Light-induced atomic-scale surface reactivity
(A07)
Subject Area
Theoretical Chemistry: Molecules, Materials, Surfaces
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Term
since 2024
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 510943930
This project aims at linking the atomic-scale spatial resolution of scanning force microscopy with the time-resolution of pulsed laser light and to combine both with theoretical simulations, in order to understand the influence of heat, electric fields and hot charge carriers produced by laser pulses on chemical reactivity at metal surfaces. The project will work towards the understanding of the dehydrogenation of polyanthrylene on Au(111) with pulsed laser light, which is known to be induced either by surface heating or STM-injected charge carriers.
DFG Programme
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