompact VO2/Si waveguide

J. Parra, J. Navarro-Arenas, M. Menghini, M. Recaman, J. -P. Locquet and P. Sanchis, 

APL Photonics 6, 121301 (2021).


Two dimensional V2O3 and its experimental feasibility as robust room-temperature magnetic Chern insulator

S. Mellaerts, R. Meng,  M. Menghini, V. Afanasiev, J. W. Seo, M. Houssa and  J.-P. Locquet

NPJ 2D Materials and Applications  5, 1 (2021).


Light-assisted resistance collapse in a V2O3-based Mott-insulator device

A. Ronchi, P. Franceschini, P. Homm, M. Gandolfi, G. Ferrini, S. Pagliara, F. Banfi,  M. Menghini, J.-P. Locquet and C. Giannetti

Phys. Rev. Appl.  15, 044023 (2021).


Room temperature Mott metal-insulator transition in V2O3 compounds induced via strain-engineering

P. Homm, M. Menghini,  J. W. Seo, S. Peters and J. -P. Locquet

APL Materials 9, 021116 (2021).


All-optical hybrid VO2/Si waveguide absorption switch at telecommunication wavelengths

J. Parra, T. Ivanova, M. Menghini,  P. Homm, J. -P. Locquet,  and P. Sanchis

J. of Lightwave Technology 39, 2888 (2021).

2020

Little–Parks effect governed by magnetic nanostructures with out-of-plane magnetization

M.C. De Ory, V. Rollano, A. Gomez, M. Menghini, A. Muñoz-Noval, E. M. González, J. L. Vicent

Scientific Reports 10, 10370 (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67317-7