MASSIMO RONTANI PUBLICATIONS

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1 MASSIMO RONTANI PUBLICATIONS A. Publications in high-impact journals B. Journal articles C. Conference proceedings and other publications (peer reviewed) D. Book chapters E. Preprints A. Publications in high-impact journals 1 D. Varsano, S. Sorella, D. Sangalli, M. Barborini, S. Corni, E. Molinari, M. Rontani, Carbon nanotubes as excitonic insulators, Nature Communications 8, 1461 (2017). 2 F. Rossella, A. Bertoni, D. Ercolani, M. Rontani, L. Sorba, F. Beltram, S. Roddaro, Nanoscale spin rectifiers controlled by the Stark effect, Nature Nanotechnology 9, 997 (2014). 3 S. Pecker, F. Kuemmeth, A. Secchi, M. Rontani, D. C. Ralph, P. L. McEuen, S. Ilani, Observation and spectroscopy of a two-electron Wigner molecule in an ultra-clean carbon nanotube, Nature Physics 9, 576 (2013). 4 D. Toroz, M. Rontani, S. Corni, Proposed alteration of images of molecular orbitals obtained using a scanning tunneling microscope as a probe of electron correlation, Physical Review Letters 110, (2013). 5 M. Rontani, Tunneling theory of two interacting atoms in a trap, Physical Review Letters 108, (2012). 6 M. Rontani, Artificial atoms: Shape the way, Nature Materials 10, 173 (2011). 7 A. Singha, V. Pellegrini, A. Pinczuk, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, M. Rontani, Correlated electrons in optically tunable quantum dots: Building an electron dimer molecule, Physical Review Letters 104, (2010). 8 M. Rontani, J. Armstrong, Y. Yu, S. Åberg, S. M. Reimann, Cold fermionic atoms in two-dimensional traps Pairing versus Hund s rule, Physical Review Letters, 102, (2009).

2 9 S. Kalliakos, M. Rontani, V. Pellegrini, C. P. García, A. Pinczuk, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, A molecular state of correlated electrons in a quantum dot, Nature Physics 4, 467 (2008). 10 G. Maruccio, M. Janson, A. Schramm, C. Meyer, T. Matsui, C. Heyn, W. Hansen, R. Wiesendanger, M. Rontani, E. Molinari, Correlation effects in wave function mapping of molecular beam epitaxy grown quantum dots, Nano Letters 7, 2701 (2007). 11 M. Rontani, Friedel sum rule for an interacting multiorbital quantum dot, Physical Review Letters 97, (2006). 12 M. Rontani, L. J. Sham, Coherent transport in homojunction between excitonic insulator and semimetal, Physical Review Letters 94, (2005). 13 T. Ota, M. Rontani, S. Tarucha, Y. Nakata, H. Z. Song, T. Miyazawa, T. Usuki, M. Takatsu, N. Yokoyama, Few-electron molecular states and their transitions in a single InAs quantum dot molecule, Physical Review Letters 95, (2005). 14 A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Reduced electron relaxation rate in multi-electron quantum dots, Physical Review Letters 95, (2005). 15 C. P. García, V. Pellegrini, A. Pinczuk, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, B. S. Dennis, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Evidence of correlation in spin excitations of fewelectron quantum dots, Physical Review Letters 95, (2005). B. Journal articles 16 L. Aspitarte, D. R. McCulley, A. Bertoni, J. O. Island, M. Ostermann, M. Rontani, G. A. Steele, E. D. Minot, Giant modulation of the electronic band gap of carbon nanotubes by dielectric screening, Scientific Reports 7, 8828 (2017). 17 M. Rontani, G. Eriksson, S. Åberg, S. M. Reimann, On the renormalization of contact interactions for the configuration-interaction method in two-dimensions, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 50, (2017). 18 K. Leding Vendelbjerg, M. Rontani, Manipulating spin transfer torque with light, Superlattices and Microstructures (2016), DOI: /j.spmi M. Barborini, S. Sorella, M. Rontani, S. Corni, Correlation effects in scanning tunneling microscopy images of molecules revealed by quantum Monte Carlo, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 12, (2016). 20 P. D Amico, M. Rontani, Pairing of a few Fermi atoms in one dimension, Physical Review A 91, (2015). 21 M. Rontani, Anomalous magnetization of a carbon nanotube as an excitonic insulator, Physical Review B 90, (2014).

3 22 K. A. Guerrero-Becerra, M. Rontani, Wigner localization in a graphene quantum dot with a mass gap, Physical Review B 90, (2014). 23 P. D Amico, M. Rontani, Three interacting atoms in a one-dimensional trap: A benchmark system for computational approaches, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 47, (2014). 24 A. Secchi, M. Rontani, Intervalley scattering induced by Coulomb interaction and disorder in carbon-nanotube quantum dots, Physical Review B 88, (2013). 25 M. Rontani, Pair tunneling of two atoms out of a trap, Physical Review A 88, (2013). 26 J.-J. Wang, W. Li, S. Chen, Gao Xianlong, M. Rontani, M. Polini, Absence of Wigner molecules in one dimensional few-fermion systems with short-range interactions, Physical Review B 86, (2012). 27 A. Secchi, M. Rontani, Spectral function of few electrons in quantum wires and carbon nanotubes as a signature of Wigner localization, Physical Review B Rapid Communications 85, (R) (2012). 28 A. Gamucci, V. Pellegrini, A. Singha, A. Pinczuk, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, M. Rontani, Probing the spin states of three interacting electrons in quantum dots, Physical Review B 85, (2012). 29 D. Toroz, M. Rontani, S. Corni, Visualizing electron correlation by means of ab initio scanning tunneling spectroscopy images of single molecules, Journal of Chemical Physics 134, (2011). 30 M. Rontani, Exchange and correlation effects in the transmission phase through a few-electron quantum dot, Physical Review B 82, (2010). 31 A. Secchi, M. Rontani, Wigner molecules in carbon-nanotube quantum dots, Physical Review B 82, (2010). 32 M. Rontani, L. J. Sham, Josephson oscillations between exciton condensates in electrostatic traps, Physical Review B 80, (2009). 33 A. Secchi, M. Rontani, Coulomb versus spin-orbit interaction in few-electron carbonnanotube quantum dots, Physical Review B Rapid Communications 80, (R) (2009). 34 S. Kalliakos, M. Rontani, V. Pellegrini, A. Pinczuk, A. Singha, C. P. García, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Probing collective modes of correlated states of few electrons in semiconductor quantum dots, Special issue on fundamental phenomena and applications of quantum dots - Solid State Communications 149, 1436 (2009). 35 J. R. Armstrong, M. Rontani, S. Åberg, V. G. Zelevinsky, S. M. Reimann, Interaction blockade and pairing in two-dimensional finite fermion systems, Few-Body Systems 45, 219 (2009).

4 36 S. Kalliakos, C. P. García, V. Pellegrini, A. Pinczuk, B. S. Dennis, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Correlated states and spin transitions in nanofabricated AlGaAs/GaAs few-electron quantum dots probed by inelastic light scattering, Physica E 40, 1867 (2008). 37 J. I. Climente, A. Bertoni, G. Goldoni, M. Rontani, E. Molinari, Spin relaxation due to spin-orbit coupling in multi-electron quantum dots, Physica E 40, 1804 (2008). 38 A. Bertoni, J. I. Climente, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, U. Hohenester, Signatures of molecular correlations in few-electron dynamics of coupled quantum dots, Physical Review B 76, (2007). 39 J. I. Climente, A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Effect of electronelectron interaction on the phonon-mediated spin relaxation of quantum dots, Physical Review B 76, (2007). 40 J. I. Climente, A. Bertoni, G. Goldoni, M. Rontani, E. Molinari, Magnetic field dependence of triplet-singlet relaxation in quantum dots with spin-orbit coupling, Physical Review B Rapid Communications 75, (2007). 41 M. Rontani, E. Molinari, G. Maruccio, M. Janson, A. Schramm, C. Meyer, T. Matsui, C. Heyn, W. Hansen, R. Wiesendanger, Imaging correlated wave functions of few-electron quantum dots: Theory and scanning tunneling spectroscopy experiments, Journal of Applied Physics 101, (2007). 42 D. Bellucci, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Quantum phases of correlated electrons in artificial molecules under magnetic fields, Physical Review B 74, (2006). 43 J. I. Climente, A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Effect of the Coulomb interaction on the electron relaxation of weakly-confined quantum dot systems using the full configuration interaction approach, Physical Review B 74, (2006). 44 A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Troiani, E. Molinari, Response to Comment on Field-controlled suppression of phonon-induced transitions in coupled quantum dots [Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 4729 (2006)], Applied Physics Letters 88, (2006). 45 M. Rontani, C. Cavazzoni, D. Bellucci, G. Goldoni, Full configuration interaction approach to the few-electron problem in artificial atoms, Journal of Chemical Physics 124, (2006). 46 M. Rontani, E. Molinari, Correlation effects in quantum dot wave function imaging, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45, 1966 (2006). 47 C. P. García, V. Pellegrini, A. Pinczuk, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, B. S. Dennis, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, Spin excitations in few-electrons AlGaAs/GaAs quantum dots probed by inelastic light scattering, Physica E 34, 304 (2006). 48 M. Rontani, Theory of electron spectroscopies in strongly correlated semiconductor quantum dots, International Journal of Modern Physics B 20, 5311 (2006).

5 49 M. Rontani, E. Molinari, Imaging quasi-particle wavefunctions in quantum dots via tunneling spectroscopy, Physical Review B 71, (2005). 50 M. Rontani, C. Cavazzoni, G. Goldoni The crossover between liquid and solid electron phases in quantum dots: A large-scale configuration-interaction study, Computer Physics Communications 169, 430 (2005). 51 M. Rontani, L. J. Sham, Variable resistance at the boundary between semimetal and excitonic insulator, Solid State Communications 134, 89 (2005). 52 A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Troiani, E. Molinari, Suppression of acusticphonon-induced electron transitions in coupled quantum dots, Physica E 26, 427 (2005). 53 D. Bellucci, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Troiani, E. Molinari Interacting electrons in artificial molecules with magnetic field of arbitrary direction, Physica E 26, 327 (2005). 54 M. Rontani, S. Amaha, K. Muraki, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, S. Tarucha, D. G. Austing, Molecular phases in coupled quantum dots, Physical Review B 69, (2004). 55 D. Bellucci, M. Rontani, F. Troiani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Competing mechanisms for singlet-triplet transition in artificial molecules, Physical Review B Rapid Communications 69, (R) (2004). 56 A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Troiani, E. Molinari, Field-controlled suppression of phonon-induced transitions in coupled quantum dots, Applied Physics Letters 85, 4729 (2004). 57 D. Bellucci, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Troiani, E. Molinari, Spin-spin interaction in artificial molecules with in-plane magnetic field, Physica E 22, 482 (2004). 58 T. Ota, M. Stopa, M. Rontani, T. Hatano, K. Yamada, S. Tarucha, H. Z. Song, Y. Nakata, T. Miyazawa, T. Ohshima, N. Yokoyama, Molecular states observed in a single pair of strongly coupled self-assembled InAs quantum dots, Superlattices and Microstructures 34, 159 (2003). 59 M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Raman signatures of classical and quantum phases in coupled dots: A theoretical prediction, Europhysics Letters 58, 555 (2002). 60 A. Orlandi, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Single-electron charging in quantum dots with large dielectric mismatch, Physical Review B 63, (2001). 61 M. Rontani, F. Troiani, U. Hohenester, E. Molinari, Quantum phases in artificial molecules, Special issue on spin effects in mesoscopic systems - Solid State Communications 119, 309 (2001). 62 M. Rontani, L. J. Sham, Thermoelectric properties of junctions between metal and strongly correlated semiconductor, Applied Physics Letters 77, 3033 (2000).

6 63 G. Goldoni, F. Rossi, A. Orlandi, M. Rontani, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Enhancement of Coulomb interactions in semiconductor nanostructures by dielectric confinement, Physica E 6, 482 (2000). 64 M. Rontani, F. Rossi, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Coulomb correlation effects in semiconductor quantum dots: The role of dimensionality, Physical Review B 59, (1999). 65 M. Rontani, F. Rossi, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Multiple quantum phases in artificial double dot molecules, Solid State Communications 112, 151 (1999). 66 M. Rontani, F. Rossi, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Addition energies in semiconductor quantum dots: Role of electron-electron interaction, Applied Physics Letters 72, 957 (1998). C. Conference proceedings and other publications (peer reviewed) 67 E. Molinari, D. Prezzi, A. Secchi, M. Rontani, Graphene and C nanotube nanostructures: Electron states and interactions, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 238, 252-PHYS (2009). 68 A. Bertoni, J. I. Climente, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, U. Hohenester, Few-particle electron dynamics in coupled quantum dots with phonon interaction, Physica Status Solidi (c) 5, 158 (2008). 69 S. Kalliakos, C. P. García, V. Pellegrini, A. Pinczuk, B. S. Dennis, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Probing spin states in Al- GaAs/GaAs few-electron quantum dots by inelastic light scattering, AIP Conference Proceeding 893, 959 (2007). 70 M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, A high-performance full-configuration-interaction study of Wigner crystallization in quantum dots, AIP Conference Proceeding 893, 829 (2007). 71 J. I. Climente, A. Bertoni, M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Phonon-induced electron relaxation in correlated quantum dots, Physica Status Solidi (c) 3, 3660 (2006). 72 M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, D. Bellucci, E. Molinari, Controlling spin phases of few electrons in artificial molecules by magnetic fields, Physica Status Solidi (b) 243, 3874 (2006). 73 T. Ota, M. Stopa, M. Rontani, T. Hatano, K. Yamada, S. Tarucha, Y. Nakata, H. Z. Song, T. Miyazawa, T. Usuki, M. Takatsu, N. Yokoyama, Spin states in a single InAs quantum dot molecule probed by single-electron tunneling spectroscopy, AIP Conference Proceeding 772, 643 (2005). 74 S. Amaha, M. Rontani, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, D. G. Austing, K. Ono, S. Tarucha, Molecular phases in vertically coupled quantum dot molecules, Proceedings of the 26- th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, CD-ROM (Institute of Physics Publishing, London, 2003).

7 75 M. Rontani, F. Rossi, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Theory of addition spectra in double quantum dots: single-particle tunneling vs Coulomb interactions, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 571, 179 (2000). 76 M. Rontani, F. Rossi, F. Manghi, E. Molinari, Coulomb correlation in the addition spectra of single and coupled quantum dots, Proceedings of the 24-th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, CD-ROM (World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1999). 77 F. Manghi, V. Bellini, M. Rontani, C. Arcangeli, On-site correlation in narrow band materials, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 491, 179 (1998). 78 F. Manghi, M. Rontani, 3-body scattering (3BS) theory of on-site correlation in narrow band materials, Highlight of the Month in Ψ k European Network Newsletter n. 24, December D. Book chapters 79 M. Rontani, L. J. Sham, Coherent exciton transport in semiconductors, in Novel superfluids Volume 2, edited by K. H. Bennemann, J. B. Ketterson, International Series of Monographs on Physics no. 157, pp (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014), ISBN: M. Rontani, D. Toroz, S. Corni, Visualizing electron correlation in molecules using a scanning tunneling microscope: Theory and ab-initio prediction, in Imaging and Manipulating Molecular Orbitals, edited by L. Grill and C. Joachim, Advances in Atom and Single Molecule Machines Volume 3, p. 181 (Springer, Berlin, 2013), ISBN: M. Rontani, L. J. Sham, Thermoelectric properties of junctions between metal and models of strongly correlated semiconductors, in Properties and applications of thermoelectric materials, edited by V. Zlatic, A. C. Hewson, NATO Series B, p. 193 (Springer, Berlin, 2009), ISBN: M. Rontani, Theory of electron spectroscopies in strongly correlated semiconductor quantum dots, in Recent progress in many-body theories, edited by S. Hernández, H. Cataldo, Series on Advances in Quantum Many-Body Theories Vol. 10, p. 355 (World Scientific, Singapore, 2006), ISBN: G. Goldoni, F. Troiani, M. Rontani, D. Bellucci, E. Molinari, U. Hohenester, Collective properties of electrons and holes in coupled quantum dots, in Quantum dots: Fundamentals, applications, and frontiers, edited by B. A. Joyce, P. C. Kelires, A. G. Naumovets, D. D. Vvedensky, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 190, p. 269 (Springer, Berlin, 2005), ISBN:

8 84 G. Goldoni, M. Rontani, A. Bertoni, F. Troiani, D. Bellucci, E. Molinari, C. Cavazzoni, Correlated quantum states of artificial atoms and molecules via the Configuration Interaction method, in Science and Supercomputing at CINECA, edited by M. Voli, P. Coluccia, Report 2005, p. 638 (CINECA, Bologna, 2006), ISBN: M. Rontani, G. Goldoni, E. Molinari, Few-electron liquid and solid phases in artificial molecules at high magnetic field, in New directions in mesoscopic physics (towards nanoscience), edited by R. Fazio, V. F. Gantmakher, Y. Imry, NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 125, p. 361 (Kluwer, Netherlands, 2003), ISBN: Last revision: November 2017.