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Overview

Wolfgang Moritz is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on physics and astronomy, with significant contributions in materials science. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including atomic and molecular physics and optics, surfaces, coatings and films, materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, and radiation.

The main research topics covered in Moritz's work involve electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, advanced chemical physics studies, surface and thin film phenomena, crystallography and radiation phenomena, advanced X-ray imaging techniques, and particle accelerators and beam dynamics.

Moritz has authored papers published in various scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • Low-energy electron diffraction with signal electron carrier-wave wavenumber modulated by signal exchange-correlation interaction, 2021, Journal of Physics Communications
  • Low-Energy Electron Diffraction With Energy Invariant Carrier Wave Wavenumber Modulated by Exchange-Correlation Interaction, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Index, 2022, Cambridge University Press eBooks

The scientist's book contributions include the publication titled "Surface Structure Determination by LEED and X-rays" released in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Collaborations have involved frequent coauthors such as M.A. Van Hove, J. Rundgren, and Bo E. Sernelius.

Moritz's research has appeared in notable publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Physics Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks

Best Publications

  • Graphene on Ru(0001): A 25×25 Supercell

    D. Martoccia;P. R. Willmott;T. Brugger;M. Björck

  • Automated determination of complex surface structures by LEED

    M.A. Van Hove;M.A. Van Hove;W. Moritz;W. Moritz;H. Over;H. Over;P.J. Rous;P.J. Rous

  • Multilayer distortion in the reconstructed (110) surface of Au

    Wolfgang Moritz;D. Wolf

  • Structure determination of the reconstructed Au(110) surface

    W. Moritz;D. Wolf

  • Structure determination of the coincidence phase of graphene on Ru(0001).

    Wolfgang Moritz;B. Wang;M.-L. Bocquet;T. Brugger

  • Jahn-Teller Stabilization of a "Polar" Metal Oxide Surface: Fe3O4(001).

    Rossitza Pentcheva;Frank Wendler;Holger L. Meyerheim;Wolfgang Moritz

  • GaAs(001) surface under conditions of low As pressure: evidence for a novel surface geometry

    Sung-Hoon Lee;Wolfgang Moritz;Matthias Scheffler

  • Structure determination of the (1×2) and (1×3) reconstructions of Pt(110) by low-energy electron diffraction

    P. Fery;Wolfgang Moritz;D. Wolf

  • A LEED determination of the structures of Ru(001) and of {CO}/{Ru(001)-√3 × √3 R30° }

    G. Michalk;Wolfgang Moritz;Herbert Pfnür;Dietrich Menzel

  • Coverage dependence of adsorption-site geometry in the Cs/Ru(0001) system: A low-energy electron-diffraction analysis.

    H. Over;H. Bludau;M. Skottke-Klein;G. Ertl

  • Identification of stable and metastable adsorption sites of K adsorbed on Al(111)

    Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler;Herbert Over;J. Burchhardt

  • Anisotropic atomic motions in structural analysis by low energy electron diffraction

    Herbert Over;Wolfgang Moritz;Gerhard Ertl

  • An efficient method for LEED crystallography

    Gerald Kleinle;Wolfgang Moritz;Gerhard Ertl

  • Surface Geometry of C60 on Ag(111)

    H.I. Li;K. Pussi;K.J. Hanna;L.-L. Wang

  • The structure of atomic nitrogen adsorbed on Fe(100)

    Ronald Imbihl;Rolf Jürgen Behm;Gerhard Ertl;Wolfgang Moritz

  • Surface atomic geometry of Si(001)-(2×1): A low-energy electron-diffraction structure analysis

    Herbert Over;J. Wasserfall;W. Ranke;C. Ambiatello

  • Adsorption geometry of hydrogen on Fe(110)

    Wolfgang Moritz;Ronald Imbihl;Rolf Jürgen Behm;Gerhard Ertl

  • A combined DFT/LEED-approach for complex oxide surface structure determination: Fe3O4(0 0 1)

    Rossitza Pentcheva;Wolfgang Moritz;J. Rundgren;S. Frank

  • Partial dissociation of water on Fe3O4(001): adsorbate induced charge and orbital order

    Narasimham Mulakaluri;Rossitza Pentcheva;Maria Wieland;Wolfgang Moritz

  • Diffuse LEED intensities of disordered crystal surfaces: III. LEED investigation of the disordered (110) surface of gold

    D. Wolf;H. Jagodzinski;Wolfgang Moritz

  • The Ge(001) (2 × 1) reconstruction: asymmetric dimers and multilayer relaxation observed by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction

    R. Rossmann;Holger L. Meyerheim;V. Jahns;J. Wever

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Herbert Over
Herbert Over University of Giessen
Matthias Scheffler
Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Ian K. Robinson
Ian K. Robinson University College London
R. J. Behm
R. J. Behm University of Ulm
Morten Nielsen
Morten Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson Universität Hamburg
M.A. Van Hove
M.A. Van Hove Hong Kong Baptist University
Joost Wintterlin
Joost Wintterlin Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Max G. Lagally
Max G. Lagally University of Wisconsin–Madison

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