PhD Thesis (1995): "Crecimiento de Co en Cu(111): morfología, estructura y dinámica en películas delgadas".

 

Supervised PhD thesis

 
 

 Invited Book Chapters 

  • "Magnetism and Structure in Systems of Reduced Dimension", Chapter: "On the structural quality of Co/Cu trilayers and superlattices: the influence of the template layer", A. Cebollada, J. de la Figuera, A.L. Vázquez de Parga, C. Ocal and R. Miranda, Pages: 439-451. Editor: R.F.C. Farrow et al, Plenum Press, New York 1993.
  • "New Trends in Magnetism, Magnetic Materials and Their Applications", Chapter:"The Growth of Cobalt/Copper Epitaxial Layers and its Relationship to the Oscillatory Magnetic Coupling", J. de la Figuera, J. E. Prieto, C. Ocal and R. Miranda, Pages: 141-149. Editors: J. L. Morán-López and J. M. Sanchez
  • "Morphological Organization in Epitaxial Growth and Removal", Chapter: "Tailoring epitaxial growth of low dimensional magnetic heterostructures by means of surfactants", J.J. de Miguel, J. Camarero, J. de la Figuera, J.E. Prieto and R. Miranda. Editors: Z. Zhang and M.G. Lagally, Series:Directions in Condensed Matter Physics, World Scientific.
  • Surface Science Techniques, Chapter: "Low-energy electron microscopy", J. de la Figuera and K.F. McCarty. Page: 531. Editors: G. Bracco and B. Holst. Series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences, Vol. 51, 2013.

 

 Publications in Internationally Referred Journals

  1. J. Alvarez, J. J. Hinarejos, E. G. Michel, J. M. Gallego, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. de la Figuera, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Surface characterization of epitaxial, semiconducting, FeSi2 grown on Si(100)". Applied Physics Letters59 (1991) 99.
    J. de la Figuera, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. Alvarez, J. Ibañez, C. Ocal, R. Miranda."Surface morphology of semiconducting iron silicides grown on Si(111)".Surface Science264(1992) 45.T. Herranz, B. Santos, K.F. McCarty and J. de la Figuera, "Real-space study of the growth of magnesium on ruthenium", Surf. Sci. 903 (2011) 605 DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2011.02.002 (arxiv 1301.4357)
  2. A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. de la Figuera, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Real-space imaging of the first stages of FeSi2 epitaxially grown on Si(111): Nucleation and atomic structure". Europhysics Letters18(1992) 595.
  3. J. M. Gallego, J. M. García, J. E. Ortega, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. de la Figuera, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Growth of Epitaxial, Semiconducting, Iron Disilicide on Si(100)". Surface Science269 (1992) 1016.
  4. A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. de la Figuera, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "A new metaestable epitaxial silicide: FeSi2/Si(111)". Ultramicroscopy42-44 (1992) 845.
  5. J. Alvarez, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J.J. Hinarejos, J. de la Figuera, E.G. Michel,C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Structural phase transition during heteroepitaxial growth of iron silicides on Si(111)". Applied Surface Science70-71 (1993) 578.
  6. J. Alvarez, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J.J. Hinarejos, J. de la Figuera, E.G. Michel,C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Initial stages of the growth of Fe on Si(111)7x7"Physical Review B47 (1993) 16048.
  7. J. de La Figuera, J. E. Prieto, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Growth of Cobalt on Cu(111)"Physical Review B47 (1993) 13043.
  8. J. L. Martínez-Albertos, J. Camarero, J. M. García, C. J. Pastor, J. M. Gallego, C. Limones, J. E. Prieto, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. de La Figuera, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "A Structural characterization of the buffer layer for Growth of magnetically coupled Co/Cu superlattices" Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials121 (1993) 20.
  9. J. Alvarez, A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J.J. Hinarejos, J. de la Figuera, E.G. Michel,C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Geometric and electronic structure of epitaxial iron silicides"J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A11 (1993) 929.
  10. A. L. Vázquez de Parga, J. de la Figuera, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Surface Structure of b-FeSi2 epitaxially grown on Si(111)" Appl. Phys. A57 (1993) 477.
  11. J. de la Figuera, J.E.Prieto, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Surface Etching and Enhanced Diffusion During the Early Stages of the Growth of Co on Cu(111)" Surf. Sci.307-309 (1994) 538-543.
  12. J. de la Figuera, J. E. Prieto, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Creation and Motion of Vacancy Islands on Solid Surfaces: A Direct View"Solid State Comm.89 (1994) 815.
  13. J. de la Figuera, M. A. Huerta-Garnica, J. E. Prieto, C. Ocal, R. Miranda. "Fabrication of magnetic quantum wires by step-flow growth of cobalt on copper surfaces"Appl. Phys. Lett.66 (1995) 1006.
  14. J. de la Figuera, J.E. Prieto, G. Kostka, S. Müller, C. Ocal , R. Miranda, K. Heinz. "Crystallography and morphology of the early stages of the growth of Co/Cu(111) by LEED and STM"Surface Science349 (1996), L139.
  15. Müller S, G. Kostka, T. Schafer, J. de la Figuera, J.E. Prieto, C. Ocal , R. Miranda, K. Heinz and K. Müller. "The structure of Co films on Cu(111) up to 15 ML". Surface Science 352 (1996) 46.
  16. J. Camarero, J. de la Figuera, L. Spendeler, J. Alvarez, H. A. van der Vegt, X. Torrellas, P. Fajardo, S. Ferrer, J.J. de Miguel and R. Miranda. "The surfactant effect of Pb on the fcc-to-hcp transition in epitaxial Co films" Proceedings of the 2nd East-West Surface Science Workshop (EWSSW-96).
  17. J. Ferron, J.J. de Miguel, J. de la Figuera, J.E. Prieto, J. Camarero, V. Cros and R. Miranda. "Investigations of the atomistic mechanisms of epitaxial growth" Bulgarian Chemical Communications 29 (1996/1997) 558.
  18. J. de la Figuera, M.A. González, R. García-Martínez, J.M. Rojo,Oscar S. Hernán, A.L. Vázquez de Parga and R.Miranda. "STM Characterization of Extended Dislocation Configurations in Au (001)" Phys. Rev. B.58 (1998), 1169.
  19. J. de la Figuera, K. Pohl, A.K. Schmid, N.C. Bartelt and R.Q. Hwang. "Linking Dislocation Dynamics and Chemical Reactivity on Strained Metal Films"Surf. Sci. 415 (1998), L993.
  20. J. de la Figuera, K. Pohl, A.K. Schmid, N.C. Bartelt, J. Hrbek and R.Q. Hwang. "Multiplication of Threading Dislocations in Strained Metal Films under Sulfur Exposure"Surf. Sci. 433-435 (1999) 93.
  21. K. Pohl, M.C. Bartelt, J. de la Figuera, N.C. Bartelt, J. Hrbek and R.Q. Hwang. "Identifying the forces responsible for self-assembled nanostructures"Nature 397 (1999), 238.
  22. K. Pohl, J. de la Figuera, M.C. Bartelt, N.C. Bartelt, J. Hrbek and R.Q. Hwang. "Thermal Vibrations of a Two-Dimensional Vacancy Island Crystal in a Strained Metal Film"Surf. Sci. 433-435 (1999), 506.
  23. M.A.González, J. de la Figuera, O. Rodríguez de la Fuente and J.M.Rojo. "Surface Defects and Reconstruction Instabilities in Au(001)"Surf. Sci. 429 (1999) L486.
  24. J. Hrbek, J. de la Figuera, K. Pohl, T. Jirsak, J. A. Rodriguez, A. K. Schmid, N.C. Bartelt, and R.Q. Hwang. "A Prelude to Surface Chemical Reaction: Imaging the Induction Period of Sulfur Interaction with a Strained Cu Layer"Journal of Phys. Chem. 48 (1999) 10557.
  25. L. Gómez, C. Slutzky, J. Ferrón, J. de la Figuera, J. Camarero, A.L. Vázquez de Parga, J. J. de Miguel and R. Miranda. "Novel Microscopic Mechanism of intermixing during growth on soft metallic surfaces"Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 4397.
  26. J. E. Prieto, J. de la Figuera and R. Miranda. "Surface energetics in an heteroepitaxial model system: Co/Cu(111)"Phys. Rev. B 62 (2000) 2126.
  27. J. Camarero, J. de la Figuera, J.J. de Miguel, R. Miranda, J. Alvarez, and S. Ferrer. "Structural characterization and homoepitaxial growth on Cu(111)"Surf. Sci. 459 (2000) 191.
  28. J. de la Figuera, K. Pohl, O.R. de la Fuente, A.K. Schmid, N.C. Bartelt, C.B. Carter and R.Q. Hwang. "Direct Observation of Misfit Dislocation Glide"Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3819 (2001).
  29. J. de la Figuera, A.K. Schmid, K. Pohl, N.C. Bartelt, y R.Q. Hwang. "Determination of Buried Dislocation Structures by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy"Phys. Rev. B 63, 165431 (2001).
  30. O. Schaff, A.K. Schmid, N.C. Bartelt, J. de la Figuera, R. Q Hwang. "In-situ studies of strain-stabilized thin-film dislocation networks under applied stress" Materials Science and Engineering-A319, 914 (2001).
  31. O. Rodríguez de la Fuente, J. A. Zimmerman, M. A. González, J. de la Figuera, J. C. Hamilton, W. W. Pai and J. M. Rojo. "Dislocation Emission around Nanoindentations on a (001) fcc Metal Surface Studied by STM and Atomistic Simulations"Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 036101 (2002).
  32. J. de la Figuera, C. B. Carter, N. C. Bartelt and R. Q. Hwang. "Interplay between gas adsorption and dislocation structure on a metal surface"Surf. Sci. 531, 29 (2003).
  33. J. de la Figuera, K. A. K. Schmid, K. Pohl, N. C. Bartelt, C. B. Carter and R. Q. Hwang. "Glide and Climb of Dislocations in Ultra-Thin Metal Films"Mat. Sci. Forum 426-432, 3421 (2003).
  34. R. Otero, F. Calleja, V.M. García-Suárez, J.J. Hinarejos, J. de la Figuera, J. Ferrer, A. L. Vázquez de Parga and R. Miranda, "Tailoring surface electronic states vie strain to control adsorption: O/Cu/Ru(0001)" Surf. Sci. 550 65 (2004).
  35. W. L. Ling, J. de la Figuera, N. Bartelt, R. Q. Hwang, A. K. Schmid, G. E. Thayer and J. C. Hamilton. "Strain Relief through Heterophase Interface Reconstruction: Ag(111)/Ru(0001)"Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 116102 (2004).
  36. F. El Gabaly, R. Miranda, J. de la Figuera. "Properties of dislocation half-loops in Au(100): Structure, formation energy and diffusion barrier"Phys. Rev. B 70 (2004) 12102.
  37. W. L. Ling, N. C. Bartelt, K. Pohl, J. de la Figuera, R. Q. Hwang, and K. F. McCarty. "Enhanced Self-Diffusion on Cu(111) by Trace Amounts of S: Chemical-Reaction Limited Kinetics"Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 166101.
  38. J. de la Figuera, "El programa Ramón y Cajal y el presente y futuro de la investigación en España"Apuntes de Ciencia y Technología 13 (2004) 12.
  39. F. El Gabaly, W. L. Ling, K. F. McCarty, J. de la Figuera, "The importance of threading dislocations on the motion of grain boundaries in thin films"Science 308 (2005) 1303.
  40. Farid El Gabaly, Silvia Gallego, Carmen Munoz, Laszlo Szunyogh, Peter Weinberger, Christof Klein, Andreas K. Schmid, Kevin F. McCarty, Juan de la Figuera, "Imaging Spin Reorientation Transitions in Consecutive Atomic Co layers"Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 147202; (cond-mat/0512220).
  41. J. de la Figuera, J. M. Puerta, J. I. Cerda, F. El Gabaly, K. F. McCarty "Determining the structure of Ru(0001) from low-energy electron diffraction of a single terrace" Surf. Sci. 600 (2006) L105 DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2006.02.027; (cond-mat/0601475).
  42. W.L. Ling, J.C. Hamilton, K. Thürmer, G.E. Thayer, J. de la Figuera, R.Q. Hwang, C.B. Carter, N.C. Bartelt and K.F. McCarty "Herringbone and triangular patterns of dislocations in Ag, Au, and AgAu alloy films on Ru(0001)" Surf. Sci. 600  (2006) 1735.
  43. J. de la Figuera, N. C. Bartelt, K. F. McCarty "Electron reflectivity measurements of Ag adatom concentrations on W(110)" Surf. Sci. 600 (2006) 4062 cond-mat/0601406.
  44. F. El Gabaly, J.M. Puerta, C. Klein, A. Saa, A.K. Schmid, K.F. McCarty, J.I. Cerda,  J. de la Figuera, "Structure and morphology of ultrathin Co/Ru(0001) films", New J. of Phys. 9 (2007) 80.
  45. N. Rougemaille, F. El Gabaly, R. Stumpf, A.K. Schmid, K. Thürmer, N.C. Bartelt, J. de la Figuera, "Labyrinthine Island Growth during Pd/Ru(0001) Heteroepitaxy", Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 106101 (arxiv 0711.2491)
  46. B. Diaconescu, G. Nenchev, J. de la Figuera, K. Pohl, "An ultrahigh vacuum fast-scanning and variable temperature scanning tunneling microscope for large scale imaging", Rev. Sci. Inst. 78 (2007) 103701.
  47. B. Santos, J. M. Puerta, J.I. Cerda, R. Stumpf, K. von Bergmann, R. Wiesendanger, M. Bode, K.F. McCarty, J. de la Figuera, "Structure and magnetism of ultrathin Cr layers on W(110)", New J. Phys. 10 (2008) 013005. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/1/013005.
  48. J. de la Figuera, F. Leonard, R. Stumpf, N. C. Bartelt, K. F. McCarty, "Nanoscale Periodicity in Stripe-Forming Systems at High Temperature: Au/W(110)", Phys. Rev. Lett.100, (2008) 186102 (arxiv 0804.1273).
  49. F. El Gabaly, K.F. McCarty, A.K Schmid, J. de la Figuera, M.C. Muñoz, L. Szunyogh, P. Weinberge r and S. Gallego, "Noble metal capping effects on the spin-reorientation transitions of Co/Ru(0001)", New J. of Phys. 10 (2008) 073024 (arxiv 0804.4777). DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/7/073024
  50. K.F. McCarty, J.C. Hamilton, Y. Sato, A. Saá, R. Stumpf, J. de la Figuera, K. Thürmer, F. Jones, A.K. Schmid, A.A. Talin, and N.C. Bartelt, “How metal films de-wet substrates – identifying the kinetic pathways and energetic driving forces”, New. J. Phys.11 (2009) 043001 (arxiv 0904.1037). DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/4/043001
  51. B. Santos, E. Loginova, A. Mascaraque, A.K. Schmid, K.F. McCarty, J. de la Figuera, “Structure and magnetism in ultrathin iron oxides characterized by low energy electron microscopy”, J. Phys. C 21 (2009) 314011 (arxiv 0812.5049).
  52. A. Mascaraque, L. Aballe, J. F. Marco, T. O. Mentes, F. El Gabaly, C. Klein, A. K. Schmid, K. F. McCarty,A. Locatelli, and J. de la Figuera, "Measuring the magnetization of three monolayer thick Co islands and films by x-ray dichroism", Phys. Rev. B 80, 172401 (2009), (arxiv 0910.4687).
  53. T. Herranz, K. F. McCarty, B. Santos, M. Monti, and J. de la Figuera,"Real Space Observations of Magnesium Hydride Formation and Decomposition", Chem. Mat. 22, 1291 (2010), (arxiv 1001.5409).
  54. B. Santos, J. M. Puerta, J. I. Cerda, T. Herranz, K. F. McCarty and J. de la Figuera, “Structure of ultrathin Pd films determined by low-energy electron microscopy and diffraction”, New J. Phys 12 (2010) 023023. DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/2/023023.
  55. A. K. Schmid, B. Santos, A. Mascaraque, J. de la Figuera. Patente Internacional WO/2010/129390, "Gas sensor".
  56. T. Herranz, B. Santos, K.F. McCarty and J. de la Figuera, "Real-space study of the growth of magnesium on ruthenium", Surf. Sci. 903 (2011) 605 DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2011.02.002 (arxiv 1301.4357).
  57. A. Mascaraque, T. O. Mentes, K. F.  McCarty, J. F. Marco, A. K. Schmid, A. Locatelli, J. de la Figuera, "Valence band circular dichroism in non-magnetic Ag/Ru(0001) at normal emission", J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 23 (2011) 305006, DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/30/305006 (arxiv 1301.4354).
  58. P. Prieto, M. Monti, J. de la Figuera, J.M. Sanz y J.F. Marco, “Mössbauer spectroscopic study of iron-nickel nitrides thin films prepared by ion beam assisted deposition” Hyperfine Interact. 202 (2011) 47, DOI: 10.1007/s10751-011-0359-8.
  59. J. I. Cerda , B. Santos, T. Herranz, J. M. Puerta, J. de la Figuera, and K. F. McCarty, CO-assisted Subsurface Hydrogen Trapping in Pd(111) Films", J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3 (2012) 87 DOI:10.1021/jz201455s.
  60. M. Monti, B. Santos, A. Mascaraque, O. Rodriguez la Fuente, M. A. Niño, T. O. Mentes, A. Locatelli, K. F. Mc Carty, J. F. Marco, and J. de la Figuera. “Magnetism in nanometer-thick magnetite”. Phys. Rev. B 85 (2012) 020404(R) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.00.000400 (arxiv 1110.4568).
  61. B. Santos, S. Gallego, A. Mascaraque, K.F. McCarty, A. Quesada, A.T. N’Diaye, A.K. Schmid, and J. de la Figuera. "Hydrogen-induced reversible spin-reorientation transition and magnetic stripe domain phase in bilayer Co on Ru(0001)",  Phys. Rev. B 85 (2012) 134409, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.134409 (arxiv 1203.3945).
  62. M. Monti, B. Santos, A. Mascaraque, O. Rodriguez la Fuente, M. A. Niño, T. O. Mentes, A. Locatelli, K. F. Mc Carty, J. F. Marco, and J. de la Figuera.“Oxidation Pathways in Bicomponent Ultrathin Iron Oxide Films”, J. Phys. Chem C 116 (2012) 11539 DOI: 10.1021/jp300702d.
  63. J. de la Figuera, L. Vergara, A. T. N'Diaye, A. Quesada, A. K. Schmid, "Micromagnetism in (001) magnetite by spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy", Ultramicroscopy 130 (2013)  77 DOI:10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.02.020 arxiv 1301.4350.
  64. P. Prieto, J. De la Figuera, J.M. Sanz y J.F. Marco, “Effects of low energy ion bombardment on the formation of cubic iron mononitride thin films”, Thin Solid Films 539 (2013) 35.
  65. M. Oujja, M Sanz, E. Rebollar, J.F. Marco, M. Castillejo, C. Domingo, P. Pouli, S. Kogou y C. Fotakis, “Wavelength and pulse duration effect on laser induced changes on raw pigments used in paintings”, Spectrochim. Acta A: Mol. Biomol. Spec. 102 (2013)  7.
  66. N.N.M. Gurushinge, J. De la Figuera, J.F. Marco, M.F. Thomas, F.J. Berry y C. Greaves, “Synthesis and characterisation of the Ruddlesden-Popper phases Ln2Sr(Ba)Fe2O7 (Ln=La, Nd, Eu)", Mater. Res. Bull. 48 (2013) 3537.
  67. M. Sanz, M. Oujja, E. Rebollar, J.F. Marco, J. de la Figuera, M. Monti, A. Bollero, J. Camarero, F.J. Pedrosa, M. García-Hernández y M. Castillejo, “Stoichiometric magnetite grown by infrared nanosecond pulsed laser deposition”, Appl. Surf. Sci. 282 (2013) 642 doi: ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.06.026.
  68. I. Palacio, M. Monti, J.F. Marco, K.F. McCarty y J. de la Figuera, “Initial stages of FeO growth on Ru (0001)”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 25 (2013) 484001, DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/25/48/484001. arxiv 1301.2519.
  69. J.F. Marco, J.R. Gancedo, M. Monti y J. de la Figuera, “Mössbauer spectroscopy and surface analysis” en “Mössbauer Spectroscopy: Applications in Chemistry, Biology and Nanotechnology”, First edition. Cap. 22, pp. 455-469. V.K. Sharma, G. Klingelhofer y T. Nishida, eds. John Wiley & Sons, 2013 
  70. S. Nie, E. Starodub, M. Monti, D.A. Siegel, L. Vergara, F. El Gabaly, N. C. Bartelt, J. de la Figuera, and K.F. McCarty, "Insight into Magnetite's Redox Catalysis from Observing Surface Morphology during Oxidation", J. Amer. Chem. Soc.. 135 (2013) 10091. DOI: 10.1021/ja402599t
  71. M. Monti, M. Sanz, M. Oujja, E. Rebollar, M. Castillejo,F. J. Pedrosa, A. Bollero, J. Camarero, J.L.F. Cuñado, N.M. Nemes, F.J. Mompean, Mar Garcia-Hernandez, S. Nie, K.F. McCarty, A.T. N’Diaye, G. Chen, A.K. Schmid, J.F. Marco, J. de la Figuera,"Room Temperature In-plane <100> Magnetic Easy Axis for Fe3O4/SrTiO3(001):Nb Grown by Infrared pulsed laser deposition", J. App. Phys. 114 (2013) 239902  DOI: 10.1063/1.4837656 arxiv 1307.6873.
  72. D.A. Siegel, W.C. Chueh, F. El Gabaly, K.F. McCarty, J. de la Figuera, M. Blanco-Rey, "Determination of the structure of CeO2(111) by low-energy electron diffraction", J. Chem. Phys. 139 (2013) 114703, DOI:10.1063/1.4820826.
  73. J. de la Figuera, Z. Novotny, M. Setvin, T. Liu, Z. Mao, G. Chen, A. T. N'Diaye, M. Schmid, U. Diebold, A. K. Schmid, G. S. Parkinson, "Real Space Imaging of the Verwey Transition at the (100) Surface of Magnetite", Phys. Rev. B 88 (2013) 161410(R), DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.161410,  arxiv 1310.1373.
  74. N. C. Bartelt, S. Nie, E. Starodub, I. Bernal, S. Gallego, L. Vergara, K. F. McCarty, J. de la Figuera, "Order-disorder phase transition on the (100) surface of magnetite", Phys. Rev. B 88 (2013) 235436; DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.235436, arxiv 1310.5979. Selected for PRB Kaleidoscope.
  75. K. F. McCarty, M. Monti, S. Nie, D.A. Siegel, E. Starodub, F. El Gabaly. A. H. McDaniel, A. Shavorski, T. Tyliszczak, H. Blum, N.C. Bartelt, J. de la Figuera, "Oxidation of Magnetite (100) to Hematite Observed by In-situ Spectroscopy and Microscopy"J. Phys. Chem C. 118 (2014) 19768 DOI: 10.1021/jp5037603.
  76. L. Martín-García, R. Gargallo-Caballero, M. Monti, M. Foerster, J. F. Marco, L. Aballe and J. de la Figuera, "Spin and orbital moment of reconstructed sqrt(2)xsqrt(2)R45 magnetite(001)"Phys. Rev. B 91 (2015) 020408(R), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.020408
  77. A. Quesada, M. Monti, I. P. Krug, N. Rougemaille, F. Nickel, D. M. Gottlob, H. Doganay, A. T. N'Diaye, G. Chen, A. Serrano, K. F. McCarty, J. F. Fernández, C. M. Schneider, A. K. Schmid, and J. de la Figuera, "Reversible temperature-driven domain transition in bistable Fe magnetic nanostrips grown on Ru(0001)"Phys. Rev. B 92 (2015) 024416, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.024416
  78. L. Martín-García, A. Quesada, C. Munuera, J.F. Fernández, M. García-Hernández, M. Foerster, L. ​_ Aballe, J. de la Figuera. "Atomically flat ultrathin cobalt ferrite islands". Advanced Materials,  27 (2015) 5955, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502799
  79. J. de la Figuera, A. Quesada, L. Martín-García, M. Sanz, M. Oujja, E. Rebollar, M. Castillejo, P. Prieto, A. Muñoz-Martin, L. Aballe, J.F. Marco. "Self-organized single crystal mixed magnetite/cobalt ferrite films grown by infrared pulsed-laser deposition".App. Surf. Sci.359 (2015) 480. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.10.104
  80. P. Prieto, J.E. Prieto, R. Gargallo-Caballero, J.F. Marco, J. de la Figuera, "Role of the substrate on the magnetic anisotropy of magnetite thin films grown by ion-assisted deposition",  App. Surf. Sci.359 (2015) 742. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.10.180
  81. J. de la Figuera, A. Quesada, L. Martín-García, M. Sanz, M. Oujja, M. Castillejo, A. Mascaraque, A.T. N'Diaye, M. Foerster, L. Aballe and J.F. Marco, "Mössbauer and Magnetic Properties of Coherently Mixed Magnetite-Cobalt Ferrite Grown by Infrared Pulsed-Laser Deposition", Croatica Quimica Acta 88 (2015), DOI:10.5562/cca2752
  82. L. Martín-García, I. Bernal-Villamil, M. Oujja, E. Carrasco, R. Gargallo-Caballero, M. Castillejo, J. F. Marco, S. Gallego and J. de la Figuera, "Unconventional properties of nanometric FeO(111) films on Ru(0001): stoichiometry and surface structure", J. Mater. Chem. C (2016) DOI: 10.1039/C5TC03871E
  83. R. Gargallo-Caballero, L. Martín-García, A. Quesada, C. Granados-Miralles, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, R. Bliem, G.S. Parkinson, P. Blaha, J.F. Marco, J. de la Figuera, "Co on Fe3O4(001): Towards precise control of surface properties", J. Chem. Phys. 144 (2016) 094704, DOI:10.1063/1.4942662
  84. Laura Martín-García, Arantzazu Mascaraque, Beatriz M. Pabón, Roland Bliem, Gareth S. Parkinson, Gong Chen (陈宫), Andreas K. Schmid, and Juan de la Figuera, "Spin reorientation transition on magnetite (001)", Phys. Rev. B 93 (2016) 134419, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.134419
  85. J. López-Sánchez, A. Muñoz-Noval, A. Serrano, M. Abuín, J. de la Figuera, J.F. Marco, L. Pérez, N. Carmona, O. Rodríguez de la Fuente, "Growth, structure and magnetism of epsilon-Fe2O3 in nanoparticle form", RSC Advances 6 (2016) 46380, DOI:10.1039/c6ra01912a
  86. B. Santos, M. Rybicki, I. Zasada, E. Starodub, K.F. McCarty, J.I. Cerda, J.M. Puerta, J. de la Figuera, "Structure and stability of ultrathin Fe films on W(110)", Phys. Rev. B 93 (2016) 195423, OI:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.195423
  87. J. de la Figuera and C. Tusche, "The Verwey transition observed by spin-resolved photoemission electron microscopy", App. Surf. Sci. 391 (2016), 66 DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.05.140
  88. P. Prieto, J. de la Figuera, L. Martín-García, J.E. Prieto, J.F. Marco, "Fourfold in-plane magnetic anisotropy of magnetite thin-films grown on TiN buffered Si(001) by ion-assisted sputtering", J. Mater. Chem. C (2016), DOI:10.1039/C6TC02152B
  89. J. E. Prieto, Gong Chen (陈宫), A. K. Schmid, and J. de la Figuera, "Magnetism of epitaxial Tb films on W(110) studied by spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy", Phys. Rev. B 94 (2016) 174445, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.174445
  90. L. Martín-García, A. Quesada, L. Pérez, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. de la Figuera, "Initial Stages of the Growth of Mixed Iron-cobalt Oxides on Ru(0001)", Physics Procedia 85 (2016) 12, DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2016.11.075.
  91. A. Quesada, R. Gargallo-Caballero, Y. Montaña, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J.F. Fernández and J. de la Figuera, "Unaltered reversible magnetic transition in Fe nanostructures upon ambient exposure", Ultramicroscopy 181 (2017) 70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.05.014.
  92. J. Garcia-Guinea, F. Garrido, P. Lopez-Arce, V. Correcher, and Juan de la Figuera, "Spectral green cathodoluminescence emission from surfaces of insulators with metal-hydroxyl bonds", Journal of Luminescence 190 (2017) 128. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.05.039
  93. Pilar Prieto, José F. Marco, José E. Prieto, Sandra Ruiz-Gomez, Lucas Perez, Rafael P. del Real, Manuel Vázquez and Juan de la Figuera, "Epitaxial integration of CoFe2O4 thin films on Si (001) surfaces using TiN buffer layers". Appl. Surf. Sci. 436 (2018) 1067, DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.12.111.
  94. S. Ruiz-Gomez, L. Pérez, A. Mascaraque, A. Quesada, P. Prieto, I. Palacio, L. Martín-García, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. de la Figuera, "Geometrically defined spin structures in ultrathin Fe3O4 with bulk like magnetic properties", Nanoscale 10 (2018) 5566. DOI: 10.1039/c7nr07143d.
  95. L. Martín-García, G. Chen, Y. Montaña, A. Mascaraque, B.M. Pabón, A.K. Schmid, J. de la Figuera, "Memory effect and magnetocrystalline anisotropy impact on the surface magnetic domains of magnetite(001)", Sci. Rep. 8 (2018) 5991. DOI: :10.1038/s41598-018-24160-1.
  96. M. Oujja, L. Martín-García, E. Rebollar, A. Quesada, M.A. García, J.F. Fernández, J.F. Marco, J. de la Figuera, M. Castillejo, "Effect of wavelength, deposition temperature and substrate type on cobalt ferrite thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition", Appl. Surf. Sci. 452 (2018) 19-31, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.05.012.
  97. A. Mandziak, J. de la Figuera, S. Ruiz-Gómez, G. D. Soria, L. Pérez, P. Prieto, A. Quesada, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, "Structure and magnetism of ultrathin nickel-iron oxides grown on Ru (0001) by high-temperature oxygen-assisted molecular beam epitaxy", Sci. Rep. 8 (2018) 17980. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36356-6.
  98. M. Sánchez-Arenillas, M. Oujja, F. Moutinho, J. de la Figuera, M.V. Cañamares, A. Quesada, M. Castillejo, J.F. Marco, " Bulk and surface characterisation of micrometer-thick cobalt ferrite films grown by IR PLD". Appl. Surf. Sci. 470 (2018) 917. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.152.
  99. S. Ruiz-Gómez, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, M. P Proenca, I. Lucas, J.L. Prieto, A. Mascaraque, J. de la Figuera, A. Quesada, L. Pérez, "Observation of a topologically protected state in a magnetic domain wall stabilized by a ferromagnetic chemical barrier", Sci. Rep. 8 (2018) 16695. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35039-6.
  100. A. Quesada, G. Delgado, L. Pascual, A. M. Aragón, P. Marín, C. Granados-Miralles, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. E. Prieto, J. de la Figuera, J. F. Fernández, and P. Prieto, "Exchange-spring behavior below the exchange length in hard-soft bilayers in multidomain configurations", Phys. Rev. B 98 (2018) 214435. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214435.
  101. J. de la Figuera, K.F.McCarty, N.C.Bartelt, "Metastable misfit dislocations during thin-film growth: the case of Cu on Ru(0001)", Surf. Sci. 43 (2019) 682. DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2018.12.007.
  102. J. de la Figuera and J.F. Marco, "Magnetite and the Verwey transition, from γ-rays to low-energy electrons", Hyperfine Interactions 240 (2019) 44, DOI: 10.1007/s10751-019-1577-8
  103. M. Gracia,  J.R. Gancedo, J.L Gautier, J. de la Figuera, J.F. Marco, "Influence of the manganese substitution on the cation
    distribution and magnetic structure of the spinel-related LiFe1-xMn1 + xO4 (x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75) system", Hyperfine Interactions 240 (2019) 19, DOI: 10.1007/s10751-019-1557-z.
  104. M. Sánchez-Arenillas, M. Oujja, F. Moutinho, J. de la Figuera, M.V. Cañamares, A. Quesada, M. Castillejo, J.F. Marco, "Bulk and surface characterisation of micrometer-thick cobalt ferrite films grown by IR PLD", Appl. Surf. Sci. 470 (2019) 917, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.152.
  105. G.D. Soria, P. Jenus, J.F. Marco, A. Mandziak, M. Sanchez-Arenillas, F. Moutinho, J.E. Prieto, P. Prieto, J. Cerdá, C. Tejera-Centeno, S. Gallego, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, M. Valvidares, H.B. Vasili, E. Pereiro, A. Quesada, J. de la Figuera, "Strontium hexaferrite platelets: a comprehensive soft X-ray absorption and Mössbauer spectroscopy study", Scientific reports 9 (2019) 11777, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48010-w
  106. P. Prieto, J.F. Marco, A. Serrano, M. Manso, J. de la Figuera, "Highly oriented (111) CoO and Co3O4 thin films grown by ion beam sputtering", J. Alloys Comp. (2019), DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.151912
  107. A. Mandziak, G. D Soria, J. E. Prieto, P. Prieto, C. Granados-Miralles, A. Quesada, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. de la Figuera, "Tuning the Néel temperature in an antiferromagnet: the case of Ni x Co 1− x O microstructures", Sci. Rep. 9 (2019) 13584, DOI:  10.1038/s41598-019-49642-8
  108. J. L. Fdez. Cuñado, Julio Camarero, F. J. Pedrosa, N. M. Nemes, M. Sanz, M. Oujja, E. Rebollar, J. F. Marco, J. de la Figuera, M. Monti, M. Castillejo, T. Feher, B. Nafradi, L. Forróf. A. Bollero, "Evidence of anomalous switching of the in-plane magnetic easy axis with temperature in Fe3O4 film on SrTiO3:Nb by v-MOKE and ferromagnetic resonance", Nanoscale  11 (2019) 19870-19876, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR04198B
  109. S. Ruiz-Gómez, A. Mandziak, J. E. Prieto, M. Aristu, E. M. Trapero, G. D. Soria, A. Quesada, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. de la Figuera, "A Real Time XAS PEEM Study of the Growth of Cobalt Iron Oxide on Ru(0001)", J. Chem. Phys. 152 (2020) 074704 , DOI: 10.1063/1.5140886.
  110. A. Mandziak, J. de la Figuera, J. E. Prieto, J. Prat, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, "Combining high temperature sample preparation and in-situ magnetic fields in XPEEM", Ultramicroscopy 214 (2020) 113010, DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.113010
  111. G.D. Soria, J.F. Marco, A. Mandziak, S. Sánchez-Cortés, M. Sánchez-Arenillas, J.E. Prieto, J. Dávalos, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. López-Sánchez, J. C. Guzmán-Mínguez, C. Granados-Miralles, J. de la Figuera, A. Quesada, "Influence of the growth conditions on the magnetism of SrFe12O19 thin films and the behavior of Co / SrFe12O19 bilayers", J. Phys. D. 53 (2020) 34 Special Issue on Ferrites por permanent magnet applications , DOI: 10.1088\1361-6463\ab8d70
  112. A. Mandziak, G.D. Soria, J.E. Prieto, M. Foerster, J. de la Figuerab, L. Aballe, "Different spin axis orientation and large antiferromagnetic domains in Fe-doped NiO/Ru(0001) epitaxial films", Nanoscale 12 (2020) 21225, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05756H.
  113. C. de Julian Fernandez, C. Sangregorio, J. de la Figuera, B. Belec, D. Makovec and A. Quesada, "Topical Review: Progress and Prospects of Hard Hexaferrites for Permanent Magnet Applications", J. Phys. D 53 (2021) 153001, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abd272
  114. G.D. Soria, C. Granados-Miralles, A. Mandziak, P. Janus, M. Saura-Muzquiz, M. Christensen, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J.F. Fernandez, J. de la Figuera, A. Quesada, "Uncorrelated magnetic domains in decoupled SrFe12O19/Co hard/soft bilayers", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 54 (2021) 054003, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abc0be
  115. S. Ruiz-Gómez, A. Mandziak, L. Martín-García, J. E. Prieto, P. Prieto, C. Munuera, M. Foerster, A. Quesada, L. Aballe, J. de la Figuera, "Magnetic domain wall pinning in cobalt ferrite microstructures", arxiv 2201.04384.
  116. J.E. Prieto, E.M. Trapero, P. Prieto, E. García-Martín, G.D. Soria, P. Galán, J. de la Figuera, "RBS/Channeling characterization of Ru(0001) and thin epitaxial Ru/Al2O3(0001) films", App. Surf. Sci. 582 (2022) 152304, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.152304arxiv 2112.07629 
  117. G.D. Soria, K. Freindl, J.E. Prieto, A. Quesada, J. de la Figuera, N. Spiridis, J. Korecki, J.F. Marco, "Growth and characterization of ultrathin cobalt ferrite films on Pt(111)", App. Surf. Sci. 586 (2022) 152672, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152672arxiv 2201.07087
  118. J.E. Prieto, M.A. González-Barrio, E. García-Martín, G.D. Soria, L. Morales de la Garza, J. de la Figuera, "Dynamics of Li deposition on epitaxial graphene/Ru(0001) islands", App. Surf. Sci. 593 (2022) 153274, DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.153274,  arxiv 2112.12878
  119. A. del Campo, S. Ruiz-Gómez, E. M. Trapero, C. Granados-Miralles, A. Quesada, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, J. Emilio Prieto, J. de la Figuera, "Size effects in the Verwey transition of nanometer-thick micron-wide magnetite crystals", J. Phys. Chem C  126 (2022) 13755, arxiv 2204.03092. DOI: 10.1021%2Facs.jpcc.2c03391
  120. Sandra Ruiz-Gómez, Lucas Pérez, Arantzazu Mascaraque, Benito Santos, Farid El Gabaly, Andreas K. Schmid and Juan de la Figuera, "Stacking influence on the in-plane magnetic anisotropy in a 2D magnetic system", Nanoscale 15 (2023) 8313 DOI:10.1039/d3nr00348e
  121. A. Mandziak, J. Prieto, M. Aristu, L. Aballe, M. Foerster, J. de la Figuera, "Motion of magnetic domain walls and vortices in epitaxial magnetite microstructures", App. Surf. Sci. 637 (2023) 157838, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157838
  122. A. Mandziak, J. de la Figuera, A. Quesada, A. Berja, J.E. Prieto, C. Granados-Miralles, L. Aballe, M. Foerster, M.A. Niño, P. Nita, "Effect of Ni substitution on the antiferromagnetic domains of cobalt oxide", Ultramicroscopy 253 (2023) 113795,  DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2023.113795
  123. S. Ruiz-Gómez, E.M. Trapero, C. Fernández-González, A. del Campo, C. Granados-Miralles, J.E. Prieto, M.W. Khaliq, M.A. Niño, M. Foerster, L. Aballe, and J. de la Figuera, "A Platform for Addressing Individual Magnetite Islands Grown Epitaxially on Ru(0001) and Manipulating Their Magnetic Domains", Crystal Growth & Design (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00388