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EU: Collaborative European project NANOANTENNA (No. HEALTH-F5-2009-241818)
BMBF: Infrarotspektroskopie an Materialien und Schichtsystemen; within leading edge cluster Forum Organic Electronics (Polytos Project)
BMBF: Verbundprojekt Morphologie und elektronische Struktur von Organik/Organik und Organik/Metalloxid-Hybridsystemen (MESOMERIE) - IR-Spektroskopie
DFG: Development and physical origin of IR spectral features during condensation and solid phase reactions of Fe in Mg silicate systems; within SPP 1385
Summerschool 2011

Peer reviewed articles and book chapters

    2012

  • S. Wetzel, A. Pucci, and H.-P. Gail, Vapor pressure and evaporation coefficient measurements at elevated temperatures with a Knudsen cell and a quartz crystal microbalance: New data for SiO, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 57 (2012), pp. 1594-1601. [ DOI | arXiv | http ]
  • D. Nanova, S. Beck, A. Fuchs, T. Glaser, C. Lennartz, W. Kowalsky, A. Pucci, and M. Kroeger, Charge transfer in thin films of donor–acceptor complexes studied by infrared spectroscopy, Organic Electronics, 13 (2012), pp. 1237 - 1244. [ DOI | http ]
  • R. Lovrinčić, J. Trollmann, C. Pölking, J. Schöneboom, C. Lennartz, and A. Pucci, Orientation of nonplanar molecules in polycrystalline layers from infrared spectra: Core-chlorinated naphthalene tetracarboxylic diimides, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012), pp. 5757-5763. [ DOI | arXiv | http ]
  • F. Neubrech and A. Pucci, Surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy (chapter 9), in Nanoantenna, M. L. d. l. Chapelle and A. Pucci, eds., vol. B1 of Pan Stanford Series on the Hightech of Biotechnology - Nanobiotechnology, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2012, pp. XXX-XXX. in press.
  • D. Weber and A. Pucci, Antenna interaction in the infrared (chapter 6), in Nanoantenna, M. L. d. l. Chapelle and A. Pucci, eds., vol. B1 of Pan Stanford Series on the Hightech of Biotechnology - Nanobiotechnology, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2012, pp. XXX-XXX. in press.
  • A. Ojala, A. Petersen, A. Fuchs, R. Lovrincic, C. Poelking, J. Trollmann, J. Hwang, C. Lennartz, H. Reichelt, H. W. Hoeffken, A. Pucci, P. Erk, T. Kirchartz, and F. Wuerthner, Merocyanine/c60 planar heterojunction solar cells: Effect of dye orientation on exciton dissociation and solar cell performance, Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (2012), pp. 86-96. [ DOI | http ]
  • A. Pucci, J. Vogt, and H. Weiß, Surface Science, Wiley, 2012, ch. Surfaces of simple ionic crystals. Submitted.

    2011

  • S. Cataldo, J. Zhao, F. Neubrech, B. Frank, C. Zhang, P. V. Braun, and H. Giessen, Hole-mask colloidal nanolithography for large-area low-cost metamaterials and antenna-assisted surface-enhanced infrared absorption substrates, ACS Nano, 0 (2011), p. null. [ DOI | arXiv | http ]
  • D. Weber, J. Katzmann, F. Neubrech, T. Härtling, and A. Pucci, Spectral tuning of ir-resonant nanoantennas by nanogap engineering, Opt. Mater. Express, 1 (2011), pp. 1301-1306. [ http ]
  • D. Weber, P. Albella, P. Alonso-González, F. Neubrech, H. Gui, T. Nagao, R. Hillenbrand, J. Aizpurua, and A. Pucci, Longitudinal and transverse coupling in infrared gold nanoantenna arrays: long range versus short range interaction regimes, Opt. Express, 19 (2011), pp. 15047-15061. [ DOI | http ]
  • G. Han, D. Weber, F. Neubrech, I. Yamada, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, A. Pucci, and T. Nagao, Infrared spectroscopic and electron microscopic characterization of gold nanogap structure fabricated by focused ion beam, Nanotechnology, 22 (2011), p. 275202. [ http ]
  • T. Glaser, M. Binder, C. Lennartz, C. Schildknecht, and A. Pucci, Infrared spectroscopic growth studies of an organic semiconductor, physica status solidi (a), 208 (2011), pp. 1873-1878. [ DOI | http ]
  • D. Enders, T. Nagao, A. Pucci, T. Nakayama, and M. Aono, Surface-enhanced ATR-IR spectroscopy with interface-grown plasmonic gold-island films near the percolation threshold, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13 (2011), pp. 4935-4941. [ DOI | http ]
  • R. Lovrincic, S. Noebel, and A. Pucci, Infrared Monitoring of Diamond Metalization, Applied Spectroscopy, 65 (2011), pp. 105-107(3). [ DOI ]

    2010

  • E. Berdermann, M. Pomorski, W. de Boer, M. Ciobanu, S. Dunst, C. Grah, M. Kis, W. Koenig, W. Lange, W. Lohmann, R. Lovrinčić, P. Moritz, J. Morse, S. Mueller, A. Pucci, M. Schreck, M. S. Rahman, and M. Träger, Diamond detectors for hadron physics research, Diamond and Related Materials, 19 (2010), pp. 358 - 367. Proceedings of Diamond 2009, The 20th European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes and Nitrides, Part 1. [ DOI | http ]
  • H. V. Chung, C. J. Kubber, G. Han, S. Rigamonti, D. Sanchez-Portal, D. Enders, A. Pucci, and T. Nagao, Optical detection of plasmonic and interband excitations in 1-nm-wide indium atomic wires, Applied Physics Letters, 96 (2010), p. 243101. [ DOI | http ]
  • T. Glaser, M. Binder, A. Pucci, C. Schildknecht, and C. Lennartz, IR studies on the interaction of Ca and Mg with the blue emitter material Ir(cn-pmbic)3, vol. 7722, SPIE, 2010, p. 77221B. [ DOI | http ]
  • M. Klevenz, S. Wetzel, M. Möller, and A. Pucci, Evaporation and Condensation of SiO and SiO2 Studied by Infrared Spectroscopy, Appl. Spectrosc., 64 (2010), pp. 298-303. [ http ]
  • M. Klevenz, S. Wetzel, M. Trieloff, H.-P. Gail, and A. Pucci, Vibrational spectroscopy of SiO on Si(111), physica status solidi (b), 247 (2010), p. 2179. [ http ]
  • R. Lovrincic and A. Pucci, Comment on “Indirect L to T point optical transition in bismuth nanowires”, Phys. Rev. B, 81 (2010), p. 197101. [ DOI ]
  • T. Nagao, G. Han, C. Hoang, J.-S. Wi, A. Pucci, D. Weber, F. Neubrech, V. M. Silkin, D. Enders, O. Saito, and M. Rana, Plasmons in nanoscale and atomic-scale systems, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 11 (2010), p. 054506. [ http ]
  • F. Neubrech, D. Weber, D. Enders, T. Nagao, and A. Pucci, Antenna Sensing of Surface Phonon Polaritons, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (2010), pp. 7299-7301. [ http ]
  • F. Neubrech, A. Garcia-Etxarri, D. Weber, J. Bochterle, H. Shen, M. Lamy de la Chapelle, G. W. Bryant, J. Aizpurua, and A. Pucci, Defect-induced activation of symmetry forbidden infrared resonances in individual metallic nanorods, Applied Physics Letters, 96 (2010), p. 213111. [ DOI | http ]
  • A. Pucci, F. Neubrech, D. Weber, S. Hong, T. Toury, and M. Lamy de la Chapelle, Surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy using gold nanoantennas (invited), Phys. Stat. Sol.(B), 247 (2010), p. 2071. [ DOI ]
  • A. Pucci, Infrared spectroscopy of thin layers under ultra-high vacuum conditions, Proc. SPIE, 7808 (2010), p. 78080. [ DOI ]

    2009

  • H. V. Chung, F. Neubrech, and A. Pucci, Infrared spectroscopy of antenna resonances, Proc. SPIE "Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties VII", ed. Mark I. Stockman, 7394 (2009), p. 73941E. [ DOI | http ]
  • H. V. Chung, M. Klevenz, R. Lovrincic, F. Neubrech, O. Skibbe, A. Pucci, P. Nita, M. Jalochowski, and T. Nagao, Studies on gold atom chains and lead nanowires on silicon vicinal surfaces, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 187 (2009), p. 012025 (6pp). [ http ]
  • R. Lovrinčić and A. Pucci, Infrared optical properties of chromium nanoscale films with a phase transition, Physical Review B, 80 (2009), p. 205404. [ DOI | http ]
  • F. Neubrech, M. Klevenz, F. Meng, and A. Pucci, Nanoantennas for surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy, in Physics and Engineering of New Materials, D. T. Cat, A. Pucci, and K. Wandelt, eds., vol. 127 of Springer Proceedings in Physics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009, pp. 321-325. 10.1007/978-3-540-88201-5_37. [ http ]
  • O. Skibbe, D. Vogel, M. Binder, A. Pucci, T. Kravchuk, L. Vattuone, V. Venugopal, A. Kokalj, and M. Rocca, Ethene stabilization on Cu(111) by surface roughness, J. Chem. Phys., 131 (2009), p. 024701. [ DOI ]

    2008

  • M. Klevenz, F. Neubrech, R. Lovrincic, M. J. ochowski, and A. Pucci, Infrared resonances of self-assembled Pb nanorods, Applied Physics Letters, 92 (2008), p. 133116. [ DOI | http ]
  • M. Lust, A. Pucci, W. Akemann, and A. Otto, SERS of CO2 on cold-deposited Cu: An electronic effect at a minority of surface sites, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112 (2008), pp. 11075-11077. [ DOI | http ]
  • F. Neubrech, A. Pucci, T. W. Cornelius, S. Karim, A. García-Etxarri, and J. Aizpurua, Resonant plasmonic and vibrational coupling in a tailored nanoantenna for infrared detection, Physical Review Letters, 101 (2008), p. 157403. [ DOI ]
  • F. Neubrech, D. Weber, R. Lovrincic, A. Pucci, M. Lopes, T. Toury, and M. Lamy de la Chapelle, Resonances of individual lithographic gold nanowires in the infrared, Applied Physics Letters, 93 (2008), p. 163105. [ DOI | http ]
  • F. Neubrech, J. Aizpurua, S. Karim, T. W. Cornelius, and A. Pucci, Nanostructures in Electronics and Photonics, World Scientific Publishing, 2008, ch. Properties of gold nanoantennas in the infrared, pp. 209- 222.
  • A. Pucci, F. Neubrech, J. Aizpurua, T. Cornelius, and M. L. Chapelle, Electromagnetic nanowire resonances for field-enhanced spectroscopy, in One-Dimensional Nanostructures, Z. M. Wang, ed., vol. 3 of Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, Springer New York, 2008, pp. 175-215. [ http ]
  • S. Rupp, M. von Schickfus, S. Hunklinger, H. Eipel, A. Priebe, D. Enders, and A. Pucci, A shear horizontal surface acoustic wave sensor for the detection of antigen-antibody reactions for medical diagnosis, Sensors and Actuators B, 134 (2008), p. 225. [ DOI | http ]
  • O. Skibbe, M. Binder, A. Otto, and A. Pucci, Electronic contributions to infrared spectra of adsorbate molecules on metal surfaces: Ethene on Cu(1 1 1), The Journal of Chemical Physics, 128 (2008), p. 194703. [ DOI | http ]
  • O. Skibbe, M. Binder, A. Otto, and A. Pucci, Erratum: “Electronic contributions to infrared spectra of adsorbate molecules on metal surfaces: Ethene on Cu(111)” [J. Chem. Phys. 128, 194703 (2008)], J. Chem. Phys., 129 (2008), p. 149901. [ DOI | http ]

    2007

  • D. V. Fedorov, G. Fahsold, A. Pucci, P. Zahn, and I. Mertig, Mobility of conduction electrons in ultrathin Fe and Cu films on Si(111), Phys. Rev. B, 75 (2007), p. 245427. [ DOI ]
  • F. Meng and A. Pucci, Growth of silver on MgO(001) and infrared optical properties, phys. stat. sol (b), 244 (2007), p. 3739. [ DOI ]
  • A. Otto, M. Lust, A. Pucci, and G. Meyer, “SERS active sites”, facts, and open questions, Canad. J. Anal. Sci. Spect., 52 (2007), pp. 150-171. [ .pdf ]

    2006

  • T. W. Cornelius, M. E. Toimil-Molares, R. Neumann, G. Fahsold, R. Lovrincic, A. Pucci, and S. Karim, Quantum size effects manifest in infrared spectra of single bismuth nanowires, Applied Physics Letters, 88 (2006), p. 103114. [ DOI | http ]
  • D. Enders, T. Nagao, A. Pucci, and T. Nakayama, Reversible adsorption of Au nanoparticles on SiO2/Si: An in situ ATR-IR study, Surface Science, 600 (2006), pp. L71-L75. [ http ]
  • D. Enders, S. Rupp, A. Küller, and A. Pucci, Surface enhanced infrared absorption on Au nanoparticle films deposited on SiO2/Si for optical biosensing: Detection of the antibody-antigen reaction, Surface Science, 600 (2006), pp. L305-L308. [ http ]
  • D. Enders and A. Pucci, Surface enhanced infrared absorption of octadecanethiol on wet-chemically prepared Au nanoparticle films, Applied Physics Letters, 88 (2006), p. 184104. [ DOI | http ]
  • M. Hein, P. Dumas, M. Sinther, A. Priebe, P. Lilie, A. Bruckbauer, A. Pucci, and A. Otto, Relation between surface resistance, infrared-, surface enhanced infrared- and surface enhanced raman-spectroscopy's of C2H4 and CO on copper, Surf. Sci., 600 (2006), pp. 1017-1025. [ DOI ]
  • T. Kolb, F. Kost, F. Neubrech, M. E. Toimil-Molares, T. Cornelius, R. Neumann, A. Pucci, and G. Fahsold, IR spectroscopy and preparation of nanoslits in metal thin films, Infrared Physics & Technology, 49 (2006), pp. 29-34. [ http ]
  • M. Lust, A. Pucci, and A. Otto, Sers and infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy of NO on cold-deposited Cu, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 37 (2006), pp. 166-174. [ http ]
  • F. Neubrech, T. Kolb, R. Lovrincic, G. Fahsold, A. Pucci, J. Aizpurua, T. W. Cornelius, M. E. Toimil-Molares, R. Neumann, and S. Karim, Resonances of individual metal nanowires in the infrared, Applied Physics Letters, 89 (2006), p. 253104. [ DOI | http ]
  • A. Otto, W. Akemann, and A. Pucci, Normal bands in surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS) and their relation to the electron-hole pair excitation background in SERS, Israel J. Chem., 46 (2006), pp. 307-315. [ DOI | http ]
  • A. Priebe, A. Pucci, and A. Otto, Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectra of C2H4 and C2H6 on Cu: Effect of Surface Roughness, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2006), pp. 1673-1679. [ DOI | arXiv | http ]
  • A. Priebe, A. Pucci, W. Akemann, H. Grabhorn, and A. Otto, Staggered ethane changes to eclipsed conformation upon adsorption, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 37 (2006), pp. 1398-1402. [ http ]
  • A. Pucci, F. Kost, G. Fahsold, and M. Jalochowski, Infrared spectroscopy of Pb layer growth on Si(111), Phys. Rev. B, 74 (2006), p. 125428. [ DOI ]

    2005

  • F. Meng, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci, Growth of silver on MgO(001) and IR optical properties, physica status solidi (c), 2 (2005), pp. 3963-3967. [ http ]
  • A. Pucci, IR spectroscopy of adsorbates on ultrathin metal films, Phys. Stat. Sol. B, 242 (2005), pp. 2704-2713. [ DOI ]

    2004

  • G. Fahsold, M. Sinther, A. Priebe, S. Diez, and A. Pucci, Influence of morphology on adsorbate-induced changes in thin-film dynamic conductivity, Phys. Rev. B, 70 (2004), p. 115406. [ DOI | http ]
  • G. Fahsold, A. Priebe, A. Pucci, and A. Otto, Epioptics 8: Proceedings of the 33rd Course of the International School of Solid State Physics, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2004, ch. Metal nanofilms studied with infrared spectroscopy, pp. 159-166. [ http ]
  • G. Fahsold, T. Kolb, and A. Pucci, Non-contact investigation of metal-nanostructure conductivity, in Conference Digest of the 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and of the 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Karlsruhe, M. Thumm and W. Wiesbeck, eds., 2004, p. 803. [ DOI ]
  • M. Lust, A. Otto, and A. Pucci, Comparison of IR and SERS spectroscopy for investigation of catalytic reactions on cold-deposited Cu, in Conference Digest of the 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and of the 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Karlsruhe, M. Thumm and W. Wiesbeck, eds., 2004, p. 427. [ DOI ]
  • A. Priebe, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci, Strong pyramidal growth of metal films studied with IR transmittance and surface enhanced IR absorption of CO, J. Phys. Chem. B, 108 (2004), pp. 18174-18178. [ DOI | http ]
  • A. Priebe, N. Walther, and A. Pucci, An IR spectroscopic study of silicon oxynitride films, in Conference Digest of the 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and of the 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Karlsruhe, M. Thumm and W. Wiesbeck, eds., 2004, p. 93. [ DOI ]
  • height 2pt depth -1.6pt width 23pt, The enhanced infrared absorption on different types of metal nano-particle films, in Conference Digest of the 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and of the 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, Karlsruhe, M. Thumm and W. Wiesbeck, eds., 2004, p. 425. [ DOI ]

    2003

  • G. Fahsold and A. Pucci, Advances in Solid State Physics, vol. 43, Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2003, ch. Non-contact Measurement of Thin-Film Conductivity by ir Spectroscopy, pp. 833-847. [ http ]
  • G. Fahsold, A. Priebe, N. Magg, and A. Pucci, Non-contact measurement of conductivity during growth of metal ultrathin films, Thin Solid Films, 428 (2003), pp. 107-110. [ DOI ]
  • A. Priebe, M. Sinther, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci, The correlation between film thickness and adsorbate line shape in surface enhanced infrared absorption, J. Chem. Phys., 119 (2003), pp. 4887-4890. [ DOI ]
  • S. Yaginuma, T. Nagao, J. T. Sadowski, A. Pucci, Y. Fujikawa, and T. Sakurai, Surface pre-melting and surface flattening of Bi nanofilms on Si(1 1 1)-7 × 7, Surface Science, 547 (2003), pp. L877-L881. [ http ]

    2002

  • G. Fahsold, M. Sinther, A. Priebe, S. Diez, and A. Pucci, Adsorbate-induced changes in the broadband infrared transmission of ultrathin metal films, Phys. Rev. B, 65 (2002), p. 235408. [ DOI ]
  • G. Fahsold, K. Singer, and A. Pucci, In situ infrared-transmission study of vibrational and electronic properties during the formation of thin-film β-FeSi2, Journal of Applied Physics, 91 (2002), pp. 145-149. [ DOI | http ]
  • M. Lust, A. Priebe, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci, Infrared spectroscopic study of the CO-mediated decrease of the percolation threshold during the growth of ultrathin metal films on MgO(001), Surface and Interface Analysis, 33 (2002), pp. 487-490. [ http ]
  • A. Priebe, G. Fahsold, W. Geyer, and A. Pucci, Enhanced infrared adsorption of CO on smooth iron ultrathin films in correlation to their crystalline quality, Surf. Sci., 502-503 (2002), pp. 388-393. [ DOI ]

    2001

  • G. Fahsold, A. Priebe, and A. Pucci, Preparation of smooth Fe(001) on MgO(001), Appl. Phys. A, 73 (2001), pp. 39-43. [ DOI | http ]
  • A. Priebe, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci, Surface enhanced infrared absorption of CO on smooth iron ultrathin films, Surface Science, 482-485 (2001), pp. 90-95. [ http ]
  • C. Siemes, A. Bruckbauer, A. Goussev, A. Otto, M. Sinther, and A. Pucci, SERS-active sites on various copper substrates, J. Raman Spectrosc., 32 (2001), pp. 231-239. [ DOI ]
  • M. Sinther, A. Pucci, A. Otto, A. Priebe, S. Diez, and G. Fahsold, Enhanced Infrared Absorption of SERS-Active Lines of Ethylene on Cu, Phys. Stat. Sol. A, 188 (2001), pp. 1471-1476. [ DOI ]

    2000

  • G. Fahsold, A. Priebe, N. Magg, and A. Pucci, An IR-transmission spectroscopical study of the influence of substrate surface defects on the morphology and the electronic structure of ultrathin Fe grown on MgO(001), Thin Solid Films, 364 (2000), pp. 177-180. [ DOI ]
  • G. Fahsold, A. Pucci, and K. H. Rieder, Growth of Fe on MgO(001) studied by He-atom scattering, Phys, Rev. B, 61 (2000), pp. 8475-8483. [ DOI ]
  • G. Fahsold, A. Bartel, O. Krauth, N. Magg, and A. Pucci, Infrared optical properties of ultrathin Fe films on MgO(001) beyond the percolation threshold, Phys. Rev. B, 61 (2000), pp. 14108-14113. [ DOI ]
  • O. Krauth, G. Fahsold, N. Magg, and A. Pucci, Anomalous infrared transmission of adsorbates on ultrathin metal films: Fano effect near the percolation threshold, J. Chem. Phys., 113 (2000), pp. 6330-6333. [ DOI | http ]

    1999

  • G. Fahsold, A. Bartel, O. Krauth, and A. Lehmann (= A. Pucci), In-situ investigation of Fe ultrathin film growth by infrared transmission spectroscopy, Surf. Sci., 433-435 (1999), pp. 162-166. [ DOI ]
  • G. Fahsold, J. Solbrig, O. Krauth, and A. Lehmann (= A. Pucci), Adsorbate induced surface resistivity from IR-transmission spectroscopy: oxygen on Fe/MgO(001), Appl. Surf. Sci., 142 (1999), pp. 253-256. [ DOI ]
  • G. Fahsold, G. König, W. Theis, A. Lehmann (= A. Pucci), and K.-H. Rieder, Epitaxial FeO films from ultrathin Fe on MgO(001) studied by He-atom scattering, Applied Surface Science, 137 (1999), pp. 224-235. [ http ]
  • O. Krauth, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci-Lehmann (= A. Pucci), IR-spectroscopy of CO on iron ultrathin films, Journal of Molecular Structure, 482-483 (1999), pp. 237-240. [ http ]
  • O. Krauth, G. Fahsold, and A. Pucci, Asymmetric line shapes and surface enhanced infrared absorption of CO adsorbed on thin iron films on MgO(001), J. Chem. Phys., 110 (1999), pp. 3113-3117. [ DOI | http ]
  • O. Krauth, G. Fahsold, and A. Lehmann (= A. Pucci), Surface-enhanced infrared absorption?, Surf. Sci., 433-435 (1999), pp. 79-82. [ DOI ]

    1998

  • G. Fahsold, W. Keller, O. Krauth, and A. Lehmann (= A. Pucci), Infrared absorption of Fe ultrathin films on ionic crystals, Surface Science, 402-404 (1998), pp. 790-793. [ http ]

f6papers.bib: BibTeX file containing the papers of the workgroup.
Diploma theses / dissertations

[ Surface Science and Infrared Spectroscopy ]