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RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Magnetism of Nanostructures
- Magnetism at the Atomic Level
- Nanocatalysis inspired by Enzymatic Cofactors, Chemisorption
- Nucleation, Aggregation, Self-Assembly, Epitaxial Growth
- Nanotribology and Nanomechanics
- Supramolecular Architecture at Surfaces
- Surface Electronic and Atomic Structure, Spectroscopy, Spin-Polarized STM
- Addressable Cold Cathode for Flat Panel Screens
2011
An experimental setup combining a highly sensitive detector for reaction products with a mass-selected cluster source and a low-temperature STM for advanced nanocatalysis measurements
Eur. Phys. J. D 63, 241 (2011).
Evolution of the Rashba spin-orbit-split Shockley state on Ag/Pt(111)
Phys. Rev. B 83, 195427 (2011).
Surface-Confined Self-Assembly of Di-carbonitrile Polyphenyls
Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 1230 (2011).
Self-Assembled Nanometer-Scale Magnetic Networks on Surfaces: Fundamental Interactions and Functional Properties
Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 1212 (2011).
Overcoming the Strong Metal-Support Interaction State: CO Oxidation on TiO2(110)-Supported Pt Nanoclusters
ACS Catal. 1, 385 (2011).
Complex Interplay and Hierarchy of Interactions in Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Assemblies
ACS Nano 5, 457 (2011).
2010
Highly Anisotropic Dirac Cones in Epitaxial Graphene Modulated by an Island Superlattice
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 246803 (2010).
Measurement of Fast Electron Spin Relaxation Times with Atomic Resolution
Science 329, 1628 (2010).
Surface-Confined Metal-Organic Nanostructures from Co-Directed Assembly of Linear Terphenyl-dicarbonitrile Linkers on Ag(111)
J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 15602 (2010).
Magnetic anisotropy of Fe and Co ultrathin films deposited on Rh(111) and Pt(111) substrates: An experimental and first-principles investigation
Phys. Rev. B 82, 094409 (2010).
Magnetic anisotropy of Fe and Co adatoms and Fe clusters magnetically decoupled from Ni3Al(111) by an alumina bilayer
Phys. Rev. B 81, 104430 (2010).
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of Co and Fe adatoms on the (111) surfaces of Pd and Rh
Phys. Rev. B 81, 104426 (2010).
Two-Dimensional Polymer Formation on Surfaces: Insight into the Roles of Precursor Mobility and Reactivity
J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 132, 16669 (2010).
Comment on "Ag organisation on Ni(1 1 1) surface" Surface Science 602 2363 (2008)
Surface Science 604, 872 (2010).
Chiral Biphenyldicarboxylic Acid Networks Stabilized by Hydrogen Bonding
J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 6646 (2010).
2009
Self-Assembly of Nanoporous Chiral Networks with Varying Symmetry from Sexiphenyl-dicarbonitrile on Ag(111)
J. Phys. Chem. C 113, 17851 (2009).
Thermal dynamics at surfaces
Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 18, 675 (2009).
Nitrogen Fixation at Passivated Fe Nanoclusters Supported by an Oxide Surface: Identification of Viable Reaction Routes using Density-Functional Calculations
Phys. Rev. B 80, 075407 (2009).
Stabilization of bimolecular islands on ultrathin NaCl films by a vicinal substrate
Surf. Sci. 603, 2294 (2009).
Magnetism of Individual Atoms Adsorbed on Surfaces
Surf. Sci. 603, Issue dedicated to Prof. G. Ertl, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007, 1812 (2009).
High-Quality 2D Metal-Organic Coordination Network Providing Giant Cavities within Mesoscale Domains
J. Am. Cem. Soc. 131, 3881 (2009).
High resolution in situ magneto-optic Kerr effect and scanning tunneling microscopy setup with all optical components in UHV
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 023902 (2009).
Supramolecular control of the magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional high-spin Fe arrays at a metal interface
Nat. Mater. 8, 189 (2009).
Giant Spin-Polarization and Magnetic Anisotropy of Nanostructures at Surfaces
in Physics and Engineering of New Materials, edited by D. T. Cat, A. Pucci and K. Wandelt (Springer, Berlin, 2009) 127, 123-132.
Strain-relief pattern as guide for the formation of surface-supported bimolecular nanoribbons
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 143111 (2009).
Longitudinal detection of ferromagnetic resonance using x-ray transmission measurements
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 123902 (2009).
Double-resonant x-ray and microwave absorption: Atomic spectroscopy of precessional orbital and spin dynamics
Phys. Rev. B 79, 224425 (2009).
2008
High magnetic moments and anisotropies for FexCo1 - x monolayers on Pt(111)
Phys. Rev. B 78, 214424 (2008).
Using metal-organic templates to steer the growth of Fe and Co nanoclusters
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 243102 (2008).
Does the Surface Matter? Hydrogen-Bonded Chain Formation of an Oxalic Amide Derivative in a Two-and Three-Dimensional Environment
Chem. Phys. Chem. 9, 2522 (2008).
The role of magnetic anisotropy in the Kondo effect
Nat. Phys. 4, 847 (2008).
Chiral Kagomé Lattice from Simple Ditopic Molecular Bricks
J. Am. Cem. Soc. 130, 11778 (2008).
Creating Metal Nanostructures at Metal Surfaces Using Growth Kinetics
in Handbook of Surface Science, edited by E. Hasselbrink (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2008), Vol. 3 Dynamics, 761-786.
Role of Hydrogen in Giant Spin Polarization Observed on Magnetic Nanostructures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 026806 (2008).
Element-resolved x-ray ferrimagnetic and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy
N. J. Phys. 10, 013011 (2008).

2007
Metal-Organic Honeycomb Nanomeshes with Tunable Cavity Size
Nanolett. 7, 3813 (2007).
Magnetic properties of 2D islands on single crystal metal surfaces
in The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces, Vol. 12: Atomic Clusters: From Gas Phase to Deposited, edited by D. P. Woodruff (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007) 427-470.
Probing magnetism at the nanoscale
Nat. Nanotechnol. 2, 674 (2007).
Conformational Adaptation in Supramolecular Assembly on Surfaces: Hydrogen-bonded chains of oxalic amide derivatives on Au(111)
Chem. Phys. Chem. 8, 1782 (2007).
Surface characterization of MnxGe1-x and CryMnxGe1-x-y dilute magnetic semiconductors
Phys. Rev. B 75, 125211 (2007).
Self-assembly of periodic bicomponent wires and ribbons
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 1814 (2007).
Surface-Assisted Assembly of 2D Metal Organic Networks Exhibiting Unusual Three-fold Coordination Symmetry
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 710 (2007).

2006
Coexistence of one- and two-dimensional supramolecular assemblies of terephthalic acid on Pd(111) due to self-limiting deprotonation
J. Chem. Phys. 125, 184710 (2006).
Structure and magnetism of atomically thin Fe layers on flat and vicinal Pt surfaces
Phys. Rev. B 74, 054408 (2006).
Orbital selective overlayer-substrate hybridization in a Pb monolayer on Ag(111)
Phys. Rev. B 73, 245428 (2006).
Equilibrium island size distribution in one dimension
Phys. Rev. B 73, 245425 (2006).
Nucleation of ordered Fe islands on Al2O3/Ni3Al(111)
Surf. Sci. 600, 1804 (2006).
Assembly and Probing of Spin Chains of Finite Size
Science 312, 1005 (2006).
Giant Spin-Polarization and Magnetic Anisotropy of Nanostructures at Surfaces
e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. 4, 478 (2006).
Nanotechnology. Assessment and Perspectives
(Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2006).
Superlattices of Atoms, Molecules, and Islands
in Single Molecules at Surfaces, edited by F. Rosei, P. Grütter and W. Hofer (Springer, New York, 2006) 247.
Monitoring Two-Dimensional Coordination Reactions: Directed Assembly of Co-Terephthalate Nanosystems on Au(111)
J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 5627 (2006).
Finite-sized Heisenberg chains and magnetism of one-dimensional metal systems
Appl. Phys. A 82, 385 (2006).
Magnetism of Fe clusters and islands on Pt surfaces
Appl. Phys. A 82, 109 (2006).

2005
Mesoscopic Metallosupramolecular Texturing by Hierarchic Assembly
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 7294 (2005).
Uniform Magnetic Properties for an Ultrahigh-Density Lattice of Noninteracting Co Nanostructures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 157204 (2005).
X-ray ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 152503 (2005).
High tunnel magnetoresistance in spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy of Co nanoparticles on Pt(111)
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 162514 (2005).
Paramagnetic Mn impurities on Ge and GaAs surfaces
Phys. Rev. B 72, 045337 (2005).
Radial Elasticity of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 175502 (2005).
Magnetic anisotropy from single atoms to large monodomain islands of Co/Pt(111)
C. R. Physique 6, 75 (2005).

2004
The role of surface elasticity in giant currugations observed in scanning tunneling microscopes
Chem. Phys. Lett. 397, 354 (2004).
STM study of Terephthalic Acid Self-Assembly on Au(111): Hydrogen-bonded Sheets on an Inhomogeneous Substrate
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 14585 (2004).
Oxidation induced enhancement of magnetic susceptibility of Co islands on Pt(111)
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 14685 (2004).
High-Coverage Structures of Carbon Monoxide Adsorbed on Pt(111) Studied by High-Pressure Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 14497 (2004).
The 2/3 Power Law Dependence of Capillary Force on Normal Load in Nanoscopic Friction
J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 5324 (2004).
Magnetic properties of cobalt and cobalt-platinum nanocrystals investigated by magneto-optical Kerr effect
J. Appl. Phys. 95, 4251 (2004).
Grating formation in step flow heterogeneous growth and wavelength selection induced by confinement(111)
Surf. Sci. 553, L68 (2004).
Electronic Surface Structure of n-ML Ag/Cu(111) and Cs/n-ML Ag/Cu(111) as investigated by 2PPE and STS
Appl. Phys. A 78, 183 (2004).

2003
Surface Diffusion: Shifting Strings
Nat. Mater. 2, 778 (2003).
Development of a Near-Field Magneto-Optical Microscopy for Studying Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics
AIP Conf. Proc. 696, 204 (2003).
Young Modulus dependence of Nanoscopic Friction Coefficient in Hard Coating
Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1986 (2003).
Time-Dependent Capture Numbers with Repulsive Pair Interactions: Cu/Cu(111) and Ge/Si(100)
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 749, 17 (2003).
Interaction Potential and Hopping Dynamics Governing Sliding Friction
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 084502 (2003).
The remarkable difference between surface and step atoms in the magnetic anisotropy of two-dimensional nanostructures
Nat. Mater. 2, 546 (2003).
Giant Magnetic Anisotropy of Single Cobalt Atoms and Nanoparticles
Science 300, 1130 (2003).
Selective nucleation and controlled growth: quantum dots on metal, insulator and semiconductor surfaces
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 361, 311 (2003).

2002
Capture numbers in the presence of repulsive adsorbate interactions
Phys. Rev. B 66, 195404 (2002).
Imaging of Electron Potential Landscapes on Au(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 176801 (2002).
Two-dimensional electron gas at nobel-metal surfaces
Appl. Phys. A 75, 141 (2002).
Stereochemical Effects in Supramolecular Self-Assembly at Surfaces : 1-D vs. 2-D Enantiomorphic Ordering for PVBA and PEBA on Ag(111)
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 7991 (2002).
Kinetics of capillary condensation in nanoscopic sliding friction
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 185505 (2002).
Use of scanning capacitance microscopy for controlling wafer processing
Microel. Reliab. 42, 225 (2002).
Long-range adsorbate interactions mediated by a two-dimensional electrons gas
Phys. Rev. B 65, 115420 (2002).

2001
Identification of defect sites on MgO(100) thin films by decoration with Pd atoms and studying CO adsorption properties
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 6172 (2001).
Metals on Metals
in Landolt Börnstein Series: Physics of Covered Solid Surfaces, Ed. H. P. Bonzel (Springer, Berlin, 2001) Vol. 42A, 217 - 258.
Nanotribology of carbon based thin films: The influence of film structure and surface morphology
Surf. Sci. 477, 25 (2001).
Growth Modes
in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Sect. 1.9, Physical Properties of Thin Films and Artificial Multilayers, Ed. K. Samwer (Pergamon Press 2001) 3683 - 3693.

2000
Composition and chemical bonding of pulsed laser deposited carbon nitride thin films
J. Appl. Phys. 88, 4365 (2000).
Nature, Strength, and Consequences of Indirect Adsorbate Interactions on Metals
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1910 (2000).
Quantum Coherence and Lifetimes of Surface-State Electrons
J. El. Spectr. & Rel. Phenom. 109, 33 (2000).
One-dimensional metal chains on Pt vicinal surfaces
Phys. Rev. B 61, 2254 (2000).
Noble Metal Surface States: Deviations from Parabolic Dispersion
Surf. Sci. 447, L157 (2000).
Growth of Metal Clusters at Surfaces
in Metal Clusters at Surfaces, Ed. K. H. Meiwes-Broer (Springer, Berlin 2000) 67-105.
Dynamics of Surface Migration in the Weak Corrugation Regime
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1732 (2000).
Nucleation and growth of supported clusters at defect sites: Pd/MgO(100)
Phys. Rev. B 61, 11105 (2000).

1999
Comment on "Observation of two-dimensional Fermi contour of a reconstructed Au(111) surface using Fourier transform scanning tunneling microscopy" by D. Fujita, K. Amemiya, T. Yakabe, H. Nejoh, T. Sato, M. Iwatsuki[ Surf. Sci. 423 (1999) 160]
Surf. Sci. 443, 154 (1999).
Self-Organized Growth of Cluster Arrays
Eur. Phys. J. D 9, 25 (1999).
Nucleation and Growth of Supported Metal Clusters at Defect Sites on MgO and NaCl (001) surfaces: The cases of Pd and Ag
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 570, 51 (1999).
Probing Hot-Electron Dynamics at Surfaces with a Cold Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4516 (1999).
Dislocation structures of submonolayer films near the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition: Ag on Pt(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4488 (1999).
Nucleation kinetics on inhomogeneous substrates: Al/Au(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1732 (1999).
Thermal damping of quantum interference patterns of surface-state electrons
Phys. Rev. B 59, 15926 (1999).
Measuring surface diffusion from nucleation island densities
Phys. Rev. B 60, 5991 (1999).

1998
Confinement of Surface State Electrons in Fabry-Perot Resonators
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5370 (1998).
Atomare Prozesse an Oberflächen
Physik in unserer Zeit 29, 251 (1998).
Microscopic view of epitaxial metal growth: nucleation and aggregation
Surf. Sci. Rep. 31, 121 (1998).
Self-organized growth of nanostructure arrays on strain-relief patterns
Nature 394, 451 (1998).
Strain Relief via Island Ramification in Submonolayer Heteroepitaxy
Surf. Rev. and Lett. 5, 769 (1998).
Self-Assembly at metal surfaces
in Novel Materials - Design and Properties, B. K. Rao and S. N. Behera, Eds. (Nova Science Publishers, New York, 1998) 121.
The Interaction of Oxygen with Al(111) at Elevated Temperatures
J. Chem. Phys. 108, 1740 (1998).
Island Shape Transition in Heteroepitaxial Metal Growth on Square Lattices
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2642 (1998).

1997
Pseudomorphic growth induced by chemical adatom potential
Surf. Sci. 388, L1107 (1997).
Heteroepitaxial Metal Growth: the Effects of Strain
in The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Vol. 8, D. A. King and D. P. Woodruff, Eds. (Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1997), p. 149
Surface Diffusion in Metal Epitaxy - Strain Effects
in "Surface Diffusion: Atomistic and Collective Processes", NATO ASI Series B, Vol. 360, M. Tringides, Ed. (Plenum Press, New York 1997) 135
Submonolayer Nucleation and Growth of Copper on Ni(100)
in "Surface Diffusion: Atomistic and Collective Processes", NATO ASI Series B, Vol. 360, M. Tringides, Ed. (Plenum Press, New York 1997) 151
Strain mediated two-dimensional growth kinetics in metal heteroepitaxy: Ag/Pt(111)
Surf. Sci. 376, 13 (1997).
Hard and Soft Landing of Mass Selected Ag Clusters on Pt(111)
Surf. Sci. 377-379, 1051 (1997).
Nucleation and growth of Cu/Ni(100): A Variable Temperature STM Study
Surf. Rev. and Lett. 4, 1161 (1997).

1996
Stress relief via island formation of an isotropically strained bimetallic surface layer: The mesoscopic morphology of the Ag/Pt(111) surface alloy
Phys. Rev. B 54, 13476 (1996).
Initial Stages of Cu Epitaxy on Ni(100): Postnucleation and a well-defined transition in critical island size
Phys. Rev. B 54, 17858 (1996).
Controlled Deposition of Size-Selected Ag Nanoclusters
Science 274, 956 (1996).
Nucleation and Aggregation in Metal Epitaxy as seen by Variable Temperature STM
in "Physics of Surfaces", A. Hoareau, K. Kern, J. Remillieux, W. D. Schneider Eds., Editions Frontières (Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France 1996), 107
Fractal and dendritic growth of surface aggregates
MRS Symp. Proc. 409, 379 (1996).
The effect of strain on intra- and interlayer mass transport in metal epitaxy
MRS Symp. Proc. 399, 213 (1996).
Design of a "beetle-type" Atomic Force Microscope suitable for variable temperature measurement
Rev. Sci. Instr. 67, 1925 (1996).
Anisotropic corner diffusion as origin for dendritic growth on hexagonal substrates
Surf. Sci. Lett. 349, L115 (1996).

1995
Stability of Disk and Stripe Patterns of Nanostructures at Surfaces
Surf. Sci. Lett. 342, L1131 (1995).
Effect of strain on surface diffusion and nucleation
Phys. Rev. B 52, R14380 (1995).
Interlayer mass transport in homo- and heteroeptaxial metal growth
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 677 (1995).
Diffusion limited aggregation with active edge diffusion
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3217 (1995).
Kinetic processes in metal epitaxy for Ag/Pt(111) studied with variable temperature STM
Thin Solid Films 264, 230 (1995).
Reconstructive Adsorption of Na on Al(111) Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Phys. Rev. B 51, 13592 (1995).
Formation of 2D sulfide phases on Al(111): an STM Study
Surf. Sci. 324, 91 (1995).
Aggregation of fractal and dendritic Ag clusters on a Pt(111) surface
Appl. Phys. A 60, 167 (1995).

1994
Roughening and Fragmentation of Strained Ag Islands on Pt(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2143 (1994).
Microscopic View of Nucleation on Surfaces
Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1955 (1994).
Mechanism of the transition from fractal to dendritic growth of surface aggregates
Nature 369, 469 (1994).
Strain relief at hexagonal-close-packed interfaces
Phys. Rev. B 49, 2997 (1994).

1993
Building one- and two-dimensional nanostructures by diffusion-controlled aggregation at surfaces
Nature 366, 141 (1993).
Monolayer-Confined Mixing at the Ag-Pt(111) Interface
Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2086 (1993).
Changing morphology of metallic monolayers via temperature controlled heteroepitaxial growth
Surf. Sci. 298, 121 (1993).
Intermixing and two-dimensional alloy-formation in the Na/Au(111) system
Surf. Sci. 292, L769 (1993).
Interaction of oxygen with Al(111) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy
J. Chem. Phys. 99, 2128 (1993).

1992
In situ STM observations of the etching of n-Si(111) in NaOH solutions
Surf. Sci. 275, 414 (1992).
Surface Migration of "hot" Adatoms in the Course of Dissociative Chemisorption of Oxygen on Al(111)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 624 (1992).

1990
Direct imaging of adsorption sites and local electronic bond effects on a metal surface: C/Al(111)
Europhys. Lett. 13, 123 (1990).
Scanning tunneling microscopy observations on the reconstructed Au(111) surface: Atomic structure, long-range superstructure, rotational domains, and surface defects
Phys. Rev. B 42, 9307 (1990).

1989
Atomic-resolution imaging of close-packed metal surfaces by scanning tunneling microscopy
Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 59 (1989).

1988
Atomic scale characterization of oxygen adsorbates on Al(111) by scanning tunneling microscopy
Appl. Phys. A 47, 99 (1988).




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