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Manfred Buck is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work covers several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics focus on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Graphene Research and Applications, Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and the Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds.

Recent publications by Manfred Buck reflect a diversity of interests consistent with these fields. Notable papers include:

  • A Deep Blue B,N-Doped Heptacene Emitter That Shows Both Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Delayed Fluorescence by Triplet-Triplet Annihilation (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Porous Honeycomb Self-Assembled Monolayers: Tripodal Adsorption and Hidden Chirality of Carboxylate Anchored Triptycenes on Ag (2021, ACS Nano)
  • Carbon Nanomembranes from Aromatic Carboxylate Precursors (2020, ChemPhysChem)
  • Shape controlled assembly of carboxylic acids: formation of a binary monolayer by intercalation into molecular nanotunnels (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • Electron-Induced Modification of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

Manfred Buck has published multiple works in venues such as Chemistry - A European Journal, ECS Meeting Abstracts, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, and ChemPhysChem.

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with common coauthors including Michael Zharnikov, Rodrigo Ortiz de la Morena, Zhen Yao, Subeesh Madayanad Suresh, and David Hall.

Best Publications

  • Functionalizing hydrogen-bonded surface networks with self-assembled monolayers.

    Rafael Madueno;Rafael Madueno;Minna T. Räisänen;Christophe Silien;Manfred Buck

  • Vibrational spectroscopy of interfaces by infrared-visible sum frequency generation

    M. Buck;M. Himmelhaus

  • On the Importance of the Headgroup Substrate Bond in Thiol Monolayers: A Study of Biphenyl-Based Thiols on Gold and Silver

    Hai-Tao Rong,†,‡;Stefan Frey;† Yong-Jie Yang;Michael Zharnikov

  • Self-Assembly of n-Alkanethiols: A Kinetic Study by Second Harmonic Generation

    O. Dannenberger;M. Buck;M. Grunze

  • A Deep Blue B,N-Doped Heptacene Emitter That Shows Both Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Delayed Fluorescence by Triplet-Triplet Annihilation.

    Subeesh Madayanad Suresh;Eimantas Duda;David Hall;David Hall;Zhen Yao

  • Investigation of intermediate steps in the self-assembly of n-alkanethiols on gold surfaces by soft X-ray spectroscopy

    G. Hähner;Ch. Wöll;M. Buck;M. Grunze

  • Solvation of Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy

    M. Zolk;F. Eisert;J. Pipper;S. Herrwerth

  • Self-Assembled Monolayers of ω-Biphenylalkanethiols on Au(111): Influence of Spacer Chain on Molecular Packing

    Piotr Cyganik;Manfred Buck;Waleed Azzam;Christof Wöll

  • Self-assembled monolayers from organosulfur compounds : A comparison between sulfides, disulfides, and thiols

    Ch. Jung;O. Dannenberger;Yue Xu;M. Buck

  • An orientation analysis of differently endgroup-functionalised alkanethiols adsorbed on Au substrates

    O. Dannenberger;K. Weiss;H.-J. Himmel;B. Jäger

  • The effect of sulfur–metal bonding on the structure of self-assembled monolayers

    M. Zharnikov;S. Frey;H. Rong;Y.-J. Yang

  • Self-assembled monolayers of aromatic selenolates on noble metal substrates.

    A. Shaporenko;P. Cyganik;M. Buck;and A. Terfort

  • Odd−even effects at the S-metal interface and in the aromatic matrix of biphenyl-substituted alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers

    K. Heister;H.-T. Rong;M. Buck;M. Zharnikov

  • Coexistence of Different Structural Phases in Thioaromatic Monolayers on Au(111)

    Waleed Azzam;Claus Fuxen;Alexander Birkner;Hai-Tao Rong

  • Investigation of self-organizing thiol films by optical second harmonic generation and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    M. Buck;F. Eisert;J. Fischer;M. Grunze

  • Adsorption of docosanethiol from solution on polycrystalline silver surfaces: an XPS and NEXAFS study

    M. Himmelhaus;I. Gauss;M. Buck;F. Eisert

  • Competition as a Design Concept: Polymorphism in Self-Assembled Monolayers of Biphenyl-Based Thiols

    Piotr Cyganik;Manfred Buck;Thomas Strunskus;Andrei Shaporenko

  • Response of biphenyl-substituted alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers to electron irradiation: Damage suppression and odd-even effects

    S. Frey;H.-T. Rong;K. Heister;Y.-J. Yang

  • Adsorption kinetics of n‐alkyl thiols on gold studied by second harmonic generation and x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    M. Buck;M. Grunze;F. Eisert;J. Fischer

  • Redox mediation enabled by immobilised centres in the pores of a metal-organic framework grown by liquid phase epitaxy

    André Dragässer;Osama Shekhah;Olexandra Zybaylo;Cai Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Zharnikov
Michael Zharnikov Heidelberg University
Michael Grunze
Michael Grunze Max Planck Society
Christof Wöll
Christof Wöll Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Cai Shen
Cai Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
Neil R. Champness
Neil R. Champness University of Birmingham
Karl-Heinz Ernst
Karl-Heinz Ernst Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Armin Gölzhäuser
Armin Gölzhäuser Bielefeld University
Talat S. Rahman
Talat S. Rahman University of Central Florida
Peter H. Beton
Peter H. Beton University of Nottingham

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