The mechanisms underlying the enhanced resolution of atomic force microscopy with functionalized tips
- Nikolaj Moll
- Leo Gross
- et al.
- 2010
- New Journal of Physics
Bio
Leo Gross has been with the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory since 2005. First as a postdoc in the group of Gerhard Meyer and since 2009 as Research Staff Member. He is the team lead of the atom and molecule manipulation group. He studies molecules and on-surface reactions by scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). He develops and applies AFM as a tool for molecular synthesis, structure elucidation and investigation of single-electron charging and charge transfer on the atomic scale.
Leo received his PhD in Physics in 2005 from the Free University of Berlin in the group of Prof. K.-H. Rieder.
Awards and Grants:
APS Fellow, 2022
ERC Synergy Grant "Single Molecular Devices by Atom Manipulation" (MolDAM), 2021
Debye Visiting Chair, Utrecht University, 2020
Silver Combustion Medal, 2020
ERC Consolidator Grant "AFM for Molecular Structure Elucidation" (AMSEL), 2016
Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology, 2012
Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award, 2010
Tiburtius Preis, 2006
Publications
Organic structure determination using atomic-resolution scanning probe microscopy
- Leo Gross
- Fabian Mohn
- et al.
- 2010
- Nature Chemistry
Magnetologic devices fabricated by nanostencil lithography
- Leo Gross
- Reto R. Schlittler
- et al.
- 2010
- Nanotechnology
Temperature dependence of the nonlocal voltage in an Fe/GaAs electrical spin-injection device
- Gian Salis
- Andreas Fuhrer
- et al.
- 2010
- Physical Review B - CMMP
Contacting self-ordered molecular wires by nanostencil lithography
- L. Gross
- R.R. Schlittler
- et al.
- 2010
- Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B
Textbook images of a Molecule
- Leo Gross
- Fabian Mohn
- et al.
- 2010
- Europhysics News
The chemical structure of a molecule resolved by atomic force microscopy
- Leo Gross
- Fabian Mohn
- et al.
- 2009
- Science
Measuring the charge state of an adatom with noncontact atomic force microscopy
- Leo Gross
- Fabian Mohn
- et al.
- 2009
- Science
Fabrication of ultrathin magnetic structures by nanostencil lithography in dynamic mode
- L. Gross
- R.R. Schlittler
- et al.
- 2007
- Applied Physics Letters
Molecular aggregation within self-ordered monolayers
- Leo Gross
- Karl-Heinz Rieder
- et al.
- 2007
- ChemPhysChem
Patents
Projects
Atom and Molecule Manipulation
Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy.
Blog posts
Resolving the odd-number cyclo[13]carbon
Technical noteLeo Gross and Florian AlbrechtResolving the first anti-aromatic carbon allotrope
Technical noteLeo GrossIBM scientist Leo Gross named an APS Fellow for his groundbreaking research
NewsScanning probe microscopy technique could open the door to molecular machines
ResearchLeo Gross, Florian Albrecht, and Ivano Tavernelli- See more blog posts
