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Overview

Lothar Houben is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and specializes in Materials Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials

Lothar Houben has contributed papers published in prominent scientific journals. Among recent publications are:

  • "Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures" (2021, Nature Chemistry)
  • "Large lattice distortions and size-dependent bandgap modulation in epitaxial halide perovskite nanowires" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "A mechanism of ferritin crystallization revealed by cryo-STEM tomography" (2020, Nature)
  • "Growth-Etch Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Approach of WS2 Atomic Layers" (2020, ACS Nano)
  • "Emergence of chirality and structural complexity in single crystals at the molecular and morphological levels" (2020, Nature Communications)

The scientist's frequent co-authors include Linda J. W. Shimon, Michal Lahav, Milko E. van der Boom, Maria Chiara di Gregorio, and Vlad Brumfeld. These collaborations indicate ongoing partnerships in various facets of Materials Science research.

Their research has been published notably in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Faraday Discussions, ACS Nano, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Nano Letters, reflecting a broad engagement with major journals in the field.

Best Publications

  • Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon: A new material for photovoltaics

    O Vetterl;F Finger;R Carius;P Hapke

  • Texture etched ZnO:Al coated glass substrates for silicon based thin film solar cells

    O Kluth;B Rech;L Houben;S Wieder

  • Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets

    Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith;Niall McEvoy;Nina C. Berner

  • New Route for Stabilization of 1T-WS2 and MoS2 Phases

    Andrey N. Enyashin;Lena Yadgarov;Lothar Houben;Igor Popov

  • Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films

    Chun-Lin Jia;Valanoor Nagarajan;Jia-Qing He;Lothar Houben

  • Structural properties of microcrystalline silicon in the transition from highly crystalline to amorphous growth

    L. Houben;M. Luysberg;P. Hapke;R. Carius

  • Electrostatic co-assembly of nanoparticles with oppositely charged small molecules into static and dynamic superstructures.

    Tong Bian;Andrea Gardin;Andrea Gardin;Julius Gemen;Lothar Houben

  • Enantioselective control of lattice and shape chirality in inorganic nanostructures using chiral biomolecules

    Assaf Ben-Moshe;Sharon Grayer Wolf;Maya Bar Sadan;Lothar Houben

  • Nucleation, Growth, and Structural Transformations of Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Thumu Udayabhaskararao;Miri Kazes;Lothar Houben;Hong Lin

  • Controlling the Orientation, Edge Geometry, and Thickness of Chemical Vapor Deposition Graphene

    Adrian T. Murdock;Antal Koos;T. Ben Britton;Lothar Houben

  • Method for suppression of stacking faults in Wurtzite III-V nanowires.

    Hadas Shtrikman;Ronit Popovitz-Biro;Andrey Kretinin;Lothar Houben

  • Resolution and aberration correction in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

    Niels de Jonge;Niels de Jonge;Lothar Houben;Lothar Houben;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Frances M. Ross;Frances M. Ross

  • Direct imaging of single Au atoms within GaAs nanowires.

    Maya Bar-Sadan;Maya Bar-Sadan;Juri Barthel;Hadas Shtrikman;Lothar Houben

  • A Mechanistic Study of Phase Transformation in Perovskite Nanocrystals Driven by Ligand Passivation

    Thumu Udayabhaskararao;Lothar Houben;Hagai Cohen;Matan Menahem

  • Cryo-scanning transmission electron tomography of vitrified cells

    Sharon Grayer Wolf;Lothar Houben;Michael Elbaum

  • Line Defects in Molybdenum Disulfide Layers

    Andrey N. Enyashin;Maya Bar-Sadan;Lothar Houben;Gotthard Seifert

  • Intrinsic microcrystalline silicon prepared by hot-wire chemical vapour deposition for thin film solar cells

    Stefan Klein;Stefan Klein;Friedhelm Finger;Reinhard Carius;Thorsten Dylla

  • Tunable porous nanoallotropes prepared by post-assembly etching of binary nanoparticle superlattices

    Thumu Udayabhaskararao;Thomas Altantzis;Lothar Houben;Lothar Houben;Marc Coronado-Puchau

  • Hybrid nanoscale inorganic cages

    Janet E. Macdonald;Maya Bar Sadan;Lothar Houben;Inna Popov

  • Controllable atomic scale patterning of freestanding monolayer graphene at elevated temperature.

    Qiang Xu;Meng-Yue Wu;Grégory F. Schneider;Lothar Houben

Frequent Co-Authors

Friedhelm Finger
Friedhelm Finger Forschungszentrum Jülich
Reshef Tenne
Reshef Tenne Weizmann Institute of Science
Ronit Popovitz-Biro
Ronit Popovitz-Biro Weizmann Institute of Science
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
Chun-Lin Jia
Chun-Lin Jia Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bernd Rech
Bernd Rech Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Michal Lahav
Michal Lahav Weizmann Institute of Science
Joachim Mayer
Joachim Mayer RWTH Aachen University
Jeffrey M. Gordon
Jeffrey M. Gordon Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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