Prof Manfred Buck
Professor
Teaching
MB contributes to teaching at both sub-Honours and Honours level. CH3721 Physical Chemistry Lab (module convenor), CH4715 (Lectures on Functional Materials), CH4716 (Lectures on electrochemistry, module convenor), CH4458 (Distance Learning, Electrochemistry), CH5717 (Lectures on Nanomaterials). Academic monitor for external placements (CH4441). Tutor for CH2701. Advisor of Studies for Chemistry at Honours level.
Research areas
In search for strategies which provide routine access to the bottom end of the nanoscale our research focuses on fundamental studies of processes at the solid-liquid interface as well as the generation of nanostructures using both lithographic top-down and self-assembly bottom-up procedures.
Employing organic molecules as most versatile and atomically precise building blocks, a main theme is the understanding of design principles of single and multi-component systems on solid substrates ranging from monolayers of densely packed molecules to hybrid structures involving two-dimensional supramolecular networks. Through an understanding of the complex interplay between structural features, intermolecular and molecule-substrate interactions we pursue new directions in molecular assembly and functionalisation of two-dimensional molecular assemblies, including studies of chemical reactivity at the single molecule level.
Another focus of our research, which capitalizes on the tailoring of interfacial properties by molecular assemblies, is their application as templates for the replicative generation of nanoscaled objects. Chemical functionalization and control of interfacial charge transfer by molecular systems are harnessed for the electrodeposition of metals and metal oxides as clusters or extended ultrathin nanostructured patterns of interest for catalysis, electronics, and optics. Indispensible tools for our work are scanning probe microscopies and electron spectroscopies.
PhD supervision
- Lakshmi Priya M
Selected publications
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Open access
Coordination controlled electrodeposition and patterning of layers of palladium/copper nanoparticles on top of a self-assembled monolayer
She, Z., Yao, Z., Ménard, H., Tobish, S., Lahaye, D., Champness, N. R. & Buck, M., 15 Jul 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nanoscale. Advance ArticleResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-assembly of 1,3,5-benzenetribenzoic acid on Ag and Cu at the liquid/solid interface
Aitchison, H., Lu, H., Ortiz de la Morena, R., Cebula, I., Zharnikov, M. & Buck, M., 28 Jan 2018, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20, 4, p. 2731-2740Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Underpotential deposition of Cu on Au(111) from neutral chloride containing electrolyte
Aitchison, H., Meyerbroker, N., Lee, T.-L., Zegenhagen, J., Potter, T., Früchtl, H. A., Cebula, I. & Buck, M., 21 Sept 2017, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19, 35, p. 24146-24153 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sequential nested assembly at the liquid/solid interface
Karamzadeh, B., Eaton, T., Muñoz Torres, D., Cebula, I., Mayor, M. & Buck, M., 1 Oct 2017, In: Faraday Discussions. 204, p. 173-190 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-assembled monolayers of oligophenylenecarboxylic acids on silver formed at the liquid-solid interface
Aitchison, H., Lu, H., Hogan, S. W. L., Fruchtl, H. A., Cebula, I., Zharnikov, M. & Buck, M., 20 Sept 2016, In: Langmuir. 32, 37, p. 9397-9409 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electrodeposition of gold templated by patterned thiol monolayers
She, Z., Di Falco, A., Hähner, G. & Buck, M., 15 Jun 2016, In: Applied Surface Science. 373, p. 51-60Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bestowing structure upon the pores of a supramolecular network
Karamzadeh, B., Eaton, T., Cebula, I., Torres, D. M., Neuburger, M., Mayor, M. & Buck, M., 25 Nov 2014, In: Chemical Communications. 50, 91, p. 14175-14178 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nanoscale patterning of a self-assembled monolayer by modification of the molecule-substrate bond
Shen, C. & Buck, M., 10 Mar 2014, In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 5, p. 258-267 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electron-beam patterned self-assembled monolayers as templates for Cu electrodeposition and lift-off
She, Z., Di Falco, A., Hähner, G. & Buck, M., 6 Feb 2012, In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 3, p. 101-113Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structure of isophthalic acid based monolayers and its relation to the initial stages of growth of metal-organic coordination layers
Shen, C., Cebula, I., Brown, C., Zhao, J., Zharnikov, M. & Buck, M., 13 Mar 2012, In: Chemical Science. 3, 6, p. 1858-1865 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review