Pulsed Laser Deposition Research Group
CNR-SPIN and University of Tor Vergata | Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ingegneria Informatica | Via Politecnico 1, I-00133 Roma
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Prof. Giuseppe Balestrino
Selected Publications on International Referred Journals

 
Charge localization at the interface between La1-xSrxMnO3 and the "infinite layers" cuprate CaCuO2
NanYang, D. Di Castro, C. Aruta, C. Mazzoli, M. Minola, N. Brookes, M. Moretti Sala, W. Prellier, O. I. Lebedev, A. Tebano, and G. Balestrino
J.  Appl. Phys. 112, 123901 (2012)
 
Occurrence of a high-temperature superconducting phase in cuprate/titanate (CaCuO2)n/(SrTiO3)m superlattices
D. Di Castro, M. Salvato, A. Tebano, D. Innocenti, C. Aruta, W. Prellier, O. I. Lebedev, I. Ottaviani, N. B. Brookes, M. Minola, M. Moretti Sala, C. Mazzoli, P.G. Medaglia, G. Ghiringhelli, L. Braicovich, M. Cirillo, and G.Balestrino
Phys. Rev. B 86, 134524 (2012)
 
Magnetic and ligand field properties of copper at the interfaces of (CaCuO2)(n)/(SrTiO3)(n) superlattices
M. Minola, D. Di Castro, L. Braicovich, N. B. Brookes, D. Innocenti, M. Moretti Sala, A. Tebano, G. Balestrino, and G. Ghiringhelli 
Phys. Rev. B 85, 235138 (2012)
 
Room-Temperature Giant Persistent Photoconductivity in SrTiO3/LaAlO3 Heterostructures
Antonello Tebano, Emiliana Fabbri, Daniele Pergolesi, Giuseppe Balestrino, and Enrico Traversa 
ACS Nano 6, 1278 (2012)
 
Energy and symmetry of dd excitations in undoped layered cuprates measured by Cu L3 resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
M. Moretti Sala, V. Bisogni, C. Aruta, G. Balestrino, H. Berger, N. B. Brookes, G. M. de Luca, D. Di Castro, M. Grioni, M. Guarise, P. G. Medaglia, F. Miletto Granozio, M. Minola, P. Perna, M. Radovic, M. Salluzzo, T. Schmitt, K. J. Zhou, L. Braicovich and G. Ghiringhelli
New  J. Phys.  13, 043026 (2011)
 
Preferential occupation of interface bands in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 films as seen via angle-resolved photoemission
A. Tebano, A. Orsini, P. G. Medaglia, D. Di Castro, G. Balestrino, B. Freelon, A. Bostwick, Young Jun Chang, G. Gaines,  E. Rotenberg, N. L. Saini
Phys. Rev. B 82, 214407 (2010)
 
High proton conduction in grain-boundary-free yttrium-doped barium zirconate films grown by pulsed laser deposition
Daniele Pergolesi, Emiliana Fabbri, Alessandra D’Epifanio, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, Antonello Tebano, Simone Sanna, Silvia Licoccia, Giuseppe Balestrino Enrico Traversa
Nature Materials 9,  846–852 (2010)
 
Enhancement of Ionic Conductivity in Sm-Doped Ceria/Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Heteroepitaxial Structures
Simone Sanna,Vincenzo Esposito, Antonello Tebano, Silvia Licoccia, Enrico Traversa, Giuseppe Balestrino
Small, 6 1863 (2010)
 
Orbital occupation, atomic moments, and magnetic ordering at interfaces of manganite thin films
Aruta, C., Ghiringhelli, G., Bisogni, V., Braicovich, L., Brookes, N.B., Tebano, A., Balestrino, G.
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 80 (1), art. no. 014431 (2009)
 
Fabrication and electrochemical properties of epitaxial samarium-doped ceria films on SrTiO3-buffered MgO substrates
Sanna, S., Esposito, V., Pergolesi, D., Orsini, A., Tebano, A., Licoccia, S., Balestrino, G., Traversa, E. 
Advanced Functional Materials 19 (11), pp. 1713-1719 (2009)
 
Disentangling strain effects in manganite heterostructures 
Tebano, A., Orsini, A., Medaglia, P.G., Balestrino, G.
Applied Physics Letters 94 (24), art. no. 242503 (2009)
 
 Dispersion of magnetic excitations in the cuprate La2CuO4 and CaCuO2 compounds measured using resonant X-ray scattering
Braicovich, L., Ament, L.J.P., Bisogni, V., Forte, F., Aruta, C., Balestrino, G., Brookes, N.B., De Luca, G.M., Medaglia, P.G., Granozio, F.M., Radovic, M., Salluzzo, M., Van Den Brink, J., Ghiringhelli, G. 
Physical Review Letters 102 (16), art. no. 167401 (2009)
 
Hole redistribution across interfaces in superconducting cuprate superlattices 
Aruta, C., Ghiringhelli, G., Dallera, C., Fracassi, F., Medaglia, P.G., Tebano, A., Brookes, N.B., (...), Balestrino, G. 
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 78 (20), art. no. 205120 (2008)
 
Field effect in manganite ultrathin films: Magnetotransport and localization mechanisms
Pallecchi, I., Pellegrino, L., Bellingeri, E., Siri, A.S., Marré, D., Tebano, A., Balestrino, G., 
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 78 (2), art. no. 024411 (2008) 
 
Evidence of orbital reconstruction at interfaces in ultrathin La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Films
Tebano, A.Aruta, C.Sanna, S.Medaglia, P.G.Balestrino, G.Sidorenko, A.A.De Renzi, R.Ghiringhelli, G.Braicovich, L.Bisogni, V.Brookes, N.B.  
Physical Review Letters, v 100, n 13, Apr 2, 2008, p 137401
 
Direct measurement of sheet resistance R□ in cuprate systems: evidence of a fermionic scenario in a metal-insulator transition
Orgiani, P.; Aruta, C.; Balestrino, G.; Born, D.; Maritato, L.; Medaglia, P.G.; Stornaiuolo, D.; Tafuri, F.; Tebano, A. , 
Physical Review Letters, v 98, n 3, 19 Jan. 2007, p 036401/1-4
 
Strain-induced phase separation in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films
Tebano, A.; Aruta, C.; Medaglia, P.G.; Tozzi, F.; Balestrino, G.; Sidorenko, A.A.; Allodi, G.; De Renzi, R.; Ghiringhelli, G.; Dallera, C.; Braicovich, L.; Brookes, N.B., 
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), v 74, n 24, 15 Dec. 2006, p 245116-1-7
 
Strain induced x-ray absorption linear dichroism in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films
Aruta, C.; Ghiringhelli, G.; Tebano, A.; Boggio, N.G.; Brookes, N.B.; Medaglia, P.G.; Balestrino, G., 
Physical Review B, v 73, n 23, 15 June 2006, p 235121-1-8
 
Electron correlation and charge transfer in [(Ba0.9Nd0.1)CuO2+δ]2/[CaCuO2]2 superconducting superlattices
Freelon, B.; Augustsson, A.; Guo, J.-H.; Medaglia, P.G.; Tebano, A.; Balestrino, G., 
Physical Review Letters, v 96, n 1, 13 Jan. 2006, p 017003/1-4
 
Magnetic imaging of pearl vortices in artificially layered (Ba0.9Nd0.1CuO2+x)m/(CaCuO2)n systems
Tafuri, F.; Kirtley, J.R.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Balestrino, G. 
Physical Review Letters, v 92, n 15, 16 April 2004 , p 157006/1-4
 
Superconductivity in the surface layer of SrTiO3/(Ba0.9Nd0.1)CuO2+x/CaCuO2 heteroepitaxial structures
Balestrino, G.; Lavanga, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Tebano, A. 
Physical Review B, v 66, n 9, 1 Sept. 2002, p 94505-1-4
 
Very large purely intralayer critical current density in ultrathin cuprate artificial structures
Balestrino, G.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Tebano, A.; Aruta, C.; Lavanga, S.; Varlamov, A.A. 
Physical Review Letters, v 89, n 15, 7 Oct. 2002, p 156402-1-4
 
Superconductivity in the surface layer of SrTiO3/(Ba0.9Nd0.1)CuO2+x/CaCuO2 heteroepitaxial structures
Balestrino, G.; Lavanga, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Tebano, A. 
Physical Review B, v 66, n 9, 1 Sept. 2002, p 094505/1-4
 
Growth mode of epitaxial superlattices [BaCuO2+x]2/[CaCuO2]3 on vicinal (001) SrTiO3 substrates studied by X-ray diffraction
Aruta, C.; Ricci, F.; Balestrino, G.; Lavanga, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Tebano, A.; Zegenhagen, J. 
Physical Review B, v 65, n 19, 15 May 2002, p 195408/1-9
 
Interlayer coupling in ultrathin high-Tc artificial structures
Balestrino, G.; Lavanga, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Tebano, A. 
Physical Review B, v 64, n 2, 1 July 2001, p 020506/1-4
 
Epitaxial LiNbO3 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition for optical waveguides
Balestrino, G.; Martellucci, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Paoletti, A.; Petrocelli, G.; Tebano, A.; Tucciarone, A.; Gelli, F.; Giorgetti, E.; Sottini, S.; Tapfer, L. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 78, n 9, 26 Feb. 2001, p 1204-6
 
Superconductivity in ultrathin artificial cuprate structures
Balestrino, G.; Lavanga, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Orgiani, P.; Paoletti, A.; Pasquini, G.; Tebano, A.; Tucciarone, A. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 79, n 1, 2 July 2001, p 99-101
 
Structural features of (Ba2Cu2O4+x)/(CaCuO2)n superconducting oxide superlattices with ultrathin individual layers
Balestrino, G.; Pasquini, G.; Tebano, A.
Physical Review B, v 62, n 2, 1 July 2000, p 1421-6
 
Role of structural disorder in artificially layered high-temperature superconductors
Balestrino, G.; Crisan, A.; Lavanga, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Petrocelli, G.; Varlamov, A.A. 
Physical Review B, v 60, n 14, 1 Oct. 1999, p 10504-7
 
The role of density of states fluctuations in the normal state properties of high Tc superconductors
Varlamov, A.A.; Balestrino, G.; Milani, E.; Livanov, D.V.
Advances in Physics, v 48, n 6, Nov.-Dec. 1999, p 655-783
 
Dependence of the critical temperature on n in (BaCuO2)2/(CaCuO2)n superlattices
Balestrino, G.; Martellucci, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Paoletti, A.; Petrocelli, G.; Varlamov, A.A. 
Physical Review B, v 58, n 14, 1 Oct. 1998, p R8925-8
 
Electrical transport properties of artificially layered films of [BaCuO2]2/[(Sr,Ca)CuO2]n
Arciprete, F.; Balestrino, G.; Martellucci, S.; Medaglia, P.G.; Paoletti, A.; Petrocelli, G. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 71, n 7,  18 Aug. 1997 , p 959-61
 
c-axis resistance peak above the critical temperature in layered superconductors
Balestrino, G.; Milani, E.; Aruta, C.; Varlamov, A.A.
Physical Review B, v 54, n 5, 1 Aug. 1996, p 3628-32
 
Pulsed laser deposition of SrCuO2/CaCuO2 superlattices
Aruta, C.; Balestrino, G.; Desfeux, R.; Martellucci, S.; Paoletti, A.; Petrocelli, G. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 68, n 7,  12 Feb. 1996 , p 926-8
 
Two-dimensional vortex and phase fluctuations from current-voltage characteristics of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x films with various oxygen contents
Balestrino, G.; Crisan, A.; Livanov, D.V.; Milani, E.; Montuori, M.; Varlamov, A.A. 
Physical Review B, v 51, n 14, 1 April 1995, p 9100-6
 
Possible fluctuation origin of the anomalies in the c-axis magnetoresistance observed in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x above the critical temperature
Balestrino, G.; Milani, E.; Varlamov, A.A.
JETP Letters, v 61, n 10, 25 May 1995, p 833-8
 
Vortex-lattice melting in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ epitaxial films: role of the oxygen stoichiometry
Balestrino, G.; Livanov, D.V.; Milani, E.; Camarota, B.; Fiorani, D.; Testa, A.M. 
Physical Review B, v 50, n 5, 1 Aug. 1994, p 3446-9
 
Fast growth of Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+x and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x thin crystals at the surface of KCl fluxes 
Balestrino, G.; Milani, E.; Paoletti, A.; Tebano, A.; Wang, Y.H.; Ruosi, A.; Vaglio, R.; Valentino, M.; Paroli, P. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 64, n 13, 28 March 1994, p 1735-7
 
Growth of diamond films: general correlation between film morphology and plasma emission spectra 
Balestrino, G.; Marinelli, M.; Milani, E.; Paoletti, A.; Pinter, I.; Tebano, A.; Paroli, P. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 62, n 8, 22 Feb. 1993, p 879-81
 
Experimental evidence in favor of the fluctuation origin of the transverse-resistance increase near the edge of the superconducting transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
Balestrino, G.; Marinelli, M.; Milani, E.; Varlamov, A.A.; Yu, L. 
Physical Review B, v 47, n 10, 1 March 1993, p 6037-42
 
Excess conductivity in 2:2:1:2-phase Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O epitaxial thin films
Balestrino, G.; Marinelli, M.; Milani, E.; Reggiani, L.; Vaglio, R.; Varlamov, A.A. 
Physical Review B, v 46, n 22, 1 Dec. 1992, p 14919-21
 
Transport critical current density in epitaxial Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x films: effects of the substrate twinning
Balestrino, G.; Foglietti, V.; Marinelli, M.; Milani, E.; Paoletti, A.; Paroli, P. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 57, n 22, 26 Nov. 1990, p 2359-61
 
Growth of textured films of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x from KCl solution
Balestrino, G.; Paoletti, A.; Paroli, P.; Romano, P. 
Applied Physics Letters, v 54, n 20, 15 May 1989, p 2041-2
 
Thermodynamic fluctuations in the 110-K Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor: evidence for two-dimensional behavior
Balestrino, G.; Nigro, A.; Vaglio, R.; Marinelli, M. 
Physical Review B, v 39, n 16, pt.B, 1 June 1989, p 12264-6
 
Paramagnetic garnet films as nuclear monochromators for synchrotron radiation: a feasibility study
Balestrino, G.; Gerdau, E.; Grove, M.; Hollatz, R.; Milani, E.; Paoletti, A.; Paroli, P.; Rueffer, R.; Rueter, H.D.; Sturhahn, W. Europhysics Letters, v 7, n 4, 15 Oct. 1988, p 329-35
 
Superstructure along the c axis in YBa2Cu3O7-x single crystals having Tc=92 K
Balestrino, G.; Barbanera, S.; Paoletti, A.; Paroli, P.; Antisari, M.V. 
Physical Review B, v 38, n 10, 1 Oct. 1988, p 6609-13
 
Growth anisotropy in the Nd-Y and Pr-Y iron garnets
Balestrino, G.; Paroli, P.; Geller, S.
Physical Review B, v 34, n 11, 1 Dec. 1986, p 8104-6
 
Lowest-temperature magnetic phase transition of samarium iron garnet
Balestrino, G.; Geller, S.; Antonini, B.; Paroli, P.; Tucciarone, A. 
Physical Review B, v 30, n 7, 1 Oct. 1984, p 4010-11
 
Site distribution in heavily Sc3+-, Zr4+-, and Hf4±-substituted yttrium iron garnet
Balestrino, G.; Geller, S.
Physical Review B, v 27, n 9, 1 May 1983, p 5807-9
 
Composition-dependent spin-reorientations in silicon-substituted yttrium iron garnets
Balestrino, G.; Geller, S.; Tolksdorf, W.; Willich, P.
Physical Review B, v 22, n 5,  1 Sept. 1980 , p 2282-8