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Cyclopropenylidenes as Strong Carbene Anchoring Groups on Au Surfaces

The creation of stable molecular monolayers on metallic surfaces is a fundamental challenge of surface chemistry. N-Heterocyclic …

The Environment-Dependent Behavior of the Blatter Radical at the Metal–Molecule Interface

Stable organic radicals have potential applications for building organic spintronic devices. To fulfill this potential, the interface …

Jonathan Z. Low, Gregor Kladnik, Laerte L. Patera, Sophia Sokolov, Giacomo Lovat, Elango Kumarasamy, Jascha Repp, Luis M. Campos, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman

The Environment-Dependent Behavior of the Blatter Radical at the Metal–Molecule Interface

Determination of the structure and geometry of N-heterocyclic carbenes on Au(111) using high-resolution spectroscopy

N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) bind very strongly to transition metals due to their unique electronic structure featuring a divalent …

Giacomo Lovat, Evan A. Doud, Deyu Lu, Gregor Kladnik, Michael S. Inkpen, Michael L Steigerwald, Dean Cvetko, Mark S. Hybertsen, Alberto Morgante, Xavier Roy, Latha Venkataraman

Determination of the structure and geometry of N-heterocyclic carbenes on Au(111) using high-resolution spectroscopy

Probing the mechanism for graphene nanoribbon formation on gold surfaces through X-ray spectroscopy

We studied the formation of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) via the self-assembly of 10,10′-dibromo-9,9′-bianthryl precursor molecules on …

Arunabh Batra, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Olgun Adak, Claudia Cardoso, Andrea Ferretti, Deborah Prezzi, Elisa Molinari, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman

Probing the mechanism for graphene nanoribbon formation on gold surfaces through X-ray spectroscopy

Donor-Acceptor Shape Matching Drives Performance in Photovoltaics

While the demonstrated power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) now exceeds 10%, new design rules are required to …

Theanne Schiros, Gregor Kladnik, Deborah Prezzi, Andrea Ferretti, Giorgia Olivieri, Albano Cossaro, Luca Floreano, Alberto Verdini, Christine Schenck, Marshall Cox, Alon A. Gorodetsky, Kyle Plunkett, Dean Delongchamp, Colin Nuckolls, Alberto Morgante, Dean Cvetko, Ioannis Kymissis

Donor-Acceptor Shape Matching Drives Performance in Photovoltaics

Quantifying through-space charge transfer dynamics in $π$-coupled molecular systems

Understanding the role of intermolecular interaction on through-space charge transfer characteristics in $π$-stacked molecular systems …

Arunabh Batra, Gregor Kladnik, Héctor Vázquez, Jeffrey S. Meisner, Luca Floreano, Colin Nuckolls, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman

All Publications

Giorgia Olivieri, Gregor Kladnik, Dean Cvetko, Matthew A. Brown. Determination of the valence band edge of Fe oxide nanoparticles dispersed in aqueous solution through resonant photoelectron spectroscopy from a liquid microjet. Nanoscale Advances, 2021.

Zhijing Feng, Amir Mazaheripour, David J. Dibble, Peter Wagner, Gregory Czap, Gregor Kladnik, Albano Cossaro, Alberto Verdini, Luca Floreano, Gregor Bavdek, Wilson Ho, Giovanni Comelli, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Alon A. Gorodetsky. Bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-containing graphene nanoribbons from the tetrabenzopentacene molecular motif. Carbon, 2020.

Roberto Costantini, Hande Ustunel, Zhijing Feng, Matus Stredansky, Daniele Toffoli, Giovanna Fronzoni, Carlo Dri, Giovanni Comelli, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Gregor Bavdek, Luca Floreano, Alberto Morgante, Albano Cossaro. Methylamine terminated molecules on Ni(1 1 1): A path to low temperature synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene. FlatChem, 2020.

Daniele Paoloni, Gianluca Di Filippo, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Alberto Morgante, Alessandro Ruocco. Strong Chemical Interaction and Self-Demetalation of Zinc-Phthalocyanine on Al(100). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020.

Evan A. Doud, Rachel L. Starr, Gregor Kladnik, Anastasia Voevodin, Enrique Montes, Narendra P. Arasu, Yaping Zang, Percy Zahl, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman, Héctor Vázquez, Dean Cvetko, Xavier Roy. Cyclopropenylidenes as Strong Carbene Anchoring Groups on Au Surfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020.

Jonathan Z. Low, Gregor Kladnik, Laerte L. Patera, Sophia Sokolov, Giacomo Lovat, Elango Kumarasamy, Jascha Repp, Luis M. Campos, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman. The Environment-Dependent Behavior of the Blatter Radical at the Metal–Molecule Interface. Nano Letters, 2019.

Giacomo Lovat, Evan A. Doud, Deyu Lu, Gregor Kladnik, Michael S. Inkpen, Michael L Steigerwald, Dean Cvetko, Mark S. Hybertsen, Alberto Morgante, Xavier Roy, Latha Venkataraman. Determination of the structure and geometry of N-heterocyclic carbenes on Au(111) using high-resolution spectroscopy. Chemical Science, 2019.

R. Costantini, M. Stredansky, D. Cvetko, G. Kladnik, A. Verdini, P. Sigalotti, F. Cilento, F. Salvador, A. De Luisa, D. Benedetti, L. Floreano, A. Morgante, A. Cossaro, M. Dell'Angela. ANCHOR-SUNDYN: A novel endstation for time resolved spectroscopy at the ALOISA beamline. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 2018.

Abhilash Ravikumar, Gregor Kladnik, Moritz Müller, Albano Cossaro, Gregor Bavdek, Laerte L. Patera, Daniel Sánchez-Portal, Latha Venkataraman, Alberto Morgante, Gian Paolo Brivio, Dean Cvetko, Guido Fratesi. Tuning ultrafast electron injection dynamics at organic-graphene/metal interfaces. Nanoscale, 2018.

Zhijing Feng, Gregor Kladnik, Giovanni Comelli, Carlo Dri, Albano Cossaro. Growth of regular nanometric molecular arrays on a functional 2D template based on a chemical guest–host approach. Nanoscale, 2018.

Yunier Garcia-Basabe, Gregor Kladnik, Cleber F. N. Marchiori, Carlos Eduardo Vieira de Moura, Luca Floreano, Alexandre Braga Rocha, Lucimara Stolz Roman, Alberto Morgante, Dean Cvetko, Maria Luiza Miranda Rocco. Additive Driven Increase in Donor–Acceptor Copolymer Coupling Studied by X-ray Resonant Photoemission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017.

Daniele Toffoli, Matus Stredansky, Zhijing Feng, Gabriele Balducci, Sara Furlan, Mauro Stener, Hande Ustunel, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Alberto Morgante, Alberto Verdini, Carlo Dri, Giovanni Comelli, Giovanna Fronzoni, Albano Cossaro. Electronic properties of the boroxine–gold interface: evidence of ultra-fast charge delocalization. Chemical Science, 2017.

Amir Mazaheripour, Gregor Kladnik, Jonah-Micah Jocson, Austin G. Wardrip, Cade B. Markegard, Nathan Frey, Albano Cossaro, Luca Floreano, Alberto Verdini, Andrew Bartlett, Anthony M. Burke, Nina Hüsken, Kelsey Miller, Katarina Van Wonterghem, Robert Lopez, Michelle Lu, Amrita Masurkar, Mary N. Dickson, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Hung D. Nguyen, Ioannis Kymissis, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Alon A. Gorodetsky. Unexpected length dependence of excited-state charge transfer dynamics for surface-confined perylenediimide ensembles. Materials Horizons, 2017.

Austin G. Wardrip, Amir Mazaheripour, Nina Hüsken, Jonah-Micah Jocson, Andrew Bartlett, Robert C. Lopez, Nathan Frey, Cade B. Markegard, Gregor Kladnik, Albano Cossaro, Luca Floreano, Alberto Verdini, Anthony M. Burke, Mary N. Dickson, Ioannis Kymissis, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Hung D. Nguyen, Alon A. Gorodetsky. Length-Independent Charge Transport in Chimeric Molecular Wires. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016.

Carlo Dri, Giovanna Fronzoni, Gabriele Balducci, Sara Furlan, Mauro Stener, Zhijing Feng, Giovanni Comelli, Carla Castellarin-Cudia, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Alberto Verdini, Luca Floreano, Albano Cossaro. Chemistry of the Methylamine Termination at a Gold Surface: From Autorecognition to Condensation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016.

Gregor Kladnik, Michele Puppin, Marcello Coreno, Monica De Simone, Luca Floreano, Alberto Verdini, Alberto Morgante, Dean Cvetko, Albano Cossaro. Ultrafast Charge Transfer Pathways Through A Prototype Amino-Carboxylic Molecular Junction. Nano Letters, 2016.

Dean Cvetko, Guido Fratesi, Gregor Kladnik, Albano Cossaro, Gian Paolo Brivio, Latha Venkataraman, Alberto Morgante. Ultrafast electron injection into photo-excited organic molecules. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016.

Olgun Adak, Gregor Kladnik, Gregor Bavdek, Albano Cossaro, Alberto Morgante, Dean Cvetko, Latha Venkataraman. Ultrafast Bidirectional Charge Transport and Electron Decoherence at Molecule/Surface Interfaces: A Comparison of Gold, Graphene, and Graphene Nanoribbon Surfaces. Nano Letters, 2015.

Eric Salomon, D. Beato-Medina, Alberto Verdini, Albano Cossaro, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Luca Floreano, T. Angot. Correlation between Charge Transfer and Adsorption Site in CoPc Overlayers Adsorbed on Ag(100). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015.

J. Borovička, P. Spurný, D. Šegon, Ž. Andreić, J. Kac, K. Korlević, J. Atanackov, Gregor Kladnik, H. Mucke, D. Vida, F. Novoselnik. The instrumentally recorded fall of the Križevci meteorite, Croatia, February 4, 2011. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2015.

Gabriele Balducci, Michele Romeo, Mauro Stener, Giovanna Fronzoni, Dean Cvetko, Albano Cossaro, Martina Dell'Angela, Gregor Kladnik, Latha Venkataraman, Alberto Morgante. Computational Study of Amino Mediated Molecular Interaction Evidenced in N 1s NEXAFS: 1,4-Diaminobenzene on Au (111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015.

Giorgia Olivieri, Albano Cossaro, Ennio Capria, Luca Benevoli, Marcello Coreno, Monica De Simone, Kevin C. Prince, Gregor Kladnik, Dean Cvetko, Beatrice Fraboni, Alberto Morgante, Luca Floreano, Alessandro Fraleoni-Morgera. Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding and Molecular Orbital Distortion in 4-Hydroxycyanobenzene Investigated by X-ray Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015.

Arunabh Batra, Gregor Kladnik, Narjes Gorjizadeh, Jeffrey Meisner, Michael Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls, Su Ying Quek, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman. Trimethyltin-Mediated Covalent Gold-Carbon Bond Formation.. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014.

Arunabh Batra, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Olgun Adak, Claudia Cardoso, Andrea Ferretti, Deborah Prezzi, Elisa Molinari, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman. Probing the mechanism for graphene nanoribbon formation on gold surfaces through X-ray spectroscopy. Chemical Science, 2014.

Gregor Kladnik, Dean Cvetko, Arunabh Batra, Martina Dell'Angela, Albano Cossaro, Maria Kamenetska, Latha Venkataraman, Alberto Morgante. Ultrafast Charge Transfer through Noncovalent Au–N Interactions in Molecular Systems. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013.

Arunabh Batra, Gregor Kladnik, Héctor Vázquez, Jeffrey S. Meisner, Luca Floreano, Colin Nuckolls, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman. Quantifying through-space charge transfer dynamics in $π$-coupled molecular systems. Nature Communications, 2012.

Albano Cossaro, Michele Puppin, Dean Cvetko, Gregor Kladnik, Alberto Verdini, Marcello Coreno, Monica De Simone, Luca Floreano, Alberto Morgante. Tailoring SAM-on-SAM formation. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2011.

Maria Kamenetska, M. Dell'Angela, J. R. Widawsky, Gregor Kladnik, Alberto Verdini, Albano Cossaro, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman. Structure and energy level alignment of tetramethyl benzenediamine on Au(111). Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011.

Albano Cossaro, Martina Dell'Angela, Alberto Verdini, Michele Puppin, Gregor Kladnik, Marcello Coreno, Monica De Simone, Antti Kivimäki, Dean Cvetko, Maurizio Canepa, Luca Floreano. Amine functionalization of gold surfaces: Ultra high vacuum deposition of cysteamine on Au(111). Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010.

Pavel Spurný, Jiří Borovička, Javor Kac, Pavel Kalenda, Jure Atanackov, Gregor Kladnik, Dieter Heinlein, Thomas Grau. Analysis of instrumental observations of the Jesenice meteorite fall on April 9, 2009. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2010.

Martina Dell'Angela, Gregor Kladnik, Albano Cossaro, Alberto Verdini, Masha Kamenetska, Isaac Tamblyn, S. Y. Quek, J. B. Neaton, Dean Cvetko, Alberto Morgante, Latha Venkataraman. Relating Energy Level Alignment and Amine-Linked Single Molecule Junction Conductance. Nano Letters, 2010.