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Understanding and Controlling Molecular Self-Assembly on Insulating Surfaces
 
 

News

18.04.2012

   

New article published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics              

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14 (18) ( 2012) 6544 - 6548 "From dewetting to wetting molecular layers: C60 on CaCO3(10-14) as a case study" by P. Rahe, R. Lindner, M. Kittelmann, M. Nimmrich and A. Kühnle
see publications

04.04.2012

New article accepted for publication in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 

"Molecular self-assembly on an insulating surface: interplay between substrate templating and intermolecular interactions " by M. Kittelmann, P. Rahe and A. Kühnle

 

22.03.2012       

 

New Project granted by the Volkswagen Stiftung

       


“Spin quantum computing based on endohedral fullerenes with integrated single‐spin read‐out via nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond” was selected by the Volkswagen Stiftung for a second funding period within the VW funding initiative “Integration of Molecular Components in Functional Macroscopic Systems”
Consortium: Angelika Kühnle, Wolfgang Harneit, Carola Meyer, Michael Reichling
see press release

07.02.2012

 

New article published in the  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter  

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) 084006 "NC-AFM contrast formation on the calcite (10-14) surface " by P. Rahe, J. Schütte, A. Kühnle
see publications
see LabTalk

25.01.2012 

New article published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012) 4637 "Molecular Self-Assembly of Enantiopure Heptahelicene-2-Carboxylic Acid on Calcite (10-14)" by C. Hauke, P. Rahe, M. Nimmrich, J. Schütte, M. Kittelmann, I. Stará, I. Stary, J. Rybácek, A. Kühnle
see publications

 

13.01.2012        

 

New article published in Physical Review B

        

 

Phys. Rev. B 85 (2012) 035420 "Influence of charge transfer doping on the morphologies of C60 islands on hydrogenated diamond C(100)-(2 x 1)" by M. Nimmrich, M. Kittelmann, P. Rahe, W. Harneit, Andrew J. Mayne, Gérald Dujardin, A. Kühnle
see publications

 

15.12.2011       

 

New Project granted by DFG and ANR

        


"In-situ Chemistry of Molecular Assemblies on Dielectric Surfaces" 
Consortium: André Gourdon (CNRS Toulouse), Angelika Kühnle
see press release

 

15.10.2011       

 

New article published in Topics in Catalysis

       


Top Catal 54 (2011) 1384–1391 "Chiral symmetry breaking observed for cysteine on the Au(110)-(1x2) surface" by A. Kühnle, T. Linderoth and F. Besenbacher
see publications

 

22.09.2011         

 

Best Paper Award

        

 

Jannis Lübbe receives Best Paper Award for his recent paper in Measurement Science and Technology.
Congratulation, Jannis!
see publications

 

07.09.2011         

 

New article published in ACS Nano

        

 

ACSNano 5 (2011) 8420–8425 "On-Surface Covalent Linking of Organic Building Blocks on a Bulk Insulator" by M. Kittelmann, P. Rahe, M. Nimmrich, C. Hauke, A. Gourdon, A. Kühnle
see publications

 

06.09.2011         

 

New article published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

        

 

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 50 (2011) 08LB07 "Deposition sequence determines morphology of C60 and PTCDI islands on CaF2 (111)" by F. Loske, M. Reichling, A. Kühnle
see publications

 

05.09.2011         

 

New article published in ChemComm

    Chem. Commun. 47 (2011) 10386 - 10388 "Steering molecular island morphology on an insulator surface by exploiting sequential deposition"  by F. Loske, M. Reichling, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

25.07.2011        

   

Article highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology

    Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. 24, 4, (2011) "Modification of a commercial atomic force microscopy for low-noise, high-resolution frequency-modulation imaging in liquid environment" by S. Rode, R. Stark, J. Lübbe, L. Tröger, J. Schütte, K. Umeda, K. Kobayashi, H. Yamada, A. Kühnle
see Virtual Journals
 

12.07.2011         

 

New article published in Review of Scientific Instruments

        

 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82 (2011) 073703 "Modification of a commercial AFM for low-noise, high-resolution FM imaging in liquid environment" by S. Rode, R. Stark, J. Lübbe, L. Tröger, J. Schütte, K. Umeda, K. Kobayashi, H. Yamada, A. Kühnle
see publications

 

02.07.2011         

 

New article published in Langmuir

   

Langmuir 27 (2011) 10174 "Surface Modification of Luminescent Lanthanide Phosphate Nanorods with Cationic “Quat-primer” Polymers" by Rajesh Komban, Ralph Beckmann, Sebastian Rode, Sachar Ichilmann, Angelika Kühnle, Uwe Beginn, Markus Haase
see publications

 

29.06.2011         

 

New article published in Physical Review Letters

        

 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 016101 "Second-Layer Induced Island Morphologies in Thin-Film Growth of Fullerenes" by M. Körner, F. Loske, M. Einax, A. Kühnle, M. Reichling, P. Maass
see publications

 

22.06.2011         

 

New article published in Review of Scientific Instruments

        

 

Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82 (2011) 063704 "Flexible drift-compensation system for precise 3D force mapping in severe drift environments" by P. Rahe, J. Schütte, W. Schniederberend,  M.Reichling, M. Abe, Y. Sugimoto, A. Kühnle
see publications

 

15.06.2011

   

Article highlighted on nanotechweb.org

        

 

Read more about our recent article on nanotechweb.org

 

20.04.2011

   

New article published in Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology 22 (2011) 245701 "Single-molecule switching with non-contact atomic force microscopy" by J.Schütte, R.Bechstein, P.Rahe, H.Langhals, M.Rohlfing, A.Kühnle
see publications
 

09.12.2010         

   

New article published in European Journal of Organic Chemistry

    Eur. J. Org. Chem. 5 (2011) 853–860 "Racemic and Optically Pure Heptahelicene-2-carboxylic Acid: Its Synthesis and Self-Assembly into Nanowire-Like Aggregates" by J. Rybáček, G. Huerta-Angeles, A. Kollárovič, I. G. Stará, I. Starý, P. Rahe, M. Nimmrich, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

04.11.2010         

   

New article published in Measurement Science and Technology

    Meas. Sci. Technol. 21 (2010) 125501 "Achieving high effective Q-factors in ultra-high vacuum dynamic force microscopy" by J. Lübbe, L. Tröger, S. Torbrügge, R. Bechstein, C. Richter, A. Kühnle, M. Reichling
see publications
 

29.10.2010         

   

Article highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology

    Vir. J. Nan. Sci. & Tech. 22, 18, p2 (2010) "Quantitative description of C60 diffusion on an insulating surface"
see Virtual Journals
 

20.10.2010         

   

New article published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C

    J. Phys. Chem. C 114 (2010) 18919 "Monolayer Structure of Arachidic Acid on Graphite" by L. K. Thomas, A. Kühnle, S. Rode, U. Beginn, M. Reichling
see publications

This paper has been highlighted by IOP Select.
 

18.10.2010

   

New article published in Physical Review B

    Phys. Rev. B 82 (2010) 155428 "Quantitative description of C60 diffusion on an insulating surface" by F. Loske, J. Lübbe, J. Schütte, M. Reichling, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

29.09.2010         

   

New article published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 (2010) 12436 "Unravelling the atomic structure of cross-linked (1x2) TiO2(110)" by H. H. Pieper, K. Venkataramani, S. Torbrügge, S. Bahr, J. V. Lauritsen, F. Besenbacher, A. Kühnle, M. Reichling
see publications
 

18.08.2010         

   

New article published in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

     J. Phys. Condens. Matter 22 (2010) 345008 "Combined NC-AFM and DFT study of the adsorption geometry of trimesic acid on rutile TiO2(110)" by A. Greuling, P. Rahe, M. Kaczmarski, A. Kühnle, M. Rohlfing
see publications
 

25.05.2010

   

New article published in Langmuir

    Langmuir 26 (2010) 8295–8300 "Clear Signature of the (2x1) Reconstruction of Calcite (10-14)" by J. Schütte, P. Rahe, L. Tröger, S. Rode, R. Bechstein, M. Reichling, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

20.05.2010         

   

New article published in the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B

    J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28 (2010) C4E31-C4E38 "Vertical and lateral drift corrections of scanning probe microscopy images" by P. Rahe, R. Bechstein, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

14.05.2010

   

New article published in Physical Review B

    Phys. Rev. B 81 (2010) 201403(R) "Atomic-resolution imaging of clean and hydrogen-terminated C(100)-(2×1) diamond surfaces using noncontact AFM" by M. Nimmrich, M. Kittelmann, P. Rahe, A. J. Mayne, G. Dujardin, A. von Schmidsfeld, M. Reichling, W. Harneit, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

14.01.2010

   

Article highlighted on nanotechweb.org

    Read more about our recent article on nanotechweb.org
 

28.12.2009

   

New article published in Physical Chemistry C

    Phys. Chem. C 114 (2010) 1547-1552 "Toward Molecular Nanowires Self-Assembled on an Insulating Substrate: Heptahelicene-2-carboxylic acid on Calcite (10-14)" by P. Rahe, M. Nimmrich, A. Greuling, J. Schütte, I. G. Stará, J. Rybáček, G. Huerta-Angeles, I. Starý, M. Rohlfing, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

19.11.2009

   

New article published in Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 505703 "‘All-inclusive’ imaging of the rutile TiO2(110) surface using NC-AFM" by R. Bechstein, C. González, J. Schütte, P. Jelínek, R. Pérez, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

19.11.2009

   

New article published in Physical Review B

    Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 205421 "Cooperative mechanism for anchoring highly polar molecules at an ionic surface" by J. Schütte, R. Bechstein, M. Rohlfing, M. Reichling, A. Kühnle
see publications
This article is also highlighted on the journal cover (weblink)
 

01.10.2009

   

New article published in Physical Chemistry C

    J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 17471 "Transition of Molecule Orientation during Adsorption of Terephthalic Acid on Rutile TiO2(110)" by P. Rahe, M. Nimmrich, A. Nefedov, M. Naboka, C. Wöll, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

08.09.2009

   

New article published in Langmuir

    "Evidence for potassium carbonate crystallites on air-cleaved mica surfaces" by F. Ostendorf, C. Schmitz, S. Hirth, A. Kühnle, J. Kolodziej, M. Reichling
see publications
 

30.07.2009         

   

New article published in Applied Physics Letters

    Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (2009) 04310 "Manipulation of C60 islands on the rutile TiO2(110) surface using non-contact atomic force microscopy" by F. Loske, A. Kühnle
see publications
This article is also highlighted on the journal cover (weblink)
              
 

01.07.2009

   

New article published in Physical Chemistry C

    J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 13199 "Surface Reconstruction Induced by Transition Metal Doping of Titanium Dioxide (110)" by R. Bechstein, M. Kitta, J. Schütte, A. Kühnle, H. Onishi
see publications
 

12.06.2009         

   

New article published in Review of Scientific Instruments

    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80 (2009) 063703 "Concept for support and cleavage of brittle crystals" by L. Tröger, J. Schütte, F. Ostendorf, A. Kühnle, M. Reichling
see publications
 

10.06.2009

   

New article published in Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 264010 "Contrast inversion in non-contact atomic force microscopy imaging of C60 molecules" by F. Loske, P. Rahe, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

10.06.2009         

   

New article published in Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 264003 "The effects of antimony-doping on the surface structure of rutile TiO2(110)" by R.Bechstein, M. Kitta, J. Schütte, H. Onishi, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

27.02.2009        

   

Group member awarded

    Philipp Rahe awarded with the Rosen Technology and Research Award for his outstanding diploma thesis.
see press release (german)
 

25.02.2009

   

New article published in Langmuir

    Langmuir 25 (2009) 2850-2853 "True atomic-resolution imaging of (10-14) calcite in aqueous solution by frequency modulation atomic force microscopy" by S. Rode, N. Oyabu, K. Kobayashi, H. Yamada, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

04.02.2009

   

New article published in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science

    Curr. Op. Coll. Interf. Sci. 14 (2009) 157-168 "Self-assembly of organic molecules at metal surfaces"
see publications
 

04.02.2009

   

New article published in Physical Chemistry C

    J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 3277-3280 "Evidence for vacancy creation by chromium doping of rutile titanium dioxide (110)" by R.Bechstein, M. Kitta, J. Schütte, A. Kühnle, H. Onishi
see publications
 

30.01.2009

   

New article published in Physical Review B

    Physical Review B 79 (2009) 045428 "Imaging perylene derivatives on rutile TiO2(110) by non-contact atomic force microscopy" by J. Schütte, R. Bechstein, P. Rahe, M. Rohlfing, H. Langhals, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

28.01.2009

   

Article highlighted on nanotechweb.org

    Read more about our recent article on nanotechweb.org
 

15.01.2009

   

New article published in Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology 20 (2009) 065606 "Growth of ordered C60 islands on TiO2(110)" by F. Loske, R. Bechstein, J. Schütte, F. Ostendorf, M. Reichling, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

17.12.2008         

   

Group members nominated for prizes on their studies

    Sebastian Rode nominated for the Rosen-Prize and the Felix-Schoeller-Prize (outstanding diploma thesis).
Philipp Rahe nominated for the Rosen-Prize (outstanding diploma thesis).
Hans-Hermann Pieper nominated for the Homann-Prize and the Rosen-Prize (outstanding achievements during his studies and outstanding master thesis).
Felix Loske nominated for the Rosen-Prize (outstanding diploma thesis).
 

10.12.2008

   

New project granted by Volkswagen Stiftung

    more details on this page
 

25.07.2008         

   

Invitation to the Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau

    Philipp Rahe attended the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau in the first week of July.
see newspaper articles PDF File and PDF File
 

07.05.2008

   

New article published in Physical Review B

    Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 195410 "Repulsive interaction and contrast inversion in noncontact atomic force microscopy imaging of adsorbates" by P. Rahe, R. Bechstein, J. Schütte, F. Ostendorf, A. Kühnle
see publications
 

15.02.2008

   

Group members awarded

    Sebastian Rode awarded with the MLP-Prize for outstanding achievements during his studies.
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Philipp Rahe awarded with the MLP-Prize for outstanding achievements during his studies.
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Felix Loske awarded with the Homann-Prize for outstanding achievements during his studies.
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Best paper award for Jannis Lübbe
Meas. Sci. Technol. 21 (2010) 125501



Manipulation of C60 islands
Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (2009) 043110

 


This article is highlighted on the journal cover of Phys. Rev. B (weblink)
Phys. Rev. B 80 (2009) 205421


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