New UHV machine at ESISNA
Combined LEED-STM-IR in UHV machine A new UHV machine has been installed in the main laboratory of ESISNA’s Group. The machine combines three powerful techniques: STM at room temperature (the STM apparatus recycled from old machine); LEED (with multichannel-plate especially suitable for studying molecular structures); and Infrared spectroscopy in reflexion…
Following the Chemistry of graphene
Graphene and Graphene derivatives are promising nanostructures to create new atomically precise materials. However, to this goal, it is important to functionalize and manipulate the graphene network in order to include specific species that confer new functionalities to the layer. We have used X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy in order to determine…
Submonolayer Growth of Organic Molecules on the Dielectric TiO2(110)-1×1 Surface
The possibility to select molecules with different shapes is one of the most intriguing issues of organic electronics, since it lets us envisage the exploitation of the anisotropy parameter for the design of hybrid archetypal devices. For this reason, we have studied the growth of two organic molecules, whose shape…
Congreso Fuerzas y Tunel 2012
El congreso de Microscopías de Fuerzas y de Efecto Túenl FyT2012 tendrá lugar en San Lorenzo de El Escorial los días 12, 13 y 14 de Septiembre. Visita la página http://www.fyt2012.com Registrate y manda tu abstract antes del 30 de Junio.
Nanotecnología para explicar el origen de la vida
Entrevista a Jose Angel Martin Gago publicada en «El Mundo digital». Por Mónica Luna. Nanotecnología para explicar el origen de la vida
Ph.D. Grant offered
Ph.D. GRANT Financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology Rolling grant MAT2011-26534 (Reactivity of Organic Molecules on Surfaces, REOMS) Funding to develop research work in the ESISNA group (ICMM-CSIC) is offered for a person holding a physics/chemistry degree. The successful candidate is expected to work towards his/her PhD…
Post-doc Scholarship of the I.U.S.V.T.A.
IUVSTA World Transfer Programme (WTC) rules: General objectives: To aid a recently qualified post doctoral scientist to transfer to another laboratory in another country in order to gain access to instruments (experiments, computers, large infrastructures) and/or to a special expertise, in order to progress more quickly her/his research project. The…
STM videos of «dancing atoms»
Here you have the link to the Monica Luna’s blog in Nanotecnology appeared in «El Mundo», with STM videos and comments by Javier Méndez. «Bailando con átomos» and the videos in other formats: videos in youtube
Strain-Driven Moiré Superstructures of Epitaxial Graphene on Transition Metal Surfaces
A simple model to explain graphene Moirés on single crystal metal surfaces Graphene revealed to be the most outstanding material of the decade. Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) images have proved the existence of Moiré superstructures on epitaxial graphene due to the spatial coincidence of the atomic periodicity of the graphene…
On-surface synthesis of cyclic organic molecules
A tutorial Chemical Society Review On-surface synthesis can be regarded as an efficient means to build new molecular species by using bottom-up strategies. Recently, a collection of different reactions leading to large tailor-made organic molecules on single-crystal metal surfaces has been reported. The fundamental mechanisms controlling these reactions can be…