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Michael Zharnikov

Michael Zharnikov

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Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
17868
World Ranking
5003
National Ranking
364

Overview

Michael Zharnikov is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work is concentrated in several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Polymers and Plastics. The main topics of their research cover:

  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Graphene research and applications

Zharnikov has contributed actively to various scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Nano Research
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Nanoscale molecular rectifiers," 2023, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Thermal Stability of Phosphonic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayers on Alumina Substrates," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Porous Honeycomb Self-Assembled Monolayers: Tripodal Adsorption and Hidden Chirality of Carboxylate Anchored Triptycenes on Ag," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Understanding the Role of Parallel Pathways via In-Situ Switching of Quantum Interference in Molecular Tunneling Junctions," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Metal-organic Frameworks in Semiconductor Devices," 2024, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Zharnikov has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andika Asyuda
  • Andreas Terfort
  • Saunak Das
  • Zhiyong Zhao
  • Adrian Wiesner

Best Publications

  • Structure of thioaromatic self-assembled monolayers on gold and silver

    S. Frey;V. Stadler;K. Heister;W. Eck

  • Light‐Powered Electrical Switch Based on Cargo‐Lifting Azobenzene Monolayers

    Violetta Ferri;Mark Elbing;Giuseppina Pace;Michael D. Dickey

  • Characterization of X-ray Induced Damage in Alkanethiolate Monolayers by High-Resolution Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    K. Heister;M. Zharnikov;M. Grunze;L. S. O. Johansson

  • Modification of thiol-derived self-assembling monolayers by electron and x-ray irradiation: Scientific and lithographic aspects

    M. Zharnikov;M. Grunze

  • Electron-induced crosslinking of aromatic self-assembled monolayers: Negative resists for nanolithography

    W. Geyer;Volker Stadler;W. Eck;M. Zharnikov

  • Cooperative light-induced molecular movements of highly ordered azobenzene self-assembled monolayers.

    Giuseppina Pace;Violetta Ferri;Christian Grave;Mark Elbing

  • 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

  • Spectroscopic characterization of thiol-derived self-assembling monolayers

    M Zharnikov;M Grunze

  • Generation of Surface Amino Groups on Aromatic Self‐Assembled Monolayers by Low Energy Electron Beams—A First Step Towards Chemical Lithography

    Wolfgang Eck;Volker Stadler;Wolfgang Geyer;Michael Zharnikov

  • Adsorption of Alkanethiols and Biphenylthiols on Au and Ag Substrates: A High-Resolution X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study

    K. Heister;M. Zharnikov;M. Grunze;L.S.O. Johansson

  • Preparation and characterization of self-assembled monolayers on indium tin oxide

    C. Yan;M. Zharnikov;and A. Gölzhäuser;M. Grunze

  • Modification of Alkanethiolate Monolayers by Low Energy Electron Irradiation: Dependence on the Substrate Material and on the Length and Isotopic Composition of the Alkyl Chains

    M. Zharnikov;S. Frey;K. Heister;M. Grunze

  • Isotope and temperature effects in liquid water probed by x-ray absorption and resonant x-ray emission spectroscopy

    O. Fuchs;M. Zharnikov;L. Weinhardt;M. Blum;M. Blum

  • High-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in studies of self-assembled organic monolayers

    Michael Zharnikov

  • Innershell Absorption Spectroscopy of Amino Acids at All Relevant Absorption Edges

    Yan Zubavichus;Andrey Shaporenko;Michael Grunze;Michael Zharnikov

  • Molecular self-assembly at bare semiconductor surfaces: preparation and characterization of highly organized octadecanethiolate monolayers on GaAs(001).

    Christine L. McGuiness;Andrey Shaporenko;Carole K. Mars;Sundararajan Uppili

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

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

  • Understanding Chemical versus Electrostatic Shifts in X-ray Photoelectron Spectra of Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers

    Thomas C. Taucher;Iris Hehn;Oliver T. Hofmann;Michael Zharnikov

  • Increased lateral density in alkanethiolate films on gold by mercury adsorption

    J. Thome;M. Himmelhaus;M. Zharnikov;M. Grunze

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Grunze
Michael Grunze Max Planck Society
Egbert Zojer
Egbert Zojer Graz University of Technology
Clemens Heske
Clemens Heske University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Manfred Buck
Manfred Buck University of St Andrews
Tobias Weidner
Tobias Weidner Aarhus University
Claus M. Schneider
Claus M. Schneider Forschungszentrum Jülich
J. Kirschner
J. Kirschner Max Planck Society
Marcel Mayor
Marcel Mayor University of Basel
David L. Allara
David L. Allara Pennsylvania State University
Peter Feulner
Peter Feulner Technical University of Munich

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