PhD Theses


135.	Tobias, Wollandt Analysis of the Contact Resistance of Organic Thin-Film Transistors EPFL (2024) Thesis
134.	Lukas Powalla Spin Textures in 2D Magnets EPFL (2023) Thesis
133.	Jz-Yuan Juo Atomic-scale Characterization of Strain and Gate Effects on Tow-dimensional Materials by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy EPFL (2023) Thesis
132.	Dinesh Pinto A diamond spin qubit scanning probe microscope EPFL (2023) Thesis
131.	Janis Noah Malte Siebrecht Resolving Tunneling Processes into Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States under Microwave Irradiation Universität Stuttgart (2023) (Thesis director: Christian Ast) Thesis
130.	Maximilian Uhl Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Superconductors and High Field Electron Spin Resonances Universität Stuttgart (2023) (Thesis director: Christian Ast) Thesis
129.	Soroush Arabi Properties of Artificially Created Spin Structures Studied by Scanning Probe Methods RWTH Aachen (2022) (Thesis director: Markus Ternes) Thesis
128.	Abhishek Grewal Single Molecule Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Studies using a Single Tunneling Microscope EPFL (2022) Thesis
127.	Hannah Ochner Amplitude and phase reconstruction for Low-Energy Electron Holography of individual proteins EPFL (2022) Thesis
126.	Sven Alexander Szilagyi Low-energy Electron Holography Microscope for Imaging of Single Molecules EPFL (2022) Thesis
125.	Piotr Kot Atomic Scale Electron Spin Resonance at High Zeeman Energies Stuttgart (2022) (Thesis director: Christian Ast) Thesis
124.	Haonan Huang Tunneling processes through magnetic impurities on superconducting surfaces: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states and the Josephson effect EPFL (2021) Thesis
123.	Domenico Paone Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Stuttgart (2021) Thesis
122.	Patrick Eduard Alexa Molecular Engineering of Electrode Surfaces for Electrocatalysis EPFL (2020) Thesis
121.	Katharina Polyudov Charge transport in proximitized graphene within van der Waals heterostructures EPFL (2020) Thesis
120.	Alessio Scavuzzo Optoelectronic and magnetic properties induced by atomic defects in two-dimenstional semiconductors EPFL (2020) Thesis
119.	Shai Mangel Gate-tunable Scanning Tunneling Microscope as a tool for performing single-molecule chemistry EPFL (2019) Thesis
118.	Andreas Topp Probing the electronic structure of new 3D Dirac semimetals Stuttgart (2019) (Thesis director: Christian Ast) Thesis
117.	Tomasz Michnowicz Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of Organic Molecules Konstanz (2019) Thesis
116.	Anna Maria Roslawska Dynamics of nanoscale systems probed by time-resolved STM-induced luminescence EPFL (2019) Thesis
115.	Diana Hötger Metal-Organic and Oxide Nanostructures for Electrocatalyzing the Oxygen Half-Cell Reaction EPFL (2018) Thesis
114.	Jacob Senkpiel Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy with Superconducting Junctions: From Single Channel Transport to Local Pair Breaking Potentials EPFL (2018) Thesis
113.	Eduardo Hurtado Salinas Design of surface-supported bio-inspired networks for Co2 and O2 activation at room temperature EPFL (2018) Thesis
112.	Soudabeh Sheikholharam Mashhadi Charge transport properties of spin-orbit coupled materials in different correlation regimes EPFL (2018) Thesis
111.	Bart Willem Stel In situ Studies of Peptide and Protein Assemblies at the Solid-Liquid Interface Hierarchical Self-Assembly, Dynamics and Functional Properties EPFL (2018) Thesis
110.	Lukas Schlipf Nanoscale Electron Spin Resonance Stuttgart (2017) Thesis
109.	Sebastian Koslowski Scanning tunneling microscopy on large bio-molecular systems on surfaces EPFL (2017) Thesis
108.	Matthias Münks Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements on Correlated Systems Konstanz (2017) Thesis
107.	Kristina Vaklinova Spin Transport in Topological Insulator-Based Nanostructures EPFL (2017) Thesis
106.	Sabine Abb Molecular Imaging of Bioolymers enabled by Electrospray Ion-Beam Deposition EPFL (2017) Thesis
105.	Roberto Urcuyo Solorzano Electronic transport properties of vertical and lateral graphene-based heterostructures EPFL (2016) Thesis
104.	Claudius Morchutt On-Surface Assembly and Reactions of Organic Molecules in Ultra-High Vacuum EPFL (2016) Thesis
103.	Christian Alexander Stephan Dette Atomic Scale Observation of Chemical and Electronic Properties of Metal-Oxide Surface EPFL (2016) Thesis
102.	Alexander Hoyer Spin and charge transport in Dirac materials EPFL (2016) Thesis
101.	Reinhold Rödel Contact resistance effects in organic n-channel thin-film transistors EPFL (2015) Thesis
100.	Daniel Pablo Rosenblatt Construction of a low temperature STM and studies of large molecular systems EPFL (2015) Thesis
99.	Benjamin Wurster Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Networks as a New Class of Electrocatalysts EPFL (2015) Thesis
98.	Verena Katharina Schendel Electronic and magnetic interactions in single molecular and atomic contacts EPFL (2015) Thesis
97.	Matthias Eltschka Scanning Tunneling Microscopy using Superconducting Tips to Probe Absolute Spin Polarization EPFL (2015) Thesis
96.	Ivan Pentegov Local electronic properties and adsorption conformations of molecular nanostructures at surfaces EPFL (2015) Thesis
95.	Berthold Jäck Josephson Tunneling at the Atomic Scale: The Josephson Effect as a Local Probe EPFL (2015) Thesis
94.	Christoph Große Monitoring Charge Carrier Dynamics at Atomic Length Scales by STM-induced Luminescence EPFL (2015) Thesis
93.	Carola Straßer Investigation of interactions in two-dimensional electron gases with angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy EPFL (2015) Thesis
92.	Tobias Herden Combined Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy on Molecular Nanostructures Konstanz (2014) Thesis
91.	Mostafa Enayat Construction and Operation of a milli-Kelvin Spectroscopic Imaging STM for the study of correlated electron materials EPFL (2014) Thesis
90.	Eike Schäfer-Nolte Development of a Diamond-based Scanning Probe Spin Sensor Operating at Low Temperature in Ultra High Vacuum Stuttgart (2014) Thesis
89.	Sören G. Krotzky Metallic and molecular nanostructures on well-defined surfaces Konstanz (2014) Thesis
88.	Pascal Gehring Magnetotransport properties of topological insulator thin films EPFL (2014) Thesis
87.	Seth White Setup and Operation of a Spectroscopic Imaging STM for the Study of Iron-Based Superconductors EPFL (2014) Thesis
86.	Steffen Kahle Magnetic Properties of Individual Molecules Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Konstanz (2013) Thesis
85.	Gordon Rinke Electrospray Ion Beam Deposition of Complex Non-Volatile Molecules EPFL (2013) Thesis
84.	Eva Carmen Peters Magnetotransport in Graphene: Gap-Opening and Interaction Effects EPFL (2013) Thesis
83.	Christopher Kley Atomic-scale characterization and control of metal-organic templates and photosensitizers on surfaces EPFL (2013) Thesis
82.	Eberhard Ulrich Stützel Fabrication and Optoelectronic Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons EPFL (2013) Thesis
81.	Moritz Esslinger Nearfield Optical Interactions of Nano-Plasmonic Particle Assemblies EPFL (2013) Thesis
80.	Alberto Crepaldi Strong spin-orbit coupling in low dimensional systems investigated by static and time-resolved ARPES EPFL (2013) Thesis
79.	Tetiana Kurkina Label-free electrical biosensing based on electrochemically functionalized carbon nanostructures Univ. Gießen (2012) Thesis
78.	Fabian Zinser Local Topographic and Electronic Structure of Mixed Surface Alloys: Anderson Localization of Electronic States Uni. Konstanz (2012) Thesis
77.	Thomas Dufaux Nanoscale organic / inorganic hybrid photovoltaic devices EPFL (2012) Thesis
76.	Nasiba Abdurakhmanova Synthesis and properties of molecular nanostructures on surfaces EPFL (2012) Thesis
75.	Adarsh Sagar Graphene based field-effect transistors EPFL (2011) Thesis
74.	Maximilian Assig Development of a millikelvin scanning tunneling microscope for applications in ultra high vacuum and high magnetic fields EPFL (2011) Thesis
73.	Nicha Thontasen Ion beam deposition and STM analysis of macromolecules on solid surfaces in UHV EPFL (2011) Thesis
72.	Daniel Kälblein Field-effect transistors based on ZnO nanowires EPFL (2011) Thesis
71.	Vivek Pachauri Self-assembled liquid-gated zincoxide nanowire transistors: fabrication and sensing operation EPFL (2011) Thesis
70.	Ravi Shankar Sundaram Electrical properties of chemically derived graphene EPFL (2011) Thesis
69.	Frederik Ante Contact effects in organic transistors EPFL (2011) Thesis
68.	Isabella Gierz Investigation of two-dimensional electron gases with angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy EPFL (2011) Thesis
67.	Theresa Lutz Scanning tunneling microscopy and luminescence of individual nanostructures EPFL (2011) Thesis
66.	Liza Herrera Diez Magnetization reversal dynamics in diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors EPFL (2010) Thesis
65.	Robin Ohmann Local probing and manipulation of molecules and nanoscale contacts with scanning tunneling microscopy Universität Konstanz (2010) Thesis
64.	Tzu-Chun Tseng TCNQ-based supramolecular architectures at metal surfaces EPFL (2010) Thesis
63.	Alexander Kabakchiev Scanning tunneling luminescence of pentacene nanocrystals EPFL (2010) Thesis
62.	Jens Dorfmüller Optical Wire Antennas: Near-Field Imaging, Modeling and Emission Patterns EPFL (2010) Thesis
61.	Jakob Bork Probing nanoscale electronic and magnetic interaction with scanning tunneling spectroscopy University of Aalborg (2010) Thesis
60.	Violetta Sessi Coordination dependent magnetic properties of 3d and 4d metal nanostructures EPFL (2010) Thesis
59.	Holger Jens Böttcher Synthesis and properties of II-VI semiconductor nanowires EPFL (2009) Thesis
58.	Christian H. Michaelis Local electronic properties of individual nanostructures on the boron nitride nanomesh Universität Konstanz (2009) Thesis
57.	Alexander Langner Self-Assembly of multiligand supramolecular architectures at metal surfaces EPFL (2009) Thesis
56.	Eduardo Lee Scanning Photocurrent Microscopy of Carbon Nanostructures EPFL (2008) Thesis
55.	Paola Alejandra Acosta-Díaz On the nucleation, evolution and overgrowth of InAs/GaAs(001) quantum dots Universität Konstanz (2008) Thesis
54.	Ralf Thomas Weitz Electrical properties of functionalized nanowire field effect transistors EPFL (2008) Thesis
53.	Stephan Rauschenbach Electrospray ion beam deposition and mass spectroscopy of nanovolatile molecules and nanomaterials EPFL (2007) Thesis
52.	Magalí Lingenfelder Chiral recognition and supramolecular self-assembly of adsorbed amino acids and dipeptides at the submolecular level EPFL (2007) Thesis
51.	Tilman Aßmus Carbon nanotubes functionalized with dye molecules and metal nanoparticles EPFL (2007) Thesis
50.	Ruben Esteban Apertureless SNOM: Realistic Modeling of the Imaging Process and Measurements of Resonant Plasmonic Nanostructures EPFL (2007) Thesis
49.	Dietmar Payer Single-molecule-level characterization of supramolecular systems at surfaces EPFL (2007) Thesis
48.	Sinan Balci Metal and metaloxide nanostructures on and in plant viruses EPFL (2006) Thesis
47.	Giorgios Katsaros Investigation of SiGe islands by means of selective wet chemical etching and scanning probe microscopy Universität Konstanz (2006)) Thesis
46.	Manxi Zhu Aeging of porous carbon electrodes EPFL (2006) Thesis
45.	Thomas Classen Self-organized growth of ordered functional nanostructures on templates EPFL (2005) Thesis
44.	Sebastian Stepanow Low-dimensional supramolecular architectures at metal surfaces EPFL (2005) Thesis
43.	Diego Repetto Investigation and modification of the magnetism of epitaxial Fe structures EPFL (2005) Thesis
42.	Michael Vogelgesang Ultrathin KCl films on Cu(110) and Cu(111) studied by low-temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy EPFL (2005) Thesis
41.	Gero Wittich Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at low temperatures: development of a 1K-instrument and local characterization of heterogenous metal systems Universität Konstanz (2005) Thesis
40.	Tae-Yon Lee Growth and magnetism of low-dimensional nanostructures on templates EPFL (2005) Thesis
39.	Kannan Balasubramanian Electrochemical modification and photoelectronic properties of carbon nanotubes EPFL (2005) Thesis
38.	Peter Wahl Local spectroscopy of correlated electron systems at metal surfaces Universität Konstanz (2005) Thesis
37.	Erik Delvigne Engineering molecular nanostructures at surfaces EPFL (2004) Thesis
36.	Frank Stadler Electrospray ionization source for the deposition of large molecules and clusters Universität Konstanz (2004) Thesis
35.	Ulrich Schlecht Gas-sensing properties of V2O5 nanofibers and carbon nanotubes EPFL (2004) Thesis
34.	Olaf Kirfel Modification of Ge dots on Si(100) substrates: C-predeposition and Si overgrowth EPFL (2004)
33.	Alpan Bek Apertureless SNOM: a new tool for nano-optics EPFL (2004) Thesis
32.	Carlos Manzano Scanning tunneling microscopy of self-organized semiconductor quantum dots EPFL (2004) Thesis
31.	Alexandre Dmitriev Novel design principles for low-dimensional supramolecular systems at metal surfaces EPFL (2003)
30.	Dominik Hoffmann Development of a versatile sum-frequency microscope and applications to chemical imaging of interfaces EPFL (2003) Thesis
29.	Mato Knez The tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) as biological template for nanostructuring Universität Ulm (2003) Article
28.	Christian Klinke Analysis of the catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes EPFL (2003) Thesis
27.	Paolo Messina Towards magnetic engineering at metal surfaces EPFL (2003) Thesis
26.	Xiaochun Wu Directed Nanoparticle organization via chemically selective microcontact printing EPFL (2003) Thesis
25.	Samuel Sarbach Growth of metallic nanostructures on the vicinal Pt(997) surface EPFL (2002) Thesis
24.	Dietrich Peterka Adsorbate and thermally induced spin reorientation transition in thin Fe films on Cu(100) EPFL (2002) Thesis
23.	Nikolaus Knorr Electronic interactions at noble metal surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy EPFL (2002) Thesis
22.	Vojislav Krstic Charge transport in one-dimensional molecular nanostructures: single-walled carbon nanotubes EPFL (2002) Thesis
21.	Jens Weckesser Atomic scale observations of large organic molecules at metal surfaces : bonding, ordering and supramolecular self-assembly EPFL (2000) Thesis
20.	Pietro Gambardella Growth, electronic structure and magnetism of supported metal nanowires EPFL (2000) Thesis
19.	Marcella Giovannini Metallic thin layers and nanostructures : fabrication and characterization EPFL (2000) Thesis
18.	Hannes Kind Patterning of surfaces by locally catalyzed chemical reactions EPFL (2000) Thesis
17.	Maximilian Epple Second harmonic and sum frequency spectroscopy of thin films and molecular monolayers EPFL (1999) Thesis
16.	Lukas Bürgi Scanning tunneling microscopy as local probe of electron density, dynamics and transport at metal surfaces EPFL (1999) Thesis
15.	Oliver Leifeld Ge quantum dot formation on the carbon-alloyed silicon (100) surface ? a scanning tunneling microscopy study EPFL (1999) Thesis
14.	Martial Blanc Step decoration and growth at the vicinal Pt(997) surface EPFL (1998) Thesis
13.	Alexander Menck Defects and growth processes at ionic and oxide crystal surfaces studied by atomic force microscopy EPFL (1998) Thesis
12.	Andreas Hirstein Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy in ultra-high-vacuum and high magnetic fields EPFL (1998) Thesis
11.	Bjørn Fischer Nucleation and growth in metal-on-metal epitaxy: the influence of strain and surface reconstruction EPFL (1998) Thesis
10.	Ornella Cavalleri Ordering and electrodeposition at the alkanethiol/Au(111) interface EPFL (1997) Thesis
9.	Karsten Bromann Controlling epitaxial morphologies on the microscopic scale EPFL (1997) Thesis
8.	Nicolas Waelchli Structural changes at low-index Pd surfaces induced by adsorption and epitaxy EPFL (1996) Thesis
7.	Lorenz Nedelmann, Nucleation, growth and strain relief in Cu heteroepitaxy on Ni(100) EPFL (1996)
6.	René Becker Dynamics of electronic excitations at C60 surfaces and interfaces studied by second harmonic generation EPFL (1996) Thesis
5.	Vittorio Marsico Propriétés des surfaces métalliques vicinales: structure de Pt(997) et adsorption des gaz rares EPFL (1995) Thesis
4.	Hansjörg Schief Vicinal surfaces as nanoscopic echelette gratings for atomic waves and their application to He-surface spectroscopy EPFL (1995)
3.	Christoph Romainczyk Struktur und Kinetik von reinen und silberbedeckten Platin-Oberflächen EPFL (1994) Thesis
2.	Holger Röder Microscopic processes in heteroepitaxial growth : nucleation, growth and alloying of Ag at the (111) surface of Pt EPFL (1994) Thesis
1.	Elmar Hahn Structure and reactivity of vicinal Pt and low-index Cu/Pd surfaces EPFL (1994) Thesis