Research (Schneider)
Research Interests
We are an experimental group working in the area of surface physics and chemistry. Our main aim is to determine the atomic structure of surfaces and adsorbates on surfaces with their properties. Our main tools for this are Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) and Density Functional Theory (DFT).
Theses
If you are interested to work on your BSc or MSc thesis with us, contact us!
Research News
The so-called 'Perovskite solar cells' have achieved remarkable efficiency improvements over the past twenty years, reaching up to 25%. This progress is largely attributed to the discovery and optimization of functional layers that interface the perovskite light absorber with the external environmen...
In a collaborative effort with the group of Prof. F. Reinert and Dr. H. Bentmann at University Würzburg the electronic structure of a tellurium (Te) adsorbate structure was investigated by angle resolved photoemission (ARPES, U Würzburg) and structure determination (U Erlangen). It turned out, that ...
When molecules adsorb on surfaces many interesting phenomena arise. One is the occurrence of chirality (handedness) from molecules that a achiral in the gas phase. These so called "prochiral" molecule can adsorb in two mirror symmetric ways on a surface and become chiral, since the two configuration...
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) has awarded funding to the group for the investigation of the growth and structure of ultra-thin transition metal telluride films. Such films find applications as thermoelectrics, sensors, phase-change materials, etc. But more int...
Materials that appear in different structural phases are of great interest since they test our fundamental understanding of the properties of a substance. The wurtzite phase of cobalt(II) oxide is a rather elusive polymorph of CoO that normally has the simple rocksalt crystal structure. Up to now it...
