Michalis Charilaou

Michalis Charilaou
  • Faculty
  • Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D., 2012
ETH Zurich, Switzerland 

Diploma in Physics, 2009
FU Berlin, Germany

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Modeling of magnetization textures in nanostructures
  • Magnetic nanoparticles in earth systems

Publications

  • L. Pierobon, C. Moutafis, Y. Li, J. F. Löffler, M. Charilaou
    Collective antiskyrmion-mediated phase transition and defect-induced melting in chiral magnetic films
    Scientific Reports 8, 16675 (2019)
    doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34526-0
  • D. Koulialias, P. G. Weidler, M. Charilaou, J. F. Löffler and A. U. Gehring
    Cation diffusion patterns across the magneto-structural transition in Fe7S8
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, 13040 (2019)
    doi: 10.1039/c9cp01387c

  • D. Koulialias, E. Canévet, M. Charilaou, P. G. Weidler, J. F. Löffler and A. U. Gehring
    The relation between local structural distortion and the low-temperature magnetic anomaly in Fe7S8
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 30, 425803 (2018)
    doi: 10.1088/1361-648x/aadf54
  • M. Charilaou, H.-B. Braun, J. F. Löffler
    Monopole-induced Emergent Electric Fields in Ferromagnetic Nanowires
    Physical Review Letters 121, 097202 (2018)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.097202
  • H.-W. Huang, T.-Y. Huang, M. Charilaou, S. Lyttle, Q. Zhang, S. Pane, B. J. Nelson
    Investigation of Magnetotaxis of Reconfigurable Micro-Origami  Swimmers with Competitive and Cooperative Anisotropy
    Advanced Functional Materials 1802110 (2018)
    doi: 10.1002/adfm.201802110
  • D. Koulialias, M. Charilaou, C. Mensing, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Torque analysis of incoherent spin rotation in the presence of ordered defects
    Applied Physics Letters 112, 202404 (2018)
    doi: 10.1063/1.5023886
  • D. Koulialias, M. Charilaou, E. Schäublin, C. Mensing, P. G. Weidler, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Ordered defects in Fe-S generate additional magnetic anisotropy symmetries
    Journal of Applied Physics 123, 033902 (2018)
    doi: 10.1063/1.5007830
  • M. Charilaou
    Ferromagnetic resonance of biogenic nanoparticle-chains
    Journal of Applied Physics 122, 063903 (2017)
    doi: 10.1063/1.4987034
  • M. Charilaou & J. F. Löffler
    Skyrmion oscillations in magnetic nanorods with chiral interactions
    Physical Review B 95, 024409 (2017)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.024409
  • M. Charilaou, C. Bordel, B. B. Maranville, P.-E. Berche, P. Fischer, F. Hellman:
    Magnetic properties of ultrathin discontinuous Co/Pt multilayers: Comparisson
    with short-range ordered and isotropic CoPt3 films
    Physical Review B 93, 224408 (2016)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224408
  • D. Koulialias, I. García-Rubio, L. Rahn-Lee, A. Komeili, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring, M. Charilaou:
    Competitive and cooperative anisotropy in magnetic nanocrystal chains of
    magnetotactic bacteria
    Journal of Applied Physics 120, 083901 (2016)
    doi: 10.1063/1.4961321
  • D. Koulialias, J. Kind, M. Charilaou, P. G. Weidler, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Variable defect structures cause the magnetic low-temperature transition in
    natural monoclinic pyrrhotite
    Geophysical Journal International 204, 961 (2016)
    doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv498
  • M. Charilaou, L. Rahn-Lee, J. Kind, I. García-Rubio, A. Komeili, A. U. Gehring:
    Anisotropy of Bullet-Shaped Magnetite Nanoparticles in the Magnetotactic
    Bacteria Desulfovibrio magneticus sp. Stain RS-1
    Biophysical Journal 108, 1268-1274 (2015)
    doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.01.007
  • M. Charilaou and F. Hellman:
    Roughness effects in uncompensated antiferromagnets
    Journal of Applied Physics 117, 083907 (2015)
    doi: 10.1063/1.4913594
  • M. Charilaou and F. Hellman:
    Surface-induced phenomena in uncompensated collinear antiferromagnets
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 27, 086001 (2015)
    doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/8/086001
  • M. Charilaou, J. Kind, D. Koulialias, P. G. Weidler, C. Mensing, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Magneto-electronic coupling in modulated defect-structures of natural Fe 1−x S
    Journal of Applied Physics 118, 083903 (2015)
    doi: 10.1063/1.4929634
  • M. Charilaou, C. Bordel, F. Hellman:
    Magnetization switching and inverted hysteresis in antiferromagnetic 
    Superlattices
    Applied Physics Letters 104, 212405 (2014)
    doi: 10.1063/1.4880821
  • M. Charilaou and F. Hellman:
    Anomalous magnetic thermodynamics in collinear antiferromagnets
    Europhysics Letters 107, 27002 (2014)
    doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/107/27002
  • M. Charilaou, J. Kind, I. García-Rubio, D. Schüler, A. U. Gehring:
    Magnetic anisotropy of non-interacting collinear nanocrystal-chains
    Applied Physics Letters 104, 112406 (2014)
    doi: 10.1063/1.4869092
  • H.-J. Lee, C. Bordel, J. Karel, D. W. Cooke, M. Charilaou, F. Hellman:
    Electron-mediated ferromagnetic behavior in CoO/ZnO multilayers
    Physical Review Letters 110, 087206 (2013)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.087206
  • M. Charilaou and F. Hellman:
    Mean-field simulation of metal oxide antiferromagnetic films and multilayers
    Physical Review B 87, 184433 (2013)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184433
  • J. Kind, I. García-Rubio, M. Charilaou, N. R. Nowaczyk, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Domain-wall dynamics in 4C pyrrhotite at low temperature
    Geophysical Journal International 195, 192–199 (2013)
    doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt262
  • U. Gehring, J. Kind, M. Charilaou, I. García-Rubio:
    S-band ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy and the detection of magnetofossils
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10, 20120790 (2012)
    doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0790
  • M. Charilaou, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Magnetic thermodynamics as proxy for chemical inhomogeneity in
    hemo-ilmenite solid solutions
    Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 39, 87 (2012)
    doi: 10.1007/s00269-011-0463-y
  • U. Gehring, M. Charilaou, and I. García-Rubio:
    Oxidized magnetosomes in magnetotactic bacteria
    Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324, 1281 (2012)
    doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2011.10.039
  • R. M. Erb, J. Segmehl, M. Charilaou, J. F. Löffler, and A. R. Studart:
    Non-linear alignment dynamics in suspensions of platelets under rotating
    magnetic fields
    Soft Matter 8, 7604 (2012)
    doi: 10.1039/C2SM25650A
  • M. Charilaou, K. K. Sahu, A. U. Gehring, and J. F. Löffler:
    Steep energy landscapes and adjustable magnetization states in a four-layer
    mean-field model with competing interactions
    Physical Review B 86, 104415 (2012)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.104415
  • M. Charilaou, D. Sheptyakov, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Large spontaneous magnetostriction in FeTiO3 and adjustable magnetic   
    configuration in Fe(III)-doped FeTiO3
    Physical Review B 86, 024439 (2012)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.024439
  • M. Charilaou, K. K. Sahu, S. Zhao, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Interaction-induced partitioning and magnetization jumps in mixed-spin oxide
    FeTiO 3 - Fe 2 O 3
    Physical Review Letters 107, 057202 (2011)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.057202
  • M. Charilaou, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Slow dynamics and field-induced transitions in a mixed-valence oxide solid
    solution
    Physical Review B 83, 224414 (2011)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.224414
  • M. Charilaou, K. K. Sahu, D. Faivre, A. Fischer, I. García-Rubio, A. U. Gehring:
    Evolution of magnetic anisotropy and thermal stability during nanocrystal-chain
    growth
    Applied Physics Letters 99, 182504 (2011)
    doi: 10.1063/1.3658387
  • M. Charilaou, K. K. Sahu, A. U. Gehring, J. F. Löffler:
    Monte-Carlo study of partitioning mechanisms in mixed-spin systems
    Physical Review B 84, 224434 (2011)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.224434
  • M. Charilaou, M. Winklhofer, A. U. Gehring:
    Simulation of ferromagnetic resonance spectra of linear chains of magnetite
    nanocrystals
    Journal of Applied Physics 109, 093903 (2011)
    doi: 10.1063/1.358110
  • U. Gehring, J. Kind, M. Charilaou, I. García-Rubio:
    The detection of magnetotactic bacteria and magnetofossils by means of magnetic
    anisotropy
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters 309, 113–117 (2011)
    doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.024
  • U. Gehring, H. Fischer, M. Charilaou, I. García-Rubio:
    Magnetic anisotropy and Verwey transition of magnetosome chains in
    Magnetospyrillum gryphiswaldense
    Geophysical Journal International 187, 1215–1221 (2011)
    doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05175.x
  • M. Charilaou, J. F. Löffler, A. U. Gehring:
    Fe-Ti-O exchange at high temperature and thermal hysteresis
    Geophysical Journal International 185, 647–652 (2011)
    doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04981.x
  • M. Charilaou, K. Lenz, W. Kuch:
    Spin-pumping-enhanced magnetic damping in ultrathin Cu(001)/Co/Cu and
    Cu(001)/Ni/Cu films
    Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Matererials 322, 2065 (2010)
    doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.01.035
  • E. Th. Papaioannou, K. Lenz, M. Charilaou, P. Fumagalli, P. Poulopoulos, M Angelakeris, N. K. Flevaris, F. Wilhelm, A. Rogalev:
    CoCr/Pt multilayers with adjustable perpendicular anisotropy
    Journal of Applied Physics 103, 093905 (2008)
    doi: 10.1063/1.2912948