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Martin Sterrer

Martin Sterrer

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Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
7582
World Ranking
15683
National Ranking
102

Overview

Martin Sterrer is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research spans several fields of study, primarily focusing on Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy. Within these fields, their subfield concentrations include Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

Martin Sterrer has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Their most common co-authors include Peter Puschnig, Michael G. Ramsey, Philipp Hurdax, Larissa Egger, and Georg Koller.

Their publications appear in multiple scientific venues. Among the frequent publication venues are The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Angewandte Chemie, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Surface Science, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Controlling the Charge Transfer across Thin Dielectric Interlayers (2020, Advanced Materials Interfaces)
  • Charge-Promoted Self-Metalation of Porphyrins on an Oxide Surface (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Chapter model systems in heterogeneous catalysis at the atomic level: a personal view (2020, Science China Chemistry)
  • Demonstrating the Impact of the Adsorbate Orientation on the Charge Transfer at Organic-Metal Interfaces (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
  • Phase Transition toward a Thermodynamically Less Stable Phase: Cross-Nucleation due to Thin Film Growth of a Benzothieno-benzothiophene Derivative (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

Best Publications

  • Light-induced charge separation in anatase TiO2 particles.

    Berger T;Sterrer M;Diwald O;Knözinger E

  • Control of the charge state of metal atoms on thin MgO films.

    Martin Sterrer;Thomas Risse;Umberto Martinez Pozzoni;Livia Giordano

  • Crossover from three-dimensional to two-dimensional geometries of Au nanostructures on thin MgO(001) films: a confirmation of theoretical predictions.

    Martin Sterrer;Thomas Risse;Markus Heyde;Hans-Peter Rust

  • Size‐Dependent Optical Properties of MgO Nanocubes

    Slavica Stankic;Markus Müller;Oliver Diwald;Martin Sterrer

  • Monolayer iron oxide film on platinum promotes low temperature CO oxidation

    Ying-Na Sun;Zhi-Hui Qin;Mikolaj Lewandowski;Esther Carrasco

  • Gold supported on thin oxide films: from single atoms to nanoparticles.

    Thomas Risse;Shamil Shaikhutdinov;Niklas Nilius;Martin Sterrer

  • Geometric characterization of a singly charged oxygen vacancy on a single-crystalline MgO(001) film by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    Martin Sterrer;Esther Fischbach;Thomas Risse;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Interaction of gold clusters with color centers on MgO(001) films.

    Martin Sterrer;Maxim Yulikov;Esther Fischbach;Markus Heyde

  • Identification of color centers on MgO(001) thin films with scanning tunneling microscopy

    Martin Sterrer;Markus Heyde;Marek Novicki;Niklas Nilius

  • Toward an Understanding of Selective Alkyne Hydrogenation on Ceria: On the Impact of O Vacancies on H2 Interaction with CeO2(111)

    Kristin Werner;Xuefei Weng;Florencia Calaza;Martin Sterrer

  • Charge Trapping and Photoadsorption of O2 on Dehydroxylated TiO2 Nanocrystals—An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study

    Thomas Berger;Martin Sterrer;Oliver Diwald;Erich Knözinger

  • Thin silica films on Ru(0001): monolayer, bilayer and three-dimensional networks of [SiO4] tetrahedra.

    Bing Yang;William E. Kaden;Xin Yu;Jorge Anibal Boscoboinik

  • Ultrafast vibrational energy transfer between surface and bulk water at the air-water interface

    Marc Smits;Avishek Ghosh;Avishek Ghosh;Martin Sterrer;Michiel Müller

  • Binding of single gold atoms on thin MgO(001) films.

    Maxim Yulikov;Martin Sterrer;Markus Heyde;Hans-Peter Rust

  • Energy transfer on the MgO surface, monitored by UV-induced H2 chemisorption.

    Martin Sterrer;Thomas Berger;Oliver Diwald;Erich Knözinger

  • Charge-Mediated Adsorption Behavior of CO on MgO-Supported Au Clusters

    Xiao Lin;Bing Yang;Hadj-Mohamed Benia;Philipp Myrach

  • When the reporter induces the effect: unusual IR spectra of CO on Au1/MgO(001)/Mo(001).

    Martin Sterrer;Maxim Yulikov;Thomas Risse;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Oxidation of Au by Surface OH: Nucleation and Electronic Structure of Gold on Hydroxylated MgO(001)

    Matthew A. Brown;Yuichi Fujimori;Franziska Ringleb;Xiang Shao

  • Vacancies and Electron Deficient Surface Anions on the Surface of MgO Nanoparticles

    M. Sterrer;and O. Diwald;E. Knözinger

  • CO adsorption on monometallic and bimetallic Au-Pd nanoparticles supported on oxide thin films

    Heather L. Abbott;Andreas Aumer;Yu Lei;Chithra Asokan

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Niklas Nilius
Niklas Nilius Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Gianfranco Pacchioni
Gianfranco Pacchioni University of Milano-Bicocca
Livia Giordano
Livia Giordano University of Milano-Bicocca
Joachim Sauer
Joachim Sauer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Alexander L. Shluger
Alexander L. Shluger University College London
Paul S. Bagus
Paul S. Bagus University of North Texas
Helmut Kuhlenbeck
Helmut Kuhlenbeck Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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