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Materials Science
France
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
74
Citations
27218
World Ranking
3558
National Ranking
72

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in France Leader Award

Overview

Christian Joachim is a researcher affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France. Their academic work spans multiple fields, notably physics and astronomy, engineering, and materials science. Within these broad areas, Joachim has contributed significantly to subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and condensed matter physics.

Their research focuses on several main topics, including molecular junctions and nanostructures, force microscopy techniques and applications, surface chemistry and catalysis, mechanical and optical resonators, graphene research and applications, quantum and electron transport phenomena, and supramolecular chemistry and complexes.

Joachim has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Chemical Physics Letters
  • Nanotechnology

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Christian Joachim illustrate the range of their research interests and contributions:

  • "Transmitting Stepwise Rotation among Three Molecule-Gear on the Au(111) Surface," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Mechanics of Molecule-Gears with Six Long Teeth," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "One-way rotation of a chemically anchored single molecule-rotor," 2021, Nanoscale
  • "A Nanocar and Rotor in One Molecule," 2023, ACS Nano
  • "The Emergence of Multiple Coordination Numbers in Gold-Cyanoarene Complexes: A Study of the On-Surface Coordination Mechanism," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Christian Joachim frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Nicolás Lorente, We-Hyo Soe, Francesca Moresco, Roberto Robles, and Kwan Ho Au-Yeung.

In addition to journal articles, Joachim has authored a book titled Single Molecule Mechanics on a Surface, published in 2022 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Electronics using hybrid-molecular and mono-molecular devices

    C. Joachim;J. K. Gimzewski;A. Aviram

  • Molecules on insulating films: scanning-tunneling microscopy imaging of individual molecular orbitals.

    Jascha Repp;Gerhard Meyer;Sladjana M. Stojković;André Gourdon

  • Molecular electronics

    Christian Joachim;Mark A. Ratner

  • Nanoscale science of single molecules using local probes

    James K. Gimzewski;Christian Joachim

  • Electron transport through a metal-molecule-metal junction

    Christophe Kergueris;Jean-Philippe Bourgoin;Serge Palacin;Daniel Estève

  • Controlled Room-Temperature Positioning of Individual Molecules: Molecular Flexure and Motion

    T. A. Jung;R. R. Schlittler;J. K. Gimzewski;H. Tang

  • Molecular electronics: Some views on transport junctions and beyond

    Christian Joachim;Mark A. Ratner

  • Electronic transparence of a single C60 molecule.

    Christian Joachim;James K. Gimzewski;Reto R. Schlittler;Corinne Chavy

  • Conductance of a single conjugated polymer as a continuous function of its length

    Leif Lafferentz;Francisco Ample;Hao Yu;Stefan Hecht

  • Drawing a single nanofibre over hundreds of microns

    T. Ondarçuhu;C. Joachim

  • Conformational changes of single molecules induced by scanning tunneling microscopy manipulation: a route to molecular switching.

    Francesca Moresco;Gerhard Meyer;Karl-Heinz Rieder;Hao Tang

  • Properties of large organic molecules on metal surfaces

    Federico Rosei;Michael Schunack;Yoshitaka Naitoh;Ping Jiang

  • CONDUCTANCE AND TRANSPARENCE OF LONG MOLECULAR WIRES

    M. Magoga;C. Joachim

  • Rotation of a Single Molecule Within a Supramolecular Bearing

    J. Gimzewski;Christian Joachim;R. Schlittler;V. Langlais

  • Voltage-dependent conductance of a single graphene nanoribbon

    Matthias Koch;Francisco Ample;Christian Joachim;Leonhard Grill

  • An electromechanical amplifier using a single molecule

    C. Joachim;J.K. Gimzewski

  • Conductance of molecular wires connected or bonded in parallel

    M. Magoga;C. Joachim

  • Calculation of the benzene on rhodium STM images

    P. Sautet;C. Joachim

  • Controlled clockwise and anticlockwise rotational switching of a molecular motor

    U. G. E. Perera;F. Ample;H. Kersell;Y. Zhang

  • Organic Molecules Acting as Templates on Metal Surfaces

    F. Rosei;M. Schunack;P. Jiang;A. Gourdon

Frequent Co-Authors

André Gourdon
André Gourdon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Karl-Heinz Rieder
Karl-Heinz Rieder Freie Universität Berlin
Mark Saeys
Mark Saeys Ghent University
James K. Gimzewski
James K. Gimzewski University of California, Los Angeles
Leo Gross
Leo Gross IBM (United States)
Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Erik Lægsgaard
Erik Lægsgaard Aarhus University
Ivan Stensgaard
Ivan Stensgaard Aarhus University
Masakazu Aono
Masakazu Aono National Institute for Materials Science

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