Publications of members of the MSS group since 1999
Ernst, K. H. 40 years of surface science and nanotechnology (40Nano). Chimia 2024, 78 (3), 169-171. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2024.169
Ernst, K. H. Helicenes on surfaces: stereospecific on-surface chemistry, single enantiomorphism, and electron spin selectivity. Chirality 2024, 36 (8), e23706 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23706
Ernst, K. H. The stereochemistry of 1,4-dicarboxylic acids on Cu(110): sergeants & soldiers, surface explosions and chiral reconstructions. Surf. Sci. 2024, 749, 122569 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2024.122569
Frezza, F.; Sánchez-Grande, A.; Canola, S.; Lamancová, A.; Mutombo, P.; Chen, Q.; Wäckerlin, C.; Ernst, K. H.; Muntwiler, M.; Zema, N.; et al. Controlling on-surface photoactivity: the impact of π-conjugation in anhydride-functionalized molecules on a semiconductor surface. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63 (30), e202405983 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202405983
Pinar Solé, A.; Klívar, J.; Šámal, M.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Mendieta-Moreno, J. I.; Ernst, K. H.; Jelínek, P.; Stetsovych, O. On-surface synthesis of helicene oligomers. Chem. Eur. J. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202304127
Safari, M. R.; Matthes, F.; Caciuc, V.; Atodiresei, N.; Schneider, C. M.; Ernst, K. ‐H.; Bürgler, D. E. Enantioselective adsorption on magnetic surfaces. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36 (14), 2308666 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202308666
Safari, M. R.; Matthes, F.; Schneider, C. M.; Ernst, K. ‐H.; Bürgler, D. E. Spin‐selective electron transport through single chiral molecules. Small 2024, 20 (22), 2308233 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202308233
Voigt, J.; Hasan, M.; Wäckerlin, C.; Karnik, A. V.; Ernst, K. H. Switching the on-surface orientation of oxygen-functionalized helicene. Chirality 2024, 36 (2), e23642 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23642
Wang, Z.; Bae, S.; Baljozović, M.; Adams, P.; Yong, D.; Service, E.; Moehl, T.; Niu, W.; Tilley, S. D. One-step hydrothermal synthesis of Sn-doped Sb2Se3 for solar hydrogen production. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 9877-9886. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01762
Baljozović, M.; Arnoldi, B.; Grass, S.; Lacour, J.; Aeschlimann, M.; Stadtmüller, B.; Ernst, K. H. Spin- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of heptahelicene layers on Cu(111) surfaces. J. Chem. Phys. 2023, 159 (4), 044701 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0156581
Srivastava, G.; Štacko, P.; Mendieta-Moreno, J. I.; Edalatmanesh, S.; Kistemaker, J. C. M.; Heideman, G. H.; Zoppi, L.; Parschau, M.; Feringa, B. L.; Ernst, K. H. Driving a third generation molecular motor with electrons across a surface. ACS Nano 2023, 17 (4), 3931-3938. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c12340
Voigt, J.; Martin, K.; Neziri, E.; Baljozović, M.; Wäckerlin, C.; Avarvari, N.; Ernst, K. H. Highly stereospecific on‐surface dimerization into bishelicenes: topochemical Ullmann coupling of bromohelicene on Au(111). Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29 (28), e202300134 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300134
Irziqat, B.; Berger, J.; Cebrat, A.; Mendieta-Moreno, J. I.; Sundar, M. S.; Bedekar, A. V.; Ernst, K. H. Conglomerate aggregation of 7,12,17‐trioxa[11]helicene into homochiral two‐dimensional crystals on the Cu(100) surface. Helv. Chim. Acta 2022, 105 (12), e202200114 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202200114
Liu, H.; Ahmed, Z.; Vranjkovic, S.; Parschau, M.; Mandru, A. O.; Hug, H. J. A cantilever-based, ultrahigh-vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe instrument for multidimensional scanning force microscopy. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1120-1140. https://doi.org/10.3762/BJNANO.13.95
Safari, M. R.; Matthes, F.; Ernst, K. H.; Bürgler, D. E.; Schneider, C. M. Deposition of chiral heptahelicene molecules on ferromagnetic Co and Fe thin-film substrates. Nanomaterials 2022, 12 (19), 3281 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12193281
Wäckerlin, C.; Cahlík, A.; Goikoetxea, J.; Stetsovych, O.; Medvedeva, D.; Redondo, J.; Švec, M.; Delley, B.; Ondráček, M.; Pinar, A.; et al. Role of the magnetic anisotropy in atomic-spin sensing of 1D molecular chains. ACS Nano 2022, 16 (10), 16402-16413. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c05609
Baljozović, M.; Fernandes Cauduro, A. L.; Seibel, J.; Mairena, A.; Grass, S.; Lacour, J.; Schmid, A. K.; Ernst, K. H. Growth dynamics and electron reflectivity in ultrathin films of chiral heptahelicene on metal (100) surfaces studied by spin-polarized low energy electron microscopy. Phys. Status Solidi B 2021, 258 (12), 2100263 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202100263
Donati, F.; Pivetta, M.; Wolf, C.; Singha, A.; Wäckerlin, C.; Baltic, R.; Fernandes, E.; de Groot, J. G.; Ahmed, S. L.; Persichetti, L.; et al. Correlation between electronic configuration and magnetic stability in dysprosium single atom magnets. Nano Lett. 2021, 21 (19), 8266-8273. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02744
Dreiser, J.; Wäckerlin, C.; Buzzi, M.; Pedersen, K. S.; Bendix, J. Island formation of Er(trensal) single-ion magnets on graphene observed on the micrometer scale. RSC Adv. 2021, 11 (16), 9421-9425. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1RA00783A
Irziqat, B.; Cebrat, A.; Baljozović, M.; Martin, K.; Parschau, M.; Avarvari, N.; Ernst, K. H. Stereospecific on-surface cyclodehydrogenation of bishelicenes: preservation of handedness from helical to planar chirality. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27 (54), 13523-13526. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102069
Irziqat, B.; Berger, J.; Mendieta-Moreno, J. I.; Sundar, M. S.; Bedekar, A.; Ernst, K. H. Transition from homochiral clusters to racemate monolayers during 2D crystallization of trioxa[11] helicene on Ag(100). ChemPhysChem 2021, 22 (3), 293-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000853
Santhini, V. M.; Wäckerlin, C.; Cahík, A.; Ondráček, M.; Pascal, S.; Matěj, A.; Stetsovych, O.; Mutombo, P.; Lazar, P.; Siri, O.; et al. 1D coordination π-d conjugated polymers with distinct structures defined by the choice of the transition metal: towards a new class of antiaromatic macrocycles. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (1), 439-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011462
Voigt, J.; Roy, M.; Baljozović, M.; Wäckerlin, C.; Coquerel, Y.; Gingras, M.; Ernst, K. H. Unbalanced 2D chiral crystallization of pentahelicene propellers and their planarization into nanographenes. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27 (40), 10251-10254. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101223
Wäckerlin, C.; Ernst, K. H. Autocatalytic surface explosion chemistry of 2D metal-organic frameworks. J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125 (24), 13343-13349. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03809
Wäckerlin, C. On‐surface hydrogen/deuterium isotope exchange in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (15), 8446-8449. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015552
Bodek, L.; Engelund, M.; Cebrat, A.; Such, B. Adsorption behavior of tin phthalocyanine onto the (110) face of rutile TiO2. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 821-828. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.11.67
Chen, H.; Tao, L.; Wang, D.; Wu, Z. Y.; Zhang, J. L.; Gao, S.; Xiao, W.; Du, S.; Ernst, K. H.; Gao, H. J. Stereoselective on-surface cyclodehydrofluorization of a tetraphenylporphyrin and homochiral self-assembly. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (40), 17413-17416. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202005425
Ernst, K. H. XXII. Symposium on atomic, cluster and surface physics (SASP). Conference report. Chimia 2020, 74 (6), 509-511. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2020.509
Seibel, J.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Double layer crystallization of heptahelicene on noble metal surfaces. Chirality 2020, 32 (7), 975-980. https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23235
Wäckerlin, C.; Gallardo, A.; Mairena, A.; Baljozovic, M.; Cahlík, A.; Antalík, A.; Brabec, J.; Veis, L.; Nachtigallová, D.; Jelínek, P.; et al. On-surface hydrogenation of buckybowls: from curved aromatic molecules to planar non-Kekulé aromatic hydrocarbons. ACS Nano 2020, 14 (12), 16735-16742. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c04488
Diller, K.; Singha, A.; Pivetta, M.; Wäckerlin, C.; Hellwig, R.; Verdini, A.; Cossaro, A.; Floreano, L.; Vélez-Fort, E.; Dreiser, J.; et al. Magnetic properties of on-surface synthesized single-ion molecular magnets. RSC Adv. 2019, 9 (59), 34421-34429. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA06803A
Ernst, K. H. Chirality@the nanoscale symposium. Congresso Stefano Franscini (CSF), Monte Verita, Ascona, 13-17 October, 2019. Chimia 2019, 73 (12), 1042-1043. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2019.1042
Gallardo, I.; Arnau, A.; Delgado, F.; Baltic, R.; Singha, A.; Donati, F.; Wäckerlin, C.; Dreiser, J.; Rusponi, S.; Brune, H. Large effect of metal substrate on magnetic anisotropy of Co on hexagonal boron nitride. New J. Phys. 2019, 21, 073053 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab3077
Karageorgaki, C.; Mutombo, P.; Jelinek, P.; Ernst, K. H. Chiral surface from achiral ingredients: modification of Cu(110) with phthalic acid. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 9121-9127. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00637
Karageorgaki, C.; Mutombo, P.; Ernst, K. H. Interaction of chiral and achiral dimethylsuccinic acid diastereomers with a Cu(110) surface. J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123 (4), 2329-2335. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11320
Li, J.; Lampart, S.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H.; Wäckerlin, C. Graphene grown from flat and bowl shaped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on Cu(111). ChemPhysChem 2019, 20 (18), 2354-2359. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201900291
Mairena, A.; Zoppi, L.; Lampart, S.; Baldridge, K. K.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. ‐H. Fivefold symmetry and 2D crystallization: self‐assembly of the buckybowl pentaindenocorannulene on a Cu(100) surface. Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25 (49), 11555-11559. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201902504
Mairena, A.; Mendieta, J. I.; Stetsovych, O.; Terfort, A.; Stará, I. G.; Starý, I.; Jelínek, P.; Ernst, K. H. Heterochiral recognition among functionalized heptahelicenes on noble metal surfaces. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55 (71), 10595-10598. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC05317D
Mairena, A.; Baljozovic, M.; Kawecki, M.; Grenader, K.; Wienke, M.; Martin, K.; Bernard, L.; Avarvari, N.; Terfort, A.; Ernst, K. H.; et al. The fate of bromine after temperature-induced dehydrogenation of on-surface synthesized bisheptahelicene. Chem. Sci. 2019, No. 10, 2998-3004. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC04720K
Moradi, M.; Opara, N. L.; Tulli, L. G.; Wäckerlin, C.; Dalgarno, S. J.; Teat, S. J.; Baljozovic, M.; Popova, O.; van Genderen, E.; Kleibert, A.; et al. Supramolecular architectures of molecularly thin yet robust free-standing layers. Sci. Adv. 2019, 5 (2), eaav4489 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav4489
Baltic, R.; Donati, F.; Singha, A.; Wäckerlin, C.; Dreiser, J.; Delley, B.; Pivetta, M.; Rusponi, S.; Brune, H. Magnetic properties of single rare-earth atoms on graphene/Ir(111). Phys. Rev. B 2018, 98 (2), 024412 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.024412
Ernst, K. H. On the density of racemic and homochiral crystals: Wallach, Liebisch and Sommerfeld in Göttingen. Chimia 2018, 72 (6), 399-403. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2018.399
Ernst, K. H. Physical aspects of ultrathin chiral films. In Encyclopedia of interfacial chemistry: surface science and electrochemistry; Wandelt, K., Ed.; Vol. 3; Elsevier, 2018; pp 277-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.13787-4
Gellman, A. J.; Ernst, K. H. Chiral autocatalysis and mirror symmetry breaking. Catal. Lett. 2018, 148 (6), 1610-1621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2380-x
Kahr, B.; Martin, A. T.; Ernst, K. H. On the chiroptical properties of racemic crystals. Chirality 2018, 30 (4), 378-382. https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.22820
Kettner, M.; Maslyuk, V. V.; Nürenberg, D.; Seibel, J.; Gutierrez, R.; Cuniberti, G.; Ernst, K. H.; Zacharias, H. Chirality-dependent electron spin filtering by molecular monolayers of helicenes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9 (8), 2025-2030. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00208
Li, J.; Martin, K.; Avarvari, N.; Wäckerlin, C.; Ernst, K. H. Spontaneous separation of on-surface synthesized tris-helicenes into two-dimensional homochiral domains. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54 (57), 7948-7951. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC04235G
Lu, H. L.; Cao, Y.; Qi, J.; Bakker, A.; Strassert, C. A.; Lin, X.; Ernst, K. H.; Du, S.; Fuchs, H.; Gao, H. J. Modification of the potential landscape of molecular rotors on Au(111) by the presence of an STM tip. Nano Lett. 2018, 18 (8), 4704-4709. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01019
Mairena, A.; Wäckerlin, C.; Wienke, M.; Grenader, K.; Terfort, A.; Ernst, K. H. Diastereoselective Ullmann coupling to bishelicenes by surface topochemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (45), 15186-15189. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b10059
Mairena, A.; Parschau, M.; Seibel, J.; Wienke, M.; Rentsch, D.; Terfort, A.; Ernst, K. H. Diastereoselective self-assembly of bisheptahelicene on Cu(111). Chem. Commun. 2018, 54 (63), 8757-8760. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC04160A
Mairena, A.; Wienke, M.; Martin, K.; Avarvari, N.; Terfort, A.; Ernst, K. H.; Wäckerlin, C. Stereospecific autocatalytic surface explosion chemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (24), 7705-7709. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b04191
Nowakowska, S.; Mazzola, F.; Alberti, M. N.; Song, F.; Voigt, T.; Nowakowski, J.; Wäckerlin, A.; Wäckerlin, C.; Wiss, J.; Schweizer, W. B.; et al. Adsorbate-induced modification of the confining barriers in a quantum box array. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (1), 768-778. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b07989
Rieger, A.; Sax, C.; Bauert, T.; Wäckerlin, C.; Ernst, K. ‐H. Chiral molecules adsorbed on a solid surface: tartaric acid diastereomers and their surface explosion on Cu(111). Chirality 2018, 30 (4), 369-377. https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.22819
Singha, A.; Donati, F.; Natterer, F. D.; Wäckerlin, C.; Stavrić, S.; Popović, Z. S.; Šljivančanin, Ž.; Patthey, F.; Brune, H. Spin excitations in a 4f − 3d heterodimer on MgO. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2018, 121 (25), 257202 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.257202
Ueba, H.; Passerone, D.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Action spectra associated with inelastic two-electron tunneling through a single molecule: propene on Cu(211). Surf. Sci. 2018, 678, 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2018.06.007
Wäckerlin, C.; Donati, F.; Singha, A.; Baltic, R.; Decurtins, S.; Liu, S. X.; Rusponi, S.; Dreiser, J. Excited spin-state trapping in spin crossover complexes on ferroelectric substrates. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (15), 8202-8208. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10941
Zoppi, L.; Stöckl, Q.; Mairena, A.; Allemann, O.; Siegel, J. S.; Baldridge, K. K.; Ernst, K. H. Pauli repulsion versus van der Waals: interaction of indenocorannulene with a Cu(111) surface. J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, 122 (2), 871-877. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06967
Ernst, K. H. On the validity of calling Wallach’s rule Wallach’s rule. Isr. J. Chem. 2017, 57 (1-2), 24-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201600029
Ernst, K. H. Small machines with great potential. The Chemistry Nobel Prize 2016. SPG Mitteilungen, 2017, pp 18-19. http://www.sps.ch/fileadmin/articles-pdf/2017/Mitteilungen_NobelChem2016.pdf
Ernst, K. H. Surface chemistry. Single handedness in flatland. Nat. Chem. 2017, 9 (3), 195-196. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2728
Gehrig, J. C.; Penedo, M.; Parschau, M.; Schwenk, J.; Marioni, M. A.; Hudson, E. W.; Hug, H. J. Surface single-molecule dynamics controlled by entropy at low temperatures. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14404 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14404
Girovsky, J.; Nowakowski, J.; Ali, M. E.; Baljozovic, M.; Rossmann, H. R.; Nijs, T.; Aeby, E. A.; Nowakowska, S.; Siewert, D.; Srivastava, G.; et al. Long-range ferrimagnetic order in a two-dimensional supramolecular Kondo lattice. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 15388 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15388
Li, J.; Wäckerlin, C.; Schnidrig, S.; Joliat, E.; Alberto, R.; Ernst, K. H. On-surface metalation and 2D self-assembly of pyrphyrin molecules into metal-coordinated networks on Cu(111). Helv. Chim. Acta 2017, 100 (1), e1600278 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.201600278
Mairena, A.; Zoppi, L.; Seibel, J.; Troster, A. F.; Grenader, K.; Parschau, M.; Terfort, A.; Ernst, K. H. Heterochiral to homochiral transition in pentahelicene 2D crystallization induced by second-layer nucleation. ACS Nano 2017, 11 (1), 865-871. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b07424
Rieger, A.; Schnidrig, S.; Probst, B.; Ernst, K. H.; Wäckerlin, C. Identification of on-surface reaction mechanism by targeted metalation. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121 (49), 27521-27527. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10019
Rieger, A.; Schnidrig, S.; Probst, B.; Ernst, K. H.; Wäckerlin, C. Ranking the stability of transition-metal complexes by on-surface atom exchange. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 6193-6198. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02834
Singha, A.; Baltic, R.; Donati, F.; Wäckerlin, C.; Dreiser, J.; Persichetti, L.; Stepanow, S.; Gambardella, P.; Rusponi, S.; Brune, H. 4 f occupancy and magnetism of rare-earth atoms adsorbed on metal substrates. Phys. Rev. B 2017, 96 (22), 224418 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.224418
Stöckl, Q. S.; Wu, T. C.; Mairena, A.; Wu, Y. T.; Ernst, K. H. Erecting buckybowls onto their edge: 2D self-assembly of terphenylcorannulene on the Cu(111) surface. Faraday Discuss. 2017, 204, 429-437. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7FD00109F
Wackerlin, A.; Fatayer, S.; Nijs, T.; Nowakowska, S.; Mousavi, S. F.; Popova, O.; Ahsan, A.; Jung, T. A.; Wackerlin, C. Molecular chessboard assemblies sorted by site-specific interactions of out-of-plane d-orbitals with a semimetal template. Nano Lett. 2017, 17 (3), 1956-1962. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05344
Ernst, K. H. Stereochemical recognition of helicenes on metal surfaces. Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 49 (6), 1182-1190. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00110
Kong, D.; Zhu, J.; Ernst, K. H. Low-temperature dissociation of CO2 on a Ni/CeO2(111)/Ru(0001) model catalyst. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120 (11), 5980-5987. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10338
Stöckl, Q. S.; Hsieh, Y. C.; Mairena, A.; Wu, Y. T.; Ernst, K. H. Aggregation of C70-fragment buckybowls on surfaces: π–H and π–π bonding in bowl up-side-down ensembles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (19), 6111-6114. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02412
Wäckerlin, C.; Li, J.; Mairena, A.; Martin, K.; Avarvari, N.; Ernst, K. H. Surface-assisted diastereoselective Ullmann coupling of bishelicenes. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52 (86), 12694-12697. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC05849C
Xiao, W.; Ernst, K. H.; Palotas, K.; Zhang, Y.; Bruyer, E.; Peng, L.; Greber, T.; Hofer, W. A.; Scott, L. T.; Fasel, R. Microscopic origin of chiral shape induction in achiral crystals. Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 326-330. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2449
Bartels, L.; Ernst, K. H.; Gao, H. J.; Thiel, P. A. Preface: special topic on supramolecular self-assembly at surfaces. J. Chem. Phys. 2015, 142 (10), 101501 (1 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4914017
Ernst, K. H. Molecular chirality at surfaces. In Surface and interface science: solid-gas interfaces II; Wandelt, K., Ed.; Surface and interface science, Vol. 6; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2015; pp 695-748. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527680580.ch42
Ernst, K. H.; Baumann, S.; Lutz, C. P.; Seibel, J.; Zoppi, L.; Heinrich, A. J. Pasteur’s Experiment Performed at the Nanoscale: Manual Separation of Chiral Molecules, One by One. Nano Lett. 2015, 15 (8), 5388-5392. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01762
Nowakowska, S.; Wäckerlin, A.; Kawai, S.; Ivas, T.; Nowakowski, J.; Fatayer, S.; Wäckerlin, C.; Nijs, T.; Meyer, E.; Björk, J.; et al. Interplay of weak interactions in the atom-by-atom condensation of xenon within quantum boxes. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 6071 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7071
Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Disappearing enantiomorphs: single handedness in racemate crystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54 (48), 14422-14426. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201507590
Seibel, J.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. From homochiral clusters to racemate crystals: viable nuclei in 2D chiral crystallization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (25), 7970-7973. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b02262
Ernst, K. H. Charged-molecule physics. ACS Nano 2014, 8 (6), 5375-5379. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn5030219
Ernst, K. H. Stereochemistry of 2D molecular crystallization. Chimia 2014, 68 (1-2), 49-53. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2014.49
Karageorgaki, C.; Ernst, K. H. A metal surface with chiral memory. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (15), 1814-1816. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC48797K
Karageorgaki, C.; Passerone, D.; Ernst, K. H. Chiral reconstruction of Cu(110) after adsorption of fumaric acid. Surf. Sci. 2014, 629, 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2014.01.010
Seibel, J.; Zoppi, L.; Ernst, K. H. 2D conglomerate crystallization of heptahelicene. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (63), 8751-8753. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC03574G
Seibel, J.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Two-dimensional crystallization of enantiopure and racemic heptahelicene on Ag(111) and Au(111). J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (50), 29135-29141. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp504673g
Stöckl, Q.; Bandera, D.; Kaplan, C. S.; Ernst, K. H.; Siegel, J. S. Gear-meshed tiling of surfaces with molecular pentagonal stars. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (2), 606-609. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja411279r
Yang, K.; Liu, L.; Zhang, L.; Xiao, W.; Fei, X.; Chen, H.; Du, S.; Ernst, K. H.; Gao, H. J. Reversible achiral-to-chiral switching of single Mn–phthalocyanine molecules by thermal hydrogenation and inelastic electron tunneling dehydrogenation. ACS Nano 2014, 8 (3), 2246-2251. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn405490h
Bauert, T.; Zoppi, L.; Koller, G.; Siegel, J. S.; Baldridge, K. K.; Ernst, K. H. Quadruple anionic buckybowls by solid-state chemistry of corannulene and cesium. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 (34), 12857-12860. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4063103
Ernst, K. H. Molecular chirality in surface science. Surf. Sci. 2013, 613, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2013.03.014
Ernst, K. H. Molecular motors. A turn in the right direction. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2013, 8, 7-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.243
Seibel, J.; Allemann, O.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Chiral conflict among different helicenes suppresses formation of one enantiomorph in 2D crystallization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 (20), 7434-7437. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja402012j
Shchyrba, A.; Nguyen, M. T.; Wäckerlin, C.; Martens, S.; Nowakowska, S.; Ivas, T.; Roose, J.; Nijs, T.; Boz, S.; Schär, M.; et al. Chirality transfer in 1D self-assemblies: influence of H-bonding vs metal coordination between dicyano[7]helicene enantiomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 (41), 15270-15273. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407315f
Bartels, L.; Ernst, K. H. From reciprocal space to real space in surface science. J. Phys. Condens. Matter 2012, 24 (35), 350201 (2 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/35/350201
Ernst, K. H. Editorial. Chimia 2012, 66 (1-2), 6-7. https://chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/5150
Ernst, K. H. Molecular chirality at surfaces. Phys. Status Solidi B 2012, 249 (11), 2057-2088. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201248188
Zoppi, L.; Bauert, T.; Siegel, J. S.; Baldridge, K. K.; Ernst, K. H. Pentagonal tiling with buckybowls: pentamethylcorannulene on Cu(111). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14 (38), 13365-13369. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp41732d
Bauert, T.; Zoppi, L.; Koller, G.; Garcia, A.; Baldridge, K. K.; Ernst, K. H. Large induced interface dipole moments without charge transfer: buckybowls on metal surfaces. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2 (21), 2805-2809. https://doi.org/10.1021/jz2012484
Bauert, T.; Baldridge, K. K.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Surface-assisted bowl-in-bowl stacking of nonplanar aromatic hydrocarbons. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47 (28), 7995-7997. https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC12540K
Ernst, K. H.; Wild, F. R. W. P.; Blacque, O.; Berke, H. Alfred Werner's coordination chemistry: new insights from old samples. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50 (46), 10780-10787. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201104477
Ernst, K. H.; Wild, F. R. W. P.; Blacque, O.; Berke, H. Alfred Werners Koordinationschemie: neue Erkenntnisse aus alten Proben. Angew. Chem. 2011, 123 (46), 10970-10977. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201104477
Ernst, K. H.; Berke, H. Optical activity and Alfred Werner's coordination chemistry. Chirality 2011, 23 (3), 187-189. https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.20912
Kudernac, T.; Ruangsupapichat, N.; Parschau, M.; Maciá, B.; Katsonis, N.; Harutyunyan, S. R.; Ernst, K. H.; Feringa, B. L. Electrically driven directional motion of a four-wheeled molecule on a metal surface. Nature 2011, 479 (7372), 208-211. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10587
Parschau, M.; Rieder, K. H.; Hug, H. J.; Ernst, K. H. Single-molecule chemistry and analysis: mode-specific dehydrogenation of adsorbed propene by inelastic electron tunneling. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (15), 5689-5691. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja200143z
Roth, C.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Chiral reconstruction of a metal surface by adsorption of racemic malic acid. ChemPhysChem 2011, 12 (8), 1572-1577. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201000961
Roth, C.; Ernst, K. H. Surface explosion chemistry of malic acid on Cu(110). Top. Catal. 2011, 54 (19-20), 1378-1383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-011-9764-0
Roth, C.; Passerone, D.; Merz, L.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Two-dimensional self-assembly of chiral malic acid on Cu(110). J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115 (4), 1240-1247. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp106575g
Cun, H.; Wang, Y.; Yang, B.; Zhang, L.; Du, S.; Wang, Y.; Ernst, K. H.; Gao, H. J. Homochiral recognition among organic molecules on copper(110). Langmuir 2010, 26 (5), 3402-3406. https://doi.org/10.1021/la903193a
Ernst, K. H. Amplification of chirality at solid surfaces. Origins Life Evol. Biosphere 2010, 40 (1), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-009-9185-2
Ernst, K. H. Intermediate structures in two-dimensional molecular self-assembly. Front. Phys. China 2010, 5 (4), 340-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-010-0106-7
Jiang, N.; Wang, Y.; Liu, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Deng, Z.; Ernst, K. H.; Gao, H. J. Polymorphism and chiral expression in two-dimensional subphthalocyanine crystals on Au(111). Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12 (4), 1318-1322. https://doi.org/10.1039/b918278k
Merz, L.; Ernst, K. H. Unification of the matrix notation in molecular surface science. Surf. Sci. 2010, 604 (11-12), 1049-1054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2010.03.023
Parschau, M.; Ellerbeck, U.; Ernst, K. H. Chirality transfer by epitaxial mismatch in multi-layered homochiral molecular films. Colloids Surf. A 2010, 354 (1-3), 240-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.06.008
Parschau, M.; Hug, H. J.; Rieder, K. H.; Ernst, K. H. Hopping, turning and flipping of single molecules during lateral manipulation with a scanning tunneling microscope. Surf. Interface Anal. 2010, 42 (10-11), 1629-1633. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.3574
Roth, C.; Passerone, D.; Ernst, K. H. Pasteur's quasiracemates in 2D: chiral conflict between structurally different enantiomers induces single-handed enantiomorphism. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46 (45), 8645-8647. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC03060K
Yang, B.; Wang, Y.; Cun, H.; Du, S.; Xu, M.; Wang, Y.; Ernst, K. H.; Gao, H. J. Direct observation of enantiospecific substitution in a two-dimensional chiral phase transition. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (30), 10440-10444. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja102989y
Bauert, T.; Merz, L.; Bandera, D.; Parschau, M.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Building 2D crystals from 5-fold-symmetric molecules. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (10), 3460-3461. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja8101083
Ernst, K. H. Aspects of molecular chirality at metal surfaces. Z. Phys. Chem. 2009, 223 (1-2), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1524/zpch.2009.6023
Merz, L.; Parschau, M.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Condensation of fivefold-symmetric molecules in two dimensions. Chimia 2009, 63 (4), 214-216. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2009.214
Merz, L.; Bauert, T.; Parschau, M.; Koller, G.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Polymorph selection in 2D crystals by phase transition blocking. Chem. Commun. 2009, No. 39, 5871-5873. https://doi.org/10.1039/b911056a
Merz, L.; Parschau, M.; Zoppi, L.; Baldridge, K. K.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Reversible Phasenübergänge in Buckybowl-Monoschichten. Angew. Chem. 2009, 121 (11), 2000-2003. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.200804563
Merz, L.; Parschau, M.; Zoppi, L.; Baldridge, K. K.; Siegel, J. S.; Ernst, K. H. Reversible phase transitions in a buckybowl monolayer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 (11), 1966-1969. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200804563
Parschau, M.; Passerone, D.; Rieder, K. H.; Hug, H. J.; Ernst, K. H. Switching the chirality of single adsorbate complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 (22), 4065-4068. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200805740
Parschau, M.; Passerone, D.; Rieder, K. H.; Hug, H. J.; Ernst, K. H. Umwandlung der absoluten Konfiguration einzelner Adsorbatkomplexe. Angew. Chem. 2009, 121 (22), 4125-4129. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.200805740
Ernst, K. H. Amplification of chirality in two-dimensional molecular lattices. Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2008, 13 (1-2), 54-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2007.08.011
Ernst, K. H. Expression and amplification of chirality in two-dimensional molecular crystals. Chimia 2008, 62 (6), 471-475. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2008.471
Parschau, M.; Fasel, R.; Ernst, K. H. Coverage and enantiomeric excess dependent enantiomorphism in two-dimensional molecular crystals. Cryst. Growth Des. 2008, 8 (6), 1890-1896. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg701100r
Behzadi, B.; Ferri, D.; Baiker, A.; Ernst, K. H. Adsorption mode of the chiral modifier cinchonidine on Au(1 1 1). Appl. Surf. Sci. 2007, 253 (7), 3480-3484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.07.084
Ernst, K. H. [Review of the book Scanning probe microscopies beyond imaging. Manipulation of molecules and nanostructures, by P. Samori]. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46 (29), 5469-5470. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200685466
Ferri, D.; Behzadi, B.; Kappenberger, P.; Hauert, R.; Ernst, K. H.; Baiker, A. Probing the interface in vapor-deposited bimetallic Pd-Au and Pt-Au films by CO adsorption from the liquid phase. Langmuir 2007, 23 (3), 1203-1208. https://doi.org/10.1021/la0623477
Parschau, M.; Fasel, R.; Ernst, K. H.; Gröning, O.; Brandenberger, L.; Schillinger, R.; Greber, T.; Seitsonen, A. P.; Wu, Y. T.; Siegel, J. S. Buckybows on metal surfaces: symmetry mismatch and enantiomorphism of corannulen an Cu(110). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46 (43), 8258-8261. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200700610
Parschau, M.; Fasel, R.; Ernst, K. H.; Gröning, O.; Brandenberger, L.; Schillinger, R.; Greber, T.; Seitsonen, A. P.; Wu, Y. T.; Siegel, J. S. Korbförmige Kohlenwasserstoffe auf Metalloberflächen: Symmetrieunverträglichkeit und Enantiomorphie von Corannulen auf Cu(111). Angew. Chem. 2007, 119 (43), 8406-8409. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.200700610
Behzadi, B.; Vargas, A.; Ferri, D.; Ernst, K. H.; Baiker, A. Cinchonidine adsorption on gold and gold-containing bimetallic platinum metal surfaces: An attenuated total reflection infrared and density functional theory study. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110 (34), 17082-17089. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp062174u
Behzadi, B.; Parschau, M.; Romer, S.; Ernst, K. H. Stereoisomeric influence on 2D lattice structure: Achiral meso-tartaric acid versus chiral tartaric acid. Surf. Interface Anal. 2006, 38 (12-13), 1607-1610. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.2426
Ernst, K. H. Chiralität in zwei Dimensionen. Nachr. Chem. 2006, 54 (5), 504-509. https://doi.org/10.1002/nadc.20060540506
Ernst, K. H. Supramolecular surface chirality. Top. Curr. Chem. 2006, 265, 209-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_036
Fasel, R.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Amplification of chirality in two-dimensional enantiomorphous lattices. Nature 2006, 439 (7075), 449-452. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04419
Ramachandran, S.; Ernst, K. H.; Bachand, G. D.; Vogel, V.; Hess, H. Selective loading of kinesin-powered molecular shuttles with protein cargo and its application to biosensing. Small 2006, 2 (3), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200500265
Hess, H.; Clemmens, J.; Brunner, C.; Doot, R.; Luna, S.; Ernst, K. H.; Vogel, V. Molecular self-assembly of "nanowires" and "nanospools" using active transport. Nano Lett. 2005, 5 (4), 629-633. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0478427
Parschau, M.; Kampen, T.; Ernst, K. H. Homochirality in monolayers of achiral meso tartaric acid. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2005, 407 (4-6), 433-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2005.03.117
Romer, S.; Behzadi, B.; Fasel, R.; Ernst, K. H. Homochiral conglomerates and racemic crystals in two dimensions: tartaric acid on Cu(110). Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11 (14), 4149-4154. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200400962
Behzadi, B.; Romer, S.; Fasel, R.; Ernst, K. H. Chiral recognition in surface explosion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126 (30), 9176-9177. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja048206d
Brunner, C.; Ernst, K. H.; Hess, H.; Vogel, V. Lifetime of biomolecules in polymer-based hybrid nanodevices. Nanotechnology 2004, 15 (10), S540-S548. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/15/10/008
Bürgi, T.; Urakawa, A.; Behzadi, B.; Ernst, K. H.; Baiker, A. The absolute configuration of heptahelicene: a VCD spectroscopy study. New J. Chem. 2004, 28 (3), 332-334. https://doi.org/10.1039/b312877f
Ernst, K. H.; Parschau, M.; Fasel, R. Differences in two-dimensional crystal structures: racemic and enantiopure heptahelicene on Cu(111). eJ. Surf. Sci. Nanotechnol. 2004, 2, 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1380/ejssnt.2004.136
Ernst, K. H.; Oral, B. On the chemistry at the Si,Ti-doped a-C:H/TiC interface. Thin Solid Films 2004, 446 (1), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6090(03)01324-5
Fasel, R.; Wider, J.; Quitmann, C.; Ernst, K. H.; Greber, T. Bestimmung der absoluten Konfiguration adsorbierter Moleküle. Angew. Chem. 2004, 116 (21), 2913-2917. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.200353311
Fasel, R.; Wider, J.; Quitmann, C.; Ernst, K. H.; Greber, T. Determination of the absolute chirality of adsorbed molecules. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43 (21), 2853-2856. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200353311
Fasel, R.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Exploring the mechanism of molecular chirality transfer via STM. Pico: Omicron NanoScience Newsletter, 2004, pp 4-5.
Parschau, M.; Romer, S.; Ernst, K. H. Induction of homochirality in achiral enantiomorphous monolayers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126 (47), 15398-15399. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja044136z
Ernst, K. H.; Kuster, Y.; Fasel, R.; McFadden, C. F.; Ellerbeck, U. Adsorption of helical aromatic molecules: heptahelicene on Ni(1 1 1). Surf. Sci. 2003, 530 (3), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(03)00489-8
Ernst, K. H. Self-organisation of chiral molecules at surfaces. Presented at the Recent research developments in chemistry, Vol. 1; Resarch Signpost: Kerala, 2003; pp 1-13.
Fasel, R.; Parschau, M.; Ernst, K. H. Chirality transfer from single molecules into self-assembled monolayers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42 (42), 5178-5181. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200352232
Ernst, K. H.; Fasel, R.; Kuster, Y. Supramolecular chiral films. In Complex mediums III: beyond linear isotropic dielectrics, presented at the 47th annual meeting of SPIE, international symposium on optical science and technology, Seattle, July 8-10, 2002; Lakhtakia, A., Dewar, G., McCall, M. W., Eds.; Proceedings of SPIE; SPIE: Seattle, 2002; Vol. 4806, pp 248-257. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.472991
Ernst, K. H.; Neuber, M.; Grunze, M.; Ellerbeck, U. NEXAFS study on the orientation of chiral P-heptahelicene on Ni(100). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123 (3), 493-495. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja003262+
Ernst, K. H.; Kuster, Y.; Fasel, R.; Müller, M.; Ellerbeck, U. Two-dimensional separation of [7]helicene enantiomers on Cu(111). Chirality 2001, 13 (10), 675-678. https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.10006
Fasel, R.; Cossy, A.; Ernst, K. H.; Baumberger, F.; Greber, T.; Osterwalder, J. Orientation of chiral heptahelicene C30H18 on copper surfaces: an x-ray photoelectron diffraction study. J. Chem. Phys. 2001, 115 (2), 1020-1027. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1377886
Belkin, M. A.; Kulakov, T. A.; Ernst, K. H.; Yan, L.; Shen, Y. R. Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy on chiral liquids: a novel technique to probe molecular chirality. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2000, 85 (21), 4474-4477. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4474
Ernst, K. H.; Schlatterbeck, D.; Christmann, K. Adsorption of carbon dioxide on Cu(110) and on hydrogen and oxygen covered Cu(110) surfaces. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 1999, 1 (17), 4105-4112. https://doi.org/10.1039/a904169i
Ernst, K. H.; Böhringer, M.; McFadden, C. F.; Hug, P.; Müller, U.; Ellerbeck, U. Nanostructured chiral surfaces. Nanotechnology 1999, 10 (3), 355-361. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/10/3/320
Margaritondo, G.; Grioni, M.; Pavuna, D.; Ernst, K. H.; Fasel, R.; Gozzo, F.; De Stasio, G. Spectromicroscopy research using MEPHISTO at the Swiss Light Source. Presented at the 2nd international SLS workshop on synchroton radiation, Brunnen, October 26-30, 1999; p (3 pp.).
Plappert, E. C.; Dahmen, K. H.; Hauert, R.; Ernst, K. H. Deposition of amorphous titanium oxide films using alkoxy(pyrazolylborate)titanium(IV) compounds. Chem. Vap. Depos. 1999, 5 (2), 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3862(199903)5:2<79::AID-CVDE79>3.0.CO;2-M
Urban, N. R.; Ernst, K.; Bernasconi, S. Addition of sulfur to organic matter during early diagenesis of lake sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1999, 63 (6), 837-853. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00306-8