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Overview

Dietrich Menzel is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans several key fields including physics and astronomy as well as materials science. Within these broader fields, Menzel's work focuses on more specialized subfields such as atomic and molecular physics and optics, ceramics and composites, materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to material properties and applications. These include glass properties and applications, photonic crystals and their uses, mesoporous materials and catalysis, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, advanced chemical physics studies, theoretical and computational physics, and semiconductor materials and interfaces.

Menzel has published research in several scientific journals, appearing notably in:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Their recent papers include:

  • Insights into Reaction Kinetics in Confined Space: Real Time Observation of Water Formation under a Silica Cover, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A Silica Bilayer Supported on Ru(0001): Following the Crystalline-to Vitreous Transformation in Real Time with Spectro-microscopy, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • A Silica Bilayer Supported on Ru(0001): Following the Crystalline-to Vitreous Transformation in Real Time with Spectro-microscopy, 2020, Angewandte Chemie
  • Growth and Structure of Ultrathin Iron Silicate and Iron Germanate Films, 2024, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Their prominent coauthors include Hans-Joachim Freund, Maurício J. Prieto, Thomas Schmidt, Hagen W. Klemm, and Feng Xiong.

Best Publications

  • Desorption from Metal Surfaces by Low‐Energy Electrons

    Dietrich Menzel;Robert Gomer

  • High resolution vibrational spectroscopy of CO on Ru(001): The importance of lateral interactions

    H. Pfnür;D. Menzel;F.M. Hoffmann;A. Ortega

  • Desorption induced by electronic transitions: Some recent progress

    Dietrich Menzel

  • Adsorption of oxygen on silver single crystal surfaces

    H.A. Engelhardt;D. Menzel

  • Photochemistry on Metal Nanoparticles

    Kazuo Watanabe;Dietrich Menzel;Niklas Nilius;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Adsorption of oxygen and oxidation of CO on the ruthenium (001) surface

    Theodore E. Madey;H. Albert Engelhardt;Dietrich Menzel

  • Effect of Substrate Strain on Adsorption

    M. Gsell;P. Jakob;D. Menzel

  • Direct observation of electron dynamics in the attosecond domain

    A. Föhlisch;P. Feulner;F. Hennies;A. Fink

  • The influence of adsorbate interactions on kinetics and equilibrium for CO on Ru(001). II. Desorption kinetics and equilibrium

    Herbert Pfnür;P. Feulner;D. Menzel

  • The adsorption of hydrogen on ruthenium (001): Adsorption states, dipole moments and kinetics of adsorption and desorption

    P Feulner;D Menzel

  • Simple ways to improve ’’flash desorption’’ measurements from single crystal surfaces

    P. Feulner;D. Menzel

  • Bonding, structure, and magnetism of physisorbed and chemisorbed O2 on Pt(111).

    W. Wurth;W. Wurth;J. Stöhr;J. Stöhr;P. Feulner;P. Feulner;X. Pan;X. Pan

  • An example of “fast” desorption: Anomalously high pre-exponentials for CO desorption from Ru (001)

    H. Pfnür;P. Feulner;H.A. Engelhardt;D. Menzel

  • Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of adsorption of CO and oxygen on Ru(001)

    J.C. Fuggle;T.E. Madey;M. Steinkilberg;D. Menzel

  • The structure of the p(√3 × √3)R30° bilayer of D2O on Ru(001)

    G. Held;D. Menzel

  • Adsorbate line shapes and multiple lines in XPS; comparison of theory and experiment

    J.C. Fuggle;E. Umbach;D. Menzel;K. Wandelt

  • Surface core-level shifts of clean and oxygen-covered Ru(0001)

    S. Lizzit;A. Baraldi;A. Groso;Karsten Reuter

  • A LEED determination of the structures of Ru(001) and of {CO}/{Ru(001)-√3 × √3 R30° }

    G. Michalk;Wolfgang Moritz;Herbert Pfnür;Dietrich Menzel

  • The influence of adsorbate interactions on kinetics and equilibrium for CO on Ru(001). I. Adsorption kinetics

    Herbert Pfnür;D. Menzel

  • The properties of K and coadsorbed CO + K on Ru (001)

    J.J. Weimer;E. Umbach;D. Menzel

  • Direct observation of electron propagation and dielectric screening on the atomic length scale

    Stefan Neppl;Stefan Neppl;Stefan Neppl;Ralph Ernstorfer;A. L. Cavalieri;A. L. Cavalieri;C. Lemell

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Feulner
Peter Feulner Technical University of Munich
Hans-Peter Steinrück
Hans-Peter Steinrück University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Notker Rösch
Notker Rösch Technical University of Munich
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Johannes V. Barth
Johannes V. Barth Technical University of Munich
Alexander M. Bradshaw
Alexander M. Bradshaw Max Planck Society
Ferenc Krausz
Ferenc Krausz Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Anders Nilsson
Anders Nilsson Stockholm University
Giovanni Comelli
Giovanni Comelli University of Trieste
Alessandro Baraldi
Alessandro Baraldi University of Trieste

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