MTC1.3 Scanning probe microscopy
Key instruments:
Instrument: Createc LT-STM with own development
Ultra high vacuum chamber comprising a low-temperature (5 K) scanning tunneling microscope and standard surface science preparation tools
Typical applications: atomic-scale characterization of surface structures of conducting samples, atomic and molecular manipulation and Scanning tunneling spectroscopy.
| Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter |
| PI's field of research | Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials |
| Contact person | Dr. Knud Seufert |
| Tel. | +49 89 289 12823 |
| knud.seufert@tum.de | |
| Availability | cooperation |
| Lead time | depending on sample |
Instrument: Specs JT-STM
Ultra high vacuum chamber comprising a low-temperature (down to 1.2 K) scanning tunneling microscope with surface science preparation tools and growth facilities
Typical applications: atomic-scale characterization of surface structures of conducting samples, atomic and molecular manipulation and high-resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy
| Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Johannes V. Barth |
| PI's field of research | Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials, quantum materials |
| Contact person | Dr. Joachim Reichert |
| Tel. | +49 89 289 12823 |
| joachim.reichert@tum.de | |
| Availability | cooperation |
| Lead time | depending on sample materials, preparation and fabrication protocols |
Instrument: Createc ncAFM with own development
Ultrahigh vacuum apparatus with a low-temperature (5 K) combined atomic force and scanning tunneling microscope, and standard surface science preparation tools
Typical applications: bond-resolved imaging of adsorbed molecular species and their interfacial architectures, single-molecule chemistry and on-surface reactions, exploration of novel materials and hybrid architectures.
| Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Johannes V. Barth |
| PI's field of research | Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials |
| Contact person | Dr. Knud Seufert |
| Tel. | +49 89 289 12823 |
| knud.seufert@tum.de | |
| Availability | cooperation |
| Lead time | depending on sample material and preparation protocols |
Instrument: STM-SPS
Ultra high vacuum chamber comprising a room-temperature scanning tunneling microscope and a non-monochromatized X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy setup
Typical applications: characterization of surface morphologies of conducting samples, elemental analysis of samples by XPS
| Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter |
| PI's field of research | Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials |
| Contact person | Dr. Knud Seufert |
| Tel. | +49 89 289 12823 |
| knud.seufert@tum.de | |
| Availability | cooperation |
| Lead time | depending on sample |
Instrument: EC-STM/AFM
STM/AFM device coupled with potentiostat, enables in-situ investigation of the material surface
Typical applications: Electrocatalysis, dynamic surface probing
| Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Aliaksandr Bandarenka |
| PI's field of research | Electrocatalysis |
| Contact person | Regina Kluge |
| Tel. | +49 89 289 12529 |
| regina.kluge@ph.tum.de | |
| Availability | cooperation |
| Lead time | depending on material |
Instrument: EC STM-AFM
Scanning Tunneling Microscope with AFM option
Typical application: in-situ determination of surface structure and topology of electrochemical interfaces
| Principal investigator | Prof. Dr. Katharina Krischer |
| PI's field of research | Self-organization at interfaces, Electrocatalysis |
| Contact person | Simon Stork |
| Tel. | +49 89 289 13877 |
| simon.stork@tum.de | |
| Availability | cooperation & pay-by-use |
| Lead time | depending on application |