Research Interests
My research is focused on a variety of surface nanostructures. This includes metal and graphite substrates and inorganic and organic molecules as varied as Alkali Halides, Amino Acids, and Spiropyran-based molecular switches.
Experimentally, I’m interested in the fabrication and characterization of nanostructures and ultrathin films investigated with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Low-Energy Electron Diffraction and Auger Electron Spectrsocopy.
I’m also conducting Computational Chemistry calculations using basic Density Functional Theory and Molecular Mechanics.
Selected Publications
Zwitterionic L-methionine on Ag(111) – PNAS 2007
L-methionine on graphite – Langmuir 2009
Computational Analysis for Amino Acid Adsorption – Surface Science 2014
Amino Acid on Carbon Naotubes – J. Phys.Chem. 2018
Histidine and Tyrosine on Graphite – Surface Science 2018