Publications 2015
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L. Liu, T. Dienel, R. Widmer, O. Gröning
ACS Nano 9, 10125 (2015).
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Fermi states and anisotropy of Brillouin zone scattering in the decagonal AlNiCo quasicrystal
V. A. Rogalev, O. Gröning,R. Widmer, J. H. Dil, F. Bisti, L. L. Lev, T. Schmitt & V. N. Strocov
Nature Communications 6, 8607 (2015).
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D. Scopece
Phys. Rev. B 91, 195318 (2015).
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Local uniaxial tensile strain in germanium of up to 4% induced by SiGe epitaxial nanostructures
M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, L. Gagliano, L. Rossetto, D. Scopece, M. Barget, V. Mondiali, J. Frigerio, M. Lodari, F. Pezzoli, F. Montalenti, E. Bonera
App. Phys. Lett. 107, 083101 (2015).
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On-Surface Synthesis of BN-Substituted Heteroaromatic Networks
C. Sánchez-Sánchez, S. Brüller, H. Sachdev, K. Müllen, M. Krieg, H. F. Bettinger, A. Nicolaï, V. Meunier, L. Talirz, R. Fasel, and P. Ruffieux
ACS Nano 9, 9228-9235 (2015).
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M. Kisiel, F. Pellegrini, G. E. Santoro, M. Samadashvili, R. Pawlak, A. Benassi, U. Gysin, R. Buzio, A. Gerbi, E. Meyer, E. Tosatti
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 046101 (2015).
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Resolving Atomic Connectivity in Graphene Nanostructure Junctions
T. Dienel , S. Kawai , H. Söde , X. Feng , K. Müllen , P. Ruffieux , R. Fasel , O. Groening
Nano Lett. 15(8), 5185-5190 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01403
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Toward Cove-Edged Low Band Gap Graphene Nanoribbons
J. Liu, B.-W. Li, Y.-Z. Tan, A. Giannakopoulos, C. Sanchez-Sanchez, D. Beljonne, P. Ruffieux, R. Fasel, X. Feng, K. Müllen
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 6097-6103 (2015).
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D. Scopece, B.J. Thijsse
Computational Materials Science 104, 143-146 (2015).
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Direct Evidence of Surface Reduction in Monoclinic BiVO4
M. D. Rossell, P. Agrawal, A. Borgschulte, C. Hébert, D. Passerone, R. Erni
Chem. Mater. 27(10), 3593-3600 (2015).
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R. Longtin, J. R. Sanchez-Valencia, I. Shorubalko, R. Furrer, E. Hack, H. Elsener, O. Gröning, P. Greenwood, N. Rupesinghe, K. Teo, C. Leinenbach, P. Gröning
Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 16, 015005 (2015).
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R. Capozza, A. Vanossi, A. Benassi, E. Tosatti
J. Chem. Phys. 142, 064707 (2015).
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C. Sanchez-Sanchez, N. Orozco, J. P. Holgado, S. K. Beaumont, G. Kyriakou, D. J. Watson, A. R. Gonzalez-Elipe, L. Feria, J. Fernandez Sanz, R. M. Lambert
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 940-947 (2015).
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M. He, M. Walter, K. V. Kravchyk, R. Erni, R. Widmer, M. V. Kovalenko
Nanoscale 7, 455-459 (2015).
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Critical Length Limiting Superlow Friction
M. Ma, A. Benassi, A. Vanossi, M. Urbakh
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 055501 (2015).
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Highly Enantioselective Adsorption of Small Prochiral Molecules on a Chiral Intermetallic Compound
J. Prinz, O. Gröning, H. Brune, R. Widmer
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 3902-3906 (2015).
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H. Söde, L. Talirz, O. Gröning, C. A. Pignedoli, R. Berger, X. Feng, K. Müllen, R. Fasel, P. Ruffieux
Phys. Rev. B 91, 045429 (2015).
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A. Basagni, F. Sedona, C. A. Pignedoli, M. Cattelan, L. Nicolas, M. Casarin, M. Sambi
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 1802-1808 (2015).
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Scalar model for frictional precursors dynamics
A. Taloni, A. Benassi, S. Sandfeld, S. Zapperi
Scientific Reports 5, 8086 (2015).
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The (111) Surface of NaAu2: Structure, Composition, and Stability
E. J. Kwolek, R. Widmer, O. Gröning, O. Deniz, H. Walen, C. D. Yuen, W. Huang, D. L. Schlagel, M. Wallingford, P. A. Thiel
Inorg. Chem. 54, 1159-1164 (2015).
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F. Andrianiazy, J.-P. Mazellier, L. Sabaut, L. Gangloff, P. Legagneux, O. Gröning
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 33, 012201(2015).
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H. Zhang , A. Borgschulte , F. A. Castro , R. Crockett , A. C. Gerecke , O. Deniz , J. Heier , S. Jenatsch , F. Nüesch , C. Sanchez-Sanchez , A. Zoladek-Lemanczyk , R. Hany Adv.
Energy Mater. 5, 1400734 (2015).
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