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Prof. dr. Z. (Zeila) Zanolli

Professor 
Science
Chemistry
Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
Condensed Matter and Interfaces
Condensed Matter and Interfaces
Leonard S. Ornsteinlaboratorium
Princetonplein 1
Kamer 1.66
3584 CC Utrecht

Prof. dr. Z. (Zeila) Zanolli

Professor
Condensed Matter and Interfaces
+31 30 253 2227
z.zanolli@uu.nl
Profile CV Publications Research Teaching Ancillary activities Outreach Press Releases Open Source Software and FAIR data Contact
Profile CV Publications Research Teaching Ancillary activities Outreach Press Releases Open Source Software and FAIR data Contact
Areas of expertise
Research areas

A complete list of publications and invited/keynote talks can be found on my website:

https://zeilazanolli.wordpress.com/publications/ 

https://zeilazanolli.wordpress.com/work_edu/invited-presentations/

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Cuperus, J., Kole, A., Botello-Méndez, A. R., Zanolli, Z., Vanmaekelbergh, D., & Swart, I. (2025). One dimensional edge localized YSR states in CrCl3 on NbSe2. npj Quantum Materials, 10(51). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-025-00759-2
Vliem, J. F., Cayan, S. A., Reho, R., Botello-Méndez, A. R., Geiregat, P., Zanolli, Z., & Vanmaekelbergh, D. (2025). Role of Surface Bands in the Photogeneration, Cooling, and Recombination of Charge Carriers in Two-Dimensional Bi2Se3. ACS Nano, 19(18), 17261-17272. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c14134
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/264120561/vliem-et-al-2025-role-of-surface-bands-in-the-photogeneration-cooling-and-recombination-of-charge-carriers-in-two.pdf
Grubisic Cabo, A., Soriano, D., Guimaraes, M., Afanasiev, D., Garcia, J. H., Aguilera, I., Ali, M. N., Bhattacharyya, S., Blanter, Y. M., Bosma, R., Cheng, Z., Dan, Z., Dash, S. P., Medina Dueñas, J., Gibertini, M., Grytsiuk, S., Houmes, M., Isaeva, A., Knekna, C., ... Soriano, D. (2025). Roadmap on Quantum Magnetic Materials. 2D Materials. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/adbe89

2024

Scholarly publications

Reho, R., Wittemeier, N., Kole, A. H., Ordejón, P., & Zanolli, Z. (2024). Density functional Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory for superconductors implemented in the SIESTA code. Physical Review B, 110(13), Article 134505. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.134505
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/243470926/PhysRevB.110.134505.pdf
Reho, R., Botello-Mendez, A. R., Sangalli, D., Verstraete, M. J., & Zanolli, Z. (2024). Excitonic response in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures from first principles: Impact of stacking, twisting, and interlayer distance. Physical Review B, 110(3), 1-15. Article 035118. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.035118
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233531700/PhysRevB.110.035118.pdf
Moes, J. R., Vliem, J. F., Monteiro Campos de Melo, P., Wigmans, T. C., Botello-Méndez, A. R., Mendes, R. G., Brenk, E. F. V., Swart, I., Licerán, L. M., Stoof, H., Delerue, C., Zanolli, Z., & Vanmaekelbergh, D. (2024). Characterization of the Edge States in Colloidal Bi2Se3 Platelets. Nano Letters, 24(17), 5110–5116. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04460
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452020/moes-et-al-2024-characterization-of-the-edge-states-in-colloidal-bi2se3-platelets.pdf?sequence=1
Farris, R., Hellman, O., Zanolli, Z., Saleta Reig, D., Varghese, S., Ordejón, P., Tielrooij, K. J., & Verstraete, M. J. (2024). Microscopic understanding of the in-plane thermal transport properties of 2H transition metal dichalcogenides. Physical Review B, 109(12), 1-14. Article 125422. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.125422
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437821/PhysRevB.109.125422.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Monteiro Campos de Melo, P., de Abreu, J. C., Guster, B., Giantomassi, M., Zanolli, Z., Gonze, X., & Verstraete, M. J. (2023). High-throughput analysis of Fröhlich-type polaron models. npj Computational Materials, 9(1), Article 147. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-023-01083-8
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434269/s41524-023-01083-8.pdf?sequence=1
Zanolli, Z., Malcioglu, O. B., & Charlier, J.-C. (2023). Carbynes connected to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as potential carriers of diffuse interstellar bands. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675, Article L9. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245721
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434226/aa45721-22.pdf?sequence=1
Besson, C., Stegmann, P., Schnee, M., Zanolli, Z., Achilli, S., Wittemeier, N., Vierck, A., Frielinghaus, R., Kögerler, P., Maultzsch, J., Ordejón, P., Schneider, C. M., Hucht, A., König, J., & Meyer, C. (2023). Independent and coherent transitions between antiferromagnetic states of few-molecule systems. Physical Review B, 107(24), 1-10. Article 245414. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245414
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434169/PhysRevB.107.245414.pdf?sequence=1
Varghese, S., Mehew, J. D., Block, A., Reig, D. S., Woźniak, P., Farris, R., Zanolli, Z., Ordejón, P., Verstraete, M. J., Van Hulst, N. F., & Tielrooij, K. J. (2023). A pre-time-zero spatiotemporal microscopy technique for the ultrasensitive determination of the thermal diffusivity of thin films. Review of Scientific Instruments, 94(3), 1-10. Article 034903. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0102855
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434168/034903_1_online.pdf?sequence=1
Sohier, T., de Melo, P. M. M. C., Zanolli, Z., & Verstraete, M. J. (2023). The impact of valley profile on the mobility and Kerr rotation of transition metal dichalcogenides. 2D Materials, 10(2), Article 025006. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/acb21c

2022

Scholarly publications

Garcia, J. H., You, J., García-Mota, M., Koval, P., Ordejón, P., Cuadrado, R., Verstraete, M. J., Zanolli, Z., & Roche, S. (2022). Electrical control of spin-polarized topological currents in monolayer WTe2. Physical Review B, 106(16), Article L161410. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.L161410
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426272/Electrial_control_of_spin_polarized.pdf?sequence=1
Libbi, F., De Melo, P. M. M. C., Zanolli, Z., Verstraete, M. J., & Marzari, N. (2022). Phonon-Assisted Luminescence in Defect Centers from Many-Body Perturbation Theory. Physical Review Letters, 128(16), Article 167401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.167401
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426271/Phonon_assisted_luminence.pdf?sequence=1
Wittemeier, N., Ordejón, P., & Zanolli, Z. (2022). Tuning the topological band gap of bismuthene with silicon-based substrates. JPhys Materials, 5(3), Article 035002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac84ad
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426150/Wittemeier_2022_J._Phys._Mater._5_035002.pdf?sequence=1
Achilli, S., Besson, C., He, X., Ordejón, P., Meyer, C., & Zanolli, Z. (2022). Magnetic properties of coordination clusters with $Mn4$ and $Co4$ antiferromagnetic cores. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(6), 3780-3787. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp03904k
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419272/d1cp03904k.pdf?sequence=1
Reig, D. S., Varghese, S., Farris, R., Block, A., Mehew, J. D., Hellman, O., Woźniak, P., Sledzinska, M., Sachat, A. E., Chávez-Ángel, E., Valenzuela, S. O., van Hulst, N. F., Ordejón, P., Zanolli, Z., Torres, C. M. S., Verstraete, M. J., & Tielrooij, K.-J. (2022). Unraveling Heat Transport and Dissipation in Suspended MoSe2 from Bulk to Monolayer. Advanced Materials, 34(10), 1-9. Article 2108352. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202108352
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419271/Advanced_Materials_2022_Saleta_Reig_Unraveling_Heat_Transport_and_Dissipation_in_Suspended_MoSe2_from_Bulk_to.pdf?sequence=1
Wittemeier, N., Verstraete, M. J., Ordejón, P., & Zanolli, Z. (2022). Interference effects in one-dimensional moiré crystals. Carbon, 186, 416-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.10.028
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419061/1_s2.0_S0008622321010046_main.pdf?sequence=1
Pezo, A., Zanolli, Z., Wittemeier, N., Ordejón, P., Fazzio, A., Roche, S., & Garcia, J. H. (2022). Manipulation of spin transport in graphene/transition metal dichalcogenide heterobilayers upon twisting. 2D Materials, 9(1), Article 015008. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ac3378

2021

Scholarly publications

Melo, P., Zanolli, Z., & Verstraete, M. (2021). (Invited) Ab Initio Exciton and Phonon Dynamics in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2021-01(12), 598-598. https://doi.org/10.1149/ma2021-0112598mtgabs
de Melo, P. M. M. C., Zanolli, Z., & Verstraete, M. J. (2021). Optical Signatures of Defect Centers in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers. Advanced Quantum Technologies, 4(3), 1-8. Article 2000118. https://doi.org/10.1002/qute.202000118
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/412364/qute.202000118.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Ronneberger, I., Zanolli, Z., Wuttig, M., & Mazzarello, R. (2020). Changes of Structure and Bonding with Thickness in Chalcogenide Thin Films. Advanced Materials, 32(29), Article 2001033. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001033
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408824/adma.202001033.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Singh, S., Zanolli, Z., Amsler, M., Belhadji, B., Sofo, J. O., Verstraete, M. J., & Romero, A. H. (2019). Low-Energy Phases of Bi Monolayer Predicted by Structure Search in Two Dimensions. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(23), 7324-7332. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03043
Dewandre, A., Verstraete, M. J., Grobert, N., & Zanolli, Z. (2019, Oct 1). Spectroscopic properties of few-layer tin chalcogenides. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ab3513
Ersfeld, M., Volmer, F., De Melo, P. M. M. C., De Winter, R., Heithoff, M., Zanolli, Z., Stampfer, C., Verstraete, M. J., & Beschoten, B. (2019). Spin States Protected from Intrinsic Electron-Phonon Coupling Reaching 100 ns Lifetime at Room Temperature in MoSe2. Nano Letters, 19(6), 4083-4090. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01485

2018

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z., Niu, C., Bihlmayer, G., Mokrousov, Y., Mavropoulos, P., Verstraete, M. J., & Blügel, S. (2018). Hybrid quantum anomalous Hall effect at graphene-oxide interfaces. Physical Review B, 98(15), Article 155404. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.155404

2017

Scholarly publications

Borghardt, S., Winkler, F., Zanolli, Z., Verstraete, M. J., Barthel, J., Tavabi, A. H., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., & Kardynal, B. E. (2017). Quantitative Agreement between Electron-Optical Phase Images of WSe2 and Simulations Based on Electrostatic Potentials that Include Bonding Effects. Physical Review Letters, 118(8), Article 086101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.086101
Zhao, J. Z., Fan, W., Verstraete, M. J., Zanolli, Z., Fan, J., Yang, X. B., Xu, H., & Tong, S. Y. (2017). Zhao et al. Reply. Physical Review Letters, 118(23), Article 239602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.239602

2016

Scholarly publications

Zhao, J. Z., Fan, W., Verstraete, M. J., Zanolli, Z., Fan, J., Yang, X. B., Xu, H., & Tong, S. Y. (2016). Quasi-One-Dimensional Metal-Insulator Transitions in Compound Semiconductor Surfaces. Physical Review Letters, 117(11), Article 116101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.116101
Johansson, J., Zanolli, Z., & Dick, K. A. (2016). Polytype Attainability in III-V Semiconductor Nanowires. Crystal Growth and Design, 16(1), 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01339
Zanolli, Z. (2016). Graphene-multiferroic interfaces for spintronics applications. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 31346. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31346

2015

Scholarly publications

Ghasemi, M., Zanolli, Z., Stankovski, M., & Johansson, J. (2015). Size- and shape-dependent phase diagram of In-Sb nano-alloys. Nanoscale, 7(41), 17387-17396. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr04014k

2014

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z. (2014). Density Functional Perturbation Theory. In Lecture Notes of the 45th IFF Spring School “Computing Solids: Models, ab initio methods and supercomputing” (2014)
Rispens, G., Ziegler, B., Zanolli, Z., Íñiguez, J., Ghosez, P., & Paruch, P. (2014). Erratum: Phase diagram of BiFeO3/LaFeO3 superlattices studied by x-ray diffraction experiments and first-principles calculations (Phys. Rev. B (2014) 90 (104106)). Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 90(13), Article 139905. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.139905
Rispens, G., Ziegler, B., Zanolli, Z., Íñiguez, J., Ghosez, P., & Paruch, P. (2014). Phase diagram of BiFeO3/ LaFeO3 superlattices studied by x-ray diffraction experiments and first-principles calculations. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 90(10), Article 104106. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.104106

2013

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z., Wojdeł, J. C., Íñiguez, J., & Ghosez, P. (2013). Electric control of the magnetization in BiFeO3/LaFeO 3 superlattices. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 88(6), Article 060102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.060102

2012

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z., & Charlier, J. C. (2012). Single-molecule sensing using carbon nanotubes decorated with magnetic clusters. ACS Nano, 6(12), 10786-10791. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn304111a

2011

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z., Leghrib, R., Felten, A., Pireaux, J. J., Llobet, E., & Charlier, J. C. (2011). Gas sensing with au-decorated carbon nanotubes. ACS Nano, 5(6), 4592-4599. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn200294h
Messing, M. E., Wong-Leung, J., Zanolli, Z., Joyce, H. J., Tan, H. H., Gao, Q., Wallenberg, L. R., Johansson, J., & Jagadish, C. (2011). Growth of straight InAs-on-GaAs nanowire heterostructures. Nano Letters, 11(9), 3899-3905. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl202051w

2010

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z., Onida, G., & Charlier, J. C. (2010). Quantum spin transport in carbon chains. ACS Nano, 4(9), 5174-5180. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn100712q
Zanolli, Z., & Charlier, J. C. (2010). Spin transport in carbon nanotubes with magnetic vacancy-defects. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 81(16), Article 165406. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165406

2009

Scholarly publications

Leghrib, R., Llobet, E., Felten, A., Pireaux, J. J., Zanolli, Z., Charlier, J. C., Suárez, I., & Ewels, C. (2009). NO2 and CO interaction with plasma treated Au-decorated MWCNTs: Detection pathways. Procedia Chemistry, 1(1), 931-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.232
Charlier, J. C., Arnaud, L., Avilov, I. V., Delgado, M., Demoisson, F., Espinosa, E. H., Ewels, C. P., Felten, A., Guillot, J., Ionescu, R., Leghrib, R., Llobet, E., Mansour, A., Migeon, H. N., Pireaux, J. J., Reniers, F., Suarez-Martinez, I., Watson, G. E., & Zanolli, Z. (2009). Carbon nanotubes randomly decorated with gold clusters: From nano 2hybrid atomic structures to gas sensing prototypes. Nanotechnology, 20(37), Article 375501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/20/37/375501
Dubois, S. M. M., Zanolli, Z., Declerck, X., & Charlier, J. C. (2009). Electronic properties and quantum transport in Graphene-based nanostructures. European Physical Journal B, 72(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2009-00327-8
Zanolli, Z., & Charlier, J. C. (2009). Defective carbon nanotubes for single-molecule sensing. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 80(15), Article 155447. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155447

2008

Scholarly publications

Terrones, M., Charlier, J. C., Gloter, A., Cruz-Silva, E., Terrés, E., Li, Y. B., Vinu, A., Zanolli, Z., Dominguez, J. M., Terrones, H., Bando, Y., & Golberg, D. (2008). Experimental and Theoretical studies suggesting the possibility of metallic boron nitride edges in porous nanourchins. Nano Letters, 8(4), 1026-1032. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl072713m

2007

Scholarly publications

Wacaser, B. A., Dick, K. A., Zanolli, Z., Gustafsson, A., Deppert, K., & Samuelson, L. (2007). Size-selected compound semiconductor quantum dots by nanoparticle conversion. Nanotechnology, 18(10), Article 105306. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/18/10/105306
Zanolli, Z., Fuchs, F., Furthmüller, J., Von Barth, U., & Bechstedt, F. (2007). Model GW band structure of InAs and GaAs in the wurtzite phase. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 75(24), Article 245121. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.245121
Zanolli, Z., Pistol, M. E., Fröberg, L. E., & Samuelson, L. (2007). Quantum-confinement effects in InAs-InP core-shell nanowires. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 19(29), Article 295219. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/19/29/295219
Zanolli, Z., Wacaser, B. A., Pistol, M. E., Deppert, K., & Samuelson, L. (2007). Core-shell InP-CdS nanowires: Fabrication and study. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 19(29), Article 295218. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/19/29/295218

2006

Scholarly publications

Zanolli, Z., Fröberg, L. E., Björk, M. T., Pistol, M. E., & Samuelson, L. (2006). Fabrication, optical characterization and modeling of strained core-shell nanowires. Thin Solid Films, 515(2 SPEC. ISS.), 793-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.12.199

2002

Scholarly publications

Scamarcio, G., Spagnolo, V., Troccoli, M., Zanolli, Z., Rizzi, F., Vitiello, M., Marano, D., Sabato, A., Catalano, I. M., Sibilano, M., & Calabrese, P. (2002). State of the art of InP and GaAs quantum cascade lasers. Conference Proceedings-International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 731-734. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIPRM.2002.1014626
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