Tätigkeitsgebiet

Nanoscale science with atomic and molecular species at surfaces, Supramolecular engineering at surfaces; Molecular self-assembly on solid surfaces; Surface physics and chemistry of atomic and molecular adsorbates

Spezialkenntnisse / Spezielle Gerätekenntnisse

Surface-Physics and -Chemistry of atomic and molecular adsorbates; Molecular self-assembly on solid surfaces; Geometrical and electronic structure of surfaces

X-ray photoelectron diffraction (XPD); X-ray and UV-photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS/UPS); Fermi-surface mapping; Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM); Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED); Ion scattering; Electron scattering calculations; Electron bandstructure calculations (FLAPW)

Selected publications:

52; Selected publications:

• R. Fasel, J. Wider, C. Quitmann, K.-H. Ernst, and T. Greber
  Direct determination of the absolute conformation of adsorbed molecules
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (in press, 2004)
• R. Fasel, M. Parschau, and K.-H.  Ernst
  Chirality transfer from single molecules into self-assembled monolayers
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 5178-5181 (2003); Angew. Chem. 115, 5336-5339 (2003)
• K.-H.  Ernst, Y.  Kuster, R.  Fasel, C.  F.  McFadden, U.  Ellerbeck
  Adsorption of helical aromatic molecules: heptahelicene on Ni(111)
  Surf. Sci. 530, 195-202 (2003)
• M. Abel, A. Dimitriev, R. Fasel, N. Lin, J.V. Barth, and K. Kern
  Scanning tunneling microscopy and x-ray photoelectron diffraction investigation of C₆₀ films on Cu(100)
  Phys. Rev. B 67, 24540 (2003)
• R. Fasel and P. Aebi
  X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction: Probing Atom Positions and Molecular Orientation at Surfaces
  Chimia 56, 566–572 (2002)
• T. Hertel, R. Fasel, and G. Moos
  Charge-carrier dynamics in single-wall carbon nanotube bundles: A time-domain study
  Appl. Phys. A 75, 449 (2002)
• K.-H. Ernst, Y. Kuster, R. Fasel, M. Müller, and U. Ellerbeck
  Two-dimensional separation of [7]heptahelicene enantiomers on Cu(111)
  Chirality 13, 675–678 (2001)
• G. Moos, C.  Gahl, R. Fasel, M. Wolf, and T. Hertel
  Anisotropy of Quasiparticle Lifetimes and the Role of Disorder in Graphite from Ultrafast Time-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 267402 (2001)
• C.  Cepek, R. Fasel, T. Greber, and J. Osterwalder
  Coexisting inequivalent molecular orientations of C₆₀ on Ag(001): an x-ray photoelectron diffraction study
  Phys. Rev. B 63, 125406-1-125406-5 (2001)
• R. Fasel, A. Cossy, K.-H. Ernst, F. Baumberger, T. Greber, and J. Osterwalder
  Orientation of chiral heptahelicene C₃₀H₁₈ on copper surfaces: an x-ray photoelectron diffraction study
  J. Chem. Phys. 115, 1020-1027 (2001)
• R. Fasel, R.G. Agostino, P. Aebi, and L. Schlapbach
  Unusual molecular orientation and frozen librational motion of C60 on Cu(110)
  Phys. Rev. B 60, 4517-4520 (1999)
• R. Fasel, P. Aebi, T. Greber, J. Osterwalder, and L. Schlapbach
  Electronic and atomic structure of {sqrt(5)*sqrt(5)}R27°-Yb/Al(001)
  Surf. Rev. Lett. 4 (6), 1155-1160 (1997)
• R. Fasel, P. Aebi, R.G. Agostino, J. Osterwalder, and L. Schlapbach
  Electronic structure of high and low temperature c(2x2)-Na/Al(001) phases from angle-scanned ultra­violet photoemission
  Phys. Rev. B 54, 5893-5900 (1996)
• R. Fasel, P. Aebi, R.G. Agostino, D. Naumovic, J. Osterwalder, A. Santaniello, and L. Schlapbach
  Orientation of adsorbed C60 molecules determined via x-ray photoelectron diffraction
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4733-4736 (1996)

Professional experience

• Senior Scientist, Head of Molecular Nanotechnology Group, nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Testing & Research (EMPA) (since 2003)
• Research associate, Surface Technologies, Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Testing & Research (EMPA) (2001-2002)
• Visiting scientist, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin (2000)
• Research associate, Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Testing & Research (EMPA) (1998-1999)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Physics, La Trobe University, Australia (1997-1998)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Fribourg, Institute of Physics, Solid State Physics group (1996-1997)

Academic training

• PhD research, Solid State Physics group, Institute of Physics, University of Fribourg (1992-1996)
• Diploma Thesis, Solid State Physics group, Institute of Physics, University of Fribourg (1991)
• Undergraduate studies in Physics and Mathematics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (1986-1991)

Awards

• Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, Swiss National Science Foundation (4.1997 - 4.1998)
• Research Fellowship of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (5.2000 – 8.2000)
• Research Fellowship of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung (9.2000 – 12.2000)

Academic Distinctions

• ICSOS Young Scientist Prize (International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces, July 8-12, 1996, Aix en Provence, France)
• Thürler-Reeb Prize (October 18, 1996, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg)