News
11.11.2022:
On Monday the 7th of November 2022 Elif Bilgilisoy successfully defended her PhD thesis.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück with the successful candidate Elif Bilgilisoy.
06.08.2021:
On Wednesday the 21st of July 2021 Christian Preischl successfully defended his PhD thesis.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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Left side: the committee an the examinee (from left to right: Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück, Dr. Christian Preischl, Prof. Norbert Jux and PD Hubertus Marbach); Right side: the master of ceremony and head of “PhD hat project” Hans-Peter Bäumler with Christian.
11.04.2019:
Our first publication in Journal of the Geological society has just been published online. This paper stems from a collaborative effort under the lead of Dominic Papineau from the Universtiy College London (UCL). You might want to check the corresponding press release from UCL.
22.01.2019:
Announcing the funCOS colloquium on 31.01.2019 starting at 5.15 p.m. in lecture hall H2:
Prof. Dr. Andrey Turchanin from the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena will be talking about
“Synthesis and device applications of molecular 2D materials“
…guests are welcome!
16.01.2019:
First announcement of the 2nd funCOS International Workshop to be held in Erlangen from November 17-19, 2019
Please download the poster here
08.01.2019:
Announcing the funCOS colloquium on 17.01.2019 starting at 5.15 p.m. in lecture hall H2:
PD Dr. Friedrich Esch from the TU Munich will be talking about
“Supported cluster catalysts: Dynamics under the STM“
…guests are welcome!
07.01.2019:
“Science meets Fiction” was common project of EAM and ELINAS and aimed towards a dialog between science and literature.
The book, documenting the microscopic images and the corresponding artistic texts, was recently released. We contributed with an STM image (starting on pg. 158) depicted in the figure accompanying the book cover.
05.11.2018:
Mr. Rajan Adhikari joined the group as PhD student (STM/Porphyrin project).
WELCOME!
30.07.2018:
Check out our just published Angewandte Frontispiece Cover
17.05.2018:
Our new paper is now published online in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (DOI:10.1002/anie.20180360)
Therein we demonstrate that the yield of the self-metalation reaction of tetraphenylporphyrins on Cu(111) is found to systematically decrease with increasing number of attached cyano groups (n=0, 1, 2, 4), which opens up a novel route to effectively tweak the reaction.
16.04.2018:
Our participation in the ITN-ELENA project is topic of a FAU Business item (in German).
13.04.2018:
On Friday the 13th (sic!) Michael Lepper successfully defended his PhD thesis.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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Upper row: the master of ceremony and head of “PhD hat project” Hans-Peter Bäumler introduces Michael Lepper to his hat with the board game “Diss of life”.
Bottom image: close up on the incredible hat – thanks a lot to all who contributed!!! (images: H. Marbach and M. Meyer)
20.03.2018:
Our new paper is now published online in ACS Nano (DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08382)
Therein we demonstrate that Surface-Anchored Metal-Organic Frameworks (SURMOFs) are extraordinary well-suited as resists for high-resolution Focused Electron Beam Induced Processing (FEBIP) techniques. One important result is the fabrication of “nested-L” test structures with Fe(CO)5 on HKUST-1 with extremely narrow line widths of partially less than 8 nm, due to reduced electron proximity effects within the MOF-based resists.
19.03.2018:
Please check out Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology’s thematic issue “Chemistry for electron-induced nanofabrication”
15.03.2018:
Mr. Jan Kuliga joined the group as PhD student (STM/Porphyrin project).
WELCOME!
12.12.2017:
Fan Tu successfully defended his PhD thesis.
Best wishes and congratulations!
16.10.2017:
Ms. Elif Bilgilisoy joined the group as PhD student (ESR in ELENA project).
WELCOME!
11.09.2017:
Martin Drost successfully defended his PhD thesis.
The comission and the examinee (left to right): Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück, Martin Drost, Prof. Norbert Jux, PD Hubertus Marbach, (image: M. Lepper)
Best wishes and congratulations!
12.12.2016:
Job opening!!!
…for early stage researcher (PhD student) in Nanolithography team within the framework of Marie Curie ESR: ELENA (Low energy ELEctron driven chemistry for the advancement of emerging Nano-fabrication methods). The work is embedded in the ELENA project “Controlled fabrication of nanostructures via focused electron beam induced processing in UHV”. Please find more details and apply directly through the corresponding recruitment site by clicking this sentence.
For further information you might also contact me directly via the contact information given on my homepage.
30.06.2016:
Michael Stark successfully defended his PhD thesis.
Best wishes and congratulations!
09.06.2016:
Announcing the funCOS/PC2 group Cseminar on 14.06.2016 starting at 5.15 p.m. in seminar room P 3.88:
PD Dr. Achim Schöll from the University of Würzburg will be talking about
“Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Organic Molecules and Interfaces: From Orbital Imaging to Kondo Physics“
…guests are welcome!
06.06.2016:
Mr Fan Tu, who is a PhD student in the “Microscopy and Nanolithography” group was awarded the best poster price (out of 106 posters) on the EIPBN 2016 conference in Ptittsburgh/PA; USA
…Congratulations Fan!
16.05.2015:
After 2008/Saarbrücken and 2010/Bielefeld the PCCP hot topic poster price at the Bunsen Tagung 2015 in Bochum again goes to H. Marbach.
13.11.2014:
Announcing the funCOS/GDCh Colloquium on 13.11.2014 starting at 4.15 p.m. in lecture hall H2:
Prof Dr. Leonhard Grill from the University of Graz/Austria will be talking about
“Single-molecule-chemistry: every atom counts“
…guests are welcome!
15.01.2014:
Stefanie Ditze is going to defend her PhD thesis on Monday 20.01.2014 in room P 3.88 of the physical Chemistry building, Egerlandstaße 3. Starting at 12:00 p.m with the public scientific presentation „On the dynamics of molecular processes: STM investigations of porphyrins on Cu(111)“. Please see the official notice for further information
13.01.2014:
Our new paper is now published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (Ditze et al., J. Phys. Chem C, (2014) DOI: 10.1021/ia411884b)
Therein we observe and induce conformational switching of individual molecules via scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at and close to room temperature. 2H-5,10,15,20-Tetrakis-(3,5-di-tert-butyl)-phenylporphyrin (2HTTBPP) adsorbed on Cu(111) forms a peculiar supramolecular ordered phase in which the molecules arrange in alternating rows, with two distinct appearances in STM which are assigned to concave and convex intramolecular conformations. Around room temperature, frequent bidirectional conformational switching of individual molecules from concave to convex and vice versa is observed. From the temperature dependence detailed insights into the energy barriers and entropic contributions of the switching processes are deduced. At 200 K, controlled STM tip-induced unidirectional switching is possible, yielding an information storage density of 4.9∙1013 bit/inch2. With this contribution we demonstrate that controlled switching of individual molecules at comparably high temperatures is possible and that entropic effects can be a decisive factor in potential molecular devices at these temperatures..
12.01.2014:
The Kick-Off meeting of the COST Action CM 1301 – CELINA (Chemistry for ELectron Induced NAnofabrication)
will take place in Erlangen from 19.03.2014-22.03.2014 with the support of EAM and me as the local organizer.
Please check out the website of the meeting for further information.
26.12.2013:
Our new paper is now published online in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Röckert et al., J. Phys. Chem C, (2013) DOI: 10.1021/ip412121b)
Herein we report on the coverage dependence of the peculiar self-metalation reaction of tetraphenylporphyrin (2HTPP) on Cu(111).
Interestingly a boost in the reaction rate to CuTPP is observed upon increasing the corerage to a peculiar supramolecular disorder-order transition.
07.06.2013:
Announcing our PC Colloquium on 11.06.2013 starting at 5.15 p.m. in room P 3.88, Egerlandstr. 3.:
PD Dr. Jörg Schäfer from the University of Würzburg will be talking about
“Electronic Functionality of Atomically Defined Nanostructures and Interfaces“
Please download the full abstract for further information.
…guests are welcome!
03.04.2013:
Our latest publication in Nanotechnology can be accessed without suscription (Ditze et al., Nanotechnology, 24 (2013) 115305)
and is featured on nanotechweb.org: please check the link below to access the “lab news” item:
Towards the engineering of molecular nanostructures
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/52830
30.10.2012:
Announcing our PC seminar on 06.11.2012 starting at 5.15 p.m. in room H3:
Prof. Dr. Geoff Thornton from the University College London will be talking about
“Supported metal nanoparticles as interconnects and catalyst mimics”
…guests are welcome!
10.05.2012:
Right now it is going blow on blow in the FEBIP team: Michael Schirmer successfully defended his PhD thesis.
Best wishes and congratulations!
24.04.2012:
Marie-Madeleine Walz successfully defended her PhD thesis. She will soon be leaving the FEBIP group to Sweden for a “postdoc” at the Uppsala University.
Best wishes and congratulations!
20.12.2011:
Announcing our PC seminar on 24.01.2012 starting at 5.15 p.m. in room P 3.88, Egerlandstr. 3.:
Dr. Willem van Dorp from the University of Groningen will be talking about
“Writing single molecules with an electron beam: is it possible?“
The image is recorded with the annular dark field signal in a STEM. (image: Marbach)
Please download the full abstract for further information.
…guests are welcome!
09.12.2011:
Please check the latest issue of Journal of Physical Chemistry C – our grapic art is on the cover (click the image to go to the ACS page)
…you can also access the corresponding article under:
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115 (2011) 24172.
05.12.2011:
Announcing our PC seminar on 13.12.2011 starting at 5.15 p.m. in room P 3.88, Egerlandstr. 3.:
Prof. Dr. Michael Hietschold from the Chemnitz University of Technology will be talking about
“Self-assembly of organic molecules on crystalline substrates”
…guests are welcome!
8.11.2011:
Our latest publication in Nanotechnology can be accessed without suscription (Schirmer et al., Nanotechnology, (2011) DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/22/8/085301.)
and is featured on nanotechweb.org: please check the link below to access the “lab news” item:
Expanded EBID technique writes capping layer protected iron nanostructures
http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/47740
