Fèlix Casanova

Ikerbasque Research Professor
(Catalan)

Doctor in Physics from Universitat de Barcelona (2003).
Research experience as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California-San Diego for 4 years
Research line: Study of spin currents in complex systems (metals, superconductors, organic semiconductors) by nanofabrication and characterization of spintronic devices
Has come from the University of California - San Diego (UCSD)
Has joined the CIC nanoGUNE, Donostia

Publications

2011

M. Gobbi, F. Golmar, R. Llopis, F. Casanova and L.E. Hueso (2011)
Room Temperature Spin Transport in C60-based spin valves
Advanced Materials

M. Schnell, P. Alonso-González, L. Arzubiaga, F. Casanova, L. E. Hueso, A. Chuvilin and R. Hillenbrand (2011)
Nanofocusing of mid-infrared energy with tapered transmission lines
Nature Photonics

N. Pérez, F. Casanova, F. Bartolomé, L. M. García, A. Labarta and X. Batlle (2011)
Griffiths-like phase and magnetic correlations at high fields in Gd5Ge4
Physical Review B

P. Alonso-González, M. Schnell, P. Sarriugarte, H. Sobhani, C. Wu, N. Arju, A. Khanikaev, F. Golmar, P. Albella, L. Arzubiaga, F. Casanova, L. E. Hueso, P. Nordlander, G. Shvets and R. Hillenbrand (2011)
Real-Space Mapping of Fano Interference in Plasmonic Metamolecules
Nanoletters

2010

M. Erekhinski, A. Sharoni, F. Casanova and I. K. Schuller (2010)
Surface enhanced spin-flip scattering in lateral spin valves
Applied Physics Letters

Courses given

2010
Programa GARATU.
Curse: "Nanotecnología, el gran reto de lo pequeño".

Congresses, Proceedings & Scientific meetings

Scaling Pentacene organic field-effect transistors down to the 20 nm regime. F. Golmar, F. Marchesin, M. Gobbi, R. Llopis, F. Casanova, L. E. Hueso
Imagine Nano 2011 (2011) Congress
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (Poster)
Resistive switching in Hafnium oxide. R. Zazpe, R. Llopis, F. Casanova, L. E. Hueso
Imagine Nano 2011 (2011) Congress
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (Poster)
Infrared nanophotonics based on metal antennas and transmission lines. M. Schnell, P. Alonso-González, F. Casanova, L. Arzubiaga, L. E. Hueso, A. Chuvilin, R. Hillenbrand
Imagine Nano 2011 (2011) Congress
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (Poster)
Mapping Near-Field Coupling Effects in Infrared Gap Antennas. P. Alonso-González, P. Albella, L. Arzubiaga, M. Schnell, J. Chen, F. Huth, F. Golmar, F. Casanova, L. Hueso, J. Aizpurua, and R. Hillenbrand
Imagine Nano 2011 (2011) Congress
Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain (Talk)
Infrared nanophotonics based on metal antennas and transmission lines. M. Schnell, P. Alonso-González, F. Casanova, L. Arzubiaga, L. E. Hueso, A. Chuvilin, R. Hillenbrand
5th International conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, SPP5 (2011) Congress
Busan, Korea (Poster)
Mapping near-field coupling effects in infrared gap antennas. P. Alonso-González, P. Albella, L. Arzubiaga, M. Schnell, J. Chen, F. Huth, F. Golmar, F. Casanova, L. Hueso, J. Aizpurua, R.Hillenbrand
5th International conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, SPP5 (2011) Congress
Busan, Korea (Poster)
Mid-infrared Nanophotonics Based on Antennas and Transmission Lines. M. Schnell, P. Alonso-Gonzalez, F. Casanova, L. Arzubiaga, L. E. Hueso, A. Chuvilin, R. Hillenbrand
International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT 2011 (2011) Congress
Singapore (Talk)
Mapping Near-Field Coupling Effects in Infrared Gap Antennas. P. Alonso-González, P. Albella, L. Arzubiaga, M. Schnell, J. Chen, F. Huth, F. Golmar, F. Casanova, L. Hueso, J. Aizpurua, and R. Hillenbrand
International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, ICMAT 2011 (2011) Congress
Singapore (Talk)
Optically tuned resistive switching memory based on Al2O3/SiO2/Si layers. M. Ungureanu, R. Zazpe, F. Golmar, R. Llopis, F. Casanova and L.E. Hueso
International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities, ISIF 2011 (2011) Congress
Cambridge, UK (Poster)
Thermal spin injection in metallic non-local spin valves. F. Casanova, A. Sharoni, M. Erekhinsky, I. K. Schuller
56th Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, MMM 2011 (2011) Congress
Scottsdale, AZ, USA (Poster)
Optimization of spin injection in Lateral Spin Valves. E. Villamor, L. E. Hueso and F. Casanova
Trends in Nanotechnology, TNT 2011 (2011) Congress
Tenerife, Spain (Poster)
Electron-beam-induced cobalt deposition. E. Nikulina, R. Llopis, O. Idigoras, F. Casanova, L. E. Hueso, P. Vavassori and A. Chuvilin
Trends in Nanotechnology, TNT 2011 (2011) Congress
Tenerife, Spain (Poster)
Spin Injection and Diffusion in Metallic Lateral Spin Valves. F. Casanova, M. Erekhinsky, A. Sharoni and I. K. Schuller
7th International Workshop on Magnetism and Superconductivity Conference at the Nanoscale (2011) Congress
Coma-ruga, Catalonia, Spain (Invited talk)
Surface spin-flip scattering in metallic lateral spin valves. F. Casanova, M. Erekhinsky, A. Sharoni and I. K. Schuller
11th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference (2010) Congress
Washington, DC, USA (Talk)
Spin Injection through Transparent Interfaces. A. Sharoni, F. Casanova, M. Erekhinsky and I. K. Schuller
11th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference (2010) Congress
Washington, DC, USA (Invited talk)
Reduced spin injection at high DC current in lateral spin valves. M. Erekhinsky, A. Sharoni, F. Casanova and I. K. Schuller
2010 APS March Meeting (2010) Congress
Portland, OR (USA) (Talk)
Room Temperature Spin Transport through C60 molecules. M. Gobbi, R. Llopis, F. Casanova and L. E. Hueso
3rd Topical Meeting on Spins in Organic Semiconductors (SPINOS III) (2010) Congress
Amsterdam (The Netherlands) (Talk)
Asymmetric spin injection at high current bias in all-metallic lateral spin valves. F. Casanova, M. Erekhinsky, A. Sharoni and I. K. Schuller
Trends in Nanotechnology 2010 (2010) Congress
INL, Braga (Portugal) (Talk)
Room Temperature Magnetoresistance in C60-based spin valves. M. Gobbi, R. Llopis, F. Casanova and L. E. Hueso
Passion for Knowledge (2010) Congress
Donostia (Basque Country) (Poster)
Spin Transport in Nanodevices. F. Casanova
Technion-nanoGUNE-BCN nanocluster symposyum (2010) Congress
Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa (Israel) (Invited talk)
Spin Injection and Diffusion in Metallic Lateral Spin Valves. F. Casanova, M. Erekhinsky, A. Sharoni and I. K. Schuller
International Conference on Nanoscale Magnetism 2010 (2010) Congress
Gebze (Turkey) (Invited talk)
Electronic and optical applications of electron beam lithography on insulating substrates. L. Arzubiaga, F. Golmar, F. Casanova, M. Schnell, P. Alonso, R. Hillenbrand and L. E. Hueso
Nanolitho 2010 (2010) Congress
Oviedo (Spain) (Talk)
Room Temperature Spin transport through C60 molecules. F. Golmar, M. Gobbi, R. Llopis, F. Casanova and L. E. Hueso
5th International Meeting on Molecular Electronics, ElecMol’10 (2010) Congress
Grenoble, France (Poster)