Publications and communications of Alejandro Silhanek

Chaves, D. A. D., Filho, J. C. C., Abbey, E. A., Bosworth, D., Barber, Z. H., Blamire, M. G., Johansen, T. H., Silhanek, A., Ortiz, W. A., & Motta, M. (18 March 2024). Using quantitative magneto-optical imaging to reveal why the ac susceptibility of superconducting films is history independent. Physical Review. B, 109 (10). doi:10.1103/physrevb.109.104510

Bort-Soldevila, N., Cunill-Subiranas, J., Barrera, A., Del-Valle, N., Silhanek, A., Uhlír, V., Bending, S., Palau, A., & Navau, C. (February 2024). Enhanced magnetic field concentration using windmill-like ferromagnets. APL Materials, 12 (2). doi:10.1063/5.0187035

Nulens, L.* , Lejeune, N.* , Caeyers, J., Marinkovic, S., Cools, I., Dausy, H., Basov, S., Raes, B., Van Bael, M. J., Geresdi, A., Silhanek, A., & Van de Vondel, J. (2023). Catastrophic magnetic flux avalanches in NbTiN superconducting resonators. Communications Physics. doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01386-8
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Jiang, L., Xue, C., Marinkovic, S., Fourneau, E., Xu, T.-Q., Cai, X.-W., Nguyen, N. D., Silhanek, A., & Zhou, Y.-H. (01 August 2022). Tunable domino effect of thermomagnetic instabilities in superconducting films with multiply-connected topological structures. New Journal of Physics, 24 (8), 083017. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ac83e3

Motta, M.* , Burger, L.* , Jiang, L., González Acosta, J. L., Jelic, Z. L., Colauto, F., Ortiz, W. A., Johansen, T. H., Miloševic, M. V., Cirillo, C., Attanasio, C., Xue, C., Silhanek, A., & Vanderheyden, B. (09 June 2021). Metamorphosis of discontinuity lines and rectification of magnetic flux avalanches in the presence of noncentrosymmetric pinning forces. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 103, 224514. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.224514
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Chaves, D. A. D., de Araújo, I. M., Carmo, D., Colauto, F., de Oliveira, A. A. M., de Andrade, A. M. H., Johansen, T. H., Silhanek, A., Ortiz, W. A., & Motta, M. (2021). Enhancing the effective critical current density in a Nb superconducting thin film by cooling in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. Applied Physics Letters. doi:10.1063/5.0058680

Collienne, S., Majidi, D., Van de Vondel, J., Courtois, H., Winkelmann, C., & Silhanek, A. (2021). Targeted modifications of monolithic multiterminal superconducting weak-links [Poster presentation]. Posterathon, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Collienne, S., Raes, B., Keijers, W., Linek, J., Koelle, D., Kleiner, R., Kramer, R., Van de Vondel, J., & Silhanek, A. (2021). Nb-Based Nanoscale Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices Tuned by Electroannealing [Poster presentation]. 18th International Conference on Vortices in Superconductors (online), Kanpur, India.

Collienne, S., Raes, B., Keijers, W., Van de Vondel, J., Linek, J., Koelle, D., Kleiner, R., Kramer, R., & Silhanek, A. (2021). Nb-based nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices tuned by electroannealing. Physical Review Applied, 15 (3), 034016. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.034016

Jiang, L., Xue, C., Burger, L., Vanderheyden, B., Silhanek, A., & Zhou, Y.-H. (04 June 2020). Selective triggering of magnetic flux avalanches by an edge indentation. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 101, 224505. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.224505

Pinheiro, L. B. L. G., Caputo, M., Cirillo, C., Attanasio, C., Johansen, T. H., Ortiz, W. A., Silhanek, A., & Motta, M. (2020). Magnetic flux avalanches in Nb/NbN thin films. Low Temperature Physics, 46, 365. doi:10.1063/10.0000868

Lombardo, J., Collienne, S., Petrillo, A., Fourneau, E., Nguyen, N. D., & Silhanek, A. (12 November 2019). Electromigration-induced resistance switching in indented Al microstrips. New Journal of Physics, 21 (11), 113015. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab5025

Burger, L., Veshchunov, I. S., Tamegai, T., Silhanek, A., Nagasawa, S., Hidaka, M., & Vanderheyden, B. (04 November 2019). Numerical investigation of critical states in superposed superconducting films. Superconductor Science and Technology, 32 (12), 125010. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ab4b18

Collienne, S., Kramer, R., Van de Vondel, J., Raes, B., & Silhanek, A. (November 2019). ELECTRO ANNEALING-INDUCED MODIFICATIONS IN Nb SQUIDs [Poster presentation]. Emergent Materials & Water Energy Nexus: Concepts, Methodologies and Future Applications, Caire, Egypt.

Shaw, G., Blanco Alvarez, S., Brisbois, J., Burger, L., Pinheiro, L. B. L. G., Kramer, R. B. G., Motta, M., Fleury-Frenette, K., Ortiz, W. A., Vanderheyden, B., & Silhanek, A. (20 September 2019). Magnetic Recording of Superconducting States. Metals, 9, 1022. doi:10.3390/met9101022

Blanco Alvarez, S., Brisbois, J., Melinte, S., Kramer, R. B. G., & Silhanek, A. (May 2019). Statistics of thermomagnetic breakdown in Nb superconducting films [Poster presentation]. Vortex 2019.

Silhanek, A. (11 March 2019). Nanofabrication by current stimulated atomic migration [Paper presentation]. XXIII International Symposium Nanophysics and nanoelectronics, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Baumans, X., Fernández-Rodríguez, A., Mestres, N., Collienne, S., Van de Vondel, J., Palau, A., & Silhanek, A. (2019). Electromigration in the dissipative state of high temperature superconducting bridges. Applied Physics Letters. doi:10.1063/1.5063797

Zharinov, V., Baumans, X., Silhanek, A., Janssens, E., & Van de Vondel, J. (11 April 2018). Controlled electromigration protocol revised. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89, 043904. doi:10.1063/1.5011953

Abdel-Hafiez, M., Brisbois, J., Zhu, Z., Hassen, A., Vasiliev, A. N., Silhanek, A., & Krellner, C. (March 2018). Upper critical fields in Ba2Ti2Fe2As4O single crystals: Evidence for dominant Pauli paramagnetic effect. Physical Review. B, 97, 115152. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115152

Lombardo, J., Jelic, Z., Baumans, X., Scheerder, J., Nacenta, J. P., Moshchalkov, V. V., Kramer, R. B. G., Van de Vondel, J., Milošević, M. V., & Silhanek, A. (28 January 2018). In situ tailoring of superconducting junctions via electro-annealing. Nanoscale, 10 (4), 1987-1996. doi:10.1039/c7nr08571k

He, G.* , Wei, Z.* , Brisbois, J.* , Jia, Y., Huang, Y., Zhou, H., Ni, S., Silhanek, A., Shan, L., Zhu, N., Yuan, J., Dong, X., Zhou, F., Zhao, Z., & Jin, K. (2018). Distinction between critical current effects and intrinsic anomalies in the point-contact Andreev reflection spectra of unconventional superconductors. Chinese Physics B, 27, 47403. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/4/047403
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Shaw, G., Brisbois, J., Pinheiro, L. B. G. L., Müller, J., Blanco Alvarez, S., Devillers, T., Dempsey, N. M., Scheerder, J. E., Van de Vondel, J., Melinte, S., Vanderbemden, P., Motta, M., Ortiz, W. A., Hasselbach, K., Kramer, R. B. G., & Silhanek, A. (2018). Quantitative magneto-optical investigation of superconductor/ferromagnet hybrid structures. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89, 23705. doi:10.1063/1.5016293

Xue, C., Ge, J.-Y., He, A., Zharinov, V. S., Moshchalkov, V. V., Zhou, Y. H., Silhanek, A., & Van de Vondel, J. (2018). Tunable artificial vortex ice in nanostructured superconductors with frustrated kagome lattice of paired antidots. Physical Review. B, 97, 134506. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.134506

Silhanek, A. (11 September 2017). A tiny magic drawing board to track the penetration of magnetic flux in superconductors [Paper presentation]. Vortex X.

Xue, C., Ge, J.-Y., He, A., Zharinov, V. S., Moshchalkov, V. V., Zhou, Y. H., Silhanek, A., & Van de Vondel, J. (July 2017). Mapping degenerate vortex states in a kagomé lattice of elongated antidots via scanning Hall probe microscopy. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 96, 024510. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.024510

Silhanek, A. (01 June 2017). Superconducting weak links created by electromigration [Paper presentation]. 16th International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors.

Baumans, X., Lombardo, J., Brisbois, J., Shaw, G., Zharinov, V., He, G., Yu, H., Yuan, J., Zhu, B., Jin, K., Kramer, R., Van de Vondel, J., & Silhanek, A. (19 May 2017). Healing Effect of Controlled Anti-Electromigration on Conventional and High-Tc Superconducting Nanowires. Nano, Micro Small, 1700384. doi:10.1002/smll.201700384

Baumans, X., Zharinov, V., Raymenants, E., Blanco Alvarez, S., Scheerder, J., Brisbois, J., Massarotti, D., Caruso, R., Tafuri, F., Janssens, E., Moshchalkov, V., Van de Vondel, J., & Silhanek, A. (16 March 2017). Statistics of localized phase slips in tunable width planar point contacts. Scientific Reports, 7, 44569. doi:10.1038/srep44569

Brisbois, J., Gladilin, V. N., Tempere, J., Devreese, J. T., Moshchalkov, V. V., Colauto, F., Motta, M., Johansen, T. H., Fritzsche, J., Adami, O.-A., Nguyen, N. D., Ortiz, W. A., Kramer, R. B. G., & Silhanek, A. (March 2017). Flux penetration in a superconducting film partially capped with a conducting layer. Physical Review. B, 95, 94506. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.094506

Van de Vondel, J., Raes, B., & Silhanek, A. (2017). Probing vortex dynamics on a single vortex level by scanning ac-susceptibility microscopy. In R. Wördenweber & S. Bending (Eds.), Superconductors at the Nanoscale (pp. 61-92). Walter de Gruyter GmbH. doi:10.1515/9783110456806-003

Jelic, Z., Milosevic, M., & Silhanek, A. (24 October 2016). Velocimetry of superconducting vortices based on stroboscopic resonances. Scientific Reports, 6, 35687. doi:10.1038/srep35687

Abdel-Hafiez, M., Pu, Y. J., Brisbois, J., Peng, R., Feng, D. L., Chareev, D. A., Silhanek, A., Krellner, C., & Vasiliev, A. N. (08 June 2016). Impurity scattering effects on the superconducting properties and the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition in FeSe. Physical Review. B, 93, 224508. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224508

Brisbois, J., Motta, M., Avila Osses, J., Shaw, G., Devillers, T., Dempsey, N. M., Veerapandian, S. K. P., Colson, P., Vanderheyden, B., Vanderbemden, P., Ortiz, W. A., Nguyen, N. D., Kramer, R. B. G., & Silhanek, A. (06 June 2016). Imprinting superconducting vortex footsteps in a magnetic layer. Scientific Reports, 6, 27159. doi:10.1038/srep27159

Brisbois, J., Adami, O.-A., Avila Osses, J., Motta, M., Ortiz, W. A., Nguyen, N. D., Vanderbemden, P., Vanderheyden, B., Kramer, R. B. G., & Silhanek, A. (23 February 2016). Magnetic flux penetration in Nb superconducting films with lithographically defined micro-indentations. Physical Review. B, 93 (5), 054521.

Baumans, X., Cerbu, D., Adami, O.-A., Zharinov, V., Verellen, N., Papari, G., Scheerder, J., Zhang, G., Moshchalkov, V., Silhanek, A., & Van de Vondel, J. (16 February 2016). Thermal and quantum depletion of superconductivity in narrow junctions created by controlled electromigration. Nature Communications, 7, 10560. doi:10.1038/ncomms10560

de Souza Silva, C. C., Raes, B., Brisbois, J., Cabral, L. R. E., Silhanek, A., Van de Vondel, J., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2016). Probing the low-frequency vortex dynamics in a nanostructured superconducting strip. Physical Review. B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.024516

Adami, O.-A., Jelic, Z., Xue, C., Abdel-Hafiez, M., Hackens, B., Moshchalkov, V. V., Milosevic, M. V., Van de Vondel, J., & Silhanek, A. (08 October 2015). The onset, evolution and magnetic braking of vortex lattice instabilities in nanostructured superconducting films. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 92, 134506. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.134506

Jelic, Z., Milosevic, M., Van de Vondel, J., & Silhanek, A. (01 October 2015). Stroboscopic phenomena in superconductors with dynamic pinning landscape. Scientific Reports, 5, 14604. doi:10.1038/srep14604

Zvereva, E. A., Stratan, M. I., Ovchenkov, Y. A., Nalbandyan, V. B., Lin, J.-Y., Vavilova, E. L., Iakovleva, M. F., Abdel-Hafiez, M., Silhanek, A., Chen, X.-J., Stroppa, A., Picozzi, S., Jeschke, H. O., Valentí, R., & Vasiliev, A. N. (01 October 2015). Zigzag antiferromagnetic quantum ground state in monoclinic honeycomb lattice antimonates A3Ni2SbO6 (A=Li, Na). Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 92, 144401. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144401

Silhanek, A. (12 September 2015). Magnetic flux penetration in Nb superconducting films with lithographically defined micro-indentations [Paper presentation]. Vortex Matter in Nanostructured Superconductors (Vortex IX).

Grimaldi, G., Leo, A., Sabatino, P., Carapella, G., Nigro, A., Pace, S., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Silhanek, A. (30 July 2015). Speed limit to the Abrikosov lattice in mesoscopic superconductors. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 92, 024513. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.024513

Silhanek, A. (24 May 2015). Electric current crowding in nanostructured conductors [Paper presentation]. XXXVIII National Meeting on Condensed MatterPhysics, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

Silhanek, A. (17 May 2015). Classical analogy for the deflection of flux avalanches by a metallic layer [Paper presentation]. Advances in Studies of Superconducting Hybrids, Arcachon, France.

Guidobaldi, H. A., Jeyaram, Y., Condat, C. A., Oviedo, M., Berdakin, I., Moshchalkov, V. V., Giojalas, L. C., Silhanek, A., & Marconi, V. I. (24 April 2015). Disrupting the wall accumulation of human sperm cells by artificial corrugation. Biomicrofluidics, 9, 024122. doi:10.1063/1.4918979

Lara, A., Aliev, F., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. (17 March 2015). Microwave-stimulated superconductivity due to presence of vortices. Scientific Reports, 5, 9187. doi:10.1038/srep09187

Raes, B., de Souza Silva, C. C., Silhanek, A., Cabral, L. R. E., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Van de Vondel, J. (13 October 2014). Closer look at the low-frequency dynamics of vortex matter using scanning susceptibility microscopy. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 90, 134508. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134508

Brisbois, J., Vanderheyden, B., Colauto, F., Motta, M., Ortiz, W. A., Fritzsche, J., Nguyen, N. D., Hackens, B., Adami, O.-A., & Silhanek, A. (07 October 2014). Classical analogy for the deflection of flux avalanches by a metallic layer. New Journal of Physics, 16 (10), 103003. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/10/103003

Silhanek, A. (31 August 2014). Classical analogy for the deflection of flux avalanches by a metallic layer [Paper presentation]. Superconducting hybrid nano-engineered devices, Santa Maria Castellabate, Italy.

Silhanek, A. (05 May 2014). From vortex ratchets to rectification of self-propelled swimmers [Paper presentation]. Advances in nanostructured superconductors: materials, properties and theory.

Brisbois, J., Raes, B., Van de Vondel, J., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Silhanek, A. (12 March 2014). Determination of the magnetic penetration depth in a superconducting Pb film. Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (10), 103906. doi:10.1063/1.4868298

Abdel-Hafiez, M., Vasiliev, A. N., Chareev, D. A., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Silhanek, A. (2014). Determination of the lower critical field Hc1(T) in FeSe single crystals by magnetization measurements. Physica C. Superconductivity, 503, 143-145. doi:10.1016/j.physc.2014.04.018

Motta, M., Colauto, F., Vestgarden, J. I., Fritzsche, J., Timmermans, M., Cuppens, J., Attanasio, C., Cirillo, C., Moshchalkov, V. V., Van de Vondel, J., Johansen, T. H., Ortiz, W. A., & Silhanek, A. (2014). Controllable morphology of flux avalanches in microstructured superconductors. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.134508

Abdel-Hafiez, M., Ge, J., Vasiliev, A. N., Chareev, D. A., Van de Vondel, J., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Silhanek, A. (18 November 2013). Temperature dependence of the lower critical field Hc1(T) evidences nodeless superconductivity in FeSe. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 88, 174512.

Li, J., Yuan, J., Yuan, Y.-H., Ge, J.-Y., Li, M.-Y., Feng, H.-L., Pereira, P. J., Ishii, A., Hatano, T., Silhanek, A., Chibotaru, L. F., Vanacken, J., Yamaura, K., Wang, H.-B., Takayama-Muromachi, E., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (August 2013). Direct observation of the depairing current density in single-crystalline Ba0.5K0.5Fe2As2 microbridge with nanoscale thickness. Applied Physics Letters, 103, 062603. doi:10.1063/1.4818127

Cerbu, D., Gladilin, V. N., Cuppens, J., Fritzsche, J., Tempere, J., Devreese, J. T., Moshchalkov, V. V., Silhanek, A., & Van de Vondel. (17 June 2013). Vortex ratchet induced by controlled edge roughness. New Journal of Physics, 15, 063022. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063022

Berdakin, I., Jeyaram, Y., Moshchalkov, V. V., Venken, L., Dierckx, S., Vanderleyden, J., Silhanek, A., Condat, C. A., & Marconi, V. (02 May 2013). Influence of swimming strategy on microorganism separation by asymmetric obstacles. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 87, 052702. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.052702

Berdakin, Silhanek, A., Moyano Cortéz, H. N., Marconi, V., & Condat, C. (2013). Quantifying the sorting efficiency of self-propelled run-and-tumble swimmers by geometrical ratchets. Central European Journal of Physics. doi:10.2478/s11534-013-0300-7

Gutierrrez, J.* , Raes, B.* , Van de Vondel, J., Silhanek, A., Kramer, R., Ataklti, G. W., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2013). First vortex entry into a perpendicularly magnetized superconducting thin film. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 88, 184504.
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Raes, B., Van de Vondel, J., Silhanek, A., Souza Silva, C., Gutierrez, J., Kramer, R., & Moshchalkov, V. (23 August 2012). Local mapping of dissipative vortex motion. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 86, 064522. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.064522

Silhanek, A., Leo, A., Grimaldi, G., Berdiyorov, G. R., Milosevic, M. V., Nigro, A., Pace, S., Verellen, N., Gillijns, W., Metlushko, V., Ilic, B., Zhu, X., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (04 May 2012). Influence of artificial pinning on vortex lattice instability in superconducting films. New Journal of Physics, 14, 053006. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053006

Gutierrez, J., Raes, B., Silhanek, A., Li, L. J., Zhigadlo, N. D., Karpinski, J., Tempere, J., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (22 March 2012). Scanning Hall probe microscopy of unconventional vortex patterns in the two-gap MgB2 superconductor. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 85, 094511. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.094511

Aladyshkin, A. Y., Ataklti, G. W., Gillijns, W., Nefedov, I. M., Shereshevsky, I. A., Silhanek, A., Van de Vondel, J., Kemmler, M., Kleiner, R., Koelle, D., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2011). Mesoscopic cross-film cryotrons: Vortex trapping and dc-Josephson-like oscillations of the critical current. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 83 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.144509

Awad, A. A., Aliev, F. G., Ataklti, G. W., Silhanek, A., Moshchalkov, V. V., Galperin, Y. M., & Vinokur, V. (2011). Flux avalanches triggered by microwave depinning of magnetic vortices in Pb superconducting films. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 84 (22), 224511. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.224511

Cuppens, J., Ataklti, G. W., Moshchalkov, V. V., Silhanek, A., Van de Vondel, J., de Souza Silva, C. C., Da Silva, R. M., & Albino Aguiar, J. (2011). Current-induced vortex trapping in asymmetric toothed channels. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 84 (18). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.184507

Kramer, R. B. G., Silhanek, A., Gillijns, W., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2011). Imaging the Statics and Dynamics of Superconducting Vortices and Antivortices Induced by Magnetic Microdisks. Physical Review X, 1 (2), 021004. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.1.021004

Kramer, R. B. G., Ataklti, G. W., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Silhanek, A. (2010). Direct visualization of the Campbell regime in superconducting stripes. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 81 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.144508

Silhanek, A., Milosevic, M. V., Kramer, R. B. G., Berdiyorov, G. R., Van de Vondel, J., Luccas, R. F., Puig, T., Peeters, F. M., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2010). Formation of Stripelike Flux Patterns Obtained by Freezing Kinematic Vortices in a Superconducting Pb Film. Physical Review Letters, 104 (1). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.017001

Valev, V. K., Silhanek, A., Verellen, N., Gillijns, W., Van Dorpe, P., Aktsipetrov, O. A., Vandenbosch, G. A. E., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Verbiest, T. (2010). Asymmetric Optical Second-Harmonic Generation from Chiral G-Shaped Gold Nanostructures. Physical Review Letters, 104 (12). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.127401

Chao, X. H., Zhu, B. Y., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2009). Current-induced giant vortex and asymmetric vortex confinement in microstructured superconductors. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 80 (5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.054506

Gutierrez, J., Silhanek, A., Van de Vondel, J., Gillijns, W., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2009). Transition from turbulent to nearly laminar vortex flow in superconductors with periodic pinning. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 80 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.140514

Kramer, R. B. G., Silhanek, A., Van de Vondel, J., Raes, B., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2009). Symmetry-Induced Giant Vortex State in a Superconducting Pb Film with a Fivefold Penrose Array of Magnetic Pinning Centers. Physical Review Letters, 103 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.067007

Menghini, M., Kramer, R. B. G., Silhanek, A., Sautner, J., Metlushko, V., De Keyser, K., Fritzsche, J., Verellen, N., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2009). Direct visualization of magnetic vortex pinning in superconductors. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 79 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.144501

Moshchalkov, V., Menghini, M., Nishio, T., Chen, Q., Silhanek, A., Dao, V. H., Chibotaru, L. F., Zhigadlo, N. D., & Karpinski, J. (2009). Type-1.5 Superconductivity. Physical Review Letters, 102 (11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.117001

Bauer, E. D., Wang, C., Fanelli, V. R., Lawrence, J. M., Goremychkin, E. A., de Souza, N. R., Ronning, F., Thompson, J. D., Silhanek, A., Vildosola, V., Lobos, A. M., Aligia, A. A., Bobev, S., & Sarrao, J. L. (2008). Simplifying strong electronic correlations in uranium: Localized uranium heavy-fermion UM(2)Zn(20) (M = Co, Rh) compounds. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 78 (11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.115120

Gheorghe, D. G., Wijngaarden, R. J., Gillijns, W., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2008). Magnetic flux patterns in superconductors deposited on a lattice of magnetic dots: A magneto-optical imaging study. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 77 (5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.054502

Schildermans, N., Aladyshkin, A. Y., Silhanek, A., de Vondel, J. V., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2008). Different regimes of nucleation of superconductivity in mesoscopic superconductor/ferromagnet hybrids. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 77 (21). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.214519

de Souza Silva, C. C., Silhanek, A., Van de Vondel, J., Gillijns, W., Metlushko, V., Ilic, B., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2007). Dipole-induced vortex ratchets in superconducting films with arrays of micromagnets. Physical Review Letters, 98 (11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.117005

Gillijns, W., Aladyshkin, A. Y., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2007). Magnetic confinement of the superconducting condensate in superconductor-ferromagnet hybrid composites. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 76 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.060503

Gillijns, W., Milosevic, M. V., Silhanek, A., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Peeters, F. M. (2007). Influence of magnet size on magnetically engineered field-induced superconductivity. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 76 (18). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.184516

Gillijns, W., Silhanek, A., Moshchalkov, V. V., Reichhardt, C. J. O., & Reichhardt, C. (2007). Origin of reversed vortex ratchet motion. Physical Review Letters, 99 (24). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.247002

Schildermans, N., Kolton, A. B., Salenbien, R., Marconi, V. I., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2007). Voltage rectification effects in mesoscopic superconducting triangles: Experiment and modeling. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 76 (22). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.224501

Silhanek, A., Gillijns, W., Milosevic, M. V., Volodin, A., Moshchalkov, V. V., & Peeters, F. M. (2007). Optimization of superconducting critical parameters by tuning the size and magnetization of arrays of magnetic dots. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 76 (10). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.100502

Gillijns, W., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2006). Tunable field-induced superconductivity. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 74 (22). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.74.220509

Raedts, S., Silhanek, A., Moshchalkov, V. V., Moonens, J., & Leunissen, L. H. A. (2006). Crossover from intravalley to intervalley vortex motion in type-II superconductors with a periodic pinning array. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 73 (17). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.73.174514

Silhanek, A., Ebihara, T., Harrison, N., Jaime, M., Tezuka, K., Fanelli, V., & Batista, C. D. (2006). Nonlocal magnetic field-tuned quantum criticality in cubic CeIn3-xSnx (x=0.25). Physical Review Letters, 96 (20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.206401

Silhanek, A., Jaime, M., Harrison, N., Fanelli, V. R., Batista, C. D., Amitsuka, H., Nakatsuji, S., Balicas, L., Kim, K. H., Fisk, Z., Sarrao, J. L., Civale, L., & Mydosh, J. A. (2006). Irreversible dynamics of the phase boundary in U(Ru(0.96)Rh(0.04))(2)Si(2) and implications for ordering. Physical Review Letters, 96 (13). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.136403

Lange, M., Van Bael, M. J., Silhanek, A., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2005). Vortex-antivortex dynamics and field-polarity-dependent flux creep in hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet nanostructures. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 72 (5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.052507

Menghini, M., Wijngaarden, R. J., Silhanek, A., Raedts, S., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2005). Dendritic flux penetration in Pb films with a periodic array of antidots. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 71 (10). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.71.104506

Silhanek, A., Harrison, N., Batista, C. D., Jaime, M., Lacerda, A., Amitsuka, H., & Mydosh, J. A. (2005). Quantum critical 5f electrons avoid singularities in U(Ru,Rh)(2)Si-2. Physical Review Letters, 95 (2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.026403

Silhanek, A., Van Look, L., Jonckheere, R., Zhu, B. Y., Raedts, S., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2005). Enhanced vortex pinning by a composite antidot lattice in a superconducting Pb film. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 72 (1). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.014507

Raedts, S., Silhanek, A., Van Bael, M. J., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2004). Flux-pinning properties of superconducting films with arrays of blind holes. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 70 (2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.024509

Silhanek, A., Raedts, S., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2004). Paramagnetic reentrance of ac screening: Evidence of vortex avalanches in Pb thin films. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 70 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.144504

Silhanek, A., Raedts, S., Van Bael, M. J., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2004). Experimental determination of the number of flux lines trapped by microholes in superconducting samples. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 70 (5). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.054515

Civale, L., Silhanek, A., & Pasquini, G. (2003). ANGULAR DEPENDENT VORTEX DYNAMICS IN SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH COLUMNAR DEFECTS. In A. Narlikar (Ed.), Irradiation effects and cationinc disorder in HTS (pp. 41-96). Nova.

Silhanek, A., Raedts, S., Lange, & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2003). Field-dependent vortex pinning strength in a periodic array of antidots. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 67 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.064502

Silhanek, A., Van Look, L., Raedts, S., Jonckheere, R., & Moshchalkov, V. V. (2003). Guided vortex motion in superconductors with a square antidot array. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 68 (21). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.68.214504

Maiorov, B., Silhanek, A., de la Cruz, F., & Osquiguil, E. (2002). Comment on "Strong vortex liquid correlation from multiterminal measurements on untwinned YBa2Cu3O7-delta single crystals". Physical Review Letters, 88 (13). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.139703

Silhanek, A., Civale, L., & Avila, M. A. (2002). Columnar defects acting as passive internal field detectors. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 65 (17). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.65.174525

Silhanek, A., Civale, L., Thompson, J. R., Canfield, P. C., Bud'ko, S. L., Mck. Paul, D., & Tomy, C. V. (2002). ON THE INFLUENCE OF A NON-LOCAL ELECTRODYNAMICS IN THE IRREVERSIBLE MAGNETIZATION OF NON-MAGNETIC BOROCARBIDES. In J. F. Annett & S. Kruchinin (Eds.), New Trends in Superconductivity (pp. 255-265). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.

Avila, M. A., Civale, L., Silhanek, A., Ribeiro, R. A., de Lima, O. F., & Lanza, H. (2001). Irreversible magnetization under rotating fields and lock-in effect on a ErBa2Cu3O7-delta single crystal with columnar defects. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 64 (14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.64.144502

Niebieskikwiat, D., Silhanek, A., Civale, L., Nieva, G., Levy, P., & Krusin-Elbaum, L. (2001). Suppression of matching field effects by splay and pinning energy dispersion in YBa2Cu3O7 with columnar defects. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 63 (14).

Silhanek, A., Thompson, J. R., Civale, L., Paul, D. M., & Tomy, C. V. (2001). Influence of nonlocal electrodynamics on the anisotropic vortex pinning in YNi2B2C. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 64 (1).

Thompson, J. R., Silhanek, A., Civale, L., Song, K. J., Tomy, C. V., & Paul, D. M. (2001). Equilibrium basal-plane magnetization of superconductive YNi(2)B(2)C: The influence of nonlocal electrodynamics. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 64 (2).

Civale, L., Silhanek, A., Thompson, J. R., Song, K. J., Tomy, C. V., & Paul, D. M. (1999). Fourfold basal plane anisotropy of the nonlocal magnetization of YNi2B2C. Physical Review Letters, 83 (19), 3920-3923. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3920

Silhanek, A., Civale, L., Candia, S., Nieva, G., Pasquini, G., & Lanza, H. (1999). Evidence for vortex staircases in the whole angular range due to competing correlated pinning mechanisms. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 59 (21), 13620-13623. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.59.13620

Silhanek, A., Niebieskikwiat, D., Civale, L., Avila, M. A., Billoni, O., & Casa, D. (1999). Anomalous behavior of the irreversible magnetization and time relaxation in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(7) single crystals with splayed tracks. Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter, 60 (18), 13189-13195. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.60.13189