Dr Alessandro De Martino
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Dr Alessandro De Martino is a theoretical condensed matter physicist. He studied physics at the University Federico II in Naples (Italy), where he graduated in 1994 with highest honours. In 1998 he completed his PhD in Theory of Elementary Particles at the International School of Advanced Studies in Trieste (Italy). After postdoctoral appointments at the École Normale in Lyon (France) (1998-2000) and at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg (Germany) (2000-2001), he took a position as assistant professor at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf (Germany) (2001-2007), where he obtained the Habilitation in Theoretical Solid State Physics, and subsequently at the University of Cologne (Germany) (2008-2012).
In 2012 he moved to City, University of London as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics.
In 2020 Dr De Martino obtained the Italian National Scientific Habilitation as Full Professor in Theoretical Physics of Condensed Matter.
Dr De Martino's research activity mainly focusses on the electronic and transport properties of novel quantum materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, topological insulators, Weyl semimetals. He has several collaborations with international institutions, including the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany), the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastian (Spain), and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India).
Since 2005 Dr De Martino is a co-founder and member of the organising committee of the annual Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures, a premier school for the advanced training of PhD students and postdocs in modern condensed matter physics, where world leading scientists give specialised lecture courses on topics of highest current interest.
Qualifications
- Habilitation as Full Professor in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Ministry of Education, University and Research (Italy), Italy, December 2019
- Habilitation in Theoretical Solid State Physics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, January 2005
- PhD in Theory of Elementary Particles, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Italy, November 1995 - October 1998
- Laurea (MSc) in Physics, University Federico II, Italy, October 1989 - December 1994
Employment
- Senior Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2012 - present
- Assistant Professor, University of Cologne, Germany, January 2008 - August 2012
- Postdoctoral research associate, Imperial College, United Kingdom, January - April 2004
- Assistant Professor, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, July 2001 - December 2007
- Postdoctoral research associate, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany, October 2000 - June 2001
- Postdoctoral research associate, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, October 1998 - September 2000
Administrative roles
- Programme Director of MSc Mathematics and MSc Mathematics with Data Science, City St George's, University of London, July 2025 - present
- Programme Director for Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, August 2016 - July 2020
Visiting appointments
- Visiting researcher, Aix-Marseille University, June - July 2024
- Visiting Professor, University Federico II, Naples, Italy, January - June 2022
- Visiting scientist, Department of Physics, University of Padova, 2019
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), French (can read, speak, understand spoken), German (can read, write, speak, understand spoken), Italian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Spanish; Castilian (can read, understand spoken)
Teaching
Undergraduate teaching
MA3661 Advanced Complex Analysis (2019-current)
MA1621 Introduction to Modelling (2015-current)
MA2616 Part 2: Complex Analysis (2016-2019)
MA3611 Mathematical models and modelling (2012-2014)
MA2660 Calculus (2015)
MA2604 Calculus of several variables (2012-2015)
Research
Research
Electron-phonon interactions in topological insulators and Weyl semimetals
Research interest
Alessandro's research activity mainly focusses on the electronic and transport properties of novel quantum materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, topological insulators, Weyl semimetals.
Research projects
- Electron-phonon interactions in topological insulators and Weyl semimetals
- pn junctions in graphene
- twisted belayer graphene
Publications
Publications by category
Chapter
- De Martino, A., Hütten, A. and Egger, R. (2013). Landau Levels and Edge States in Graphene with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics (pp. 97-117). Springer Netherlands. ISBN 9789400766174.
Conference papers and proceedings (3)
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2004). Effective theory of superconductivity in carbon nanotube ropes. Statistical Physics and Beyond 6-10 September, Mexico City (MEXICO).doi:10.1063/1.1900491
- De Martino, A. Electron spin resonance theory for carbon nanotubes. STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF MOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES: XVI International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials.doi:10.1063/1.1514141
- De Martino, A. Magnetization plateaux in periodically modulated 1D systems: Effect of doping and disorder. .
Internet publications (2)
- De Martino, A., Egger, R., Lunde, A.M. and Flensberg, K.(2007).Electron-electron interaction effects in quantum point contacts.
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R.(2003).Superconductivity in carbon nanotube ropes: Ginzburg-Landau approach and the role of quantum phase slips.
Journal articles (62)
- Anand, A. and De Martino, A. (2026). Toroidal Fermi surface geometry and phonon-limited transport in nodal-line semimetals. Physical Review B, 113(23). doi:10.1103/3tl2-n2qd
- Anand, A., Egger, R. and De Martino, A. (2025). Magnetic Bloch bands and Weiss oscillations in Dirac mass superlattices. Physical Review B, 112(23). doi:10.1103/zwrf-dywf
- Peluso, M., De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Buccheri, F. (2025). Angular-momentum-selective nanofocusing with Weyl semimetals. Physical Review Research, 7(4). doi:10.1103/8c99-rvmm
- Peluso, M., De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Buccheri, F. (2025). Nonreciprocal Weyl semimetal waveguide. Physical Review Research, 7(2). doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.7.023195
- Bauer, T., Buccheri, F., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2024). Quantum description of Fermi arcs in Weyl semimetals in a magnetic field. Physical Review Research, 6(4). doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.6.043201
- Rudi, M., De Martino, A., Moors, K., Giuliano, D. and Buccheri, F. (2024). Interfaces of nodal-line semimetals: Drum states, transport, and refraction. Physical Review B, 109(19). doi:10.1103/physrevb.109.195144
- Biswas, S., De Martino, A., Rao, S. and Kundu, A. (2024). Two-channel Kondo problem in coupled interacting helical liquids. Physical Review B, 109(15). doi:10.1103/physrevb.109.155119
- Buccheri, F., Egger, R. and De Martino, A. (2024). Dispersive drumhead states in nodal-line semimetal junctions. Physical Review Research, 6(1). doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.6.013193
- Bercioux, D., Frustaglia, D. and De Martino, A. (2023). Chiral spin channels in curved graphenepnjunctions. Physical Review B, 108(11). doi:10.1103/physrevb.108.115140
- Vidal Yunge, A.A., De Martino, A. and Tagliacozzo, A. (2023). Extension of the SYK model to 1+1 dimensions in the strong coupling limit. Physical Review B, 108(7). doi:10.1103/physrevb.108.075428
- De Martino, A., Dell'Anna, L., Handt, L., Miserocchi, A. and Egger, R. (2023). Two-dimensional Dirac fermions in a mass superlattice. Physical Review B, 107(11). doi:10.1103/physrevb.107.115420
- Buccheri, F., Egger, R. and De Martino, A. (2022). Transport, refraction, and interface arcs in junctions of Weyl semimetals. Physical Review B, 106(4). doi:10.1103/physrevb.106.045413
- Buccheri, F., De Martino, A., Pereira, R.G., Brouwer, P.W. and Egger, R. (2022). Phonon-limited transport and Fermi arc lifetime in Weyl semimetals. Physical Review B, 105(8). doi:10.1103/physrevb.105.085410
- De Martino, A., Dorn, K., Buccheri, F. and Egger, R. (2021). Phonon-induced magnetoresistivity of Weyl semimetal nanowires. Physical Review B, 104(15). doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.155425
- van den Berg, T.L., De Martino, A., Calvo, M.R. and Bercioux, D. (2020). Volkov-Pankratov states in topological graphene nanoribbons. Physical Review Research, 2(2). doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.2.023373
- Dorn, K., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2020). Phase diagram and phonon-induced backscattering in topological insulator nanowires. Physical Review B, 101(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.045402
- Bercioux, D. and De Martino, A. (2019). Spin-orbit interaction and snake states in a graphene p-n junction. Physical Review B, 100(11). doi:10.1103/physrevb.100.115407
- Pereira, R.G., Buccheri, F., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2019). Superconductivity from piezoelectric interactions in Weyl semimetals. Physical Review B, 100(3). doi:10.1103/physrevb.100.035106
- Cohnitz, L., De Martino, A., Häusler, W. and Egger, R. (2017). Proximity-induced superconductivity in Landau-quantized graphene monolayers. Physical Review B, 96(14). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.140506
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2017). Two-electron bound states near a Coulomb impurity in gapped graphene. Physical Review B, 95. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.085418
- Cohnitz, L., De Martino, A., Häusler, W. and Egger, R. (2016). Chiral interface states in graphene p-n junctions. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 94(16), pp. 165443-165443. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165443
- De Martino, A., Klöpfer, D., Matrasulov, D. and Egger, R. (2014). Electric-dipole-induced universality for Dirac fermions in graphene. Physical Review Letters, 112(18). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.186603
- Klöpfer, D., De Martino, A., Matrasulov, D.U. and Egger, R. (2014). Scattering theory and ground-state energy of Dirac fermions in graphene with two Coulomb impurities. European Physical Journal B, 87(8). doi:10.1140/epjb/e2014-50414-8
- Klöpfer, D., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2013). Bound states and supercriticality in graphene-based topological insulators. Crystals, 3(1), pp. 14-27. doi:10.3390/cryst3010014
- De Martino, A., Hütten, A. and Egger, R. (2011). Landau levels, edge states, and strained magnetic waveguides in graphene monolayers with enhanced spin-orbit interaction. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 84(15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155420
- Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2011). Magnetic superlattice and finite-energy Dirac points in graphene. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 83(15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155449
- Altland, A., De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Narozhny, B. (2010). Fluctuation relations and rare realizations of transport observables. Physical Review Letters, 105(17). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.170601
- Altland, A., De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Narozhny, B. (2010). Transient fluctuation relations for time-dependent particle transport. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 82(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.115323
- Schulz, A., De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2010). Spin-orbit coupling and spectral function of interacting electrons in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 82(3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.033407
- Egger, R., De Martino, A., Siedentop, H. and Stockmeyer, E. (2010). Multiparticle equations for interacting Dirac fermions in magnetically confined graphene quantum dots. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical, 43(21). doi:10.1088/1751-8113/43/21/215202
- Bercioux, D. and De Martino, A. (2010). Spin-resolved scattering through spin-orbit nanostructures in graphene. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 81(16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.81.165410
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2010). On the spectrum of a magnetic quantum dot in graphene. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 25(3). doi:10.1088/0268-1242/25/3/034006
- Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2009). Wave-vector-dependent spin filtering and spin transport through magnetic barriers in graphene. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 80(15). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155416
- Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2009). Erratum: Multiple magnetic barriers in graphene (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (2009) 79 (045420)). Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 80(8). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.089901
- De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Gogolin, A.O. (2009). Phonon-phonon interactions and phonon damping in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.205408
- Schulz, A., De Martino, A., Ingenhoven, P. and Egger, R. (2009). Low-energy theory and RKKY interaction for interacting quantum wires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(20). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.205432
- Lunde, A.M., De Martino, A., Schulz, A., Egger, R. and Flensberg, K. (2009). Electron-electron interaction effects in quantum point contacts. New Journal of Physics, 11. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023031
- Dell'Anna, L. and De Martino, A. (2009). Multiple magnetic barriers in graphene. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 79(4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.045420
- Häusler, W., De Martino, A., Ghosh, T.K. and Egger, R. (2008). Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid parameters of magnetic waveguides in graphene. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 78(16). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.165402
- Ghosh, T.K., De Martino, A., Häusler, W., Dell'Anna, L. and Egger, R. (2008). Conductance quantization and snake states in graphene magnetic waveguides. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 77(8). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.081404
- De Martino, A., Dell'Anna, L. and Egger, R. (2007). Magnetic barriers and confinement of Dirac-Weyl quasiparticles in graphene. Solid State Communications, 144(12), pp. 547-550. doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2007.03.062
- De Martino, A., Dell'Anna, L. and Egger, R. (2007). Magnetic confinement of massless dirac fermions in graphene. Physical Review Letters, 98(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.066802
- De Martino, A., Egger, R. and Tsvelik, A.M. (2006). Nonlinear magnetotransport in interacting chiral nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 97(7). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.076402
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2005). Rashba spin-orbit coupling and spin precession in carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 17(36), pp. 5523-5532. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/36/008
- De Martino, A., Thorwart, M., Egger, R. and Graham, R. (2005). Exact results for one-dimensional disordered bosons with strong repulsion. Physical Review Letters, 94(6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.060402
- Ferrier, M., De Martino, A., Kasumov, A., Guéron, S., Kociak, M., Egger, R.... Bouchiat, H. (2004). Superconductivity in ropes of carbon nanotubes. Solid State Communications, 131(9-10 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 615-623. doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.044
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2004). Effective low-energy theory of superconductivity in carbon nanotube ropes. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 70(1), pp. 1-14508. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.014508
- De Martino, A., Egger, R., Murphy-Armando, F. and Hallberg, K. (2004). Spin-orbit coupling and electron spin resonance for interacting electrons in carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 16(17), pp. S1437-S1452. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/17/002
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2003). Acoustic phonon exchange, attractive interactions, and the Wentzel-Bardeen singularity in single-wall nanotubes. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 67(23). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.235418
- Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Pujol, P. and Simon, P. (2002). Hubbard ladders in a magnetic field. Europhysics Letters, 57(3), pp. 402-408. doi:10.1209/epl/i2002-00475-5
- De Martino, A. and Egger, R. (2001). Esr theory for interacting 1D quantum wires. Europhysics Letters, 56(4), pp. 570-575. doi:10.1209/epl/i2001-00558-3
- De Martino, A., Egger, R., Hallberg, K. and Balseiro, C.A. (2001). Spin-orbit coupling and ESR theory for carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 88(20), pp. 206402-206402. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.206402
- Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Honecker, A., Pujol, P. and Simon, P. (2001). Emergence of irrationality: Magnetization plateaus in modulated Hubbard chains. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 63(9). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.63.094406
- Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Grynberg, M.D., Peysson, S. and Pujol, P. (2000). Random bond XXZ chains with modulated couplings. Physical Review Letters, 85(22), pp. 4791-4794. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4791
- Cabra, D.C., De Martino, A., Honecker, A., Pujol, P. and Simon, P. (2000). Doping-dependent magnetization plateaux in p-merized Hubbard chains. Physics Letters Section A General Atomic and Solid State Physics, 268(4-6), pp. 418-423. doi:10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00210-3
- Moriconi, M. and De Martino, A. (1999). Quantum integrability of certain boundary conditions. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 447(3-4), pp. 292-297. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(98)01596-2
- De Martino, A. and Moriconi, M. (1999). Boundary S-matrix for the Gross-Neveu model. Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 451(3-4), pp. 354-364. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00240-3
- De Martino, A. and Moriconi, M. (1998). Tricritical Ising model with a boundary. Nuclear Physics B, 528(3), pp. 577-594. doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00379-4
- De Martino, A., Moriconi, M. and Mussardo, G. (1998). Reflection scattering matrix of the Ising model in a random boundary magnetic field. Nuclear Physics B, 509(3), pp. 615-636. doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00644-5
- DEMARTINO, A. and MUSTO, R. (1995). ABELIAN HALL FLUIDS AND EDGE STATES - A CONFORMAL FIELD-THEORY APPROACH. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B, 9(21), pp. 2839-2855. doi:10.1142/S0217979295001063
- De Martino, A. and Musto, R. (1995). Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation and extended symmetry for stable Hall states. Mod. Phys. Lett. A 10, 2051 (1995). doi:10.1142/S0217732395002209
- De Martino, A. and Musto, R. (1995). Abelian Hall Fluids and Edge States: a Conformal Field Theory Approach. Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 9, 2839 (1995). doi:10.1142/S0217979295001063
Professional activities
Events/conferences (13)
- 19th Capri Spring School with special focus on Novel aspects of superconducting devices. (Conference) (2025). Organising Committee
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Advances in Modern Quantum Science: From Quantum Materials to Quantum Technologies. (Conference) Bukhara, Uzbekistan (2024). Invited speaker.
Paper: Phonon-limited Fermi arc lifetime and charge transport in Weyl semimetals - 18th Capri Spring School with special focus on Non-unitary many-body quantum dynamics. (Conference) Anacapri, Italy (2024). Organising Committee
- 17th Capri Spring School with special focus on New trends in electron interferometry. (Conference) (2023). Organising Committee
- CMD29 Minicolloquium "Emergent phenomena in electron quantum optics in 2d materials". (Workshop) Manchester, United Kingdom (2022). Organising Committee and Chair
- 16th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures: Special focus on Moiré and van der Waals heterostructures. Anacapri, Italy (2022). Organising Committee and Session/Day Chair
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84. Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section of the German Physical Society 2021. (Conference) Regenburg, Germany (online participation) (2021).
Paper: Volkov-Pankratov states in topological graphene nanoribbons
Author: De Martino, A.
Co-authors: van den Berg, T.L; Calvo, M.R.; Bercioux D. -
Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics 2021. (Conference) Online (2021). Invited speaker.
Paper: Volkov-Pankratov states in topological graphene nanoribbons
Author: De Martino, A.
Co-authors: van den Berg, T.L.;Reyes, M.R.; Bercioux, D. - 15th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures: Special focus on New directions in topological condensed matter physics. (2019). Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
- 14th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures: Special focus on New directions in superconducting quantum devices. (2018). Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
- 13th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures: Special focus on Solid state quantum information processing. (2017). Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
- 12th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures: Special focus on Driven Quantum Systems. (2016). Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee
- 11th Capri Spring School on Transport in Nanostructures: Special focus on Topological Superconductivity. Anacapri, Italy (2015). Session/Day Chair and Organising Committee