Colloidal quantum dots:
Recent publications:
Orbital and charge-resolved polaron states in CdSe dots and rods probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 196401 (2009).
Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy on Arrays of CdSe Quantum Dots: Response of Wave Functions to Local Electric Fields, Nano Lett. 8, 4014 (2008).
Variable orbital coupling in a two-dimensional quantum-dot solid probed on a local scale, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 096803 (2006).
Can We Measure the Local Density-of-States of Nanostructures with Scanning Tunnelling Spectroscopy?, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 8, 3845 (2006).
The density-of-states measured by scanning tunneling spectroscopy sheds new light on the optical transitions in PbSe nanocrystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 086801 (2005).
Scanning probe experiments on ultrathin insulating films:
Recent publications:
The Chemical Structure of a Molecule Resolved by Atomic Force Microscopy, Science 325, 1110 (2009).
Measuring the Charge State of an Adatom with Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy, Science 324, 1428 (2009).
Current-Induced Hydrogen Tautomerization and Conductance Switching of Naphthalocyanine Molecules, Science 317, 1203 (2007).