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Tait, Steven, Dr.

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Email: tait@fkf.mpg.de

Group: Molecular Nanostructures

Current occupation: Postdoctoral Fellow


Education

July 2005 - Present
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Department of Prof. Dr. Klaus Kern

2005:Ph.D. in Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, U. S. A.
Thesis: “Desorption Kinetics of Small n-alkanes from MgO(100), Pt(111), and C(0001)-Pt(111) and Studies of Pd Nanoparticles: Growth and Sintering on Al2O3(0001) and Methane Dissociation on MgO(100)”

Thesis advisors: Professor Charles T. Campbell and Professor Samuel C. Fain, Jr.

Fellowship award for research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Advisor: Dr. Bruce D. Kay, Oct. 2002 – Apr. 2003, Summer 2004


Research Topics


  • Electronic, magnetic and chemical properties of nanometer-scale structures

  • Molecular self-assembly and supramolecular coordination for designed surface structures

  • Metal nanoparticle growth and catalytic activity at surfaces

  • Growth, properties, and funtionalities of self-organized metal / organic structures


Professional Awards


2005-2007 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

2006 Henderson Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation,
Department of Physics, University of Washington

2004 Summer Research Institute Sponsorship, Chemical Physics Institute, PNNL

2004 Joint Institute for Nanoscience Intensive Course: Fabrication and Characterization of Nanomaterials, PNNL, Richland, Washington

2003 Sebastion Karrer Outstanding Graduate Student Award,
Department of Physics, University of Washington

2003 First Prize, Graduate Student Poster Presentation Competition,
Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Section of the AVS, Troutdale, Oregon

2002-2004 Graduate Research Fellowship, UW and PNNL Joint Institute for Nanotechnology (Awarded in 2002, Renewed in 2003 and 2004)

2000 Outstanding Undergraduate Honors Thesis (highest ranking),
Brigham Young University Honors Department, Provo, Utah

2000 BYU Office of Research and Creative Activities, Research Award

1995-2000 Brigham Young University Trustees Scholarship (full tuition)


Publications:


  1. S. L. Tait, A. Langner, N. Lin, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, K. Kern,
    “Two-dimensional Nanopore Arrays by Metal—Organic Coordination Showing Substrate Independent Structure,” in preparation.
  1. S. L. Tait, G. Costantini, Y. Wang, N. Lin, A. Baraldi, F. Esch, L. Petaccia, S. Lizzit, K. Kern, “Metal—Organic Coordination Interactions in Fe—Terephthalic Acid Networks on Cu(100),” submitted.
  1. A. Langner, S. L. Tait, N. Lin, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, and K. Kern,
    “Self-Recognition and Self-Selection in Multicomponent Supramolecular Coordination Networks on Surfaces,” Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 104, 17927 (2007).
  1. N. Lin, A. Langner, S. L. Tait, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, K. Kern,
    “Template-directed Supramolecular Self-assembly of Coordination Dumbbells at Surfaces,” Chemical Communications, in press (2007). DOI: 10.1039/b712082f
  1. S. L. Tait, A. Langner, N. Lin, S. Stepanow, C. Rajadurai, M. Ruben, K. Kern,
    “One-dimensional Self-Assembled Molecular Chains on Cu(100): Interplay between surface-assisted coordination chemistry and substrate commensurability,”
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 10982 (2007).
  1. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohnálek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
    “n-Alkanes on Pt(111) and C(0001) / Pt(111): Chain-length Scaling of Kinetic Desorption Parameters,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 234308 (2006).
  1. S. C. Fain, Jr., C. A. Polwarth, S. L. Tait, C. T. Campbell, R. H. French,
    “Simulated Measurement of Small Metal Clusters by Frequency-modulation Non-contact Atomic Force Microscopy (ncAFM),” Nanotechnology, 17, S121 (2006).
  1. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohnálek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
    “Methane Adsorption and Dissociation and Oxygen Adsorption and Reaction with CO on Pd Nanoparticles on MgO(100) and on Pd(111),” Surface Science, 591, 90 (2005).
  1. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohnálek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay,
    “n-Alkanes on MgO(100) I: Coverage-dependent Desorption Kinetics of n-Butane,”
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 164707 (2005).
  1. S. L. Tait, Z. Dohnálek, C. T. Campbell, B. D. Kay, “n-Alkanes on MgO(100) II: Chain-length Dependence of Kinetic Desorption Parameters for Small n-Alkanes,”
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 164708 (2005).
  1. S. L. Tait, L. T. Ngo, Q. Yu, S. C. Fain, Jr., C. T. Campbell, “Growth and Sintering of Pd Clusters on a-Al2O3(0001),” Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 064712 (2005).