Functional Interfaces

Prof. Matthias Batzill of the University of South Florida worked as a Hans Fischer Fellow in the Focus Group Functional Interfaces hosted by TUM professor Johannes Barth.

Matthias Batzill’s research focused on the synthesis and modification of single-atom thin, two-dimensional materials, such as graphene. The electronic structures of such materials are sensitively dependent on their lateral size (quantum confinement effects) and interfaces (interface charge transfer). Consequently electronic and chemical properties of graphene can be tuned by lateral confinements and/or contacts with dissimilar materials. In his tenure as a Hans Fischer Fellow, Dr. Batzill will explore methods for modifying two-dimensional materials by controlled self-assembly of molecular networks on top of graphene. Combining the expertise of Dr. Batzill’s group in 2D materials with the controlled surface modification by designed molecular-assemblies in Prof. Barth’s team, will enable us to investigate modifications of graphene and other 2D materials at the molecular scale. Using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy we investigate charge transfer and electronic modification of 2D materials by interfacing with defined molecular assemblies, as well as investigating approaches for using self-assembled monolayers as nanoscale-masks for pattern transfer into the 2D materials at the molecular scale.

TUM-IAS funded doctoral candidate:
Yuanqin He, Molecular Nanoscience and Chemical Physics of Interfaces

Publications by the Focus Group

2016

  • Bischoff, Felix; He, Yuanqin; Seufert, Knud; Stassen, Daphné; Bonifazi, Davide; Barth, Johannes V.; Auwärter, Willi: Tailoring Large Pores of Porphyrin Networks on Ag(111) by Metal-Organic Coordination. Chemistry - A European Journal 22 (43), 2016, 15298-15306 mehr…
  • Garnica, Manuela; Schwarz, Martin; Ducke, Jacob; He, Yuanqin; Bischoff, Felix; Barth, Johannes V.; Auwärter, Willi; Stradi, Daniele: Comparative study of the interfaces of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride with silver. Physical Review B 94 (15), 2016 mehr…
  • He, Yuanqin; Garnica, Manuela; Bischoff, Felix; Ducke, Jacob; Bocquet, Marie-Laure; Batzill, Matthias; Auwärter, Willi; Barth, Johannes V.: Fusing tetrapyrroles to graphene edges by surface-assisted covalent coupling. Nature Chemistry 9 (1), 2016, 33-38 mehr…

2015

  • Coy Diaz, Horacio; Avila, José; Chen, Chaoyu; Addou, Rafik; Asensio, Maria C.; Batzill, Matthias: Direct Observation of Interlayer Hybridization and Dirac Relativistic Carriers in Graphene/MoS2 van der Waals Heterostructures. Nano Letters 15 (2), 2015, 1135-1140 mehr…

2014

  • Dahal, Arjun; Batzill, Matthias: Graphene–nickel interfaces: a review. Nanoscale 6 (5), 2014, 2548 mehr…
  • Luttrell, Tim; Halpegamage, Sandamali; Tao, Junguang; Kramer, Alan; Sutter, Eli; Batzill, Matthias: Why is anatase a better photocatalyst than rutile? - Model studies on epitaxial TiO2 films. Scientific Reports 4 (1), 2014 mehr…