IEP/Research/Surfaces

Selected Publications

2024

  • Molecular motion of a nanoscopic moonlander via translations and rotations of triphenylphosphine on graphite.
    A. Tamtögl, M. Sacchi, V. Schwab, M. M: Koza, P. Fouquet, Comm. Chem., 7, 279 (2024).
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2023

  • Surface properties of 1T-TaS2 and contrasting its electron-phonon coupling with TlBiTe2 from helium atom scattering.
    P. Maier, N. J. Hourigan, A. Ruckhofer, M. Bremholm and A. Tamtögl, Front. Chem., 11, 1249290 (2023).

  • Water adsorption and dynamics on graphene and other 2D materials: computational and experimental advances.
    M. Sacchi, A. Tamtögl, Adv. Phys. X, 8, 2134051 (2023).

2022

  • How does tuning the van der Waals bonding strength affect adsorbate structure.
    P. Maier, N. F. Xavier Jr, C. L. Truscott, T. Hansen, P. Fouquet, M. Sacchi and A. Tamtögl, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 24, 29371 (2022).

  • Evolution of ordered nanoporous phases during h-BN growth: Controlling the route from gas-phase precursor to 2D material by in-situ monitoring.
    A. Ruckhofer, M. Sacchi, A.J.R. Payne, A.P. Jardine, W.E. Ernst, N. Avidor, A. Tamtögl Nanoscale Horiz. 7, 1388 (2022).
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  • Surface electronic corrugation of a one-dimensional topological metal: Bi(114).
    S. J. Schmutzler,  A. Ruckhofer, W. E. Ernst, A. Tamtögl Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24, 9146 (2022).
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2021

  • Motion of water monomers reveals a kinetic barrier to ice nucleation on graphene.
    A. Tamtögl, E. Bahn, M. Sacchi, J. Zhu, D. J. Ward, A. P. Jardine, S. J. Jenkins, P. Fouquet, J. Ellis, W. Allison, Nature communications 12, 3120 (2021).
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  • Atom-surface van der Waals potentials of topological insulators and semimetals from scattering measurements.
    A. Tamtögl, A. Ruckhofer, D. Campi, W. Allison, W. E. Ernst, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 7637 (2021).

  • Inelastic helium atom scattering from Sb2Te3(111): Phonon dispersion, focusing effects and surfing.
    A. Ruckhofer, S. Halbritter, H. E. Lund, A. J. Holt, M. Bianchi, M. Bremholm, G. Benedek, P. Hofmann, W. E. Ernst, A. Tamtögl, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 7806 (2021).

2020

  • Schnelle Bewegungen auf Oberflächen messen.
    A. Tamtögl, Nachrichten aus der Chemie 68, 65 (2020).

  • Terahertz surface modes and electron-phonon coupling on Bi2Se3(111).
    A. Ruckhofer, D. Campi, M. Bremholm, P. Hofmann, G. Benedek, M. Bernasconi, W. E. Ernst, A. Tamtögl Phys. Rev. Research, 2, 023186 (2020).

  • Origin of the Electron-Phonon Interaction of Topological Semimetal Surfaces Measured with Helium Atom Scattering.
    G. Benedek, S. Miret-Artés, J. R. Manson, A. Ruckhofer, W. E. Ernst, A. Tamtögl, J. Phys. Chem Lett. 11, 1927 (2020).

  • Nanoscopic diffusion of water on a topological insulator.
    A. Tamtögl, M. Sacchi, N. Avidor, I. Calvo-Almazán, P. S.M. Townsend, M. Bremholm, P. Hofmann, J. Ellis, W. Allison, Nature communications, 11, 278 (2020).
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2019

  • Helium-Surface Interaction and Electronic Corrugation of Bi2Se3(111)
    A. Ruckhofer, A. Tamtögl, M. Pusterhofer, M. Bremholm, W. E. Ernst, J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 17829 (2019).

  • Statics and dynamics of multivalley charge density waves in Sb(111).
    A. Tamtögl, P. Kraus, M. Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber, G. Benedek, M. Bernasconi, D. Dragoni, D. Campi, W. E Ernst, npj Quantum Materials, 4, 28 (2019).

  • Strong-coupling charge density wave in a one-dimensional topological metal.
    P. Hofmann, M. M. Ugeda, A. Tamtögl, A. Ruckhofer, W. E. Ernst, et. al., Phys. Rev. B 99, 035438 (2019).

2018

  • Nanoscale Surface Dynamics of Bi2Te3(111): Observation of a Prominent Surface Acoustic Wave and the Role of van der Waals Interactions.
    A. Tamtögl, D. Campi, M. Bremholm, E. M. J. Hedegaard, B. B. Iversen, M. Bianchi, P., Hofmann, N. Marzari, G. Benedek, J. Ellis, W. Allison, Nanoscale, 10, 14627-14636 ,(2018).

  • Ultrafast molecular transport on carbon surfaces: The diffusion of ammonia on graphite.
    A. Tamtögl, M. Sacchi, I. Calvo-Almazán, M. Zbiri, M. M. Koza, W. E. Ernst, P. Fouquet, Carbon 126, 23 (2018).

  • Electron-phonon coupling and surface Debye temperature of Bi2Te3(111) from helium atom scattering.
    A. Tamtögl, P. Kraus, N. Avidor, M. Bremholm, E. M. J. Hedegaard, B. B. Iversen, M. Bianchi, P. Hofmann, J. Ellis, W. Allison, G. Benedek, W. E. Ernst, Phys. Rev. B 95, 195401 (2017).


  • Structure and dynamics investigations of a partially hydrogenated graphene/Ni(111) surface.
    E. Bahn, A. Tamtögl, J. Ellis, W. Allison., P. Fouquet, Carbon 114, 504-510 (2016)

  • Graphene on Ni(111): Electronic Corrugation and Dynamics from Helium Atom Scattering.
    A. Tamtögl, E. Bahn, J. Zhu, P. Fouquet, J. Ellis, W. Allison, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 25983–25990 (2015).

  • Surface Structure of Bi(111) from Helium Atom Scattering Measurements. Inelastic Close-Coupling Formalism.
    P. Kraus, A. Tamtögl, M. Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber, F. Apolloner, C. Gösweiner, S. Miret-Artés, W. E. Ernst, J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 17235–17242 (2015).

  • Resonance enhanced inelastic He-atom scattering from subsurface optical phonons of Bi(111).
    P. Kraus, A. Tamtögl, M. Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber, G. Benedek, W. E. Ernst, Phys. Rev. B 87, 245433 (2013).

  • Helium-surface interaction potential of Sb(111) from scattering experiments and close-coupling calculations.
    M. Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber, P. Kraus, A. Tamtögl, S. Miret-Artés, W. E. Ernst, Phys. Rev. B 88, 205425 (2013).

  • Surface and subsurface phonons of Bi(111) measured with helium atom scattering.
    A. Tamtögl, P. Kraus, M. Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber, D. Campi, M. Bernasconi, G. Benedek, W. E. Ernst, Phys. Rev. B 87, 035410 (2013).

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