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Markus Lackinger is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany, focusing on research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, as well as surfaces, coatings, and films.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics such as surface chemistry and catalysis, molecular junctions and nanostructures, surface and thin film phenomena, graphene research and applications, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, covalent organic framework applications, and electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques.

Frequent collaborative partners of Markus Lackinger include Wolfgang M. Heckl, Lukas Grossmann, Johanna Rosén, Jonas Björk, and Michael Schmittel. Their scholarly output is often published in venues like Nanoscale Horizons, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry of Materials, and Nanoscale.

Selected recent publications illustrate the scope and diversity of their research:

  • On-surface photopolymerization of two-dimensional polymers ordered on the mesoscale, 2021, Nature Chemistry
  • Origin of Solvent-Induced Polymorphism in Self-Assembly of Trimesic Acid Monolayers at Solid-Liquid Interfaces, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Synthesis on inert surfaces, 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • Evolution of adsorption heights in the on-surface synthesis and decoupling of covalent organic networks on Ag(111) by normal-incidence X-ray standing wave, 2021, Nanoscale Horizons
  • Carbon-Carbon Coupling on Inert Surfaces by Deposition of En Route Generated Aryl Radicals, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Molecular Host-Guest Architectures From Trimesic Acid

    Stefan Griessl;Markus Lackinger;Michael Edelwirth;Michael Hietschold

  • Self-Assembly of Trimesic Acid at the Liquid−Solid Interfacea Study of Solvent-Induced Polymorphism

    Markus Lackinger;Stefan Griessl;Wolfgang M. Heckl;Michael Hietschold

  • Surface mediated synthesis of 2D covalent organic frameworks: 1,3,5-tris(4-bromophenyl)benzene on graphite(001), Cu(111), and Ag(110)

    Rico Gutzler;Hermann Walch;Georg Eder;Stephan Kloft

  • Incorporation and manipulation of coronene in an organic template structure.

    Stefan J. H. Griessl;Markus Lackinger;Ferdinand Jamitzky;Thomas Markert

  • Carboxylic acids: versatile building blocks and mediators for two-dimensional supramolecular self-assembly.

    Markus Lackinger;Wolfgang M Heckl;Wolfgang M Heckl

  • Reversible Phase Transitions in Self-Assembled Monolayers at the Liquid−Solid Interface: Temperature-Controlled Opening and Closing of Nanopores

    Rico Gutzler;Thomas Sirtl;Jürgen F. Dienstmaier;Kingsuk Mahata

  • Solvent induced polymorphism in supramolecular 1,3,5-benzenetribenzoic acid monolayers.

    Lorenz Kampschulte;Markus Lackinger;Anne-Kathrin Maier;Ravuri S. K. Kishore

  • Synthesis of Well-Ordered COF Monolayers: Surface Growth of Nanocrystalline Precursors versus Direct On-Surface Polycondensation

    Jürgen F. Dienstmaier;Jürgen F. Dienstmaier;Alexander M. Gigler;Andreas J. Goetz;Paul Knochel

  • On-surface Ullmann coupling: the influence of kinetic reaction parameters on the morphology and quality of covalent networks.

    Johanna Eichhorn;Damian Nieckarz;Oliver Ochs;Oliver Ochs;Debabrata Samanta

  • Surface-assisted Ullmann coupling

    M. Lackinger

  • Large Area Synthesis of a Nanoporous Two-Dimensional Polymer at the Air/Water Interface

    Daniel J. Murray;Dustin D. Patterson;Payam Payamyar;Radha Bhola

  • Isoreticular two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks synthesized by on-surface condensation of diboronic acids.

    Jürgen F. Dienstmaier;Dana D. Medina;Mirjam Dogru;Paul Knochel

  • Room-Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Manipulation of Single C60 Molecules at the Liquid−Solid Interface: Playing Nanosoccer

    Stefan J. H. Griessl;Markus Lackinger;Ferdinand Jamitzky;Thomas Markert

  • Thermodynamical Equilibrium of Binary Supramolecular Networks at the Liquid-Solid Interface

    Lorenz Kampschulte;Tova L. Werblowsky;Ravuri S. K. Kishore;Michael Schmittel

  • On-surface Ullmann polymerization via intermediate organometallic networks on Ag(111)

    Johanna Eichhorn;Thomas Strunskus;Atena Rastgoo-Lahrood;Debabrata Samanta

  • A STM perspective on covalent intermolecular coupling reactions on surfaces

    M Lackinger;M Lackinger;W M Heckl;W M Heckl

  • Material- and Orientation-Dependent Reactivity for Heterogeneously Catalyzed Carbon-Bromine Bond Homolysis

    Hermann Walch;Rico Gutzler;Thomas Sirtl;Georg Eder

  • Self-Assembly of Benzene-Dicarboxylic Acid Isomers at the Liquid Solid Interface: Steric Aspects of Hydrogen Bonding

    Markus Lackinger;Stefan Griessl;Thomas Markert;Ferdinand Jamitzky

  • On-surface photopolymerization of two-dimensional polymers ordered on the mesoscale.

    Lukas Grossmann;Lukas Grossmann;Benjamin T. King;Stefan Reichlmaier;Nicolai Hartmann

  • Determining adsorption geometry of individual tin–phthalocyanine molecules on Ag(111)––a STM study at submonolayer coverage

    Markus Lackinger;Michael Hietschold

  • On-surface polymerization of 1,4-diethynylbenzene on Cu(111)

    Johanna Eichhorn;Wolfgang M. Heckl;Markus Lackinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang M. Heckl
Wolfgang M. Heckl Deutsches Museum
Michael Schmittel
Michael Schmittel University of Siegen
Thomas Strunskus
Thomas Strunskus Kiel University
Peter H. Beton
Peter H. Beton University of Nottingham
David B. Amabilino
David B. Amabilino University of Nottingham
Karsten Reuter
Karsten Reuter Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Karl-Heinz Ernst
Karl-Heinz Ernst Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Rasmita Raval
Rasmita Raval University of Liverpool
Talat S. Rahman
Talat S. Rahman University of Central Florida

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