Molecular Materials: Electronic Properties
Einzelmolekülkontakt
Squeezable Nanojunction
Thermoelektrischer Transport beim resonanten Tunneln
Molecular materials are exciting for physics because they combine the almost infinite design space of chemistry with the complexity of materials. Questions in our group include:
- How does current flow through a single molecule?
- How can we measure and understand the thermoelectricity of single molecules?
- How can we understand the interaction of the two-dimensional, atomically thin carbon material graphene with molecules?
At FAU, we work on molecular materials in a joint research approach of physics, chemistry and materials science. For this purpose, we are organized, among others, in the Interdisciplinary Institute for Molecular Materials (ICMM) and in the collaborative research center "Synthetic Carbon allotropes" (CRC 953).
Projects:
Funding source: DFG / Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB)
Acronym: SFB 953
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Wir werden Experimente durchführen, in denen wir das Zusammenspiel von Graphen und organischen Molekülen mit elektrischen Methoden messen können. Wir beabsichtigen Einzelmolekülkontakte und flächige Graphen-Molekül-Graphen-Kontakte herzustellen, deren elektrische Transporteigenschaften wir detailliert untersuchen. Als Moleküle werden Polyyn-Drähte und andere molekulare Drähte verwendet. Weiterhin sind Moleküle mit Fulleren-Endgruppen von besonder…
Funding source: DFG / Graduiertenkolleg (GRK)
Acronym: GRK 2861
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RTG2861-PCL is a collaboration between Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) and Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and is funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Our goal is to achieve atomic-precision synthesis and exploration of new planar carbon lattices (PCLs) for next-generation quantum materials, functional precision membranes, optoelectronic and electrochemical devices, by employing advanced experimental and theoretical methods in an interdisciplinary approach bri…
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2025
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Noble Gas Provides a Solution to the Synthesis‐On‐Inert‐Surfaces Challenge for Extended Covalent Nanostructures
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202422521
2023
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Hexagonal Hybrid Bismuthene by Molecular Interface Engineering
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (2023), p. 12487–12498
ISSN: 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13036
2022
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Molecular Stacking on Graphene
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022), Article No.: e202201169
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201169
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anie.202201169
2021
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Thermoelectricity of near-resonant tunnel junctions and their relation to Carnot efficiency
In: Scientific Reports 11 (2021), Article No.: 2031
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81466-3 - , , , , :
Molecular embroidering of graphene
In: Nature Communications 12 (2021), Article No.: 552
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20651-w
2019
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An ultra-stable setup for measuring electrical and thermoelectrical properties of nanojunctions
In: Applied Physics Letters 115 (2019), Article No.: 083108
ISSN: 0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/1.5116673
2015
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Single-Molecule Junctions with Epitaxial Graphene Nanoelectrodes
In: Nano Letters 15 (2015), p. 3512-3518
ISSN: 1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00877
2013
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Switching of a coupled spin pair in a single-molecule junction
In: Nature Nanotechnology 8 (2013), p. 575-579
ISSN: 1748-3387
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.133