Science
Superconducting Interfaces Between Insulating Oxides

by N. Reyren (UniGE, picture), S. Thiel, A. D. Caviglia, L. Fitting Kourkoutis, G. Hammerl, C. Richter, C. W. Schneider, T. Kopp, A.-S. Rüetschi, D. Jaccard, M. Gabay, D. A. Muller, J.-M. Triscone, J. Mannhart.

Science 31 August 2007 - Vol. 317. no. 5842, pp. 1196 - 1199 [ full report ]

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Nature
Two energy scales in the spin excitations of the high-temperature superconductor La2-xSrxCuO4

By B. Vignolle, S. M. Hayden, D. F. McMorrow, H. M. Ronnow (ETH and PSI, picture), B. Lake, C. D. Frost, T. G. Perring.

Nature Physics 3, 163 - 167 (01 Mar 2007) Letters [ PDF ]

Physical Review Letters
Magnetic-Field-Induced Spin Excitations and Renormalized Spin Gap of the Underdoped La1.895Sr0.105CuO4 Superconductor

by J. Chang (PSI, picture), A. P. Schnyder, R. Gilardi, H. M. Rønnow, S. Pailhes, N. B. Christensen, Ch. Niedermayer, D. F.

McMorrow, A. Hiess, A. Stunault, M. Enderle, B. Lake, O. Sobolev, N.Momono, M. Oda, M. Ido, C. Mudry, and J. Mesot.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 077004 (2007)

Giant Spin Splitting through Surface Alloying

Christian R. Ast, Jürgen Henk, Arthur Ernst, Luca Moreschini, Mihaela C. Falub, Daniela Pacilé, Patrick Bruno, Klaus Kern, and Marco Grioni (EPFL, picture).

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 186807 (2007)

Nature of the Magnetic Order in the Charge-Ordered Cuprate La1.48Nd0.4Sr0.12CuO4

by N. B. Christensen (ETH - PSI, picture), H. M. Rønnow, J. Mesot, R. A. Ewings, N. Momono, M. Oda, M. Ido, M. Enderle, D. F. McMorrow and A. T. Boothroyd.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 197003 (2007)

Dual Character of the Electronic Structure of YBa2Cu4O8: The Conduction Bands of CuO2 Planes and CuO Chains

by T. Kondo, R. Khasanov, J. Karpinski (ETH, picture), S. M. Kazakov, N. D. Zhigadlo, T. Ohta, H. M. Fretwell, A. D. Palczewski, J. D. Koll, J. Mesot, E. Rotenberg, H. Keller, and A. Kaminski.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 157002 (2007)

Formation of Hydrogen Impurity States in Silicon and Insulators at Low Implantation Energies

By T. Prokscha, E. Morenzoni (PSI, picture), D. G. Eshchenko, N. Garifianov, H. Glückler, R. Khasanov, H. Luetkens, and A. Suter.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 227401 (2007)

Anomalous Quasiparticle Renormalization in Na0.73CoO2: Role of Interorbital Interactions and Magnetic Correlations

By J. Geck, S. V. Borisenko, H. Berger (EPFL, picture), H. Eschrig, J. Fink, M. Knupfer, K. Koepernik, A. Koitzsch, A. A. Kordyuk, V. B. Zabolotnyy, and B. Büchner.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 046403 (2007)

Physical Review B
When low- and high-energy electronic responses meet in cuprate superconductors

by J. Chang (PSI), S. Pailhés, M. Shi, M. Månsson, T. Claesson, O. Tjernberg, J. Voigt, V. Perez, L. Patthey, N. Momono, M. Oda, M. Ido, A. Schnyder, C. Mudry, and J. Mesot (PSI, picture).

Phys. Rev. B 75, 224508 (2007)