Light-induced atomic-scale surface reactivity (A07)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Chemistry: Molecules, Materials, Surfaces ; Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 510943930

This project aims at linking the atomic-scale spatial resolution of scanning force microscopy with the time-resolution of pulsed laser light and to combine both with theoretical simulations, in order to understand the influence of heat, electric fields and hot charge carriers produced by laser pulses on chemical reactivity at metal surfaces. The project will work towards the understanding of the dehydrogenation of polyanthrylene on Au(111) with pulsed laser light, which is known to be induced either by surface heating or STM-injected charge carriers.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1636: Elementary Processes of Light-Driven Reactions at Nanoscale Metals
• Applicant Institution: Universität Potsdam
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Regina Hoffmann-Vogel; Professor Dr. Tillmann Klamroth