Peer reviewed articles and book chapters
2012
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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.
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arXiv |
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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 |
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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.
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arXiv |
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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A. Pucci, J. Vogt, and H. Weiß, Surface Science, Wiley,
2012, ch. Surfaces of simple ionic crystals.
Submitted.
2011
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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R. Lovrincic, S. Noebel, and A. Pucci, Infrared Monitoring of
Diamond Metalization, Applied Spectroscopy, 65 (2011), pp. 105-107(3).
[ DOI ]
2010
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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 ]
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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 ]
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A. Pucci, Infrared spectroscopy of thin layers under ultra-high
vacuum conditions, Proc. SPIE, 7808 (2010), p. 78080.
[ DOI ]
2009
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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 |
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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).
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R. Lovrinčić and A. Pucci, Infrared optical properties of
chromium nanoscale films with a phase transition, Physical Review B, 80
(2009), p. 205404.
[ DOI |
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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.
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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2007
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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 ]
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F. Meng and A. Pucci, Growth of silver on MgO(001) and infrared
optical properties, phys. stat. sol (b), 244 (2007), p. 3739.
[ DOI ]
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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.
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2006
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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 |
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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.
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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 ]
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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 |
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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 ]
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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arXiv |
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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.
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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
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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.
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A. Pucci, IR spectroscopy of adsorbates on ultrathin metal films,
Phys. Stat. Sol. B, 242 (2005), pp. 2704-2713.
[ DOI ]
2004
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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 |
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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.
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 |
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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 ]
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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
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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.
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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 ]
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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.
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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.
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2002
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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 ]
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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.
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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.
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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
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G. Fahsold, A. Priebe, and A. Pucci, Preparation of smooth
Fe(001) on MgO(001), Appl. Phys. A, 73 (2001), pp. 39-43.
[ DOI |
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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.
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1999
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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O. Krauth, G. Fahsold, and A. Lehmann (= A. Pucci), Surface-enhanced infrared
absorption?, Surf. Sci., 433-435 (1999), pp. 79-82.
[ DOI ]
1998
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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.
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