The goal of my studies is the development of model systems of WRC’s, WOC’s and PS’s supported on well defined single-crystal surfaces in order to understand and control the bonding of these molecules to solid surfaces, and in particular the alignment of the energy levels of their molecular orbitals with respect to the substrate.

G. Mette, M. Dürr, R. Bartholomäus, U. Koert, and U. Höfer. Real-space adsorption studies of cyclooctyne on Si(001). Chem. Phys. Lett. 556, 70 (2013)

K. Klass, G. Mette, J. Güdde, M. Dürr, and U. Höfer. Second-harmonic microscopy for fluence-dependent investigation of laser-induced surface reactions. Phys. Rev. B 83, 125116 (2011)

J. Götzen, C. H. Schwalb, C. Schmidt, G. Mette, M. Marks, U. Höfer, and G. Witte. Structural Evolution of Perfluoro-Pentacene Films. on Ag(111): Transition from 2D to 3D Growth Langmuir 27, 993 (2011)

G. Mette, C. H. Schwalb, M. Dürr, and U. Höfer. Site-selective reactivity of ethylene on clean and hydrogen precovered Si(001). Chem. Phys. Lett. 483, 209 (2009)