Molecular Nanoscience
On-surface synthesis of molecular nanostructures and graphene nanoribbons with atomic precision, and their electronic and magnetic (π-magnetism) properties.
Nature · 2026
Parity-dependent coupling of molecular spin chains to a superconductor
Katerina Vaxevani, Jon Ortuzar, Stefano Trivini, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Advanced Materials · 2025
Spin and Charge Control of Topological End States in Chiral Graphene Nanoribbons on a 2D Ferromagnet
L. Edens, F. Romero Lara, T. Sai, … J.I. Pascual
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
On-surface Synthesis of a Ferromagnetic Molecular Spin Trimer
A. Vegliante, M. Vilas-Varela, R. Ortiz, … D. Peña
Physical Review Letters · 2023
Cooper Pair Excitation Mediated by a Molecular Quantum Spin on a Superconducting Proximitized Gold Film
S. Trivini, J. Ortuzar, K. Vaxevani, … J.I. Pascual
Nanoscale Superconductivity
Magnetic impurities, Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states and engineered superconducting ground states studied atom by atom.
Nature · 2026
Parity-dependent coupling of molecular spin chains to a superconductor
Katerina Vaxevani, Jon Ortuzar, Stefano Trivini, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Physical Review Letters · 2025
Local control of parity and charge in nanoscale superconducting lead islands
Stefano Trivini, Jon Ortuzar, Katerina Vaxevani, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Physical Review Letters · 2025
Revealing inter-band electron pairing in a superconductor with spin-orbit coupling
Javier Zaldívar, Jon Ortuzar, Miguel Alvarado, … Jose Ignacio Pascual
Physical Review Letters · 2023
Cooper Pair Excitation Mediated by a Molecular Quantum Spin on a Superconducting Proximitized Gold Film
S. Trivini, J. Ortuzar, K. Vaxevani, … J.I. Pascual
Quantum Sensing
Detecting and controlling individual spins with STM-based spectroscopies (ESR-STM, spin excitations) for quantum technologies.
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition · 2021
On-Surface Synthesis and Collective Spin Excitations of a Triangulene-Based Nanostar
J. Hieulle, S. Castro, N. Friedrich, … D. Pena
Nature Communications · 2015
Magnetic anisotropy in Shiba bound states across a quantum phase transition
Nino Hatter, Benjamin W. Heinrich, Michael Ruby, … Katharina J. Franke
Nano Letters · 2015
Tuning the Magnetic Anisotropy of Single Molecules
B.W. Heinrich, L. Braun, J.I. Pascual, K.J. Franke
Nanoscale Optoelectronics
Light emission and optical spectroscopy in tunnelling junctions and single-molecule emitters.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C · 2018
Combined Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Scattering-Type Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy
Patryk Kusch, Nieves Morquillas Azpiazu, Niclas Sven Mueller, … Rainer Hillenbrand
Nano Letters · 2017
Dual-scattering near-field microscope for correlative nanoimaging of SERS and electromagnetic hotspots
P. Kusch, S. Mastel, N.S. Mueller, … R. Hillenbrand
Physical Review B · 2014
Electroluminescence of copper nitride nanocrystals
Anna Strozecka, Jingcheng Li, Robin Schürmann, … Jose Ignacio Pascual