Charge-Induced Structural Changes in a Single Molecule Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy
- Philipp Scheuerer
- Laerte L. Patera
- et al.
- 2019
- Physical Review Letters
Leo Gross
Title
Principal research scientist
Bio
Leo Gross has been with the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory since 2005. First as a postdoc in the group of Gerhard Meyer and since 2009 as Research Staff Member. He is the team lead of the atom and molecule manipulation group. He studies molecules and on-surface reactions by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). He develops and applies AFM as a tool for molecular synthesis, structure elucidation and investigation of single-electron charging and charge transfer on the atomic scale.
Leo received his PhD in Physics in 2005 from the Free University of Berlin in the group of Prof. K.-H. Rieder.
Awards and Grants:
APS Fellow, 2022
ERC Synergy Grant "Single Molecular Devices by Atom Manipulation" (MolDAM), 2021
Debye Visiting Chair, Utrecht University, 2020
Silver Combustion Medal, 2020
ERC Consolidator Grant "AFM for Molecular Structure Elucidation" (AMSEL), 2016
Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology, 2012
Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award, 2010
Tiburtius Preis, 2006
Publications
On the early stages of soot formation: Molecular structure elucidation by high-resolution atomic force microscopy
- Mario Commodo
- Katharina Kaiser
- et al.
- 2019
- Combustion and Flame
Elucidating the geometric substitution of petroporphyrins by spectroscopic analysis and atomic force microscopy molecular imaging
- Yunlong Zhang
- Fabian Schulz
- et al.
- 2019
- Energy and Fuels
A Single-Molecule Chemical Reaction Studied by High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Induced Light Emission
- Katharina Kaiser
- Leo Gross
- et al.
- 2019
- ACS Nano
Exploring a Route to Cyclic Acenes by On-Surface Synthesis
- Fabian Schulz
- Fátima García
- et al.
- 2019
- Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Molecular structure elucidation with charge-state control
- Shadi Fatayer
- Florian Albrecht
- et al.
- 2019
- Science
Insights into incipient soot formation by atomic force microscopy
- Fabian Schulz
- Mario Commodo
- et al.
- 2019
- Proc. Combust. Inst.
Damping by sequentially tunneling electrons
- Wolfram Steurer
- Jascha Repp
- et al.
- 2018
- Surface Science
Controlled Fragmentation of Single Molecules with Atomic Force Microscopy by Employing Doubly Charged States
- Shadi Fatayer
- Nikolaj Moll
- et al.
- 2018
- Physical Review Letters
[19]Dendriphene: A 19-Ring Dendritic Nanographene
- Manuel Vilas-Varela
- Shadi Fatayer
- et al.
- 2018
- Chemistry - A European Journal
Patents
Projects
Atom and Molecule Manipulation
Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy.
Blog posts
Resolving the odd-number cyclo[13]carbon
Technical noteLeo Gross and Florian AlbrechtResolving the first anti-aromatic carbon allotrope
Technical noteLeo GrossIBM scientist Leo Gross named an APS Fellow for his groundbreaking research
NewsScanning probe microscopy technique could open the door to molecular machines
ResearchLeo Gross, Florian Albrecht, and Ivano Tavernelli- See more blog posts
