Hybrid Nanosystems

We investigate photo-electronic systems that consist of mixed organic and inorganic nanosystems such as single molecules, nanocrystals, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and photosynthetic "light harvesting" proteins. Such "hybrid nanosystems" can be constructed by combining sophisticated nanofabrication techniques such as chemical functionalization and self-organization with state of the art top-down nanolithography methods such as electron beam lithography and focused ion beam writing.

Recent Highlights 

Resonant photoconductance of molecular junctions formed in Gold nanoparticle arrays

Correlation between structure and optoelectronic properties in a two-dimensional gold nanoparticle assembly

On-Chip Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by the Photosystem I

Quantum dot-carbon nanotube hybrids

In-situ direct visualization of irradiated electron beam patterns on unprocessed resists using atomic force microscopy

Collaborations

Michel Calame (Basel, Switzerland), Christian Schönenberger (Basel, Switzerland), Daniela Iacopina (Tyndall, Ireland), Marcel Mayor (Basel, Switzerland), Khaled Karrai (attocube systems), Itai Carmeli (Tel Aviv), Shachar Richter (Tel Aviv, Israel), Joachim Reichert (E20, TUM), Friedrich Simmel (E14, TUM), Daniel Gerster (E20, TUM) Johannes Bart (E20, TUM), Iris Visoly-Fisher (Be’er Sheva, Israel), Shlomi Sergani (Be’er Sheva, Israel)

Recent Publications

A list of recent publications can be found here.

Funding

Funding by the following institutions is gratefully acknowledged: 

       Nanosystems Initiative Munich

                The European Union, Framework 7 via HYSENS