Electronic Properties of Carbon Based Nanostructures

Projects

Project area A: Graphene-based systems

1. Scanning probe microscopy of single and multi-layer graphene (Giessibl, Repp)
2. Electronic spectrum and transport characteristics of single- and multi-layer graphene (Eroms, Schliemann, Schüller, Weiss)
3. Vibrational spectrum and phonon transport in graphene layers (Fabian, Schüller)
4. Transport properties of nanostructured graphene (Eroms, Richter, Schliemann, Weiss)
5. Application of graphene for chemical sensors and biosensors: a feasibility study (Wagenknecht, Weiss, Wolfbeis)

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Project area B: Carbon nanotubes-based nanostructures

1. Time-resolved optical spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes (Fabian, Schüller)
2. Transport characteristics and vibro-electronic spectrum of suspended carbon nanotubes (Grifoni, Strunk)
3. Magnetotransport of single and double walled carbon nanotubes in very high magnetic fields (Grifoni, Strunk)
4. Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs)—DNA conjugates as sensors (Schüller, Strunk, Wagenknecht, Wolfbeis)

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Project area C: Molecular conductors and switches

1. Molecular structures on insulating films (Repp, Richter, Wagenknecht)
2. Nanopores with split single-walled nanotubes as contact electrodes (Grifoni, Richter, Strunk, Wagenknecht)

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