Prof. Dr. Samir Lounis

•  Education

2003 – 2007    PhD thesis: Theory of magnetic transition metal nanoclusters deposited on surfaces. With Distinction-Summa Cum Laude, supervised by Prof. S. Blügel and Prof. P. H. Dederichs at Forschungszentrum Jülich & defended at RWTH-Aachen University

2000 – 2002   Magister thesis: Study of the magnetic configurations of surfaces of FeRh binary ordered Alloy and Ni/Pt multilayers by the TB-LMTO method. Very good with Jury Congratulations, supervised by Prof. M. Benakki and Dr. C. Demangeat at Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria) and IPCMS (CNRS), Strasbourg (France)

1995 – 1999  “Diplôme d’Études Supérieures” in Physics, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou

• Current Position

Since 2020     University Professor in theoretical physics, University of Duisburg-Essen

Since 2011 Head of Funsilab (Functional nanoscale structure probe and simulation laboratory) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

•  Previous Positions

2021 – 2022  Guest Professor at Sorbonne Paris Nord University

2015 – 2020   Junior Professor, chair of Theory of Nanospintronics at the RWTH – Aachen University

July 2013    Guest scientist at CIN2 (CSIC) in Bellatera, Spain, visiting Prof. Nicolas Lorente

2010 – 2011    Research scholar at the physics department of the University of California at Irvine in the group of late Prof. Douglas L. Mills. Funded by the A. von Humboldt foundation

2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Solid State Physics (IFF) in Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

2003 – 2007 Research assistant at the IFF in Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

2000 – 2003 Research assistant at University Mouloud Mammeri of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

Summer 2001 Guest Scientist at the Institute for Material Physics and Chemistry of Strasbourg (IPCMS-CNRS), France

•  Scientific contributions

More than 110 publications in peer reviewed journals (2 in Science, 2 in Science Advances, 2 in Nature Physics, 17 in Nature Communications, 2 Communication physics, 2 in Nature Scientific Reports, 8 in Physical Review Letters, 1 in Nanoletters, 3 in PRB Letter/RC), 5 reviews, 2 book contributions, one popular scientific article; 92 invited talks/colloquia; several organized workshops, focus sessions, schools & hands-on

• Awards and honors (collected by years)

2022 – Guest Professorship at Sorbonne Paris Nord University

2021 – Guest Professorship at Sorbonne Paris Nord University

2016 – Consolidator grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to fund DYNASORE (Dynamical magnetic excitations with spin-orbit interaction in realistic nanostructures)

2015 – Elected member of the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW)

2014 – (i) Offer for a Junior Professor position at the RWTH-Aachen University, Germany; (ii) Qualification as Physics Professor, Section 28, Conseil National des Universités, France

2010 – (i) Young Investigator group from the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers; (ii) Finalist of the Psi-k Heine Young Investigator Award from the Psi-k Network for outstanding research in computer simulation of electronic structures

2009 – (i) Feodor-Lynen fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; (ii) DFG fellowship for post-doctoral research; declined

2008 – (i) Friedrich Wilhelm Prize awarded biannually to two outstanding PhD dissertations by the faculty for Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences from RWTH-Aachen; (ii) 2^nd Winner of the Günter-Leibfried Prize from the Forschungszentrum Jülich for the best popular scientific written and oral communications for a general public; (iii) Cover page of Physical Review Letters Vol. 101, Issue 10; (iv) ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel Dissertation Prize from the AG Magnetismus of the German Physical Society for the best German PhD thesis in Magnetism

2007 – Borchers-Plakette from the RWTH-Aachen for excellent PhD thesis

2002 – Scholarship for a PhD thesis from the overseas research student (ORS) awards committee in London

2000 – Valedictorian of the physics post-graduate program at Mouloud Mammeri University

1999 – (i) Successful national exams for post-grad. positions at the ENS Algiers and University of Bejaia; (ii) Valedictorian of the Physics graduate program at Mouloud Mammeri University

• Supervision

Master: (1) D. S. G. Bauer (Atomic spin-dynamics in confined magnetic nanostructures‘08); (2) J. Bouaziz (Chiral magnetism of adatoms induced by the Rashba electron gas’13); (3) S. Brinker (Static and dynamical currents in deposited nanostructures’16), prized as the 2017 best Master thesis from the AG Magnetismus of the German Physical Society & 1 Uni. Award; (4) J. Sukert (TITAN: A code and its applications for time-dependent transport and angular momentum in nanostructures’18);(5) I. Gede Arjana (Interaction of magnetic skyrmions with transition metal clusters’18); (6) U. Aceves (Theoretical investigation of in-gap states emerging from magnetic nanostructures deposited on superconductors’20, DAAD); (7) A. Montero (Investigation of spin-excitations of nanostructures on surfaces‘21)

PhD: (1) S. Heers (Effect of spin-orbit scattering on transport properties of low-dimensional dilute Alloys’11, 1 Award); (2) B. J. Schweflinghaus (First-principles investigation of inelastic magnetic excitations in nanostructures deposited on surfaces’15, 1 Award); (3) S. Brahimi (Ab-inito study of magnetic properties of surfaces and nanostructures of metallic binary alloys‘17); (4) D. M. Crum (partly–Advanced modeling for end-of-the-roadmap CMOS and potential beyond-CMO applications’16); (5) J. Bouaziz (Spin-orbitronics at the nanoscale: From analytical models to real materials‘19); (6) O. Messaoudi (Physical properties of Fe, Co and Ni monolayers deposited on TMDs’19, 1 fellowship); (7) F. dos Santos (First-principles study of collective spin excitations in noncollinear magnets’19, 1 fellowship); (8) H. Kouarta (Study of structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Fe-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides’20, 1 fellowship); (9) S. Brinker (Complex magnetism of nanostructures on surfaces: from orbital magnetism to spin excitations’20), prized as the 2021 best PhD thesis from AG Magnetismus of the German Physical Society & 1 Uni. Award; (10) H. Hamamera (expected in 2022, 1 fellowship ); (11) S. Shehada (expected in 2022, 1 fellowship ); (12) U. Aceves (expected in 2023); (13) A. Alia (expected in 2023, 1 fellowship); (14) N. Abuawwad (expected in 2024, 1 fellowship)

Postdocs:  10 – M. dos Santos Dias (Excellent referee – IOP journals), M. Bouhassoune, J. Ibanez-Azpiroz (Helmholtz fellow, ERC-Starting grant), F. Guimaraes (AvHumboldt fellow), I. Lima Fernandes (Skyrmion pic in 2022 DFG calendar, 1 fellowship), J. Chico; J. Bouaziz, F. dos Santos, E. Mendive Tapia (DAAD), S. Brinker

•  Commission/Committee participation

—Member of Selection-Committee of applicants for Helmholtz Young Investigator groups from FZ-Jülich

—Member of Selection-Committee of new members of Young Academy of Scientists AGYA

—Member of the Science and Engineering Expert Committee for large-scale OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) proposals (June 2014)

—Faculty opponent and member of exam commissions of several PhD, Master and Bachelor defenses (Germany, Sweden, Algeria, Morocco)

•  Editor

Since June 2020.  Associate Editor for Nature Physics Journal: Computational Materials

•  Referee

—for Nature journals, APS journals, IOP journals, Surface Science, Physica B, ….

—Research foundations: German DFG, Chilean CONYCIT, Hungarian OTKA, Swiss SNSF & Promotions at different universities

•  Teaching activities

Since 2021    Regular lectures at University Duisburg-Essen: “Physics of Imperfections: impurities on/in surfaces”, “Physics of magnetic nano-objects: from spintronics to quantum computing”

2015-2019    Several regular (compulsory and optional) lectures at RWTH Aachen University: “Solid State Physics”, “Advanced theoretical solid-state physics”, “Physics of Imperfections: impurities on/in surfaces”, “Density functional theory”

Nov. 2016    Intensive Master Course at the University Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco

April 2015    School at Congress of quantum physics and chemistry in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

Mar. 2014    45^th IFF Spring School: Computing Solids – Models, ab initio methods and supercomputing

July 2013     CECAM-supported Hands-on KKR-Computational Tutorial at the University of Warwick, UK

Sep. 2008     Lecturer for the general public at Forschungszentrum Jülich

2000 –2003 Tutorial teacher for Atomic Physics, Condensed Matter and Computational Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences of the Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

•  Languages Berber (Native), French, Arabic, English; German (C1 level@Goethe-Institut, B2-certificate)

I- Submitted manuscripts

[118] Emergence of zero-field non-synthetic single and catenated antiferromagnetic skyrmions in thin films,
A. Aldarawsheh, I. Lima Fernandes, S. Brinker, M. Sallermann, , M. Abusaa, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, submitted to Nat. Communications (2022); ArXiv:2202.12090

[117] Interplay of magnetic states and hyperfine fields of iron dimers on MgO(001),
S. Shehada, M. dos Santos Dias, M. Abusaa, S. Lounis, submitted to J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. (2022); arXiv:2202.00336

[116] Non-Majorana modes in diluted spin chains proximitized to a superconductor,
F. Ku ̈ster, S. Brinker, R. Hess, D. Loss, S. S. P. Parkin, J. Klinovaja, S. Lounis, P. Sessi, submitted to PNAS (2022); ArXiv:2112.05708

[115] Spontaneous and externally driven quantum spin fluctuations of 3d and 4d single atoms adsorbed on graphene,
S. Sadki, F. S. M. Guimarães, J. Bouaziz, J. Ibanēz-Azpiroz, L. B. Drissi, S. Lounis, submitted to PRB (2020), ArXiv:1912.09938

II- Published

[114] Generalization of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation by multi-body contributions to Gilbert damping for non-collinear magnets,
S. Brinker, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 34, 285802 (2022); ArXiv:2202.06154

[113] Spin-orbit enabled all-electrical readout of chiral spin-textures,
I. L. Fernandes, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 13, 1576 (2022)

[112] Anomalous excitations of atomically crafted quantum magnets,
S. Brinker, F. Küsters, S. S. P. Parkin, P. Sessi, S. Lounis, Science Advances 8 eabi7291 (2022); ArXiv:2111.02203

[111] Complex magnetic structure and spin waves of the noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn5Si3, N. Biniskos, F.J. dos Santos, K. Schmalzl, S. Raymond, M. dos Santos Dias, J. Persson, N. Marzari, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, T. Brückel, Phys. Rev. B 105, 104404 (2022); Editors’suggestion; ArXiv:2112.03368

[110] Reply to “Comment on “Proper and improper chiral magnetic interactions””,
M. dos Santos Dias, S. Brinker, A. Lászlóffy, B. Nyári, S. Blügel, L. Szunyogh, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B. Letters 105, 026402 (2022)

[109] Polarisation-dependent single-pulse ultrafast optical switching of an elementary ferromagnet,
H. Hamamera, F. S. M. Guimarães, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Nature Communication Physics 5, 16 (2022); ArXiv:2104.13850

[108] Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of subsurface Ag and Ge impurities in copper,
T. Kotzott, M. Bouhassoune, H. Prüser, A. Weismann, S. Lounis, M. Wenderoth, New J. Phys. 23 113044 (2021)

[107] Long range and highly tunable interaction between local spins coupled to a supercon- ducting condensate,
F. Küsters, S. Brinker, S. Lounis, S. S. P. Parkin, P. Sessi, Nature Commun. 12 6722 (2021) My postdoc Sascha Brinker is equal first author

[106] Topological magnon insulators in two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnets CrSiTe3 and CrGeTe3: Toward intrinsic gap-tunability,
F. Zhu, L. Zhang, X. Wang, F. J. dos Santos, J. Song, T. Mueller, K. Schmalzl, W. F. Schmidt, A. Ivanov, J. Park, J. Xu, J. Ma, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, Y. Mokrousov, Y. Su, T. Brückel, 7 eabi7532 Science Advances (2021)

[105] Mechanism for ultrafast electric-field driven skyrmion nucleation,
L. Desplat, S. Meyer, J. Bouaziz, P. M. Buhl, S. Lounis, B. Dupé, P.-A. Hervieux, Phys. Rev. B Letter 104, L060409 (2021); arXiv:2011.12055

[104] Trends in the hyperfine interactions of magnetic adatoms on thin insulating layers,
S. Shehada, M. dos Santos Dias, Filipe S. M. Guimarães, M. Abusaa, S. Lounis, Nature Physics Journal Computational Materials 7, 87 (2021); arXiv:2012.11639

[103] DFT+U investigation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy of Mn-doped transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers,
A. Smiri, S. Jaziri, S. Lounis, I. Gerber, Phys. Rev. Mat. 5, 054001 (2021); arXiv:1911.01173

[102] Proper and improper chiral magnetic interactions,
M. dos Santos Dias, S. Brinker, A. Lászlóffy, B. Nyári, S. Blügel, L. Szunyogh, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B Letter 103, L140408 (2021); Editors’ Suggestion; arXiv:2101.00463

[101] Transverse transport in two-dimensional relativistic systems with nontrivial spin textures, J. Bouaziz, H. Ishida, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 147203 (2021); arXiv:2103.06632
My student is first author

[100] Interplay of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and Kitaev interactions for magnonic properties of Heisenberg-Kitaev honeycomb ferromagnets,
L. Zhang, F. Zhu, D. Go. F. R. Lux, F. J. dos Santos, S. Lounis, Y. Su, S. Blügel, Y. Mokrousov, Phys. Rev. B 103, 134414 (2021); arXiv:2012.13729

[99] Correlating Josephson supercurrents and Shiba states in quantum spins unconventionally coupled to superconductors,
F. Ku ̈sters, Ana M. Montero, Filipe S. M. Guimarães, S. Brinker, S. Lounis, S. S. P. Parkin, P. Sessi, Nature Communications 12, 1108 (2021)

My student Ana M. Montero is equal first author

[98] Multiple magnetic states of CoPc molecule deposited on NbSe2 ,
Ana M. Montero, Filipe S. M. Guimarães, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33 205802 (2021); arXiv:2012.14972

[97] Complex magnetism of the two-dimensional antiferromagnetic Ge2F: from Ne ́el spin- textures to potential antiferromagnetic skyrmions,
F. Z. Ramadan, F. J. dos Santos, L. B. Drissi, S. Lounis, RSC Advances 11, 8654 (2021)

[96] Friedel oscillations induced by magnetic skyrmions: from scattering properties to all-electrical detection,
M. Bouhassoune, S. Lounis, Nanomaterials 11, 194 (2021) – Invited paper; arXiv:2012.12379

[95] Spin-waves in the collinear antiferromagnetic phase of Mn5Si3,
F. J. dos Santos, N. Biniskos, S. Raymond, K. Schmalzl, M. dos Santos Dias, P. Stef- fens, J. Persson, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, T. Bru ̈ckel, Phys. Rev. B 103, 024407 (2021); arXiv:2011.05455; My student F. J. dos Santos is first author

[94] Short period magnetization texture of B20-MnGe explained by thermally fluctuating local moments,
E. Mendive-Tapia, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Grytsiuk, J. B. Staunton, S. Blu ̈gel, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 103, 024410(2021); arXiv:2011.06351

[93] Zero-point quantum swing of magnetic couples,
J. Bouaziz, J. Ibanēz-Azpiroz, F. S. M. Guimarães, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043357 (2020)

[92] A new view on the origin of zero-bias anomalies of Co atoms atop noble metal surfaces, J. Bouaziz, F. S. M. Guimarães, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 11, 6112 (2020); arXiv:2003.01746

[91] Multiple-scattering approach for multi-spin chiral magnetic interactions: Application to the one-and two-dimensional Rashba electron gas
S. Lounis, New J. Phys. 22, 103003 (2020); arXiv:2005.03097

[90] Modelling spin waves in noncollinear antiferromagnetic spin textures: spin-flop states, spin spirals, skyrmions and antiskyrmions,
F. J. dos Santos, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 102, 104436 (2020); arXiv:2005.07250

[89] Sub-nanoscale atom-by-atom crafting of skyrmion-defect interaction profiles,
I. G. Arjana, I. L. Fernandes, J. Chico, S. Lounis, Nature Scientific Reports 10, 14655 (2020); arXiv:2003.05518

[88] Controlling in-gap end states by linking nonmagnetic atoms and artificially-constructed spin chains on superconductors,
L. Schneider, S. Brinker, M. Steinbrecher, J. Hermenau, T. Posske, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, R. Wiesendanger, J. Wiebe, Nature Communications 11, 4707 (2020); arXiv:2002.12294; my student S. Brinker is equal first author

[87] Prospecting chiral multi-site interactions in prototypical magnetic systems,
S. Brinker, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 033240 (2020); arXiv:2004.11110

[86] Probing the pinning strength of magnetic vortex cores with sub-nm resolution,
C. Holl, M. Knol, M. Pratzer, J. Chico, I. L. Fernandes, S. Lounis, M. Morgenstern, Nature Communications 11, 2833 (2020) (2020); arXiv:2001.06682

[85] Nonreciprocity of spin waves in noncollinear magnets due to the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction,
F. J. dos Santos, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 102, 104401 (2020); arXiv:2003.11649

[84] Theoretical investigation of antiferromagnetic skyrmions in a triangular monolayer,
L. Zhaosen, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32 425801 (2020); arXiv:2003.03374

[83] Equivalence of wave function matching and Green functions methods for quantum transport: generalized Fisher-Lee relation,
H. Boumrar, M. Hamidi, H. Zenia, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32, 355302 (2020), ArXiv:1912.11506

[82] Defect-implantation for the dramatic enhancement of all-electrical detection of non- collinear spin-textures,
I. L. Fernandes, M. Bouhassoune, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 11, 1602 (2020), ArXiv:1906.08838

[81] Spin, atomic and inter-atomic orbital magnetism induced by 3d nanostructures deposited on transition metal surfaces
S. Brinker, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. Mat. 4 024404 (2020), Ar- Xiv:1911.10053

[80] Topological chiral magnetic interactions driven by emergent orbital magnetism,
S. Grytsiuk, J.-P. Hanke, M. Hoffmann, J. Bouaziz, O. Gomonay, G. Bihlmayer, S. Lounis, Y. Mokrousov, S. Blügel, Nature Communications 11, 511 (2020), ArXiv:1904.02369

[79] Spin-orbit torques and their associated effective fields from gigahertz to terahertz,
F. S. M. Guimarães, J. Bouaziz, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Communication Physics 3, 19 (2020), ArXiv:1906.11314)

[78] Impurity-dependent gyrotropic motion, deflection and pinning of current-driven ultrasmall skyrmions in PdFe/Ir(111) surface; arXiv:2004.10509
I. Lima Fernandes, J. Chico, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 32 425802 (2020)

[77] Stabilizing spin systems via symmetrically tailored RKKY interactions,
J. Hermenau. S. Brinker, M. Marciani, M. Steinbrecher, M. dos Santos Dias, R. Wiesendanger, S. Lounis, J. Wiebe, Nature Communications 10 2565 (2019), ArXiv: 1811.02807; my student is equal first author

[76] Complex magnetism of B20-MnGe: from spin-spirals, hedgehogs to monopoles,
M. Bornemann, S. Grytsiuk, N. Kiselev, P. F. Baumeister, M. dos Santos Dias, R. Zeller, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 485801 (2019), ArXiv:1904.12176

[75] Magnetism and in-gap states of 3d transition metal atoms on superconducting Re,
L. Schneider, M. Steinbrecher, L. Rózsa, J. Bouaziz, K. Palotás, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, J. Wiebe, R. Wiesendanger, NJP Quantum Materials 4, 42 (2019), ArXiv:1903.10278

[74] The chiral biquadratic pair interaction,
S. Brinker, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, New Journal of Physics 21 083015 (2019), ArXiv:1902.08607

[73] Dependence of the magnetic interactions in MoS2 monolayer on Mn-doping configurations,
A. Smiri, I. Gerber, S. Lounis, S. Jaziri, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 465802 (2019), arXiv:1904.12905

[72] Impact of single atomic defects and vacancies on the magnetic anisotropy energy of CoPt thin films,
S. Brahimi, H. Bouzar, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 435803 (2019), ar- Xiv:1905.00674

[71] Unoccupied surface and interface states in thin films of Pd deposited on Fe/Ir(111) surface,
M. Bouhassoune, I. L. Fernandes, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, New Journal of Physics 21 063015 (2019), ArXiv:1901.07029

[70] Comparison of first-principles methods to extract magnetic parameters in ultra-thin films: Co/Pt(111),
B. Zimmermann, G. Bihlmayer, M. Böttcher, M. Bouhassoune, S. Lounis, J. Sinova, S. Heinze, S. Blügel, B. Dupé, Phys. Rev. B 99, 214426 (2019), ArXiv:1904.06954

[69] Comparative study of methodologies to compute the intrinsic Gilbert damping: interrela- tions, validity and physical consequences,
F. S. M. Guimaraes, J. R. Suckert, J. Chico, J. Bouaziz, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31 255802 (2019), ArXiv: 1807.11808

[68] Spin dynamics of 3d and 4d impurities embedded in prototypical topological insulators, J. Bouaziz, M. dos Santos Dias, F. S. M. Guimaraes, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 054201 (2019), ArXiv:1812.09596

[67] Electron-phonon dynamics in 2D carbon based hybrids XC (X = Si, Ge, Sn),
L. B. Drissi, N. B.-J. Kanga, S. Lounis, F. Djeffal, S. Haddad, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 135702 (2019)

[66] Universality of defect-skyrmion interaction profiles,

I. L. Fernandes, J. Bouaziz, S. Blu ̈gel, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 9, 4395 (2018)

[65] Ab initio investigation of impurity-induced in-gap states in Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3,
J. Bouaziz, M. dos Santos Dias, J. Ibanez-Azpiroz, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 98, 035119 (2018); arXiv:1805.01002

[64] Interatomic orbital magnetism:The case of 3d adatoms deposited on the Pt(111) surface, S. Brinker, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 98, 094428 (2018); Ar- Xiv:1802.08609

[63] Spin-fluctuation and spin-relaxation effects of single adatoms from first principles,
J. Ibanez-Apiroz, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 30, 343002 (2018); ArXiv:1802.00347, Invited review article, Psi-k Scientific Highlight of the Month, N. 140, April (2018)

[62] Anatomy of the magnetic anisotropy energy mediated by tight-binding Rashba electrons, G. Chaudhary, M. dos Santos Dias, A. H. MacDonald, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 98, 134404 (2018); ArXiv:1802.10482

[61] Impurity-induced orbital magnetization in a Rashba electron gas,
J. Bouaziz, M. dos Santos Dias, F. S. M. Guimarães, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 98, 125420 (2018); ArXiv:1802.02158

[60] Magnetic skyrmions: structure, stability, and transport phenomena,
G. Bihlmayer, P. M. Buhl, B. Dup ́e, I. L. Fernandes, F. Freimuth, J. Gayles, S. Heinze, N. Kiselev, S. Lounis, Y. Morkrousov, S. Blügel, Invited review article, Psi-k Scientific Highlight of the Month, N. 139, February (2018)

[59] Spin-resolved inelastic electron scattering by spin waves in noncollinear magnets,
F. J. dos Santos, M. dos Santos Dias, F. S. M. Guimarães, J. Bouaziz, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 97, 024431 (2018), ArXiv:1801.02542

[58] Non-degenerate valleys in the half-metallic ferromagnet Fe/WS2,
O. Messaoudi, J. Ibanez-Azpiroz, H. Bouzar, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 97, 035404 (2018)

[57] Longitudinal and transverse spin relaxation times of magnetic single adatoms: an ab initio analysis,
J. Ibanez-Azpiroz, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 96, 14410 (2017)

[56] Engineering dynamical elliptical spin-excitations with magnetic anisotropy fields in Fe adatoms and dimers on Cu(111) surface,
F. Guimaraes, M. dos Santos Dias, B. Schweflinghaus, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B bf 96, 14401 (2017)

[55] Insights into the orbital magnetism of noncollinear magnetic systems,
M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, SPIE 10357, 103572A (2017); Invited paper for Proceedings of SPIE, Spintronics X; ArXiv:1707.04518

[54] Halogenation of SiC for band-gap engineering and excitonic functionalization,
L. B. Drissi, F. Z. Ramadan, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 455001 (2017)

[53] Tuning paramagnetic spin-excitations of single adatoms,
J. Ibanez-Azpiroz, M. dos Santos, B. Schweflinghaus, S. Blu ̈gel, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 017203 (2017); Editor’s suggestion

[52] A gateway towards non-collinear spin processing using three-atom magnets with strong substrate coupling,
J. Hermenau, J. Ibanēz-Apiroz, Chr. Hübner, A. Sonntag, B. Baxevanis, K. T. Ton, M. Steinbrecher, A. A. Khajetoorians, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Blügel, R. Wiesendanger, S. Lounis, J. Wiebe, Nature Communications 8, 642 (2017)

My postdoc J. Ibanēz-Azpiroz is equal first author

[51] Dynamical amplification of magnetoresistances and Hall currents up to the THz regime, F. Guimaraes, M. dos Santos Dias, J. Bouaziz, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, S. Lounis, Nature Scientific Reports 7, 3686 (2017)

[50] First-principles investigation of spin wave dispersions in surface-reconstructed Co thin films on W(110),
F. dos Santos, M. dos Santos, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 95, 134408 (2017)

[49] Chiral magnetism of magnetic adatoms generated by Rashba electrons,
J. Bouaziz, M. dos Santos Dias, A. Ziane, P. H. Dederichs, M. Benakki, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, New Journal of Physics 19, 023010 (2017)

[48] Chirality-driven orbital magnetic moments: fingerprints of topological magnetic structures, M. dos Santos Dias, J. Bouaziz, M. Bouhassoune, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 7, 13613 (2016)

[47] Giant perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energies in CoPt thin films: Impact of reduced dimensionality and imperfections,
S. Brahimi, H. Bouzar, S. Lounis, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 28 496002 (2016)

[46] RKKY-like contributions to the magnetic anisotropy energy: 3d adatoms on Pt(111) surface,
M. Bouhassoune, M. dos Santos Dias, B. Zimmermann, P. H. Dederichs, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 94, 125402 (2016)

[45] Microscopic theory of the residual surface resistivity of Rashba electrons, J. Bouaziz, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, H. Ishida, Phys. Rev. B 94, 045433 (2016)

[44] Zero-point spin-fluctuations of single adatoms,
J. Iban ̃ez-Azpiroz, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Nanoletters 16, 4305 (2016)

[43] Strong correlation effects in theoretical STM studies of magnetic adatoms,
H. T. Dang, M. dos Santos Dias, A. Liebsch, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 93, 115123 (2016)

[42] Spin excitations in 3d transition-metal adatoms on Pt(111): Observable with inelastic scanning tunneling spectroscopy or not?
B. Schweflinghaus, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 93, 035451 (2016)

[41] Tailoring the chiral magnetic interaction between two individual atoms,
A. Khajetoorians, M. Steinbrecher, M. Ternes, M. Bouhassoune, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Lounis, J. Wiebe, R. Wiesendanger, Nature Communications 7, 10620 (2016)

[40] Absence of a spin-signature from a single Ho adatom as probed by spin-sensitive tunneling,
M. Steinbrecher, A. Sonntag, M. dos Santos Dias, M. Bouhassoune, S. Lounis, J. Wiebe, R. Wiesendanger, A. Khajetoorians, Nature Communications 7, 10454 (2016)

[39] Dynamical current-induced ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic resonances,
F. S. M. Guimarães, S. Lounis, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, Phys. Rev. B 92, 220410(R) (2015)

[38] Perpendicular reading of single confined magnetic skyrmions,
D. M. Crum, M. Bouhassoune, J. Bouaziz, B. Schweflinghaus, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 6, 8541 (2015)

[37] Relativistic dynamical spin-excitations of adatoms,
M. dos Santos Dias, B. Schweflinghaus, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 91, 075405 (2015)

[36] Calculation of transverse dynamical magnetic susceptibilities from regular static density functional theory: Application to the evaluation of damping and g-shifts of spin-excitations, S. Lounis, M. dos Santos Dias, B. Schweflinghaus, Phys. Rev. B 91, 104420 (2015)

[35] Quantum well states and amplified spin-dependent Friedel oscillations in thin films,
M. Bouhassoune, B. Zimmermann, Ph. Mavropoulos, D. Wortmann, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, Nature Communications 5, 5558 (2014)

[34] Interplay between Kondo effect and Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction, H. Prüser, P. E. Dargel, M. Bouhassoune, R. G. Ulbrich, T. Pruschke, S. Lounis, M. Wenderoth, Nature Communications 5, 5417 (2014)

[33] Theoretical probing of inelastic spin-excitations in adatoms on surfaces,
S. Lounis, B. Schweflinghaus, M. dos Santos Dias, M. Bouhassoune, R. B. Muniz, A. T. Costa, Invited Review, Surface Science 630, 317 (2014)

[32] Renormalization of electrons self-energies via their interaction with spin excitations: A first-principles investigation,
B. Schweflinghaus, M. dos Santos Dias, A. T. Costa, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 89, 235439 (2014)

[31] Non-collinear magnetism induced by frustration in transition-metal nanostructures deposited on surfaces,
S. Lounis, Review article, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 273201 (2014)

[30] Design of magnetic textures of nanocorrals with an extra adatom, N. P. Konstantinidis, S. Lounis, Phys. Rev. B 88, 184414 (2013)

[29] Spin-excitations of individual Fe atoms on Pt(111): Impact of the site-dependent giant substrate polarization,
A. A. Khajetoorians, T. Schlenk, B. Schweflinghaus, M. dos Santos Dias, M. Steinbrecher, M. Bouhassoune, S. Lounis, J. Wiebe, R. Wisendanger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 157204 (2013)

[28] Parity effect in ground state localization of antiferromagnetic chains coupled to a ferromagnet,
S. Holzberger, T. Schuh, S. Blügel, S. Lounis, W. Wulfhekel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 157206 (2013), Editor’s suggestion.

[27] Current-driven spin dynamics of artificially constructed quantum magnets,
A. A. Khajetoorians, B. Baxevanis, C. Hübner, T. Schlenk, S. Krause, T. Wehling, S. Lounis, A. Lichtenstein, D. Pfannkuche, J. Wiebe, R. Wiesendanger, Science 339, 55 (2013).

[26] Lifetime reduction of Cu, Ag, and Au(111) surface states caused by impurity scattering, S. Heers, Ph. Mavropoulos, S. Lounis, R. Zeller, S. Blügel, Phys. Rev. B, 86, 125444 (2012).

[25] Adatom induced skyrmion-like spin structures in two-dimensional confined electron gas, S. Lounis, A. Bringer, S. Blügel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 207202 (2012).

[24] Atom-by-atom engineering and magnetometry of tailored nanomagnets,
A. A. Khajetoorians, J. Wiebe, B. Chilian, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, R. Wiesendanger, Nature Physics 8, 497 (2012).

[23] Anomalously large g-factor of single atoms adsorbed on a metal substrate,
B. Chilian, A. A. Khajetoorians, S. Lounis, A. T. Costa, D. L. Mills, J. Wiebe, R. Wiesendanger, Phys. Rev. B, Brief Report, 84, 212401 (2011).

[22] Itinerant nature of atom-magnetization excitation by tunneling electrons,
A. A. Khajetoorians, S. Lounis, B. Chilian, A. T. Costa, L. Zhou, D. L. Mills, R. Wiesen- danger and J. Wiebe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 037205 (2011).

[21] Theory of local dynamical magnetic susceptibilities from the Korringa- Kohn-Rostoker green function method,
S. Lounis, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, and D. L. Mills, Phys. Rev. B 83, 035109 (2011), Editor’s suggestion.

[20] Spin-polarization at the (111) surface of platinum induced by the proximity to cobalt nanostripes,
Focko Meier, S. Lounis, L. Zhou, J. Wiebe, S. Heers, Ph. Mavropoulos, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel and R. Wiesendanger, Phys. Rev. B 83, 075407 (2011).

[19] Theory of real space imaging of Fermi surface by STM,
S. Lounis, P. Zahn, A. Weismann, M. Wenderoth, R. G. Ulbrich, P. H. Dederichs and S. Blügel, Phys. Rev. B 83, 035427 (2011).

[18] Self-assembled nanoscale magnetic networks on surfaces: Fundamental interactions and functional properties,
C. Carbone, S. Gardonio, P. Moras, S. Lounis, M. Heide, G. Bihlmayer, N. Atodiresei, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel, S. Vlaic, A. Lehnert, S. Ouazi, S. Rusponi, H. Brune, J. Honolka, A. Enders, K. Kern, S. Stepanow, C. Krull, T. Balashov, A. Mugarza, and P. Gambardella, Advanced Functional Materials 21 (7), 1212 (Sp. Iss.) (2011).

[17] Magnetization relaxation in monoatomic magnetic chains on surfaces studied by classical spin-dynamics simulations,
D. S. G. Bauer, Ph. Mavropoulos, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23 394204 (2011)

[16] Mapping the magnetic exchange interactions from first principles: Anisotropy anomaly and application to Fe, Ni, and Co,
S. Lounis, P. H. Dederichs, Phys. Rev. B (R) 82 180404 (2010).
Editor’s suggestion. Selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 22, 21 (2010)

[15] Dynamical magnetic excitations in nanostructures deposited on surfaces,

S. Lounis, A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, D. L. Mills, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 187205 (2010)

[14] Spin orbit coupling and spin waves in ultrathin ferromagnets: The spin wave Rashba effect,
A. T. Costa, R. B. Muniz, S. Lounis, A. B. Klautau, D. L. Mills, Phys. Rev. B 82, 014428 (2010)

[13] Strength and directionality of surface Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction mapped on the atomic scale,
L. Zhou, J. Wiebe, S. Lounis, E. Vedmedenko, F. Meier, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel and R. Wiesendanger, Nature Physics 6, 187 (2010)

Selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 21, 11 (2010)
[12] Exchange coupling in transition-metal nano-clusters on Cu(001) and Cu(111) surfaces,

Ph. Mavropoulos, S. Lounis, S. Blügel, Physica Status Solidi (b) 247, 1187 (2010)

[11] Seeing the Fermi-surface in real space by nanoscale electron focusing,
A. Weismann, M. Wenderoth, S. Lounis, P. Zahn, R. G. Ulbrich, N. Quaas, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel
Science 323, 1190 (2009)
Selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 19, 10 (2009)

[10] Magnetism of nanowires driven by novel even-odd effects,
S. Lounis, P. H. Dederichs and S. Blügel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 107204 (2008); (Cover page of Phys. Rev. Lett.) Selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 18, 12 (2008)

[9] Noncollinear magnetism of Cr nanostructures on Fe3ML/Cu(001): a first-principles and experimental investigation,
S. Lounis, M. Reif, Ph. Mavropoulos, L. Glaser, P. H. Dederichs, M. Martins, S. Blügel and W. Wurth

Eur. Phys. Lett. 81, 47004 (2008)

[8] Noncollinear magnetism of Cr and Mn nanoclusters on Ni(111): Changing the magnetic configuration atom by atom,
S. Lounis, Ph. Mavropoulos, R. Zeller, P. H. Dederichs and S. Blügel
Phys. Rev. B 75, 174436 (2007)

[7] Surface state scattering by atomic-scale clusters on noble metals,
S. Lounis, Ph. Mavropoulos, P. H. Dederichs and S. Blügel
Phys. Rev. B 73, 195421 (2006)
Selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 13 (2006), 22

[6] Fe clusters on Ni and Cu: size and shape dependence of the spin moment, Ph. Mavropoulos, S. Lounis, R. Zeller, and S. Blügel,
Appl. Phys. A, 82, 103 (2006)

[5] Noncollinear Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker Green function method: Application to 3d nanostructures on Ni(001),
S. Lounis, Ph. Mavropoulos, P. H. Dederichs and S. Blügel, Phys. Rev. B 72, 224437 (2005)

[4] Antiferromagnetic polarization at Mn/V(001) interfaces,

B. Belhadji, S. Lounis, M. Benakki, and C. Demangeat, Phys. Rev. B. 69, 064431 (2004)

[3] Ferromagnetic stabilization of ordered B2 FeRh thin films, S. Lounis, M. Benakki, and C. Demangeat,
Phys. Rev. B 67, 094432 (2003)

[2] Ab initio study of the dead magnetic Ni layers at the Ni/Pt(111) interface,

S. Lounis, M. Benakki, S. Bouarab and C. Demangeat,
Surf. Sci. 518, 57 (2002)

[1] Ab initio study of the magnetic configurations on the (001) surfaces of binary FePd and FeRh ordered alloys,
C. Dahmoune, S. Lounis, M. Talanana, M. Benakki, S. Bouarab and C. Demangeat,
J. M. M. M. 240, 368 (2002)

III- Dissertations, Contributions to Books and Popular Scientific Articles

[11] Spin-fluctuation and spin-relaxation effects of single adatoms from first principles,
J. Ibanez-Apiroz, M. dos Santos Dias, S. Blu ̈gel, S. Lounis, Invited review article, Psi-k Scientific Highlight of the Month, 140, April (2018)

[10] Magnetic skyrmions: structure, stability, and transport phenomena,
G. Bihlmayer, P. M. Buhl, B. Dupé, I. L. Fernandes, F. Freimuth, J. Gayles, S. Heinze, N. Kiselev, S. Lounis, Y. Morkrousov, S. Blügel, Invited review article, Psi-k Scientific Highlight of the Month, 139, February (2018)

[9] Theory of scanning tunneling microscopy,

S. Lounis

Contribution to the 45th IFF Spring School in Forschungszentrum Ju ̈lich, 2014 Computing Solides - Models, ab initio methods and supercomputing
S. Blügel, V. Meden, N. Helbig, D. Wortmann (editors)
ISSN 1866-1807; ISBN 978-3-89336-912-6

[8] Non-collinear magnetism induced by frustration in transition-metal nano-structures deposited on surfaces,
S. Lounis, Ph. Mavropoulos,
Invited review article,

Highlight 106 of the Ψk Newsletter August (2011)

[7] Report on the Ψk 2010 Conference in Berlin, S. Lounis,
Invited report,
Ψk Newsletter 101, October 2010

[6] Domino behavior in nanowires,
S. Lounis, P. H. Dederichs, S. Blügel,
Scientific Report of the Ju ̈lich’s Institute of Solid State Research, (2008/2009)

[5] Frustration and dance floors: Engineering nano-concepts with quantum mechanics, S. Lounis,
Prized Popular Scientific Article,
Gu ̈nter-Leibfried-Prize, Forschungszentrum Ju ̈lich, 2008

[4] Theory of magnetic transition metal nanoclusters deposited on surfaces,
S. Lounis,
PhD dissertation written in Forschungszentrum Jülich and defended in RWTH Aachen, Schriften des Forschungszentrum Ju ̈lich, 2007
Collection Matter and Material
Volume 41
ISBN 978-3-89336-501-2

[3] The Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (KKR) Green function method:
II. Impurities and clusters in the bulk and on surfaces,
P. H. Dederichs, S. Lounis, R. Zeller,
Contribution to NIC-Winterschool in Forschungszentrum Ju ̈lich, 2006 Computational nanoscience: Do it yourself!

J. Grotendorst, S. Blügel, D. Marx (editors) NIC Series Volume 31, pp.279-298
ISBN 3-00-017350-17350-1

[2] Noncollinear magnetism in 3d nanostructures on Ni(001) and on Fe3ML/Cu(001), S. Lounis, Ph. Mavropoulos, P. H. Dederichs and S. Blügel,
Scientific Report of the Jülich’s Institute of Solid State Research, 42 (2004/2005)

[1] Study of the magnetic configurations of FeRh binary ordered alloy and Ni/Pt multilayers by TB-LMTO method,
S. Lounis,
Magister Dissertation (2002), Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria) and IPCMS (CNRS), Strasbourg (France)