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Self-assembled nanostructures on metal surfaces and graphene
Schmidt, Nico Daniel Robert
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Self-Assembled Nanostructures on Metal Surfaces and Graphene
van Nico D.R. Schmidt
1) By carefully designing molecular building blocks to exhibit conformational freedom, we can promote polymorphism of on-surface self-assembled systems (Chapter 4).
2) At times, the self-assembly of molecules on weakly interacting substrates such as graphene can exhibit rather peculiar features (Chapter 5). 3) We can utilize electronic and structural complementary molecules to build
heteromolecular charge-transfer complexes with electronic properties not inherent to the homomolecular systems (Chapter 6).
4) Self-assembled nanostructures can induce a significant bandgap opening in graphene (Chapter 7).
5) The unidirectionality of cause and effect becomes painfully obvious when one opens a bandgap and does not know why (Chapter 7).
6) One should restrain oneself from calling a project “straight forward” as fate has its own ways of answering such claims.
7) “[…] in bantering lies the key to human warmth.” (Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day) When only concerning ourselves with condensing as much information as possible into a 12min talk, we as scientist lose the ability to connect to our audience.
8) The feeling of a PhD candidate in his/her third year is beautifully described with the following quote: “Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.” (Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance)
