Molecular Nanostructures

SCC-SWNT molecular junction at 1500 K (molecular dynamics simulation), from PRB 81, 085439 URL

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• Our recently accepted articles in ACS Nano (link) suggesting amorphous carbon does not poison catalysts during carbon nanotube growth has been spotlighted in Nanowerk - see link and also in Nano Magazine - see link
  

   

Selected Articles

C. Schuenemann, F. Schaeffel, A. Bachmatiuk, U. Queitsch, M. Sparing, B. Rellinghaus, K. Lafdi, L. Schultz, B. Buechner, M.H. Ruemmeli
Catalyst poisoning by amorphous carbon during carbon nanotube growth: Fact or fiction?, ACS nano 5 (2011) Nr. 11, S. 8928-8934 URL

M.H. Ruemmeli, C.G. Rocha, F. Ortmann, I. Ibrahim, H. Sevincli, F. Boerrnert, J. Kunstmann, A. Bachmatiuk, M. Poetschke, M. Shiraishi, M. Meyyappan, B. Buechner, S. Roche, G. Cuniberti, Graphene: Piecing it together, Advanced Materials 23 (2011), S. 4471-4490 URL

 A. Scott, A. Dianat, A. Boerrnert, A. Bachmatiuk, S. Zhang, J.H. Warner, E. Borowiak-Palen, M. Knupfer, B. Buechner, G. Cuniberti, M.H. Ruemmeli
The catalytic potential of high-k dielectrics for graphene formation, Applied Physics Letters 98 (2011) Nr. 7, S. 73110/1-3

F. Schaeffel, M. Wilson, A. Bachmatiuk, M.H. Ruemmeli, U. Queitsch, B. Rellinghaus, G.A.D. Briggs, J.W. Warner
Atomic resolution imaging of the edges of catalytically etched suspended few-layer graphene, ACS nano 5 (2011) Nr. 3, S. 1975-1983 URL

D. Pohl, F. Schaeffel, M.H. Ruemmeli, E. Mohn, C. Taeschner, L. Schultz, C. Kisielowski, B. Rellinghaus
Understanding the metal-carbon interface in FePt catalyzed carbon nanotubes, Physical Review Letters 107 (2011) Nr. 18, S. 185501/1-5 URL

M.H. Ruemmeli, A. Bachmatiuk, A. Scott, F. Boerrnert, J.H. Warner, V. Hoffman, J.-H. Lin, G. Cuniberti, B. Buechner

Direct low-temperature nanographene CVD synthesis over a dielectric insulator, ACS Nano 4 (2010) Nr. 7, S. 4206-42 URL

A. Bachmatiuk, F. Boerrnert, M. Grobosch, F. Schaeffel, U. Wolff, A. Scott, M. Zaka, J.H. Warner, R. Klingeler, M. Knupfer, B. Buechner, M.H. Ruemmeli
Investigating the graphitization mechanism of SiO₂ nanoparticles in chemical vapor deposition, ACS Nano 3 (2009) Nr. 12, S. 4098-4104 URL

J.H. Warner, M.H. Ruemmeli, T. Gemming, B. Buechner, G.A.D. Briggs
Direct imaging of rotational stacking faults in few layer graphene, Nano Letters 9 (2009) Nr. 1, S. 102-106 URL

J.H. Warner, M.H. Ruemmeli, L. Ge, T. Gemming, B. Montanari, N.M. Harrison, B. Buechner, G.A.D. Briggs
Structural transformations in graphene studied with high spatial and temporal resolution, Nature Nanotechnology 4 (2009) Nr. 8, S. 500-504 URL