Publications

T. C. Q. Noakes, J. Parle, P. Nugent, H. R. Sharma, J. A. Smerdon, P. Bailey, and R. McGrath, Surface Science  620, 59 (2014), Depth dependent order/disorder transitions in iron-rich thin films grown on i-Al-Pd-Mn studied by medium energy ion scattering [doi]

T. Kumagai, F. Hanke, S. Gawinkowski, J. Sharp, K. Kotsis, J. Waluk, M. Persson, and L. Grill, Nature Chemistry  6 (1), 41 (2014), Controlling intramolecular hydrogen transfer in a porphycene molecule with single atoms or molecules located nearby [doi]

B. Kisan, P. C. Shyni, S. Layek, H. C. Verma, D. Hesp, V. Dhanak, S. Krishnamurthy, and A. Perumal, Ieee Transactions on Magnetics  50 (1) (2014), Finite Size Effects in Magnetic and Optical Properties of Antiferromagnetic NiO Nanoparticles [doi]

A. P. Katsoulidis, K. S. Park, D. Antypov, C. Marti-Gastaldo, G. J. Miller, J. E. Warren, C. M. Robertson, F. Blanc, G. R. Darling, N. G. Berry, J. A. Purton, D. J. Adams, and M. J. Rosseinsky, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  53 (1), 193 (2014), Guest-Adaptable and Water-Stable Peptide-Based Porous Materials by Imidazolate Side Chain Control [doi]

C. Cui, P. J. Nugent, M. Shimoda, J. Ledieu, V. Fournee, A. P. Tsai, R. McGrath, and H. R. Sharma, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  26 (1) (2014), Structure of the twofold surface of the icosahedral Ag-In-Yb quasicrystal [doi]

H. Zhou, L. Zhang, J. Mao, G. Li, Y. Zhang, Y. Wang, S. Du, W. A. Hofer, and H.-J. Gao, Nano Research  6 (2), 131 (2013), Template-directed assembly of pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene on Ru(0001) [doi]

K. M. Young, J. A. Smerdon, H. R. Sharma, M. Lahti, K. Pussi, and R. McGrath, Physical Review B  87 (8) (2013), Acene adsorption on a Fibonacci-modulated Cu film [doi]

R. Williams, A. Schofield, G. Holder, J. Downes, D. Edgar, P. Harrison, M. Siggel-King, M. Surman, D. Dunning, S. Hill, D. Holder, F. Jackson, J. Jones, J. McKenzie, Y. Saveliev, N. Thomsen, P. Williams, and P. Weightman, Physics in Medicine and Biology  58 (2), 373 (2013), The influence of high intensity terahertz radiation on mammalian cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation [doi]

P. Weightman, C. I. Smith, J. H. Convery, P. Harrison, B. Khara, and N. S. Scrutton, Physical Review E  88 (3) (2013), Conformational change induced by electron transfer in a monolayer of cytochrome P450 reductase adsorbed at the Au(110)-phosphate buffer interface [doi]

T. R. Umbach, I. Fernandez-Torrente, M. Ruby, F. Schulz, C. Lotze, R. Rurali, M. Persson, J. I. Pascual, and K. J. Franke, New Journal of Physics  15 (2013), Atypical charge redistribution over a charge-transfer monolayer on a metal [doi]

R. Tamura, T. P. Yadav, I. M. McLeod, D. Hesp, K. M. Young, T. Nakamura, K. Nishio, V. R. Dhanak, R. McGrath, and H. R. Sharma, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  25 (39) (2013), Scanning tunneling microscopy of a polygrain Al-Pd-Re quasicrystal: study of the relative surface stability [doi]

A. D. Smith, M. R. F. Siggel-King, G. M. Holder, A. Cricenti, M. Luce, P. Harrison, D. S. Martin, M. Surman, T. Craig, S. D. Barrett, A. Wolski, D. J. Dunning, N. R. Thompson, Y. Saveliev, D. M. Pritchard, A. Varro, S. Chattopadhyay, and P. Weightman, Applied Physics Letters  102 (5) (2013), Near-field optical microscopy with an infra-red free electron laser applied to cancer diagnosis [doi]

H. R. Sharma, K. Nozawa, J. A. Smerdon, P. J. Nugent, I. McLeod, V. R. Dhanak, M. Shimoda, Y. Ishii, A. P. Tsai, and R. McGrath, Nature Communications  4 (2013), Templated three-dimensional growth of quasicrystalline lead [doi]

I. Scivetti and M. Persson, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  25 (35) (2013), The electrostatic interaction of an external charged system with a metal surface: a simplified density functional theory approach [doi]

L. C. Ramsey, J. Aveyard, H. van Zalinge, M. Persson, A. Mansson, and D. V. Nicolau, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications X  8594 (2013), Electric field modulation of the motility of actin filaments on myosin-functionalised surfaces [doi]

J. K. Parle, A. Beni, V. R. Dhanak, J. A. Smerdon, P. Schmutz, M. Warde, M. G. Barthes-Labrousse, B. Bauer, P. Gille, H. R. Sharma, and R. McGrath, Applied Surface Science  283, 276 (2013), STM and XPS investigation of the oxidation of the Al-4(Cr,Fe) quasicrystal approximant [doi]

L. Pan, B. Song, J. Sun, L. Zhang, W. Hofer, S. Du, and H.-j. Gao, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  25 (50) (2013), The origin of half-metallicity in conjugated electron systems-a study on transition-metal-doped graphyne [doi]

I. Z. Mitrovic, M. Althobaiti, A. D. Weerakkody, N. Sedghi, S. Hall, V. R. Dhanak, P. R. Chalker, C. Henkel, E. D. Litta, P. E. Hellstrom, and M. Ostling, Microelectronic Engineering  109, 204 (2013), Interface engineering of Ge using thulium oxide: Band line-up study [doi]

L. Meng, Y. Wang, L. Zhang, S. Du, R. Wu, L. Li, Y. Zhang, G. Li, H. Zhou, W. A. Hofer, and H.-J. Gao, Nano Letters  13 (2), 685 (2013), Buckled Silicene Formation on Ir(111) [doi]

F. McBride, G. R. Darling, K. Pussi, C. A. Lucas, Y. Gruender, M. Darlington, A. Brownrigg, and A. Hodgson, Journal of Physical Chemistry C  117 (8), 4032 (2013), The Influence of Water and Hydroxyl on a Bimetallic (root 3 x root 3)R30 degrees Sn/Pt Surface Alloy [doi]

S. Mather, N. Sedghi, M. Althobaiti, I. Z. Mitrovic, V. Dhanak, P. R. Chalker, and S. Hall, Microelectronic Engineering  109, 126 (2013), Low EOT GeO2/Al2O3/HfO2 on Ge substrate using ultrathin Al deposition [doi]

S. Marques-Gonzalez, D. S. Yufit, J. A. K. Howard, S. Martin, H. M. Osorio, V. M. Garcia-Suarez, R. J. Nichols, S. J. Higgins, P. Cea, and P. J. Low, Dalton Transactions  42 (2), 338 (2013), Simplifying the conductance profiles of molecular junctions: the use of the trimethylsilylethynyl moiety as a molecule-gold contact [doi]

L. Marina Ballesteros, S. Martin, J. Cortes, S. Marques-Gonzalez, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, P. J. Low, and P. Cea, Chemistry-a European Journal  19 (17), 5352 (2013), Controlling the Structural and Electrical Properties of Diacid Oligo(Phenylene Ethynylene) Langmuir-Blodgett Films [doi]

L. Liu, K. Yang, Y. Jiang, B. Song, W. Xiao, L. Li, H. Zhou, Y. Wang, S. Du, M. Ouyang, W. A. Hofer, A. H. Castro Neto, and H.-J. Gao, Scientific Reports  3 (2013), Reversible Single Spin Control of Individual Magnetic Molecule by Hydrogen Atom Adsorption [doi]

P. D. Lane, D. S. Martin, D. Hesp, G. E. Isted, and R. J. Cole, Physical Review B  87 (24) (2013), Effects of steps and ordered defects on Cu(110) surface states [doi]

T. Kumagai, F. Hanke, S. Gawinkowski, J. Sharp, K. Kotsis, J. Waluk, M. Persson, and L. Grill, Physical Review Letters  111 (24) (2013), Thermally and Vibrationally Induced Tautomerization of Single Porphycene Molecules on a Cu(110) Surface [doi]

Z. Krpetic, A. M. Davidson, M. Volk, R. Levy, M. Brust, and D. L. Cooper, Acs Nano  7 (10), 8881 (2013), High-Resolution Sizing of Monolayer-Protected Gold Clusters by Differential Centrifugal Sedimentation [doi]

S. Krishnamurthy, Y. V. Butenko, V. R. Dhanak, M. R. C. Hunt, and L. Siller, Carbon  52, 145 (2013), In situ formation of onion-like carbon from the evaporation of ultra-dispersed nanodiamonds [doi]

A. G. Hansen, P. Salvatore, K. K. Karlsen, R. J. Nichols, J. Wengel, and J. Ulstrup, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  15 (3), 776 (2013), Electrochemistry and in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy of pure and redox-marked DNA- and UNA-based oligonucleotides on Au(111)-electrode surfaces [doi]

E. A. Gooding, S. Sharma, S. A. Petty, E. A. Fouts, C. J. Palmer, B. E. Nolan, and M. Volk, Chemical Physics  422, 115 (2013), pH-dependent helix folding dynamics of poly-glutamic acid [doi]

M. C. Figueiredo, N. Sisson, R. J. Nichols, C. A. Lucas, V. Climent, and J. M. Feliu, Electrochemistry Communications  34, 37 (2013), NO adsorption on Pt (111)/Bi surfaces [doi]

M. S. Dyer, C. Collins, D. Hodgeman, P. A. Chater, A. Demont, S. Romani, R. Sayers, M. F. Thomas, J. B. Claridge, G. R. Darling, and M. J. Rosseinsky, Science  340 (6134), 847 (2013), Computationally Assisted Identification of Functional Inorganic Materials [doi]

K. G. Doherty, J.-S. Oh, P. Unsworth, A. Bowfield, C. M. Sheridan, P. Weightman, J. W. Bradley, and R. L. Williams, Plasma Processes and Polymers  10 (11), 978 (2013), Polystyrene Surface Modification for Localized Cell Culture Using a Capillary Dielectric Barrier Discharge Atmospheric-Pressure Microplasma Jet [doi]

S. Ayissi, P. A. Charpentier, N. Farhangi, J. A. Wood, K. Palotas, and W. A. Hofer, Journal of Physical Chemistry C  117 (48), 25424 (2013), Interaction of Titanium Oxide Nanostructures with Graphene and Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons: A DFT Study [doi]

J. Aveyard, J. Hajne, A. Mansson, M. Persson, F. C. M. J. M. van Delft, J. van Zijl, J. Snijder, F. C. van den Heuvel, and D. V. Nicolau, in Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues Xi, edited by D. L. Farkas, D. V. Nicolau, and R. C. Leif (2013), Vol. 8587

M. Armbruester, M. Behrens, K. Foettinger, M. Friedrich, E. Gaudry, S. K. Matam, and H. R. Sharma, Catalysis Reviews-Science and Engineering  55 (3), 289 (2013), The Intermetallic Compound ZnPd and Its Role in Methanol Steam Reforming [doi]

K. H. L. Zhang, I. M. McLeod, M. Lahti, K. Pussi, and V. R. Dhanak, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (43) (2012), The evolution of the electronic structure at the Bi/Ag(111) interface studied using photoemission spectroscopy [doi]

T. Woolcot, G. Teobaldi, C. L. Pang, N. S. Beglitis, A. J. Fisher, W. A. Hofer, and G. Thornton, Physical Review Letters  109 (15) (2012), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Contrast Mechanisms for TiO2 [doi]

P. Weightman, Physical Biology  9 (5) (2012), Prospects for the study of biological systems with high power sources of terahertz radiation [doi]

H. van Zalinge, J. Aveyard, J. Hajne, M. Persson, A. Mansson, and D. V. Nicolau, Langmuir  28 (42), 15033 (2012), Actin Filament Motility Induced Variation of Resonance Frequency and Rigidity of Polymer Surfaces Studied by Quartz Crystal Microbalance [doi]

G. Teobaldi, E. Inami, J. Kanasaki, K. Tanimura, and A. L. Shluger, Physical Review B  85 (8) (2012), Role of applied bias and tip electronic structure in the scanning tunneling microscopy imaging of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite [doi]

Z. Szekrenyes, K. Kamaras, G. Tarczay, A. Llanes-Pallas, T. Marangoni, M. Prato, D. Bonifazi, J. Bjork, F. Hanke, and M. Persson, Journal of Physical Chemistry B  116 (15), 4626 (2012), Melting of Hydrogen Bonds in Uracil Derivatives Probed by Infrared Spectroscopy and ab Initio Molecular Dynamics [doi]

C. I. Smith, P. Harrison, T. Farrell, and P. Weightman, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (48) (2012), The nature and stability of the Au(110)/electrochemical interface produced by flame annealing [doi]

C. P. Shaw, D. A. Middleton, M. Volk, and R. Levy, Acs Nano  6 (2), 1416 (2012), Amyloid-Derived Peptide Forms Self-Assembled Mono layers on Gold Nanoparticle with a Curvature-Dependent beta-Sheet Structure [doi]

H. R. Sharma, J. A. Smerdon, K. M. Young, and R. McGrath, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (35) (2012), Epitaxial Bi allotropes on quasicrystal surfaces as templates for adsorption of pentacene and fullerene [doi]

G. Sedghi, L. J. Esdaile, H. L. Anderson, S. Martin, D. Bethell, S. J. Higgins, and R. J. Nichols, Advanced Materials  24 (5), 653 (2012), Comparison of the Conductance of Three Types of Porphyrin-Based Molecular Wires: beta,meso,beta-Fused Tapes, meso-Butadiyne-Linked and Twisted meso-meso Linked Oligomers [doi]

L. E. Scullion, E. Leary, S. J. Higgins, and R. J. Nichols, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (16) (2012), Single-molecule conductance determinations on HS(CH2)(4)O(CH2)(4)SH and HS(CH2)(2)O(CH2)(2)O(CH2)(2)SH, and comparison with alkanedithiols of the same length [doi]

P. Salvatore, K. K. Karlsen, A. G. Hansen, J. Zhang, R. J. Nichols, and J. Ulstrup, Journal of the American Chemical Society  134 (46), 19092 (2012), Polycation Induced Potential Dependent Structural Transitions of Oligonucleotide Mono layers on Au(111)-Surfaces [doi]

K. Pussi, A. Matilainen, V. R. Dhanak, A. Walsh, R. G. Egdell, and K. H. L. Zhang, Surface Science  606 (1-2), 1 (2012), Surface structure of In2O3(111) (1 x 1) determined by density functional theory calculations and low energy electron diffraction [doi]

C. Panosetti and W. A. Hofer, Journal of Computational Chemistry  33 (19), 1623 (2012), Adsorption of metadiiodobenzene on Cu(110): A theoretical study [doi]

K. Palotas, W. A. Hofer, and L. Szunyogh, Physical Review B  85 (20) (2012), Simulation of spin-polarized scanning tunneling spectroscopy on complex magnetic surfaces: Case of a Cr monolayer on Ag(111) [doi]

R. G. Palgrave, P. Borisov, M. S. Dyer, S. R. C. McMitchell, G. R. Darling, J. B. Claridge, M. Batuk, H. Tan, H. Tian, J. Verbeeck, J. Hadermann, and M. J. Rosseinsky, Journal of the American Chemical Society  134 (18), 7700 (2012), Artificial Construction of the Layered Ruddlesden-Popper Manganite La2Sr2Mn3O10 by Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction Monitored Pulsed Laser Deposition [doi]

R. J. Nichols and S. J. Higgins, Nature Nanotechnology  7 (5), 281 (2012), MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS Interference comes into view

J. R. Molina Contreras, C. I. Smith, A. Bowfield, F. Tillner, and P. Weightman, Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Solid State Physics  249 (6), 1206 (2012), The self assembly of thymine at Au(110)/liquid interfaces [doi]

I. Z. Mitrovic, H. M. Przewlocki, K. Piskorski, G. Simutis, V. R. Dhanak, N. Sedghi, and S. Hall, Thin Solid Films  520 (23), 6959 (2012), Effect of oxygen on tuning the TiNx metal gate work function on LaLuO3 [doi]

I. Z. Mitrovic, S. Hall, N. Sedghi, G. Simutis, V. R. Dhanak, P. Bailey, T. C. Q. Noakes, I. Alexandrou, O. Engstrom, J. M. J. Lopes, and J. Schubert, Journal of Applied Physics  112 (4) (2012), On the nature of the interfacial layer in ultra-thin TiN/LaLuO3 gate stacks [doi]

L. Milanesi, J. P. Waltho, C. A. Hunter, D. J. Shaw, G. S. Beddard, G. D. Reid, S. Dev, and M. Volk, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  109 (48), 19563 (2012), Measurement of energy landscape roughness of folded and unfolded proteins [doi]

R. McGrath, H. R. Sharma, J. A. Smerdon, and J. Ledieu, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences  370 (1969), 2930 (2012), The memory of surfaces: epitaxial growth on quasi-crystals [doi]

R. McGrath, in Advancement of Materials and Nanotechnology Ii, edited by N. Kamarulzaman, W. T. Wui, N. S. Mohamed, R. Rusdi, and N. F. Chayed (2012), Vol. 545, pp. 43

F. McBride, A. Omer, C. M. Clay, L. Cummings, G. R. Darling, and A. Hodgson, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (12) (2012), Strain relief and disorder in commensurate water layers formed on Pd(111) [doi]

L. Marina Ballesteros, S. Martin, C. Momblona, S. Marques-Gonzalez, M. Carmen Lopez, R. J. Nichols, P. J. Low, and P. Cea, Journal of Physical Chemistry C  116 (16), 9142 (2012), Acetylene Used as a New Linker for Molecular Junctions in Phenylene-Ethynylene Oligomer Langmuir-Blodgett Films [doi]

M. O. King, I. M. McLeod, D. Hesp, V. R. Dhanak, M. Kadodwala, and D. A. MacLaren, Surface Science  606 (17-18), 1353 (2012), Growth and alloying of thin film Te on Cu(111) [doi]

N. J. Kay, S. J. Higgins, J. O. Jeppesen, E. Leary, J. Lycoops, J. Ulstrup, and R. J. Nichols, Journal of the American Chemical Society  134 (40), 16817 (2012), Single-Molecule Electrochemical Gating in Ionic Liquids [doi]

M. L. Honkela, J. Bjoerk, and M. Persson, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics  14 (16), 5849 (2012), Computational study of the adsorption and dissociation of phenol on Pt and Rh surfaces [doi]

G. M. Holder, A. Bowfield, M. Surman, M. Suepfle, D. Moss, C. Tucker, T. R. Rudd, D. G. Fernig, E. A. Yates, and P. Weightman, Soft Matter  8 (24), 6521 (2012), Fundamental differences in model cell-surface polysaccharides revealed by complementary optical and spectroscopic techniques [doi]

W. A. Hofer and Iop, Emerqum 11: Emergent Quantum Mechanics 2011 (Heinz Von Foerster Congress)  361 (2012), An extended model of electrons: experimental evidence from high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy [doi]

W. A. Hofer, Quantum Theory: Reconsideration of Foundations 6  1508, 216 (2012), Quantum mechanics: A new chapter? [doi]

W. A. Hofer, Frontiers of Physics  7 (2), 218 (2012), Heisenberg, uncertainty, and the scanning tunneling microscope [doi]

W. A. Hofer, Frontiers of Physics  7 (5), 504 (2012), Solving the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen puzzle: the origin of non-locality in Aspect-type experiments [doi]

F. Hanke, M. S. Dyer, J. Bjork, and M. Persson, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (42) (2012), Structure and stability of weakly chemisorbed ethene adsorbed on low-index Cu surfaces: performance of density functionals with van der Waals interactions [doi]

Y. Gruender, P. Thompson, A. Brownrigg, M. Darlington, and C. A. Lucas, Journal of Physical Chemistry C  116 (10), 6283 (2012), Probing the Halide-Metal Interaction by Monolayer Metal Deposition at the Electrochemical Interface [doi]

M. Forster, R. Raval, J. Carrasco, A. Michaelides, and A. Hodgson, Chemical Science  3 (1), 93 (2012), Water-hydroxyl phases on an open metal surface: breaking the ice rules [doi]

M. Forster, R. Raval, J. Carrasco, A. Michaelides, and A. Hodgson, Chemical Science  3 (1), 93 (2012), Water-hydroxyl phases on an open metal surface: breaking the ice rules [doi]

D. Flammini, A. Pietropaolo, R. Senesi, C. Andreani, F. McBride, A. Hodgson, M. A. Adams, L. Lin, and R. Car, Journal of Chemical Physics  136 (2) (2012), Spherical momentum distribution of the protons in hexagonal ice from modeling of inelastic neutron scattering data [doi]

A. Elhissi, W. Ahmed, V. R. Dhanak, and K. Subramani, Emerging Nanotechnologies in Dentistry: Materials, Processes, and Applications, 347 (2012), Carbon Nanotubes in Cancer Therapy and Drug Delivery [doi]

M. S. Dyer, G. R. Darling, J. B. Claridge, and M. J. Rosseinsky, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  51 (14), 3418 (2012), Chemical Bonding and Atomic Structure in Y2O3:ZrO2-SrTiO3 Layered Heterostructures [doi]

V. R. Dhanak, Y. V. Butenko, A. C. Brieva, P. R. Coxon, L. Alves, and L. Siller, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology  12 (4), 3084 (2012), Chemical Functionalization of Nanodiamond by Amino Groups: An X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study [doi]

H. Cun, Y. Wang, S. Du, L. Zhang, L. Zhang, B. Yang, X. He, Y. Wang, X. Zhu, Q. Yuan, Y.-P. Zhao, M. Ouyang, W. A. Hofer, S. J. Pennycook, and H.-j. Gao, Nano Letters  12 (3), 1229 (2012), Tuning Structural and Mechanical Properties of Two-Dimensional Molecular Crystals: The Roles of Carbon Side Chains [doi]

C. Cui, P. J. Nugent, M. Shimoda, J. Ledieu, V. Fournee, A. P. Tsai, R. McGrath, and H. R. Sharma, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter  24 (44) (2012), The atomic structure of the threefold surface of the icosahedral Ag-In-Yb quasicrystal [doi]

J. H. Convery, C. I. Smith, B. Khara, N. S. Scrutton, P. Harrison, T. Farrell, D. S. Martin, and P. Weightman, Physical Review E  86 (1) (2012), Controlling the formation of a monolayer of cytochrome P450 reductase onto Au surfaces [doi]

J. Carrasco, A. Hodgson, and A. Michaelides, Nature Materials  11 (8), 667 (2012), A molecular perspective of water at metal interfaces [doi]

M. Bruning, I. Barsukov, B. Franke, S. Barbieri, M. Volk, S. Leopoldseder, Z. Ucurum, and O. Mayans, Protein Engineering Design & Selection  25 (5), 205 (2012), The intracellular Ig fold: a robust protein scaffold for the engineering of molecular recognition [doi]

L. Bouffier, K. E. Lister, S. J. Higgins, R. J. Nichols, and T. Doneux, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry  664, 80 (2012), Electrochemical investigations of dissolved and surface immobilised 2-amino-1,4-naphthoquinones in aqueous solutions [doi]