PUBLICATIONS (JP Bucher)

Spectroscopy of single objects

* Hierarchical Self-Assembly and Conformation of Tb Double-Decker Molecular Magnets: Experiment and Molecular Dynamics
Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 223, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05804

* When Molecular Dimerization Induces Magnetic Bi-Stability at the Metal-Organic Interface. Advanced Physics Research 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202200005

* Resolving Site-Specific Energy Levels of Small-Molecule Donor-Acceptor Heterostructures Close to Metal Contacts. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1618. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061618

* Screening of the 4f-electron spin of TbPc2 single-molecule magnets on metal substrates by ligand channeling. Nanoscale 2019, 11, 21167-21179. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR05873G

* Molecular attachment to a microscope tip: inelastic tunneling, Kondo screening, and thermopower. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1243-1250. DOI:10.3762/bjnano.10.124

* Two-Dimensional Organometallic Kondo Lattice with Long-Range Antiferromagnetic Order. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2018, 122, 20046-20054. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07059

* A. Amokrane, S. Klyatskaya, M. Boero, M. Ruben, J.P. Bucher
Role of pi-Radicals in the Spin Connectivity of Clusters and Networks of Tb Double-Decker Single Molecule Magnets
ACS Nano, 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05804

* R. Tuerhong, S. Kezilebieke, B. Barbara, J.P. Bucher
Conductance hysteresis and inelastic excitations at hydrogen decorated cerium atoms and clusters in a tunnel junction
Nano Research 2016, 9, 3171-3178. DOI 10.1007/s12274-016-1202-y

* E. Nardi, M. Koudia, S. Kezilebieke, J.P. Bucher, M. Abel
On-Surface Synthesis, Part of the series Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines pp 115-129
Springer International (2015), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26600-8_6

* S. Kezilebieke, A. Amokrane, M. Abel, J.P. Bucher
Local electronic and magnetic properties during on-surface synthesis of Fe-Phthalocyanine
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 3175, (2014).

* S. Kezilebieke, A. Amokrane, M. Boero, S. Clair, M. Abel, J.P. Bucher
Steric and electronic selectivity, from topological confinement to bond formation
Nano Research 7, 888 (2014).

* F. Grillo, V. Mugnaini, M. Oliveros, S.M. Francis, D.-J. Choi, M. V. Rastei, L. Limot, C. Cepek, M. Pedio, S. T. Bromley, N.V. Richardson, J.P. Bucher and J. Veciana
Chiral conformation of propeller open shell molecule
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 1559 (2012).

* M.V. Rastei, B. W. Heinrich, L. Limot, C. Iacovita, J. P. Bucher, D. M. Djimbi, C. Massobrio, and M. Boero
Dispersion and localization of electronic states at the ferrocene/Cu(111) interfaces
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 216801, (2011).

* J.P. Bucher
Move an atom and watch its spin flip
Nature Nanotech. 5, 315 (2010).

* B.W. Heinrich, C. Iacovita, Th. Brumme, D.J. Choi, L. Limot, M.V. Rastei, J. Kortus, W.A. Hofer, and J.P. Bucher
Direct observation of the tunnelling channels of a chemisorbed molecule
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 1, 1517 (2010).

* B.W. Heinrich, C. Iacovita, M.V. Rastei, L. Limot, J.P. Bucher, P.A. Ignatiev, V.S. Stepanyuk, P. Bruno
Spin structure of an atomic protrusion : Probing single atoms on cobalt nanoislands
Phys. Rev. B 79, 113401 (2009).

* C. Iacovita, M.V. Rastei, B. Heinrich, Th. Brumme, J. Kortus, L. Limot, J.P. Bucher
Visualizing the Spin of Individual Cobalt-Phtalocyanine Molecules
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 116602 (2008).

* M.V. Rastei, B. Heinrich, L. Limot, P.A. Ignatiev, V.S. Stepanyuk, P. Bruno, and J.P. Bucher
Size-dependent surface states on strained cobalt nanoislands on Cu(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 246102 (2007).

* M.V. Rastei and J.P. Bucher
Spin polarized tunneling on nanometer Co clusters by means of a Ni bulk tip
J. Phys. : Condens. Matter 18, L619 (2006).

* M. V. Rastei, J.P. Bucher, P.V. Ignatiev, V. Stepaniuk, and P. Bruno
Surface electronic states in Co nanoclusters on Au(111) : scanning tunnelling spectroscopy measurements and ab initio calculations
Phys. Rev. B 75, 045436 (2007).

* M.V. Rastei, R. Meckenstock, and J.P. Bucher
Nanoscale hysteresis loop of individual Co dots by field-dependent magnetic force microscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 222505 (2005).

* R. Meckenstock, M.V. Rastei, and J.P. Bucher
Local magnetoresistance and ferromagnetic resonance measurements with a sliding probe contact.
J. Appl. Phys. 95, 6753 (2004).

Magnetism of self-organized clusters and islands

* J.P. Bucher
Magnetic properties of free and supported clusters
In Quantum Phenomena in Clusters and Nanostructures, S.N. Khanna and A.W. Castelman, Eds. Series in Cluster Physics (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2003).

* G. Rogez, B. Donnio, E. Terazzi, J.L. Gallani, J.P. Kappler, J.P. Bucher, M. Drillon
The quest for nanoscale magnets : the example of [Mn12] molecule magnets
Adv. Mater. 21, 1 (2009).

* J. Bansmann, S. H. Baker, C. Binns, J. A. Blackman, J.P. Bucher, J. Dorantes-Davila, V. Dupuis, L. Favre, D. Kechrakos, A. Kleibert, K.-H. Meiwes-Broer, G. M. Pastor, A. Perez, et al.
Magnetic and structural properties of isolated and assembled clusters
Surf. Sci. Reports 56, 189 (2005)

* A. Naitabdi, J.P. Bucher, Ph Gerbier, P. Rabu, and M. Drillon
Self-assembly and magnetism of Mn12 nanomagnets on native and functionalized gold surfaces
Advanced Materials 17, 1612 (2005).

* I. Chado, J.P. Bucher, D. Kechrakos, and P. Trohidou
Tunable magnetic properties of cluster assembled films grown from low-temperature co-deposits
J. of Phys. : Cond. Mat. 16, S2287 (2004).

* J.P. Bucher, I. Chado, H. Bulou, and P. Ohresser
Comment on direct determination of interfacial magnetic moments with a magnetic phase transition in Co nanoclusters on Au(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 149703 (2003).

* O. Toulemonde, V. Petrov, A. Nait Abdi, and J.P. Bucher
Magnetic anisotropies of ultrathin Fe films on Au(111) as a function of iron thickness and gold capping
J. Appl. Phys. 95, 6565 (2004).

* J.P. Bucher and F. Scheurer
Self-organized clusters and nanosize islands on metal surfaces
in Magnetism : Molecules to Materials III, J.S. Miller and M. Drillon, Eds. (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002).

* I. Chado, F. Scheurer, and J.P. Bucher
Why Rhodium cannot be grown ferromagnetic on Au(111)
Phys. Rev. B 64, 094410 (2001).

* S. Padovani, F. Scheurer, I. Chado, and J.P. Bucher
Anomalous magnetic anisotropy of ultra-thin Co films grown at 30 K on Au(111)
Phys. Rev. B 61, 72 (2000).

* S. Padovani, F. Scheurer, and J.P. Bucher
Burrowing self organized cobalt clusters into a gold substrate
Europhys. Lett. 45, 327 (1999).

* S. Padovani, I. Chado, F. Scheurer, and J.P. Bucher
From 0-D superparamagnetism to 2-D ferromagnetism of cobalt clusters on Au(111)
Phys. Rev. B 59, 11778 (1999).

Growth of low dimensional structures on surfaces

* H. Bulou and J.P. Bucher
Solitonic mass transport on metal surfaces induced by adatom clusters
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 076102 (2006).

* I. Chado, C. Goyhenex, H. Bulou, and J.P. Bucher
Cluster critical size effect during growth on a heterogeneous surface
Phys. Rev. B 69, 085413 (2004).

* J.P. Bucher
Magnetic properties of free and supported clusters
In Quantum Phenomena in Clusters and Nanostructures, S.N. Khanna and A.W. Castelman, Eds. Series in Cluster Physics (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2003).

* I. Chado, S. Padovani, F. Scheurer, and J.P. Bucher
Controlled nucleation of Co clusters on Au(111) : towards spin engineering
Applied Surf. Sci. 164, 42 (2000).

* J.P. Bucher
Self assembling of metal lines on metal surfaces
Review paper presented at the ARW on Atomic and Molecular Wires, Les Houches, 6-10 may 1996, NATO ASI Series E, Vol. 341, C. Joachim and S. Roth (eds.), (Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1997).

* J.C. Arnault, J.L Bubendorf, A. Pimpinelli, and J.P. Bucher
Transition in the kinetics of vacancy island formation on NbSe2
Surf. Sci. 348, 185 (1996).

* J.P. Bucher, E. Hahn, P. Fernandez, C. Massobrio, and K. Kern
Transition from one- to two-dimensional growth of Cu on Pd(110) promoted by cross exchange migration
Europhys. Lett. 27, 473 (1994).

* H. Roeder, E. Hahn, H. Brune, J.P. Bucher, and K. Kern
Tailoring one- and two-dimensional matter via diffusion controlled aggregation at surfaces
NATURE 366, 141 (1993).

* H. Roeder, H. Brune, J.P. Bucher, and K. Kern
Changing morphology of metallic monolayers via temperature controlled heteroepitaxial growth
Surf. Sci. 298, 121 (1993).

MFM, spatially resolved FMR and magnetoresistance

* M. Abes, M.V. Rastei, J. Venuat, A. Carvalho, S. Boukari, E. Beaurepaire, P. Panissod, A. Dinia, J.P. Bucher, and V. Pierron-Bohnes
Magnetic switching field distribution of patterned CoPt dots
J. Appl. Phys. 105, 113916 (2009).

* M. Rastei, M. Abes, J.P. Bucher, A. Dinia, and V. Pierron-Bohnes.
Field-dependent of a magnetic force microscopy tip probed by means of high coercive nanomagnets
J. Appl. Phys. 99, 084316 (2006).

* M.V. Rastei, R. Meckenstock, and J.P. Bucher
Nanoscale hysteresis loop of individual Co dots by field-dependent magnetic force microscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 222505 (2005).

* M. Rastei, R. Meckenstock, E. Devaux, T. Ebbesen, and J.P. Bucher
Electrochemical self assembly of Co nanodots on prestructured Si
Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2050 (2004).

* R Meckenstock, M. Rastei, and J.P. Bucher
Local magnetoresistance and ferromagnetic resonance measurements with a sliding probe contact
J. Appl. Phys. 95, 6753 (2004).

* A. Nait Abdi and J.P. Bucher
Magnetoresistance and switching of electrochemically etched Ni wires
Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 430 (2003).

* R. Meckenstock, D. Spoddig, D. Dietzel, J. Pelzl, and J.P. Bucher
Scanning thermal microwave resonance microscopy of Ni-nano-dots
Rev. Sci . Instrum. 74, 789 (2003).

* M. Demand, S. Padovani, M. Hehn, K. Ounadjela, and J.P. Bucher
Magnetic field induced instabilities in modulated ferromagnetic phases of cobalt films
J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 247, 147 (2002).

* V. Da Costa, F. Bardou, C. Béal, Y. Henry, J.P. Bucher, and K. Ounadjela
Evidence of anomalous fluctuations of tunnel current in metal-oxide junctions
J. Appl. Phys. 83, 6703 (1998).

* M. Hehn, R. Ferré, K. Ounadjela, J.P. Bucher, F. Rousseaux
Nanoscale magnetic domains in mesoscopic dots : Experimental and theoretical investigations of zero field domain structures
J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 165, 5 (1997).

* M. Hehn, K. Ounadjela, J.P. Bucher, F. Rousseaux, D. Decanini, B, Bartenlian, and C. Chappert
Nanoscale magnetic domains in mesoscopic magnets
SCIENCE 272,1782 (1996).

* M. Hehn, S. Padovani, K. Ounadjela, and J.P. Bucher
Nanoscale magnetic domain structure in epitaxial cobalt films
Phys. Rev. B 54, 3428 (1996).

Electrochemistry, STM solid-liquid interface

* M.V. Rastei, S. Colis, and J.P. Bucher
Growth control and homogeneous pulsed electrodeposited Co thin films on n-doped Si(111) substrates.
Chem. Phys. Lett. 417, 217 (2006).

* M. Rastei, S. Colis, R. Meckenstock, O. Ersen, and J.P. Bucher
Pulsed electrodeposition and magnetism of two-dimensional assembly of controlled-size Co particles on Si substrates
Surf. Sci. 600, 2178 (2006).

* D. Spoddig, R. Meckenstock, J.P. Bucher, and J. Pelzl
Studies of ferromagnetic resonance line width during electrochemical deposition of Co films on Au(111)
J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 286, 286 (2005).

* M.V. Rastei, R. Meckenstock, E. Devaux, Th. Ebbesen, and J.P. Bucher
Magnetic properties of large aspect ratio Co dots electrodeposited on prestructured silicon substrates
J. Magn. Magn. Mat. 286, 10 (2005).

* M. Rastei, R. Meckenstock, J.P. Bucher, E. Devaux, and Th. Ebbesen
Electrochemical growth of Co nanodots on patterned Si substrates
Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2050 (2004).

* J.L. Bubendorff, C. Mény, E. Beaurepaire, P. Panissod, and J.P. Bucher
Electrodeposited cobalt films : HCP versus FCC nanostructuring and magnetic properties
Eur. Phys. J. B 17, 635 (2000).

* J.L Bubendorff, E. Beaurepaire, C. Mény, and J.P. Bucher
Overpotential driven perpendicular magnetization of electrodeposited ultrathin cobalt films
J. Appl. Phys. 83, 7043 (1998).

* J.L. Bubendorff, E. Beaurepaire, C. Mény, P. Panissod, and J.P. Bucher
Perpendicular magnetization in ultrathin electrodeposited cobalt films
Phys. Rev. B 56, 7120 R (1997).

* J.L. Bubendorff, L. Cagnon, V. Costa-Kieling, J.P. Bucher and P. Allongue
Anion promoted Ni-underpotential deposition on Au(111)
Surf. Sci. 384, L836 (1997).

Self-assembled molecular monolayers

* M. Koepf, J.A. Wytko, J.P. Bucher, J. Weiss
Surface-tuned assembly of porphyrin coordination oligomers
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 9994 (2008).

* A. Naitabdi, O. Toulemonde, J.P. Bucher, J. Rosé, P. Braunstein, M. Drillon
Grafting and thermal stripping of organo-bimetallic clusters on gold surfaces : a way towards controlled Co/Ru aggregates
Chem. Eur. J. 14, 2355 (2008).

* F. Camerel, R. Ziessel, B. Donnio, C. Bourgogne, D. Guillon, M. Schmutz, C. Iacovita, and J.P. Bucher
Formation of gels and liquid crystals induced by Pt…Pt and π-π* interactions in luminescent σ-Alkynyl Platinum(II) Terpyridine complexes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 2659 (2007).

* O. Cavalleri. A. Hirstein, J.P. Bucher, and K. Kern
Ordering processes of decanethiol/Au(111) interface
Thin Solid Films 285, 392 (1996).

* J.P. Bucher, L. Santesson, and K. Kern
Thermal healing of self-assembled organic monolayers : hexanethiol on Au(111) and Ag(111)
Langmuir Lett. 10, 979 (1994).

* J.P. Bucher, L. Santesson, and K. Kern
Selective imaging of self-assembled monolayers by tunneling microscopy
Appl. Phys. A 59, 135 (1994).

* J.P. Bucher, H. Roeder, and K. Kern
Thermally induced disorder and conformational defects of alkane monolayers on graphite
Surf. Sci. 289, 370 (1993).

Stern-Gerlach experiment on transition metal and rare earths clusters

* J.P. Bucher and L.A. Bloomfield
Magnetism of free transition metals and rare earth clusters (review)
Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 7, 1079 (1993).

* D.C. Douglass, J.P. Bucher, A. Scott, and L.A. Bloomfield
Magnetic properties of free Co and Gd clusters
Phys. Rev. B 47, 12874 (1993).

* L.A. Bloomfield, J.P. Bucher, and D.C. Douglass
Magnetic structures of clusters
in Clusters and Clustering, from Atoms to Fractals, P.J. Reynolds (Ed.), (Elsevier, 1993).

* D.C. Douglass, J.P. Bucher, and L.A. Bloomfield
Magic numbers in magnetic properties of gadolinium clusters
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1774 (1992).

* J.P. Bucher
Magnetism of free transition metals and rare earth clusters (review)
in Physics and Chemistry of Finite Systems : from Clusters to Crystals, NATO ASI Series C, Vol. 374, P. Jena, S.N. Khanna and B.K. Rao (eds.) (Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1992).

* D.C. Douglass, J.P. Bucher, and L.A. Bloomfield
Magnetic deflection of non-ferromagnetic clusters
Phys. Rev. B 45, 6341 (1992).

* J.P. Bucher, D.C. Douglass, and L.A. Bloomfield
Magnetic properties of free cobalt clusters
Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 3052 (1991).

* J.P. Bucher, D.C. Douglass, and L.A. Bloomfield
A pulsed supersonic source producing clusters with an adjustable vibrational temperature
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 63, 5667 (1992).

* J.P. Bucher, D.C. Douglass, P. Xia, and L.A. Bloomfield
A pulsed laser vaporization supersonic expansion with a source temperature below 100K
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 61, 2374 (1990)

Spin echo NMR, quantum size versus surface effects

* J.P. Bucher and J.J. van der Klink
Electronic properties of small supported Pt particles : a NMR study of 195Pt hyperfine parameters
Phys. Rev. B 38, 11038 (1988).

* J.P. Bucher, J. Buttet, J.J. van der Klink, and M. Graetzel
Electronic properties and local densities of states in clean and hydrogen covered Pt particles
Surf. Sci. 214, 347 (1989).

* J.P. Bucher, and J.J. van der Klink
Spin susceptibility and NMR spectra of small jellium spheres
Helvetica Physica Acta 61, 760 (1988).

* C. Dimitropoulos, J.P. Bucher, F. Borsa, and M. Corti
Nuclear-spin-lattice relaxation in rhenium metal
Phys. Rev. B 39, 7232 (1989).

* J.P. Bucher, J.J. van der Klink, and M. Graetzel
195Pt NMR study of Pt/TiO2 and Pt/SiO2 catalysts : strong metal-support interaction
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 94, 1209 (1990).

Calculations : magnetism, localization…

* D. Kechrakos, K.N. Trohidou, J.P. Bucher, and I. Chado
Numerical study of the structure and the magnetic properties of Co clusters on Au surfaces
Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 201, 3300 (2004).

* J.P. Bucher and L.A. Bloomfield
Heisenberg model of subdomain fcc-clusters : a Monte Carlo study
Phys. Rev. B 45, 2537 (1992).

* J.P. Bucher and L.A. Bloomfield
Localization in small fcc-particles with surface irregularities and disorder
Z. Phys. D 20, 261 (1991).

* J.P. Bucher, P. Xia, and L.A. Bloomfield
Statistical description of the electronic level structure of small metallic particles
Phys. Rev. B 42, 10858 (1990).

* J.P. Bucher and J.J. van der Klink
Susceptibility and NMR spectrum of small jellium spheres
Solid State Commun. 65, 27 (1988).

* S.N. Khanna, J.P. Bucher, J. Buttet, and F. Cyrot Lackmann
Stability and lattice contraction of small platinum particles
Surf. Sci. 127, 165 (1983).

Education, popularization

* J.P. Bucher
Self assembling of metal lines on metal surfaces
review paper presented at the ARW on Atomic and Molecular Wires, Les Houches, 6-10 may 1996, NATO ASI Series E, Vol. 341, C. Joachim and S. Roth (eds.), (Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1997).

* M. Hehn, K. Ounadjela, and J.P. Bucher
Plots magnétiques
pour la Science, No 230, p : 34, December 1996.

* M. Hehn, K. Ounadjela, and J.P. Bucher
Magnetic dots
CNRS-Info, No 326, juillet 1996.

* J.P. Bucher
Magnetism of free transition metals and rare earth clusters
in Physics and Chemistry of Finite Systems : from Clusters to Crystals, NATO ASI Series C, Vol. 374, P. Jena, S.N. Khanna and B.K. Rao (eds.) (Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1992).

* J.P. Bucher
Magnetic marbles as a model for magnetic particle aggregation : fractal dimensions
Eur. J. Phys. 12, 142 (1991).

* J.P. Bucher, N.D. Rizzo, J.G. Louderback, and L.A. Bloomfield
Fractal aggregation of magnetic particles
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 206, 443 (1991).

Patent

* United States Patent on “High density magnetic recording medium”
Patent Number : 5,830,588. Nov. 3, 1998.
Inventors : D.C. Douglass, J.P. Bucher, L.A. Bloomfield.