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Thilo Glatzel is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans several main fields including Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science, and Engineering. Within these broader categories, their work focuses on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, among others.

Their research topics cover a range of areas with a particular emphasis on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Graphene Research and Applications, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, 2D Materials and Applications, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena, and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis.

Thilo Glatzel has contributed to numerous scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Nature Communications, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Several recent publications exemplify the variety of topics and research methods pursued:

  • Morphological and stoichiometric optimization of Cu2O thin films by deposition conditions and post-growth annealing (2021, Thin Solid Films)
  • Kelvin probe force microscopy for material characterization (2021, Microscopy)
  • Velocity Dependence of Moiré Friction (2022, Nano Letters)
  • Giant thermal expansion of a two-dimensional supramolecular network triggered by alkyl chain motion (2020, Communications Materials)
  • Moiré-Tile Manipulation-Induced Friction Switch of Graphene on a Platinum Surface (2023, Nano Letters)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Ernst Meyer, Antoine Hinaut, Rémy Pawlak, Sebastian Scherb, and Zhao Liu.

Best Publications

  • Biophotovoltaics: Natural pigments in dye-sensitized solar cells

    Hubert Hug;Michael Bader;Peter Mair;Thilo Glatzel

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy study on conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

    H Hoppe;T Glatzel;M Niggemann;A Hinsch

  • Probing atomic structure and Majorana wavefunctions in mono-atomic Fe chains on superconducting Pb surface

    Rémy Pawlak;Marcin Kisiel;Jelena Klinovaja;Tobias Meier

  • Amplitude or frequency modulation-detection in Kelvin probe force microscopy

    Th Glatzel;S Sadewasser;M.Ch Lux-Steiner

  • High-sensitivity quantitative Kelvin probe microscopy by noncontact ultra-high-vacuum atomic force microscopy

    Ch. Sommerhalter;Th. W. Matthes;Th. Glatzel;A. Jäger-Waldau

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy of semiconductor surface defects

    Y. Rosenwaks;R. Shikler;Th. Glatzel;S. Sadewasser

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy : measuring and compensating electrostatic forces

    Sascha Sadewasser;Thilo Glatzel

  • Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

    Sascha Sadewasser;Thilo Glatzel

  • Efficiency limiting morphological factors of MDMO-PPV:PCBM plastic solar cells

    H. Hoppe;T. Glatzel;M. Niggemann;W. Schwinger

  • High-resolution work function imaging of single grains of semiconductor surfaces

    S. Sadewasser;Th. Glatzel;M. Rusu;A. Jäger-Waldau

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy for the nano scale characterization of chalcopyrite solar cell materials and devices

    S. Sadewasser;Th. Glatzel;S. Schuler;S. Nishiwaki

  • Systematic achievement of improved atomic-scale contrast via bimodal dynamic force microscopy

    Shigeki Kawai;Thilo Glatzel;Sascha Koch;Bartosz Such

  • CuGaSe2 solar cell cross section studied by Kelvin probe force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum

    Th. Glatzel;D. Fuertes Marrón;Th. Schedel-Niedrig;S. Sadewasser

  • Atomic Scale Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Studies of the Surface Potential Variations on the TiO2(110) Surface

    G. H. Enevoldsen;T. Glatzel;M. C. Christensen;J. V. Lauritsen

  • Characterization of nanoparticles using Atomic Force Microscopy

    A Rao;M Schoenenberger;E Gnecco;Th Glatzel

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy in ultra high vacuum using amplitude modulation detection of the electrostatic forces

    Ch Sommerhalter;Th Glatzel;Th.W Matthes;A Jäger-Waldau

  • Texture and electronic activity of grain boundaries in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films

    G. Hanna;T. Glatzel;S. Sadewasser;N. Ott

  • Analytical Approach to the Local Contact Potential Difference on (001) Ionic Surfaces:~Implications for Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

    Franck Bocquet;Laurent Nony;Christian Loppacher;Thilo Glatzel

  • Kelvin probe force microscopy on III–V semiconductors: the effect of surface defects on the local work function

    Th. Glatzel;S. Sadewasser;R. Shikler;Y. Rosenwaks

  • Resolution of Kelvin probe force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum: comparison of experiment and simulation

    S. Sadewasser;Th. Glatzel;R. Shikler;Y. Rosenwaks

  • Ultrasensitive detection of lateral atomic-scale interactions on graphite (0001) via bimodal dynamic force measurements

    Shigeki Kawai;Thilo Glatzel;Sascha Koch;Bartosz Such

  • Water interaction with hydrogenated and oxidized detonation nanodiamonds - Microscopic and spectroscopic analyses

    S. Stehlik;T. Glatzel;V. Pichot;R. Pawlak

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Meyer
Ernst Meyer University of Basel
Edwin C. Constable
Edwin C. Constable University of Basel
Catherine E. Housecroft
Catherine E. Housecroft University of Basel
Sascha Sadewasser
Sascha Sadewasser International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Thomas A. Jung
Thomas A. Jung Paul Scherrer Institute
Silvio Decurtins
Silvio Decurtins University of Bern
Yossi Rosenwaks
Yossi Rosenwaks Tel Aviv University
Alexander L. Shluger
Alexander L. Shluger University College London
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Adam S. Foster
Adam S. Foster Aalto University

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