Willi Auwärter appointed as Heisenberg professor for Molecular Engineering at Functional Interfaces
2015-04-23 – News from Physics Department
Research
Professor Willi Auwärter (b. 1973) focusses his research on the creation of nanoscale model systems on atomically tailored surfaces, enabling the study and control of single-molecule processes as well as the self-assembly of supramolecular structures. This approach includes the use of ultra-thin textured layers of boron nitride as a substrate. The studies are inspired by the chemistry of life – which shows how functionally versatile a single set of molecular building blocks can be – and oriented towards innovation in nanotechnology. The DFG project of the Heisenberg professorship deals with the functionality of single molecules and nano architectures on structured substrates.
Biography
Willi Auwärter studied physics at the University of Zurich (1993 - 1999), where he received his PhD in 2003. Subsequently he worked as postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia and at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He joined TUM in 2007 where he has been working in the research group of Prof. Barth.
Awards
- Heisenberg award of DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), (2015)
- Gaede Prize, Deutsche Vakuumgesellschaft (2015)
- ERC Consolidator Grant, EU (2013)
- Carl von Linde Junior Fellowship, TUM-IAS (2010)
- Fellowship for Prospective Researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation (2004)
Selected publications
- Hexagonal boronnitride on Cu(111): An electronically corrugated monolayer
- Joshi S, Ecija D, Koitz R, Iannuzzi M, Seitsonen AP, Hutter J, Sachdev H, Vijarayaraghavan S, Bischoff F, Seufert K, Barth JV, Auwärter W
- A surface-anchored molecular four-level conductance switch based on single proton transfer
- Auwärter W, Seufert K, Bischoff F, Ecija D, Vijarayaraghavan S, Joshi S, Klappenberger F, Samudrala N, Barth JV
- Cis-dicarbonyl binding at cobalt and iron porphyrins with saddle-shape conformation
- Seufert K, Bocquet ML, Auwärter W, Weber-Bargioni A, Reichert J, Lorente N, Barth JV
- Controlled metalation of self-assembled porphyrin nanoarrays in two dimensions
- Auwärter W, Weber-Bargioni A, Brink S, Riemann A, Schiffrin A, Ruben M, Barth JV
- Boron Nitride Nanomesh
- Corso M, Auwärter W, Muntwiler M, Tamai A, Greber T, Osterwalder J
Links
Contact
- Prof. Dr. Willi Auwärter
- Technische Universität MünchenJames-Franck-Str. 185748 GarchingTel.: +49 89 289-12399E-Mail: wau@tum.de
- Editing
- Dr. Johannes Wiedersich