Welcome to the NanoScience research group at the Fachbereich Physik of Universität Osnabrück!
Our research is focused on the characterisation and manipulation of dielectric surfaces and molecular nanostructures on dielectric surfaces. The main experimental method employed is dynamic scanning force microscopy operated in the non-contact mode (NC-AFM). Structural characterisation at the atomic scale is complemented by exploring surface electronic properties with metastable impact electron spectroscopy (MIES). >>>
Our research is focused on the characterisation and manipulation of dielectric surfaces and molecular nanostructures on dielectric surfaces. The main experimental method employed is dynamic scanning force microscopy operated in the non-contact mode (NC-AFM). Structural characterisation at the atomic scale is complemented by exploring surface electronic properties with metastable impact electron spectroscopy (MIES). >>>
| 28.02.2011 | New article published in Measurement Science and Technology | |
| Measurement Science and Technology 22 055501 (2011) "Measurement and modelling of non-contact atomic force microscope cantilever properties from ultra-high vacuum to normal pressure conditions" >>> | ||
| 09.12.2010 | New article published in the Journal of Applied Physics | |
| Journal of Applied Physics 108 113523 (2010) "Morphological classification and quantitative analysis of etch pits" >>> | ||
| 24.11.2010 | New article published in Applied Physics Letters | |
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Applied Physics Letters 97 213105 (2010) "Quantification of antagonistic optomechanical forces in an interferometric detection system for dynamic force microscopy" >>>
This paper has been highlighted by the Virtual Journal of nanoscale Science & Technology |
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| 15.11.2010 | New article published in the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B | |
| Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 28 1279 (2010) "Atomic resolution force microscopy imaging on a strongly ionic surface with differently functionalized tips" >>> | ||
| 04.11.2010 | New article published in Measurement Science and Technology | |
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Measurement Science and Technology 21 125501 (2010) "Achieving high effective Q-factors in ultra-high vacuum dynamic force microscopy" >>>
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| 20.10.2010 | New article published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C | |
| Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 18919 (2010) "Monolayer Structure of Arachidic Acid on Graphite" >>> | ||
| 18.10.2010 | New article published in Physical Review B | |
| Physical Review B 82 155428 (2010) "Quantitative description of C60 diffusion on an insulating surface" >>> | ||
| 29.09.2010 | New article published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | |
| Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12 12436 "Unravelling the atomic structure of cross-linked (1x2) TiO2(110)" >>> | ||
| 10.06.2010 | New article published in Nanotechnology | |
| Nanotechnology 21 265602 "Ordering of monodisperse Ni nanoclusters by templating on high-temperature reconstructed α-Al2O3(0001)" >>> | ||
| 28.05.2010 | Review on NC-AFM on oxide surface published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter | |
| Jeppe Lauritsen from the iNANO (Aarhus Univeristy, Denmark) and Michael Reichling published the first comprehensive review on oxide surface physics performed with non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) in the ultra-high vacuum. The review article introduces the NC-AFM technique, provides a comprehensive overview of respective studies, describes work on Al2O3(0001), TiO2(110), ZnO(1000) and CeO2(111) in detail and the authors develop a perspective on future NC-AFM applications in the framework of oxide studies. | ||
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22 263001 "Atomic resolution non-contact atomic force microscopy of clean metal oxide surfaces" >>> |
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| 25.05.2010 | New article published in Langmuir | |
| Langmuir 26 8295–8300 "Clear Signature of the (2x1) Reconstruction of Calcite (10-14)" >>> | ||
| 14.05.2010 | New article published in Physical Review B | |
| Physical Review B 81 201403(R) "Atomic-resolution imaging of clean and hydrogen-terminated C(100)-(2x1) diamond surfaces using noncontact AFM" >>> | ||
| 19.11.2009 | New article published in Physical Review B | |
| Physical Review B 80 205421 "Cooperative mechanism for anchoring highly polar molecules at an ionic surface" >>> | ||
| 23.09.2009 | New article published in Journal of Applied Physics | |
| Journal of Applied Physics 106 063109 "Impurities in synthetic fluorite for deep ultraviolet optical applications" >>> | ||
| 12.06.2009 | New article published in Review of Scientific Instruments | |
| Review of Scientific Instruments 80 063703 "Concept for support and cleavage of brittle crystals" >>> | ||
| 12.05.2009 | New website online | |
| The group website has entirely been re-designed and updated. Some parts are still under construction. If you miss anything, let us know and check again later. | ||
| 05.05.2009 | New article published in Langmuir | |
| Langmuir 25 10764 "Evidence for Potassium Carbonate Crystallites on Air-Cleaved Mica Surfaces" >>> | ||
| 30.03.2009 | Understanding etch figures on fluorite | |
| Our publication on high resolution etch figures on CaF2(111) has been highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience & Technology >>> | ||
| 19.03.2009 | New article published in Journal of Applied Physics | |
| Journal of Applied Physics 105 064309 "High resolution study of etch figures on CaF2(111)" >>> | ||
| 03.03.2009 | New article published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C | |
| Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 4909 "Stabilization of Zinc-Terminated ZnO(0001) by a Modified Surface Stoichiometry" >>> | ||
| 15.01.2009 | New article published in Nanotechnology | |
| Nanotechnology 20 065606 "Growth of ordered C60 islands on TiO2(110)" >>> | ||
| 10.12.2008 | Aiming at a spin quantum computer | |
| We received funding for a project entitled "spin quantum computing based on endohedral fullerenes with integrated single-spin read-out via nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond". The project is a cooperation between three research groups and will be funded for an initial period of three years by the VolkswagenStiftung in the framework of their program "integration of molecular components in functional macroscopic systems". >>> | ||