Carlo Canali
Professor, Subject RepresentativeI am the leader of the Condensed Matter Physics research group and the representative of the subject physics at Linnaeus University.
After a Laurea in theoretical physics at the University of Milan (Italy) I received a Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics at Indiana University in Bloomington (U.S.A.). I did post-doctoral research at King's College London, at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste and at Chalmers Technical University in Göteborg. I was an assistant professor at Lund University where I became docent, and since 2004 I am a full professor of physics at Linnaeus University (prior to 2010, the University of Kalmar).
Teaching
I am the director of the Master and Ph.D. programmes in physics at Linnaeus University. Over the years I have taught a wide spectrum of physics courses both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Presently I am primarily teaching courses in quantum mechanics and condensed matter physics in the physics Master programme, and more specialized courses in quantum transport in nanostructures and quantum many-body physics for Ph.D. students.
Research
I am a condensed matter theorist with a background in many-body physics in low dimensional systems. My earlier research was on quantum magnetism and spin-wave excitations in undoped high-temperature superconductors, disordered systems and the Anderson's quantum phase transition, and transport properties of mesoscopic systems in the presence of disorder and electron-electron interaction.
In the last fifteen years my research focus has been on nanomagnetism and spin-dependent quantum transport in nanostructures, including theoretical studies of single-molecule magnets and magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic dopants in semiconductor surfaces and nanowires. These research interests have recently merged with the study of magnetism in topological Dirac materials. These quantum systems and materials have great potential for novel device applications, such as spin qbits in quantum computers, and atomic magnetic memories and single-electron transistors for high-density data storage and processing.
My technical interests and expertise comprise quantum model Hamiltonians, atomistic tight-binding models, first-principles calculations based on density functional theory and field theoretical methods.
Commissions
Chair of the Condensed Matter Physics/Nanophysics Section of the Swedish Physical Society.
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Lei, C., Mahon, P.T., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2024). Capacitive Scheme to Detect the Topological Magnetoelectric Effect. Physical Review Letters. 133 (24).
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Lin, C., Zhao, X., Xiao, Y., Sattar, S., Tang, L., et al. (2024). Improving photocatalytic hydrogen generation of g-C3N4 via efficient charge separation imposed by Bi2O2Se nanosheets. Carbon. 218.
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Islam, M.F., Withanage, K.P.K., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M.R. (2024). Noncollinear first-principles studies of the spin-electric coupling in frustrated triangular molecular magnets. Physical Review B. 109 (21).
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Hussain, G., Cuono, G., Dziawa, P., Janaszko, D., Sadowski, J., et al. (2024). Pentagonal nanowires from topological crystalline insulators : a platform for intrinsic core-shell nanowires and higher-order topology. Nanoscale Horizons. 9. 1290-1300.
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Pournaghavi, N., Canali, C.M. (2024). Chiral edge transport along domain walls in magnetic topological insulator nanoribbons. Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter. 36 (40).
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Han, S.S., Sattar, S., Kireev, D., Shin, J., Bae, T., et al. (2024). Reversible Transition of Semiconducting PtSe2 and Metallic PtTe2 for Scalable All-2D Edge-Contacted FETs. Nano Letters. 24 (6). 1891-1900.
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Islam, R., Mardanya, S., Lau, A., Cuono, G., Chang, T., et al. (2023). Engineering axion insulator and other topological phases in superlattices without inversion symmetry. Physical Review B. 107 (12).
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Nossa, J., Islam, M.F., Pederson, M.R., Canali, C.M. (2023). Electric control of spin states in frustrated triangular molecular magnets. Physical Review B. 107 (24).
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Wadge, A.S., Grabecki, G., Autieri, C., Kowalski, B.J., Iwanowski, P., et al. (2022). Electronic properties of TaAs2 topological semimetal investigated by transport and ARPES. Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter. 34 (12).
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Sattar, S., Larsson, J.A., Canali, C.M., Roche, S., Garcia, J.H. (2022). Giant valley-polarized spin splittings in magnetized Janus Pt dichalcogenides. Physical Review B. 105 (4).
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Sattar, S., Islam, F., Canali, C.M. (2022). Monolayer MnX and Janus XMnY (X, Y = S, Se, Te) : A family of two-dimensional antiferromagnetic semiconductors. Physical Review B. 106 (8).
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Lin, C., Cai, L., Fu, J., Sattar, S., Wang, Q., et al. (2022). Direct Band Gap in Multilayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanoscrolls with Enhanced Photoluminescence. ACS Materials Letters. 4 (8). 1547-1555.
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Pournaghavi, N., Pertsova, A., Macdonald, A.H., Canali, C.M. (2021). Nonlocal sidewall response and deviation from exact quantization of the topological magnetoelectric effect in axion-insulator thin films. Physical Review B. 104 (20).
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Pournaghavi, N., Islam, F., Islam, R., Autieri, C., Dietl, T., et al. (2021). Realization of the Chern-insulator and axion-insulator phases in antiferromagnetic MnTe/Bi2(Se, Te)3/MnTe heterostructures. Physical review B (PRB). 103 (19).
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Rancati, A., Pournaghavi, N., Islam, F., Debernardi, A., Canali, C.M. (2020). Impurity-Induced Topological Phase Transitions In Cd3As2 And Na3Bi Dirac Semimetals. Physical Review B. 102 (19). 195110-195123.
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Johnson, A.I., Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M.R. (2019). A multiferroic molecular magnetic qubit. Journal of Chemical Physics. 151 (17). 1-7.
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Islam, F., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2019). Impurity potential induced gap at the Dirac point of topological insulators with in-plane magnetization. Physical Review B. 99 (15). 1-6.
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Pournaghavi, N., Holmqvist, C., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2018). Quantum Transport by Spin‐Polarized Edge States in Graphene Nanoribbons in the Quantum Spin Hall and Quantum Anomalous Hall Regimes. Physica Status Solidi. Rapid Research Letters. 12 (11, Special Issue).
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Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Pertsova, A., Balatsky, A., Mahatha, S.K., et al. (2018). Systematics of electronic and magnetic properties in the transition metal doped Sb2Te3 quantum anomalous Hall platform. Physical Review B. 97 (15).
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Sadowski, J., Kret, S., Siusys, A., Wojciechowski, T., Gas, K., et al. (2017). Wurtzite (Ga,Mn)As nanowire shells with ferromagnetic properties. Nanoscale. 9 (6). 2129-2137.
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Gooth, J., Zierold, R., Sergelius, P., Hamdou, B., Garcia, J., et al. (2016). Local Magnetic Suppression of Topological Surface States in Bi2Te3 Nanowires. ACS Nano. 10 (7). 7180-7188.
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Azimi Mousolou, V., Canali, C.M., Sjöqvist, E. (2016). Spin-electric Berry phase shift in triangular molecular magnets. Physical Review B. 94 (23).
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Sjöqvist, E., Mousolou, V.A., Canali, C.M. (2016). Conceptual aspects of geometric quantum computation. Quantum Information Processing. 15 (10). 3995-4011.
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Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2016). Quantum Hall edge states in topological insulator nanoribbons. Physical Review B. 94 (12).
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Aikebaier, F., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2015). Effects of short-range electron-electron interactions in doped graphene. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 92 (15).
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Mahani, M.R., Macdonald, A.H., Canali, C.M. (2015). Electric manipulation of the Mn-acceptor binding energy and the Mn-Mn exchange interaction on the GaAs (110) surface by nearby As vacancies. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 92 (4).
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Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2015). Thin films of a three-dimensional topological insulator in a strong magnetic field: a microscopic study. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 91.
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Paschoal Jr, W., Kumar, S., Jacobsson, D., Johannes, A., Jain, V., et al. (2014). Magnetoresistance in Mn ion-implanted GaAs:Zn nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 104. Article ID: 153112.
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Azimi Mousolou, V., Canali, C.M., Sjöqvist, E. (2014). Universal Non-adiabatic Holonomic Gates in Quantum Dots and Single-Molecule Magnets. New Journal of Physics. 16.
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Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Islam, F., Canali, C.M. (2014). Interplay between Mn-acceptor state and Dirac surface states in Mn-doped Bi2Se3 topological insulator. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 90. Article ID: 195441.
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Nossa, J., Canali, C.M. (2014). Cotunneling signatures of Spin-Electric coupling in frustrated triangularmolecular magnets. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 89 (23). Article ID: 235435.
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Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2014). Probing the wavefunction of the surface states in Bi2Se3 topological insulator : a realistic tight-binding approach. New Journal of Physics. 16. Article ID: 063022.
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Mahani, M.R., Islam, F., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2014). Electronic structure and magnetic properties of Mn and Fe impurities near the GaAs (110) surface. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 89 (16). Article ID: 165408.
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Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2014). Spin dynamics of Mn impurities and their bound acceptors in GaAs. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 90 (24).
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Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2014). Trend of the magnetic anisotropy for individual Mn dopants near the (110) GaAs surface. Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter. 26 (39). Article ID: 394006.
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Kumar, S., Paschoal Jr, W., Johannes, A., Jacobsson, D., Borschel, C., et al. (2013). Magnetic polarons and large negative magnetoresistance in GaAs nanowires implanted with Mn ions. Nano letters (Print). 13 (11). 5079-5084.
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Azimi Mousolou, V., Canali, C.M., Sjöqvist, E. (2013). Non-Abelian off-diagonal geometric phases in nano-engineered four-qubit systems. Europhysics letters. 103 (6). 60011.
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Azimi Mousolou, V., Canali, C.M., Sjöqvist, E. (2013). Unifying geometric entanglement and geometric phase in a quantum phase transition. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 88 (1). Article ID: 012310.
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Nossa, J., Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M.R. (2013). Electric control of a {Fe4} single-molecule magnet in a single-electron transistor. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 88 (22). Article ID: 224423.
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Liu, R.S., Yang, S., Jiang, X., Zhang, X.-., Rettner, C., et al. (2013). CoFe alloy as middle layer for strong spin dependent quantum well resonant tunneling in MgO double barrier magnetic tunnel junctions. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 87 (2). 024411.
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Bozkurt, M., Mahani, M.R., Studer, P., Tang, J., Schofield, S., et al. (2013). Magnetic anisotropy of single Mn acceptors in GaAs in an external magnetic field. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 88. Article ID: 205203.
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Wu, P., Paschoal Jr, W., Kumar, S., Borschel, C., Ronning, C., et al. (2012). Thermoelectric Characterization of Electronic Properties of GaMnAs Nanowires. Journal of Nanotechnology.
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Islam, F., Canali, C.M. (2012). Ab initio calculations of the magnetic properties of Mn impurities on GaAs (110) surfaces. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. B 85. Article ID: 155306.
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Nossa, J., Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M. (2012). First-principles studies of spin-orbit and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in the {Cu3} single-molecule magnet. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 85 (8). 085427-1-085427-10.
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Paschoal, W.J., Kumar, S., Borschel, C., Wu, P., Canali, C.M., et al. (2012). Hopping Conduction in Mn Ion-Implanted GaAs Nanowires. Nano letters (Print). 12 (9). 4838-4842.
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Borschel, C., Messing, M., Borgstrom, M.T., Paschoal, W.J., Wallentin, J., et al. (2011). A New Route toward Semiconductor Nanospintronics : Highly Mn-Doped GaAs Nanowires Realized by Ion-Implantation under Dynamic Annealing Conditions. Nano Letters. 11 (9). 3935-3940.
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Strandberg, O., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2011). Chern number spins of Mn acceptor magnets in GaAs. Physical Review Letters. 106.
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Azimi Mousolou, V., Canali, C.M., Sjöqvist, E. (2011). Non-Abelian quantum holonomy of hydrogen-like atoms. Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 84 (3). Article ID: 032111.
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Islam, F., Nossa, J., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M. (2010). First-principles study of spin-electric coupling in a {Cu3} single molecular magnet. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 82 (15).
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Michalak, L., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M.R., Paulsson, M., Benza, V. (2010). Theory of tunneling spectroscopy in a Mn12 single-electron transistor by DFT methods. Physical Review Letters. 104 (1). 017202-017205.
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Strandberg, O., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2010). Magnetic interactions of substitutional Mn pairs in GaAs. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 81 (5).
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Strandberg, O., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2009). Magnetic properties of substitutional Mn in (110) GaAs surface and subsurface layers. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 80 (Article number: 024425).
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Strandberg, O., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2008). Calculation of Chern number spin Hamiltonians for magnetic nano-clusters by DFT methods. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 77.
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Liu, R., Michalak, L., Canali, C.M., Samuelson, L., Pettersson, H. (2008). Tunneling Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in C0/AlOx/Au Tunnel Junctions,. Nano letters (Print). 8 (3). 848-852.
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Liu, R., Canali, C.M., Samuelson, L., Pettersson, H. (2008). Magnetoresistance studies on Co/AlOX/Au and Co/AlOX/Ni/Au tunnel structures. Applied Physics Letters. 93. Article ID: 203107.
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Strandberg, O., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2007). Transition-Metal Dimers and physical limits on magnetic anisotropy. Nature Materials. 6.
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Liu, R., Pettersson, H., Michalak, L., Canali, C.M., Samuelson, L. (2007). Probing Spin-relaxation Time in Ferromagnetic Single Electron Transistors. Nano letters. 7. 81-85.
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Liu, R., Pettersson, H., Michalak, L., Canali, C.M., Samuelson, L., et al. (2007). Large Magnetoresistance in Co/Ni/Co Ferromagnetic Single Electron Transistors. Applied Physics Letters. 90 (12).
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Strandberg, O., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2006). Magnetic anisotropy of isolated cobalt nanoplatelets. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 73 (14).
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Michalak, L., Canali, C.M., Benza, V.G. (2006). Electron-magnon coupling and nonlinear tunneling transport in magnetic nanoparticles. Physical review letters. 97 (9).
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Macdonald, A., Canali, C.M. (2005). Thermoinduced magnetization in nanoparticles of antiferromagnetic materials. Physical review letters. 94 (8).
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Cehovin, A., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2004). Orbital and Spin Contributions to the g-Tensors in Metal Nanoparticles. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 69 (4). 454111-8-45411-8.
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Benza, V.G., Canali, C.M., Strini, G. (2004). Landau-Zener quantum tunneling in disordered nanomagnets. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 70 (18). 1844261-9-184426-9.
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Cehovin, A., Canali, C.M., H. Macdonald, A. (2003). Elementary Excitations of Ferromagnetic Metal Nanoparticles. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 68 (1). 144231-1442317.
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Canali, C.M., Cehovin, A., H. Macdonald, A. (2003). Chern Numbers for Spin Models of Transition Metal Nanomagnets. Physical review letters. 91.
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Cehovin, A., Canali, C.M., H. Macdonald, A. (2002). Magnetization orientation dependence of the quasiparticle and hysteresis in ferromagnetic metal nanoparticles. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 66 (9). 944301-9443015.
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Macdonald, A., Canali, C.M. (2001). Qunatum description of ferromagnetic metal nanoparticles. Solid State Communications. 119.
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Canali, C.M. (2000). Disorder and interaction-Induced Pairing in the addition spectra of quantum dots. Physical Review Letters. 84.
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Canali, C.M., H. Macdonald, A. (2000). Theory of tunneling spectroscopy in ferromagnetic nanoparticles. Physical Review Letters. 85.
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Conference paper (Refereed)
- Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M. (2014). Time-Dependent Spin Dynamics of Few Transition Metal Impurities in a Semiconductor Host. 2014 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, April 21-25, San Francisco.
- Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2014). Theoretical studies of surface states in three-dimensional topological-insulator thin films in a strong magnetic field. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
- Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Islam, F., Canali, C.M. (2014). Interplay between Mn-acceptor state and Dirac surface states in Mn-doped Bi2Se3 topological insulator. MAR14 Meeting of The American Physical Society.
- Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M., Islam, F., Macdonald, A.H. (2013). Theoretical studies of single magnetic impurities on the surface of semiconductors and topological insulators. MRS Online Proceedings Library/Volume 1564/2013.
- Pertsova, A., Mahani, M.R., Canali, C.M., Islam, F., Macdonald, A. (2013). Theoretical studies of surface states in Bi2Se3 : effects of finite thickness, finite-cluster boundaries, and surface doping. .
- Nossa, J., Canali, C.M. (2013). Cotunneling signatures of spin-electric coupling in frustrated triangularmolecular magnets. APS MARCH MEETING 2013.
- Mahani, M.R., Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2012). As vacancies in MnGaAs : tight binding and first-principles studies. .
- Mahani, M.R., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2012). Local manipulation of the magnetic properties of Mn impurities on a GaAs surface by As vacancies. .
- Mahani, M.R., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2011). Anisotropy energy and local density of states of Mn acceptor states near the (110) surface of GaAs in the presence of an external magnetic field. .
- Nossa, J., Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M. (2011). Spin-orbit interaction and magnetic field in antiferromagnetic triangular molecular magnets. APS MARCH MEETING 2011.
- Canali, C.M. (2010). First-principle studies of tunneling transport in single-molecule magnets. .
- Nossa, J., Canali, C.M. (2010). Effects of spin-orbit interaction in spin-polarized single-electron transistors.. APS MARCH MEETING 2010.
- Liu, R., Pettersson, H., Suyatin, D., Michalak, L., Mahani, M.R., et al. (2007). Nano-scaled Ferromagnetic Single-electron transistors. 2007 7TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON NANOTECHNOLOGY. 420-423.
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Pertsova, A., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M.R., Rungger, I., Sanvito, S. (2015). Chapter Three : Electronic Transport as a Driver for Self-Interaction-Corrected Methods. Advances In Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics : Volume 64. Academic Press. 29-86.
Article in journal (Other academic)
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Canali, C.M. (2002). Collective Excitations in Ferromagnetic Metal Nanoparticles. American Institute of Physics. 47, No.2.
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Conference paper (Other academic)
- Mahani, M.R., Pertsova, A., Islam, F., Canali, C.M. (2013). The role of d levels of substitutional magnetic impurities at the (110) GaAs surface. .
- Nossa, J., Islam, F., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M. (2012). DFT calculations of the charged states of N@C60 and {\{}Fe4{\}} single molecule magnets investigated in tunneling spectroscopy. .
- Mahani, M.R., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2012). Effect of As vacancies on the binding energy and exchange splitting of Mn impurities on a GaAs surface. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2012, Volume 57, Number 1. L14.00002.
- Mahani, M.R., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. (2011). Effect of magnetic field on the local density of states of Mn acceptor magnets in GaAs. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Volume 56, Number 1 : APS March Meeting 2011. W15.00002.
Other (Other academic)
- Canali, C.M. (2002). Magnetic anisotropy, hysteresis and quasiparticle states in ferromagnetic metal nanoparticles.
- Cehovin, A., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A.H. (2002). Quantum physics of ferromagnetic metal nanoparticles in an external magnetic field.
Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
- Nossa, J., Canali, C.M. Effects of spin-orbit interaction in molecular-magnet single electron transistors.
- Strandberg, T., Canali, C.M., Macdonald, A. Chern number effective spin Hamiltonians for (Mn, Ga)As.
- Azimi Mousolou, V., Canali, C.M., Sjöqvist, E. Universal Non-adiabatic Holonomic Gates in Quantum Dots and Single-Molecule Magnets.
- Michalak, L., Canali, C.M., Pederson, M. Giant-spin Hamiltonians versus first-principles approaches in the tunneling transport in single-molecule magnets.