Igor Stolichnov
Biography
Igor Stolichnov received his Master degree in solid state physics at Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University in 1994. In 1996 he joined EPFL, where he was awarded PhD in 2000 for his work on ferroelectric non-volatile memories. Currently a senior scientist, member of staff of Nanoelectronic devices laboratory, EPFL. His scientific interests are focused on functional materials and their applications for information processing in energy-efficient circuitry, including ferroelectrics, dielectrics, multiferroics and phase-changing materials. He is active in development of advanced techniques of materials characterization at the nanometer scale, in particular in scanning probe microscopy. His researches that resulted in > 100 publications are focused on functional dielectrics/ferroics, and their integration on semiconductors and metals for applications in information processing and storage.Publications
Selected publications
| Stolichnov, I., Cavalieri, M., Gastaldi, C., Hoffmann, M.,
Schroeder, U., Mikolajick T., Ionescu, A.M. Applied Physics Letters, 117, 172902 (2020) |
Intrinsic or nucleation-driven switching: An insight from nanoscopic analysis of negative capacitance Hf1−xZrxO2-based structures |
| Saeidi, A., Rosca, T., Memisevic, E., Stolichnov, I., Cavalieri, M., Wernersson, L., Ionescu, A.M. Nano Letters, 20, 3255 (2020) |
Nanowire tunnel FET with simultaneously reduced subthermionic subthreshold swing and off-current due to negative capacitance and voltage pinning effects |
| Stolichnov, I., Cavalieri M., Colla, E., Schenk, T., Mittmann, T., Thomas Mikolajick, Uwe Schroeder, Ionescu, A.M. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10, 30514 (2018) |
Genuinely Ferroelectric Sub-1-Volt-Switchable Nanodomains in HfxZr(1–x)O2 Ultrathin Capacitors |
| Stolichnov, I., Feigl, L., McGilly, L., Sluka, T., Xian-Kui Wei, Enrico Colla, Arnaud Crassous, Konstantin Shapovalov, Petr Yudin, Alexander K Tagantsev, Setter, N. Nano Letters, 15, 8049 (2015) |
Bent ferroelectric domain walls as reconfigurable metallic-like channels |
| Stolichnov, I., Iwanowska, M., Colla, E., Ziegler, B., Gaponenko, I., Paruch, P., Huijben, M., Rijnders, G. & Setter, N Applied Physics Letters , 104, 132902 (2014) |
Persistent conductive footprints of 109� domain walls in bismuth ferrite films |
| Huang, Z., Stolichnov, I., Bernand-Mantel, A., Borrel, J., Auffret, S., Gaudin, G., Boulle, O., Pizzini, S., Ranno, L., Diez, L.H. & Setter, N Applied Physics Letters 103, 222902 (2013) |
Ferroelectric control of magnetic domains in ultra-thin cobalt layers |
| Stolichnov, I., Maksymovych, P., Mikheev, E., Kalinin, S.V., Tagantsev, A.K. & Setter, N Physical Review Letters 108, 027603 (2012) |
Cold-Field Switching in PVDF-TrFE Ferroelectric Polymer Nanomesas |
| Mikheev, E., Stolichnov, I., De Ranieri, E., Wunderlich, J., Trodahl, H.J., Rushforth, A.W., Riester, S.W.E., Campion, R.P., Edmonds, K.W., Gallagher, B.L. & Setter Physical Review B 86, 235130 (2012) |
Magnetic domain wall propagation under ferroelectric control |
| Mikheev, E., Stolichnov, I., Huang, Z., Rushforth, A.W., Haigh, J.A., Campion, R.P., Edmonds, K.W., Gallagher, B.L. & Setter, N Applied Physics Letters 100, 262906 (2012) |
Non-volatile ferroelectric gating of magnetotransport anisotropy in (Ga,Mn)(As,P) |
| Stolichnov, I., Riester, S.W.E., Mikheev, E., Setter, N., Rushforth, A.W., Edmonds, K.W., Campion, R.P., Foxon, C.T., Gallagher, B.L., Jungwirth, T. & Trodahl, H.J Physical Review B 83, 115203 (2011) |
Enhanced Curie temperature and nonvolatile switching of ferromagnetism in ultrathin (Ga,Mn)As channels |
| Stolichnov, I., Riester, S.W.E., Trodahl, H.J., Setter, N., Rushforth, A.W., Edmonds, K.W., Campion, R.P., Foxon, C.T., Gallagher, B.L. & Jungwirth, T Nature Materials 7, 464-467 (2008) |
Non-volatile ferroelectric control of ferromagnetism in (Ga, Mn)As |
Other publications
Publication list
Full publication list can be seen at: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-3331-2014Research
Current research interests
Functional materials: ferroelectrics, multiferroics (materials and systems with coupled ferroic orders, e.g. ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism) Electronic transport in thin film insulators and semiconductors
Ferroics: thin films, electronic properties, physics of switching, size effects
Non-volatile memories device physics
Scanning probe microscopy
Semiconductor-ferroelectric heterostructures
Publication list
The full publication list can be seen at:http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-3331-2014
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Materials Science and Engineering
PhD Students
Bosio Riccardo, Conti Vanessa, Li Hung-Wei, Martinolli Niccolò,Past EPFL PhD Students
Cavalieri Matteo , Gastaldi Carlotta , Huang Zhen , Iwanowska Monika , Riester Sebastian , Risch Felix ,Courses
Crystalline materials: structures and properties
The properties of crystals and polycrystalline (ceramic) materials including electrical, thermal and electromechanical phenomena are studied in connection with structures, point defects and phase relations. The students learn how to analyse/predict properties based on structure, symmetry and defects
Surface analysis
The course treats the main surface analysis methods for the characterization of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. It discusses how these methods can be applied to gain specific knowledge about structural, chemical and functional properties of surfaces and thin films. Limitation to 18 students!