List of publications

41. A. Deshpande, K.-F. Braun and S.-W. Hla

‘Determination of chemical specific atomic interaction with scanning tunneling microscope'
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 221902 (2011).

 

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40. K. Clark , A. Hassanien , S. Khan , K.-F. Braun, H. Tanaka and S.-W. Hla

‘Superconductivity in just four pairs of (BETS)2GaCl4 molecules'
Nature Nanotechnology 5, 261 - 265 (2010). Published online: 28 March 2010.

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39. K.-F. Braun, S. Sievers, D. Eberbeck, S. Gustafsson, E. Olsson, H.W. Schumacher, U. Siegner
‘Quantitative measurement of the magnetic moment of an individual magnetic nanoparticle by magnetic force microscopy'
Submitted to Nanotechnology.

38. K.-F. Braun, and S.-W. Hla
‘Inelastic Quasiparticle lifetimes of the Shockley surface state band on Ni(111)'
Applied Physics A 98 3(2010), 583.

37. P.Y. Zhang, R. Hiergeist, M. Albrecht, K.-F. Braun, S.Sievers, J. Lüdke, and H.L. Ge
‘Enhancement in the coercivity in Nd2Fe14B/α -Fe nanocomposite alloys by Ti doping'
Journal of Applied Physics 106 (2009), 073904. 

36. K.-F. Braun, S. Sievers, M. Albrecht, U. Siegner, K. Landfester, V. Holzapfel
‘Stability of the magnetic domain structure of nanoparticle thin films against external fields '
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321 (2009), pp. 3719-3725.

35. K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
'Ni(111) surface state observed with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy'
Physical Review B 77 (2008), 245429.
Appearance in the Kaleidoskope of Phys. Rev. B.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

34. K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla
'Charge transfer in the TCNQ-sexithiophene complex'
Journal of Chemical Physics 129 (2008), 064707.[abstract][pdf]

33. F. Jäckel, U.G.E. Perera, V. Iancu, K.-F. Braun, N. Koch, J.P. Rabe, S.-W. Hla
'Investigating molecular charge transfer complexes with a low temperature scanning tunnelling microscope'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 (2008), 126102.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

32. H. Glowatzki, S. Duhm, K.-F. Braun, J.P. Rabe, N. Koch
'Molecular chains and carpets of sexithiophenes on Au(111)'
Physical Review B 76 (2007), 125425.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

31. K.-F. Braun, W.-H. Soe, C. Vlipse, K.-H. Rieder
'Electromigration of single metal atoms observed by scanning tunneling microscopy.'
Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007), 023118.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

30. K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla
'Force measurement with a scanning tunneling microscope.'
Physical Review B 75 (2007), 033406.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology and in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.

29. K.-F. Braun, V. Iancu, N. Pertaya, K.-H. Rieder, S.-W. Hla
'Decompositional, incommensurate growth of Ferrocene molecules on a Au(111) surface.'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006), 246102.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

28. A. Deshpande, K. Clark, D. Acharya, J. Vaughn, K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla
'Atomistic constructions by using Scanning Tunneling Microscope Tip.'
IEEE Nano 2006 Proceedings, 562-564 (2006).

27. K.-H. Rieder, G. Meyer, S.-W. Hla, F. Moresco, K.-F. Braun, K. Morgenstern, J. Repp, S. Fölsch, L. Bartels
'The scanning tunneling microscope as an operative tool: doing physics and chemistry with single atoms and molecules.'
Nova Acta Leopoldina NF92 340 (2005), pp. 29.

26. K.-H. Rieder, G. Meyer, F. Moresco, K. Morgenstern, S.-W. Hla, J. Repp, M. Alemani, L. Grill, L. Gross, M. Mehlhorn, H. Gawronski, V. Simic-Milosevic, J. Henzl, K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, L. Bartels
'Force Induced and Electron Stimulated STM Manipulations: Routes to Artificial Nanostructures as well as to Molecular Contacts, Engines, and Switches.'
J. Phys.: Conference Series Vol. 19 (2005), 175-181.

25. K.-F. Braun, and S.-W. Hla
'Probing the conformation of physisorbed molecules at the atomic-scale using STM manipulation.'
Nano Lett. 5 (2005), 73.

24. S.-W. Hla, K.-F. Braun, B. Wassermann, K.-H. Rieder
'Controlled low-temperature molecular manipulation of sexiphenyl molecules on Ag(111) using scanning tunneling microscopy'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004), 208302.

23. K.-H. Rieder , G. Meyer , S.-W. Hla , F. Moresco , K.-F. Braun , K. Morgenstern , J. Repp , S. Fölsch , L. Bartels
'The scanning tunnelling microscope as an operative tool: doing physics and chemistry with single atoms and molecules.'
Philos. Transact. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 362 (1819) (2004), pp. 1207.

22. S.-W. Hla, K.-F. Braun, V. Iancu, and A. Deshpande
'Single atom extraction by scanning tunneling microscope tip-crash and nanoscale surface engineering'
Nano Lett. 4 (2004), pp. 1997.[SCIENCE NEWS]

21. K.-F. Braun and S.-W. Hla
'Properties of Single Molecules: Manipulation, Dissociation and Synthesis with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope',
pp. 183 - 208 in Properties of Single Molecules on Crystal Surfaces, Editor F. Rosei, Imperial College Press/American Scientific Publishers (2004).

20. K. Morgenstern, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
'Direct Imaging of Cu Dimer Formation, Motion, and Interaction with Cu Atoms on Ag(111)'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004), 056102.

19. N. Pertaya, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
'On the stability of Besocke type scanners'
Rev. Sci. Instr. 75 (2004), 2608.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

18. K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla, N. Pertaya, H.-W. Soe, C.F.J. Flipse, K.-H. Rieder
'Force, current and field effects in single atom manipulation'
invited article AIP Conference Proceedings 696 (2003), 109.[pdf]

17. S.-W. Hla, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
'Movement of atoms during a quantum corral construction'
Physical Review B 67 (2003), 201402(R).

16. K.-F. Braun, F. Moresco, K. Morgenstern, S. Fölsch, J. Repp, S.-W. Hla, G. Meyer, and K.-H. Rieder
'Manipulation of atoms and molecules for construction of nanosystems: The scanning tunneling microscope as an operative tool'
International Journal of Nanoscience 2 (2003), 1.

15. K.-H. Rieder, G. Meyer, K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla, F. Moresco, K. Morgenstern, J. Repp, S. Fölsch, L. Bartels
The STM as an Operative Tool: Physics and Chemistry with Single Atoms and Molecules'
Europhysics News 34/3 (2003), 95 .

14. K.-F. Braun, G. Meyer, F. Moresco, S.-W. Hla, K. Morgenstern, S. Fölsch, J. Repp and K.-H. Rieder
'Atomic Manipulation by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy'
pp.111-134 in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Editor H.S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers (2003).

13. C.-Z. Gu, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
'Single atomic manipulation and writing with scanning tunnelling microscopy at low temperatures'
Chin. Phys. 11 (2002), 1042.

12. K. Morgenstern, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
'Surface state depopulation on small Ag(111) terraces'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002), 226801.

11. J. Christiansen, K. Morgenstern, J. Schiøtz, K.W. Jacobsen, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder, E. Laegsgaard, F. Besenbacher
'Atomic-scale structure of dislocations revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy and molecular dynamics '
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 206106.
Selected to appear in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

10. K.-F. Braun and K.-H. Rieder
'Engineering electronic lifetimes in artificial atomic structures'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 096801.

9. K.-F. Braun, F. Moresco, K. Morgenstern, S. Fölsch, J. Repp, S.-W. Hla, G. Meyer and K.-H. Rieder
'Manipulation of atoms and molecules for contruction of nanosystems: The scanning tunneling microscope as an operative tool'
Contribution to the Yearbook 2001 of the Scientific Society of Berlin (BWG).

8. G. Meyer, F. Moresco, S.-W. Hla, J. Repp, K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, K.-H. Rieder,
'Manipulation of atoms and molecules with the low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope'
Jap. J. App. Phys. 40 (2001), 4409.

7. F. Moresco, S.-W. Hla, J. Repp, K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, G. Meyer, K.-H. Rieder,
'Manipulation of atoms, molecules and clusters for construction of nanosystems'
Chin. Phys. 10 (2001), 10.

6. R. Lin, K.-F. Braun, H. Tang, U.J. Quaade, F.C. Krebs, G. Meyer, C. Joachim, K.-H. Rieder, K. Stokbro
'Imaging and manipulation of a large polar molecule on Ag(111)'
Surface Science 477 (2001), 198.

5. K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, G. Meyer, K.-H. Rieder
'Observation of charge-density wave domains on the Cr(110) surface by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy'
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000), 3500.

4. K.-F. Braun, D. Farias, S. Fölsch, K.-H. Rieder
'Fractal growth of LiF on Ag(111) studied by low-temperature STM'
Surface Science 454 - 456 (2000), 700.

3. D. Farias, K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, G. Meyer, K.-H. Rieder
'Observation of a novel nucleation mechanism at step-edges: LiF molecules on Ag(111)'
Surface Science 470 (2000), L93 - L98.

2. K.-H. Rieder, G. Meyer, K.-F. Braun, J. Repp, S. Zöphel, L. Bartels, S. Fölsch, S.-W. Hla, F. Moresco
'Low temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: From Imaging to Atom Manipulation'
Proceedings of the Third Vietnamese-German Seminar on Physics and Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City, 3-8 April 2000,
in Physics & Engineering in Evolution, Prof. Dr. Do Tran Cat, Prof. Dr. Vo Thach Son, Prof. Dr. Annemarie Pucci (Eds.), 
Hanoi University of Technology Printing House, (2000), 6.

1. G. Meyer, J. Repp, S. Zöphel, K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla, S. Fölsch, L. Bartels, F. Moresco, K.-H. Rieder,
'Controlled manipulation of atoms and small molecules with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope'
Single Molecule 1 (2000), 79.


Contributions to conferences

  • 'Fractal growth of LiF on Ag(111) studied by low-temperature STM'
    K.-F. Braun, D. Farias, S. Fölsch, K.-H. Rieder
    ECOSS 18 in Wien, September 1999, poster.
  • 'Fractal growth of LiF on Ag(111) studied by low-temperature STM'
    K.-F. Braun, D. Farias, S. Fölsch, K.-H. Rieder
    CMD 18 in Montreux, März 2000, poster.
  • 'Abbildung der Ladungsdichtewelle auf Cr(110) mittels Tieftemperatur-RTM'
    K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, K.-H. Rieder
    Frühjahrstagung der DPG in Regensburg, März 2000, talk.
  • 'Charge density wave on Cr(110) investigated by low-temperature STM and STS'
    K.-F. Braun, S. Fölsch, K.-H. Rieder
    SPS 2000 in Hamburg, Juli 2000, poster.
  • 'Determination of electron lifetimes from standing wave pattern in an artificial atomic structure'
    K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    STM01 in Vancover, July 2001, talk.
  • 'Observation of Charge-density wave domains on Cr(110) by low-temperature STM'
    S. Fölsch, K.-F. Braun, G. Meyer, K.-H. Rieder
    STM01 in Vancover, July 2001, poster.
  • 'Electron lifetimes in an artificial atomic structure measured by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy'
    K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    ECOSS20 in Krakow, September 2001, talk.
  • 'Nanoscale-Construction with a scanning tunneling microscope tip.'
    Saw-Wai Hla, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    APS march meeting 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • 'Looking below the surface: From STM observation to dislocation structure.'
    J. Christiansen, K. Morgenstern, J. Schiøtz, K.W. Jacobsen, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder, E. Laegsgaard, F. Besenbacher
    ECOSS21 June 2002, Malmö, Sweden.
  • 'Vibrational Microscopy/Spectroscopy and STM-Manipulation of single Sexi-Phenyl Molecules.'
    Saw-Wai Hla, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    ECOSS21 June 2002, Malmö, Sweden.
  • 'Nanoscale-Construction with a scanning tunneling microscope tip.'
    Saw-Wai Hla, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    ECOSS21 June 2002, Malmö, Sweden.
  • 'On the stability of Besocke type scanners.'
    Natalya Pertaya, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    STM03 conference in Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 2003.
  • 'Manipulating Single Metal Atoms with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope'
    K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder, C.F. Flipse, S.-W. Hla
    AVS03 conference in Baltimore, USA, November 2003.
  • 'On the stability of Besocke type scanners.'
    Natalya Pertaya, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    AVS03 conference in Baltimore, USA, November 2003.
  • 'The a-Ga (010) surface investigated by room and low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy.'
    Natalya Pertaya, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    Ohio Nanosummit, Dayton, USA, March 2005.
  • 'A theoretical investigation of the charge transfer system TCNQ-F4 and α-sexithiophene.'
    K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla
    Ohio Nanosummit, Dayton, USA, March 2005.
  • 'The a-Ga (010) surface investigated by room and low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy.'
    Natalya Pertaya, K.-F. Braun, K.-H. Rieder
    APS meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 2005.
  • 'The Ni(111) surface electrons investigated with low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy.'
    K.-F. Braun, C.F.J. Flipse, K.-H. Rieder
    APS meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 2005.
  • 'A theoretical investigation of the charge transfer system TCNQ-F4 and α-sexithiophene.'
    K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla
    APS meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 2005.

  • ’Probing electron correlation effects of Ni(111) with STM’
    C.F.J. Vlipse, K.-F. Braun, A. Grechnev, K.-H. Rieder,
    APS meeting, Baltimore, USA, March 2006.

  • ‘Piconewton force measurement with a scanning tunneling microscope’
    K.-F. Braun, Aparna Deshpande, S.-W. Hla,
    APS meeting, Baltimore, USA, March 2006.

  • ‘Vacancy Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Ag(111)’
    D.P. Acharya, K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla,
    APS meeting, Baltimore, USA, March 2006.

  •  ‘Decompositional, incommensurate growth of Ferrocene molecules on a Au(111) surface’
    K.-F. Braun, V. Iancu, S.-W. Hla,
    APS meeting, Baltimore, USA, March 2006.

  • ‘Manipulation and Structure of Ferrocene molecule Islands on a Au(111) surface’,
    K.-F. Braun, V. Iancu, N. Pertaya, S.-W. Hla,
    SPS meeting, Hamburg, Germany, July 2006.

  • ‘QuaNTAMed - Messtechnik zur Qualitätssicherung magnetischer Nanoteilchen für Anwendungen in Medizin und Bioanalytik’,
    F. Ludwig, E. Heim, M. Schilling, D. Eberbeck, F. Wiekhorst, U. Steinhoff, L. Trahms, S. Sievers, K.-F. Braun, M. Albrecht, U. Siegner, H.-J. Barthelmess, C. Hinnrichs, Ch. Bergemann,
    3.BMBF-Symposium Nanobiotechnologie, Hannover, Germany, October 2007.

  • ‘Magnetization reversal in a twodimensional two-phase magnet’,
     Sibylle Sievers, Sven Schnittger, Sebastian Dreyer, Christian Jooss, Kai-Felix Braun, Uwe Siegner,
    DPG Conference, Berlin, Germany, March 2008.

  • ‘Force measurement with a scanning tunneling microscope’,
    Kai-Felix Braun and Saw-Wai Hla,
    DPG Conference, Berlin, Germany, March 2008.

  • ‘Atomic manipulation and tunneling spectroscopy on vacancy of Ag(111) surface studied with LT-STM’,
    D.P. Acharya, K.-F. Braun, S.-W. Hla,
    APS meeting, New Orleans, USA, March 2008.

  • ‘Force measurement with a scanning tunneling microscope’,
    Kai-Felix Braun and Saw-Wai Hla,
    APS meeting, New Orleans, USA, March 2008.

  • ‘A molecular switch made of charge transfer complexes on Au(111)’,
    U.G.E. Perera, F. Jäckel, V. Iancu, K.-F. Braun, N. Koch, J.P. Rabe, S.-W. Hla,
    APS meeting, New Orleans, USA, March 2008.

  • ‘Stability of the magnetic domain structure of nanoparticle thin films against external fields’,
    K.-F. Braun, S. Sievers, M. Albrecht, U. Siegner, K. Landfester, V. Holzapfel,
    DPG meeting, Dresden, March 2009.

  • ‘Charge transfer in the TCNQ-sexithiophene complex’,
    K.-F. Braun, and Saw-Wai Hla,
    DPG meeting, Dresden, March 2009.

  • ‘Quantitative analysis of the magnetic moments of individual magnetic nanoparticles by magnetic force microscopy’,
    S. Sievers, K.-F. Braun, D. Eberbeck, and H.W. Schumacher,
    Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, Washington, January 2010.

  • ‘Engineering Superconductivity by Molecular Charge Transfer’,
    Sajida Khan, K. Clark, A Hassenien, K.-F. Braun, H. Tanaka, and S.-W. Hla,
    APS March Meeting 2010.

  • ‘An Ultra-Thin Molecular Superconductor Made from Charge Transfer Complexes’,
    Kendal Clark, A. Hassenien, Sajida Khan, K.-F. Braun, H. Tanaka, and S.-W. Hla,
    APS March Meeting 2010.

 

 

 

 

Invited talks

  • 'How long does an Electron live in an artificial atomic structure ?'
    NASI2 conference in the UCLA, USA, March 2002.
  • 'How long does an Electron live in an artificial atomic structure ?'
    CMSS colloquium in Ohio University, USA, April 2002.
  • 'Moving single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope'
    Nanophysics lecture in Eindhoven University, Netherlands, February 2003.
  • 'Moving single metal atoms with the scanning tunnelling microscope'
    STM03 conference in Eindhoven, Netherlands, July 2003.
  • Chairman of the Session 'Methods in Nanobiotechnology'
    APS meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 2005.
  • 'Surface Science and STM'
     INRS    , University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, January 2006.

  • 'Growth and decomposition of ferrocene molecules on a Au(111) surface'
    SFB 668 - Colloqium in University of Hamburg, Germany, August 2006.

  • 'Nanotechnology'
    Seminar in the Syddansk University, Danmark, February 2007.

  • 'A high resolution STS study of the Ni(111) surface'
    SFB 668 - Colloqium in University of Hamburg, Germany, Mai 2007.

  • 'Atomic and molecular engineering with a scanning tunelling microscope '
    Lecture in the Zernike Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands, Mai 2007.

  • ‘Charge Transfer Complexes investigated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy’ Colloqium of the SFB/TR 49 in Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, June 2009.