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Dr Alessandro De Martino

Senior Lecturer

School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Mathematics

Contact Information

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E219, Drysdale Building

Postal Address

City, University of London
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Qualifications

  1. Habilitation in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, 2005
  2. PhD in Theory of Elementary Particles, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Italy, Nov 1995 – Oct 1998
  3. Laurea (MSc) in Physics, University Federico II, Italy, Oct 1989 – Dec 1994

Employment

  1. Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, Sep 2012 – present
  2. Assistant Professor, University of Cologne, Jan 2008 – Aug 2012
  3. Postdoctoral research associate, Imperial College, Jan – Apr 2004
  4. Assistant Professor, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Jul 2001 – Dec 2007
  5. Postdoctoral research associate, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Oct 2000 – Jun 2001
  6. Postdoctoral research associate, École Normale Supérieure, Oct 1998 – Sep 2000

Publications

Chapter

  1. De Martino, A., Hütten, A. and Egger, R. (2013). Landau Levels and Edge States in Graphene with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling. In Egger, R., Matrasulov, D. and Rakhimov, K. (Eds.), Low-Dimensional Functional Materials (pp. 97–117). Springer Netherlands.

Conference papers and proceedings (3)

  1. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2005). Effective theory of superconductivity in carbon nanotube ropes. Statistical Physics and Beyond 6 Sep 2004 – 10 Sep 2004, Mexico City (MEXICO).
  2. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2002). Electron spin resonance theory for carbon nanotubes. Kirchberg, Tirol (AUSTRIA).
  3. De Martino, A. (2000). Magnetization plateaux in periodically modulated 1D systems: Effect of doping and disorder.

Internet publication

  1. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2003). Superconductivity in carbon nanotube ropes: Ginzburg-Landau approach and the role of quantum phase slips.

Journal articles (48)

  1. van den Berg, T.L., De Martino, A., Calvo, M.R. and Bercioux, D. (2020). Volkov-Pankratov states in topological graphene nanoribbons. Physical Review Research, 2(2). doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.2.023373.
  2. Dorn, K., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2020). Phase diagram and phonon-induced backscattering in topological insulator nanowires. Physical Review B, 101(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.045402.
  3. Bercioux, D. and De Martino, A. (2019). Spin-orbit interaction and snake states in a graphene p-n junction. Physical Review B, 100(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.115407.
  4. Pereira, R.G., Buccheri, F., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2019). Superconductivity from piezoelectric interactions in Weyl semimetals. Physical Review B, 100(3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.035106.
  5. Cohnitz, L., De Martino, A., Häusler, W. and Egger, R. (2017). Proximity-induced superconductivity in Landau-quantized graphene monolayers. Physical Review B, 96(14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.140506.
  6. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2017). Two-electron bound states near a Coulomb impurity in gapped graphene. Physical Review B, 95. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.085418.
  7. Cohnitz, L., De Martino, A., Häusler, W. and Egger, R. (2016). Chiral interface states in graphene p-n junctions. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 94(16), pp. 165443–165443. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165443.
  8. De Martino, A., Klöpfer, D., Matrasulov, D. and Egger, R. (2014). Electric-dipole-induced universality for Dirac fermions in graphene. Physical Review Letters, 112(18). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.186603.
  9. Klöpfer, D., De Martino, A., Matrasulov, D.U. and Egger, R. (2014). Scattering theory and ground-state energy of Dirac fermions in graphene with two Coulomb impurities. European Physical Journal B, 87(8). doi:10.1140/epjb/e2014-50414-8.
  10. Klöpfer, D., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2013). Bound states and supercriticality in graphene-based topological insulators. Crystals, 3(1), pp. 14–27. doi:10.3390/cryst3010014.
  11. De Martino, A., Hütten, A. and Egger, R. (2011). Landau levels, edge states, and strained magnetic waveguides in graphene monolayers with enhanced spin-orbit interaction. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 84(15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155420.
  12. Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2011). Magnetic superlattice and finite-energy Dirac points in graphene. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 83(15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155449.
  13. Altland, A., De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Narozhny, B. (2010). Fluctuation relations and rare realizations of transport observables. Physical Review Letters, 105(17). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.170601.
  14. Altland, A., De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Narozhny, B. (2010). Transient fluctuation relations for time-dependent particle transport. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 82(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115323.
  15. Schulz, A., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2010). Spin-orbit coupling and spectral function of interacting electrons in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 82(3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.033407.
  16. Egger, R., De Martino, A., Siedentop, H. and Stockmeyer, E. (2010). Multiparticle equations for interacting Dirac fermions in magnetically confined graphene quantum dots. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 43(21). doi:10.1088/1751-8113/43/21/215202.
  17. Bercioux, D. and De Martino, A. (2010). Spin-resolved scattering through spin-orbit nanostructures in graphene. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 81(16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165410.
  18. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2010). On the spectrum of a magnetic quantum dot in graphene. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 25(3). doi:10.1088/0268-1242/25/3/034006.
  19. Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2009). Wave-vector-dependent spin filtering and spin transport through magnetic barriers in graphene. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 80(15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155416.
  20. Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2009). Erratum: Multiple magnetic barriers in graphene (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2009) 79 (045420)). Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 80(8). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.089901.
  21. De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Gogolin, A.O. (2009). Phonon-phonon interactions and phonon damping in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.205408.
  22. Schulz, A., De Martino, A., Ingenhoven, P. and Egger, R. (2009). Low-energy theory and RKKY interaction for interacting quantum wires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.205432.
  23. Lunde, A.M., De Martino, A., Schulz, A., Egger, R. and Flensberg, K. (2009). Electron-electron interaction effects in quantum point contacts. New Journal of Physics, 11. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023031.
  24. Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2009). Multiple magnetic barriers in graphene. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.045420.
  25. Häusler, W., De Martino, A., Ghosh, T.K. and Egger, R. (2008). Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid parameters of magnetic waveguides in graphene. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 78(16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.165402.
  26. Ghosh, T.K., De Martino, A., Häusler, W., Dell'Anna, L. and Egger, R. (2008). Conductance quantization and snake states in graphene magnetic waveguides. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 77(8). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.081404.
  27. De Martino, A., Dell'Anna, L. and Egger, R. (2007). Magnetic barriers and confinement of Dirac-Weyl quasiparticles in graphene. Solid State Communications, 144(12), pp. 547–550. doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2007.03.062.
  28. De Martino, A., Dell'Anna, L. and Egger, R. (2007). Magnetic confinement of massless dirac fermions in graphene. Physical Review Letters, 98(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.066802.
  29. De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Tsvelik, A.M. (2006). Nonlinear magnetotransport in interacting chiral nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 97(7). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.076402.
  30. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2005). Rashba spin-orbit coupling and spin precession in carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 17(36), pp. 5523–5532. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/36/008.
  31. De Martino, A., Thorwart, M., Egger, R. and Graham, R. (2005). Exact results for one-dimensional disordered bosons with strong repulsion. Physical Review Letters, 94(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.060402.
  32. Ferrier, M., De Martino, A., Kasumov, A., Guéron, S., Kociak, M., Egger, R. … Bouchiat, H. (2004). Superconductivity in ropes of carbon nanotubes. Solid State Communications, 131(9-10 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 615–623. doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.044.
  33. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2004). Effective low-energy theory of superconductivity in carbon nanotube ropes. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 70(1). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.014508.
  34. De Martino, A., Egger, R., Murphy-Armando, F. and Hallberg, K. (2004). Spin-orbit coupling and electron spin resonance for interacting electrons in carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 16(17). doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/17/002.
  35. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2003). Acoustic phonon exchange, attractive interactions, and the Wentzel-Bardeen singularity in single-wall nanotubes. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 67(23). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.235418.
  36. Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Pujol, P. and Simon, P. (2002). Hubbard ladders in a magnetic field. Europhysics Letters, 57(3), pp. 402–408. doi:10.1209/epl/i2002-00475-5.
  37. De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2001). Esr theory for interacting 1D quantum wires. Europhysics Letters, 56(4), pp. 570–575. doi:10.1209/epl/i2001-00558-3.
  38. De Martino, A., Egger, R., Hallberg, K. and Balseiro, C.A. (2001). Spin-orbit coupling and ESR theory for carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 88(20), pp. 206402–206402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.206402.

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  39. Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Honecker, A., Pujol, P. and Simon, P. (2001). Emergence of irrationality: Magnetization plateaus in modulated Hubbard chains. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 63(9). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.63.094406.
  40. Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Grynberg, M.D., Peysson, S. and Pujol, P. (2000). Random bond XXZ chains with modulated couplings. Physical Review Letters, 85(22), pp. 4791–4794. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4791.
  41. Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Honecker, A., Pujol, P. and Simon, P. (2000). Doping-dependent magnetization plateaux in p-merized Hubbard chains. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, 268(4-6), pp. 418–423. doi:10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00210-3.
  42. Moriconi, M. and De Martino, A. (1999). Quantum integrability of certain boundary conditions. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 447(3-4), pp. 292–297. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01596-2.
  43. De Martino, A. and Moriconi, M. (1999). Boundary S-matrix for the Gross-Neveu model. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 451(3-4), pp. 354–364. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00240-3.
  44. De Martino, A. and Moriconi, M. (1998). Tricritical Ising model with a boundary. Nuclear Physics B, 528(3), pp. 577–594. doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00379-4.
  45. De Martino, A., Moriconi, M. and Mussardo, G. (1998). Reflection scattering matrix of the Ising model in a random boundary magnetic field. Nuclear Physics B, 509(3), pp. 615–636. doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00644-5.
  46. DEMARTINO, A. and MUSTO, R. (1995). ABELIAN HALL FLUIDS AND EDGE STATES - A CONFORMAL FIELD-THEORY APPROACH. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B, 9(21), pp. 2839–2855. doi:10.1142/S0217979295001063.
  47. De Martino, A. and Musto, R. (1995). Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation and extended symmetry for stable Hall states. Mod. Phys. Lett. A 10, 2051 (1995). doi:10.1142/S0217732395002209.

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  48. De Martino, A. and Musto, R. (1995). Abelian Hall Fluids and Edge States: a Conformal Field Theory Approach. Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 9, 2839 (1995). doi:10.1142/S0217979295001063.

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Education

Undergraduate teaching

MA2604 Calculus of several variables (2012-2015)
MA2660 Calculus (2015)
MA3611 Mathematical models and modelling (2012-2014)
MA1621 Introduction to modelling (2015-current)
MA2616 Part 2: Complex Analysis (2016-2019)
MA3661 Advance Complex Analysis (2019-current)