PhD Theses

136.
Moritz Alexander Edte
Mass and Shape Selective Electrospray Ion Beam Deposition for Low-Energy Electron Holography Imaging of Individual Biomolecules
EPFL (2025)
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135. Tobias, Wollandt
Analysis of the Contact Resistance of Organic Thin-Film Transistors
EPFL (2024) (Thesis director: Hagen Klauk)
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134. Lukas Powalla
Spin Textures in 2D Magnets
EPFL (2023)
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133. Jz-Yuan Juo
Atomic-scale Characterization of Strain and Gate Effects on Tow-dimensional Materials by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
EPFL (2023)
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132. Dinesh Pinto
A diamond spin qubit scanning probe microscope
EPFL (2023)
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131. Janis Noah Malte Siebrecht
Resolving Tunneling Processes into Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States under Microwave Irradiation
Universität Stuttgart (2023) (Thesis director: Christian Ast)
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130. Maximilian Uhl
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Superconductors and High Field Electron Spin Resonances
Universität Stuttgart (2023) (Thesis director: Christian Ast)
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129. Soroush Arabi
Properties of Artificially Created Spin Structures Studied by Scanning Probe Methods
RWTH Aachen (2022) (Thesis director: Markus Ternes)
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128. Abhishek Grewal
Single Molecule Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Studies using a Single Tunneling Microscope
EPFL (2022)
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127. Hannah Ochner
Amplitude and phase reconstruction for Low-Energy Electron Holography of individual proteins
EPFL (2022)
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126. Sven Alexander Szilagyi
Low-energy Electron Holography Microscope for Imaging of Single Molecules
EPFL (2022)
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125. Piotr Kot
Atomic Scale Electron Spin Resonance at High Zeeman Energies
Stuttgart (2022) (Thesis director: Christian Ast)
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124.

Haonan Huang
Tunneling processes through magnetic impurities on superconducting surfaces: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states and the Josephson effect
EPFL (2021)
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123. Domenico Paone
Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond
Stuttgart (2021)
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122. Patrick Eduard Alexa
Molecular Engineering of Electrode Surfaces for Electrocatalysis
EPFL (2020)
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121. Katharina Polyudov
Charge transport in proximitized graphene within van der Waals heterostructures
EPFL (2020)
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120. Alessio Scavuzzo
Optoelectronic and magnetic properties induced by atomic defects in two-dimenstional semiconductors
EPFL (2020)
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119. Shai Mangel
Gate-tunable Scanning Tunneling Microscope as a tool for performing single-molecule chemistry
EPFL (2019)
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118. Andreas Topp
Probing the electronic structure of new 3D Dirac semimetals
Stuttgart (2019) (Thesis director: Christian Ast)
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117. Tomasz Michnowicz
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of Organic Molecules
Konstanz (2019)
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116. Anna Maria Roslawska
Dynamics of nanoscale systems probed by time-resolved STM-induced luminescence
EPFL (2019)
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115. Diana Hötger
Metal-Organic and Oxide Nanostructures for Electrocatalyzing the Oxygen Half-Cell Reaction
EPFL (2018)
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114. Jacob Senkpiel
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy with Superconducting Junctions: From Single Channel Transport to Local Pair Breaking Potentials
EPFL (2018)
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113. Eduardo Hurtado Salinas
Design of surface-supported bio-inspired networks for Co2 and O2 activation at room temperature
EPFL (2018)
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112 Soudabeh Sheikholharam Mashhadi
Charge transport properties of spin-orbit coupled materials in different correlation regimes
EPFL (2018)
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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)
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110. Lukas Schlipf
Nanoscale Electron Spin Resonance
Stuttgart (2017)
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109. Sebastian Koslowski
Scanning tunneling microscopy on large bio-molecular systems on surfaces
EPFL (2017)
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108. Matthias Münks
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements on Correlated Systems
Konstanz (2017)
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107. Kristina Vaklinova
Spin Transport in Topological Insulator-Based Nanostructures
EPFL (2017)
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106. Sabine Abb
Molecular Imaging of Bioolymers enabled by Electrospray Ion-Beam Deposition
EPFL (2017)
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105.

Roberto Urcuyo Solorzano
Electronic transport properties of vertical and lateral graphene-based heterostructures
EPFL (2016)
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104. Claudius Morchutt
On-Surface Assembly and Reactions of Organic Molecules in Ultra-High Vacuum
EPFL (2016)
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103. Christian Alexander Stephan Dette
Atomic Scale Observation of Chemical and Electronic Properties of Metal-Oxide Surface
EPFL (2016)
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102. Alexander Hoyer
Spin and charge transport in Dirac materials
EPFL (2016)
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101. Reinhold Rödel
Contact resistance effects in organic n-channel thin-film transistors
EPFL (2015)
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100. Daniel Pablo Rosenblatt
Construction of a low temperature STM and studies of large molecular systems
EPFL (2015)
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99. Benjamin Wurster
Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Networks as a New Class of Electrocatalysts
EPFL (2015)
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98. Verena Katharina Schendel
Electronic and magnetic interactions in single molecular and atomic contacts
EPFL (2015)
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97. Matthias Eltschka
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy using Superconducting Tips to Probe Absolute Spin Polarization
EPFL (2015)
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96.

Ivan Pentegov
Local electronic properties and adsorption conformations of molecular nanostructures at surfaces
EPFL (2015)
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95. Berthold Jäck
Josephson Tunneling at the Atomic Scale: The Josephson Effect as a Local Probe
EPFL (2015)
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94.

Christoph Große
Monitoring Charge Carrier Dynamics at Atomic Length Scales by STM-induced Luminescence
EPFL (2015)
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93. Carola Straßer
Investigation of interactions in two-dimensional electron gases with angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy
EPFL (2015)
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92. Tobias Herden
Combined Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy on Molecular Nanostructures
Konstanz (2014)
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91. Mostafa Enayat
Construction and Operation of a milli-Kelvin Spectroscopic Imaging STM for the study of correlated electron materials
EPFL (2014)
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90.

Eike Schäfer-Nolte
Development of a Diamond-based Scanning Probe Spin Sensor Operating at Low Temperature in Ultra High Vacuum
Stuttgart (2014)
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89. Sören G. Krotzky
Metallic and molecular nanostructures on well-defined surfaces
Konstanz (2014)
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88. Pascal Gehring
Magnetotransport properties of topological insulator thin films
EPFL (2014)
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87. Seth White
Setup and Operation of a Spectroscopic Imaging STM for the Study of Iron-Based Superconductors
EPFL (2014)
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86. Steffen Kahle
Magnetic Properties of Individual Molecules Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Konstanz (2013)
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85.

Gordon Rinke
Electrospray Ion Beam Deposition of Complex Non-Volatile Molecules
EPFL (2013)
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84. Eva Carmen Peters
Magnetotransport in Graphene: Gap-Opening and Interaction Effects
EPFL (2013)
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83. Christopher Kley
Atomic-scale characterization and control of metal-organic templates and photosensitizers on surfaces
EPFL (2013)
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82. Eberhard Ulrich Stützel
Fabrication and Optoelectronic Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons
EPFL (2013)
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81. Moritz Esslinger
Nearfield Optical Interactions of Nano-Plasmonic Particle Assemblies
EPFL (2013)
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80. Alberto Crepaldi
Strong spin-orbit coupling in low dimensional systems investigated by static and time-resolved ARPES
EPFL (2013)
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79. Tetiana Kurkina
Label-free electrical biosensing based on electrochemically functionalized carbon nanostructures
Univ. Gießen (2012)
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78 Fabian Zinser
Local Topographic and Electronic Structure of Mixed Surface Alloys: Anderson Localization of Electronic States
Uni. Konstanz (2012)
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77. Thomas Dufaux
Nanoscale organic / inorganic hybrid photovoltaic devices
EPFL (2012)
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76. Nasiba Abdurakhmanova
Synthesis and properties of molecular nanostructures on surfaces
EPFL (2012)
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75. Adarsh Sagar
Graphene based field-effect transistors
EPFL (2011)
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74. Maximilian Assig
Development of a millikelvin scanning tunneling microscope for applications in ultra high vacuum and high magnetic fields
EPFL (2011)
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73. Nicha Thontasen
Ion beam deposition and STM analysis of macromolecules on solid surfaces in UHV
EPFL (2011)
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72. Daniel Kälblein
Field-effect transistors based on ZnO nanowires
EPFL (2011)
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71. Vivek Pachauri
Self-assembled liquid-gated zincoxide nanowire transistors: fabrication and sensing operation
EPFL (2011)
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70. Ravi Shankar Sundaram
Electrical properties of chemically derived graphene
EPFL (2011)
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69. Frederik Ante
Contact effects in organic transistors
EPFL (2011)
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68.

Isabella Gierz
Investigation of two-dimensional electron gases with angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy
EPFL (2011)
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67. Theresa Lutz
Scanning tunneling microscopy and luminescence of individual nanostructures
EPFL (2011)
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66. Liza Herrera Diez
Magnetization reversal dynamics in diluted ferromagnetic semiconductors
EPFL (2010)
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65. Robin Ohmann
Local probing and manipulation of molecules and nanoscale contacts with scanning tunneling microscopy
Universität Konstanz (2010)
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64. Tzu-Chun Tseng
TCNQ-based supramolecular architectures at metal surfaces
EPFL (2010)
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63. Alexander Kabakchiev
Scanning tunneling luminescence of pentacene nanocrystals
EPFL (2010)
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62. Jens Dorfmüller
Optical Wire Antennas: Near-Field Imaging, Modeling and Emission Patterns
EPFL (2010)
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61. Jakob Bork
Probing nanoscale electronic and magnetic interaction with scanning tunneling spectroscopy
University of Aalborg (2010)
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60.

Violetta Sessi
Coordination dependent magnetic properties of 3d and 4d metal nanostructures
EPFL (2010)
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59. Holger Jens Böttcher
Synthesis and properties of II-VI semiconductor nanowires
EPFL (2009)
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58. Christian H. Michaelis
Local electronic properties of individual nanostructures on the boron nitride nanomesh
Universität Konstanz (2009)
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57. Alexander Langner
Self-Assembly of multiligand supramolecular architectures at metal surfaces
EPFL (2009)
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56. Eduardo Lee
Scanning Photocurrent Microscopy of Carbon Nanostructures
EPFL (2008)
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55. Paola Alejandra Acosta-Díaz
On the nucleation, evolution and overgrowth of InAs/GaAs(001) quantum dots
Universität Konstanz (2008)
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54. Ralf Thomas Weitz
Electrical properties of functionalized nanowire field effect transistors
EPFL (2008)
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53.

Stephan Rauschenbach
Electrospray ion beam deposition and mass spectroscopy of nanovolatile molecules and nanomaterials
EPFL (2007)
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52. Magalí Lingenfelder
Chiral recognition and supramolecular self-assembly of adsorbed amino acids and dipeptides at the submolecular level
EPFL (2007)
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51.

Tilman Aßmus
Carbon nanotubes functionalized with dye molecules and metal nanoparticles
EPFL (2007)
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50. Ruben Esteban
Apertureless SNOM: Realistic Modeling of the Imaging Process and Measurements of Resonant Plasmonic Nanostructures
EPFL (2007)
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49. Dietmar Payer
Single-molecule-level characterization of supramolecular systems at surfaces
EPFL (2007)
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48. Sinan Balci
Metal and metaloxide nanostructures on and in plant viruses
EPFL (2006)
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47. Giorgios Katsaros
Investigation of SiGe islands by means of selective wet chemical etching and scanning probe microscopy
Universität Konstanz (2006))
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46. Manxi Zhu
Aeging of porous carbon electrodes
EPFL (2006)
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45. Thomas Classen
Self-organized growth of ordered functional nanostructures on templates
EPFL (2005)
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44. Sebastian Stepanow
Low-dimensional supramolecular architectures at metal surfaces
EPFL (2005)
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43. Diego Repetto
Investigation and modification of the magnetism of epitaxial Fe structures
EPFL (2005)
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42.

Michael Vogelgesang
Ultrathin KCl films on Cu(110) and Cu(111) studied by low-temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy
EPFL (2005)
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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)
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40. Tae-Yon Lee
Growth and magnetism of low-dimensional nanostructures on templates
EPFL (2005)
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39. Kannan Balasubramanian
Electrochemical modification and photoelectronic properties of carbon nanotubes
EPFL (2005)
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38. Peter Wahl
Local spectroscopy of correlated electron systems at metal surfaces
Universität Konstanz (2005)
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37. Erik Delvigne
Engineering molecular nanostructures at surfaces
EPFL (2004)
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36. Frank Stadler
Electrospray ionization source for the deposition of large molecules and clusters
Universität Konstanz (2004)
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35. Ulrich Schlecht
Gas-sensing properties of V2O5 nanofibers and carbon nanotubes
EPFL (2004)
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34. Olaf Kirfel
Modification of Ge dots on Si(100) substrates: C-predeposition and Si overgrowth
EPFL (2004)
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33. Alpan Bek
Apertureless SNOM: a new tool for nano-optics
EPFL (2004)
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32. Carlos Manzano
Scanning tunneling microscopy of self-organized semiconductor quantum dots
EPFL (2004)
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31. Alexandre Dmitriev
Novel design principles for low-dimensional supramolecular systems at metal surfaces
EPFL (2003)
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30. Dominik Hoffmann
Development of a versatile sum-frequency microscope and applications to chemical imaging of interfaces
EPFL (2003)
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29. Mato Knez
The tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) as biological template for nanostructuring
Universität Ulm (2003)
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28. Christian Klinke
Analysis of the catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes
EPFL (2003)
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27. Paolo Messina
Towards magnetic engineering at metal surfaces
EPFL (2003)
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26. Xiaochun Wu
Directed Nanoparticle organization via chemically selective microcontact printing
EPFL (2003)
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25.

Samuel Sarbach
Growth of metallic nanostructures on the vicinal Pt(997) surface
EPFL (2002)
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24. Dietrich Peterka
Adsorbate and thermally induced spin reorientation transition in thin Fe films on Cu(100)
EPFL (2002)
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23. Nikolaus Knorr
Electronic interactions at noble metal surfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy
EPFL (2002)
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22. Vojislav Krstic
Charge transport in one-dimensional molecular nanostructures: single-walled carbon nanotubes
EPFL (2002)
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21. Jens Weckesser
Atomic scale observations of large organic molecules at metal surfaces : bonding, ordering and supramolecular self-assembly
EPFL (2000)
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20. Pietro Gambardella
Growth, electronic structure and magnetism of supported metal nanowires
EPFL (2000)
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19. Marcella Giovannini
Metallic thin layers and nanostructures : fabrication and characterization
EPFL (2000)
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18. Hannes Kind
Patterning of surfaces by locally catalyzed chemical reactions
EPFL (2000)
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17. Maximilian Epple
Second harmonic and sum frequency spectroscopy of thin films and molecular monolayers
EPFL (1999)
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16. Lukas Bürgi
Scanning tunneling microscopy as local probe of electron density, dynamics and transport at metal surfaces
EPFL (1999)
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15. Oliver Leifeld
Ge quantum dot formation on the carbon-alloyed silicon (100) surface ? a scanning tunneling microscopy study
EPFL (1999)
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14. Martial Blanc
Step decoration and growth at the vicinal Pt(997) surface
EPFL (1998)
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13.

Alexander Menck
Defects and growth processes at ionic and oxide crystal surfaces studied by atomic force microscopy
EPFL (1998)
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12. Andreas Hirstein
Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy in ultra-high-vacuum and high magnetic fields
EPFL (1998)
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11. Bjørn Fischer
Nucleation and growth in metal-on-metal epitaxy: the influence of strain and surface reconstruction
EPFL (1998)
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10. Ornella Cavalleri
Ordering and electrodeposition at the alkanethiol/Au(111) interface
EPFL (1997)
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9.

Karsten Bromann
Controlling epitaxial morphologies on the microscopic scale
EPFL (1997)
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8. Nicolas Waelchli
Structural changes at low-index Pd surfaces induced by adsorption and epitaxy
EPFL (1996)
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7. Lorenz Nedelmann,
Nucleation, growth and strain relief in Cu heteroepitaxy on Ni(100)
EPFL (1996)
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6. René Becker
Dynamics of electronic excitations at C60 surfaces and interfaces studied by second harmonic generation
EPFL (1996)
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5. Vittorio Marsico
Propriétés des surfaces métalliques vicinales: structure de Pt(997) et adsorption des gaz rares
EPFL (1995)
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4.

Hansjörg Schief
Vicinal surfaces as nanoscopic echelette gratings for atomic waves and their application to He-surface spectroscopy
EPFL (1995)
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3. Christoph Romainczyk
Struktur und Kinetik von reinen und silberbedeckten Platin-Oberflächen
EPFL (1994)
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2. Holger Röder
Microscopic processes in heteroepitaxial growth : nucleation, growth and alloying of Ag at the (111) surface of Pt
EPFL (1994)
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1. Elmar Hahn
Structure and reactivity of vicinal Pt and low-index Cu/Pd surfaces
EPFL (1994)
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