Interactions between two C60 molecules measured by scanning probe microscopies
- Nadine Hauptmann
- César González
- et al.
- 2015
- Nanotechnology
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
Probe-based measurement of lateral single-electron transfer between individual molecules
- Wolfram Steurer
- Shadi Fatayer
- et al.
- 2015
- Nature Communications
Unraveling the Molecular Structures of Asphaltenes by Atomic Force Microscopy
- Bruno Schuler
- Gerhard Meyer
- et al.
- 2015
- JACS
Toggling the Local Electric Field with an Embedded Adatom Switch
- Wolfram Steurer
- Bruno Schuler
- et al.
- 2015
- Nano Letters
On-surface generation and imaging of arynes by atomic force microscopy
- Niko Pavliček
- Bruno Schuler
- et al.
- 2015
- Nature Chemistry
Effect of electron-phonon interaction on the formation of one-dimensional electronic states in coupled Cl vacancies
- Bruno Schuler
- Mats Persson
- et al.
- 2015
- Physical Review B - CMMP
Resistless nanofabrication by stencil lithography: A review
- O. Vazquez-Mena
- Leo Gross
- et al.
- 2015
- Microelectronic Engineering
Manipulation of the charge state of single au atoms on insulating multilayer films
- Wolfram Steurer
- Jascha Repp
- et al.
- 2015
- Physical Review Letters
Freestanding single-crystalline magnetic structures fabricated by ion bombardment
- P. Schoenherr
- Andreas Bischof
- et al.
- 2015
- Applied Physics Letters
The synthesis and STM/AFM imaging of 'Olympicene' benzo[cd]pyrenes
- Anish Mistry
- Ben Moreton
- et al.
- 2014
- 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
