Stanford University
Chemistry Department, M/C 5080
333 Campus Drive
mailbox 74
Stanford, CA 94305-5080
 
street address: 369 North-South Mall, Stauffer I, room 15
phone:  +1-650-724-4052
fax:       +1-650-725-0259
email:    fjaeckel [AT] stanford.edu

 

On this page you find ...

·         a short summary of my education and professional experience

·         my research interests

·         a list of my publications, conference contributions, scholarships/grants and awards

·         the teaching activities I am involved in

·         and the obligatory masthead (Impressum)

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Education

2005

 

 

·         Dr. rer. nat., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, summa cum laude

·         thesis topic: Self-Assembly and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Molecules: Towards Mono-Molecular Electronics (thesis advisor Prof. Dr. J.P. Rabe)

2001

 

 

·         Dipl.-Phys., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, graduated with distinction (Ø1,0)

·         thesis topic: Photophysical and Structural Properties of Polyfluorenederivatives (thesis advisor Prof. Dr. J.P. Rabe)

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Professional Experience

2006 to date

·         postdoctoral scholar in the chemistry department at Stanford University in the group of W.E. Moerner

2005

 

·         research staff in the physics department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and executive of the Collaborative Research Center 448 "Mesoscopically Organized Composites"

2002-2005

·         research staff in the physics department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the group of Prof. J.P. Rabe

2004

·         visiting researcher at the physics department of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA, in the group of Prof. S.-W. Hla

2000-2001 

·         visiting research student at the chemistry department at Catholic University Leuven (Belgium) in the group of Prof. F. De Schryver

1999

·         summer internship at the Society for Research on Heavy Ions (Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, GSI) in Darmstadt (Germany)

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Research interests

Areas

In my postdoctoral research I am interested in

·         optical spectroscopy of single molecules interacting with metallic nano-structures

while during my pre-doctoral research I focused on

·         Fundamental research in molecular electronics:

o        electron transport through single molecules

o        charge transfer in systems of organic molecules

·         Self-assembly phenomena at interfaces

Techniques

·         single molecule spectroscopy including fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy

·         electron beam lithography

·         scanning probe microscopies in particular scanning tunnelling and scanning force microscopy

·         photoelectron spectroscopies

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Publications (most recent first)

peer reviewed and others

peer reviewed

20.

Investigating molecular charge transfer complexes with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope
F. Jäckel,. U.G.E. Perera, V. Iancu, K.-F. Braun, N. Koch,. J.P. Rabe, S.-W. Hla
Phys. Rev. Lett., 100 (2008) 126102
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.126102

19.

Gold bowtie nanoantennas for surface-enhanced Raman scattering under controlled electrochemical potential
F. Jäckel, A.A. Kinkhabwala, W.E. Moerner
Chem. Phys. Lett. 446 (2007) 339-343.
doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.08.074

18.

Towards Nanotubular Structures with Large Void. Dynamic Heteroleptic Oligophenanthroline Metallo-Nanoscaffolds and Their Solution State Properties
M. Schmittel, V. Kalsani, C. Michel, P. Mal, H. Ammon, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe,
Chem. Eur. J. 13 (2007) 6223-6237.
doi: 10.1002/chem.200700020

17.

Rigid Bisphenanthrolines: Synthesis, Structure and Self-Assembly at the Solid-Liquid Interface
M. Schmittel, V. Kalsani,  F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, J.W. Bats, D. Fenske
Eur. J. Org. Chem.14 (2006) 3079-3086
doi: 10.1002/ejoc.200600174

16. 

 

Tunneling through nanographene stacks
F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Phys. Rev. B73 (2006) 045423.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.045423

15.


 

Solvent Molecules in an Epitaxially Grown Scaffold of Star-Shaped Nanographenes
F. Jäckel, M.Ai, J. Wu, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
J. Am. Chem. Soc.127 (2005) 14580-14581.
doi:10.1021/ja054920z

14. 


 

Influence of Hydrogen Bonds on the Suprmolecular Order of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
D. Wasserfallen, I. Fischbach, N. Chebotareva, M. Kastler, W. Pisula, F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, I. Schnell, J.P. Rabe, H.W. Spiess, K. Müllen
Adv. Funct. Mater. 15 (2005) 1585-1594.
doi:10.1002/adfm.200500124

13.


 

Observation of Filled States At the Fermi-Level in Alkali-Metal Intercalated Organic Films: Dependence on Substrate Work Function
N. Koch, F. Jäckel, J. Ghijsen, M. C. Rojas, M. Grioni, J.P. Rabe, R.L. Johnson, A. Kahn, J.-J. Pireaux
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 144-147 (2005) 495-498
doi: 10.1016/j.elspec.2005.01.016

12.


 

Surface-induced vertical alignment of self-assembled supramolecular columns of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and porphyrins
R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, W. Osikowicz, S. Braun, M. P. de Jong, C.D. Simpson, M. D. Watson, F. von Kieseritzky, P. Samori, S. K. M.Jönsson, M. Fahlman, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, J. Hellberg, K. Müllen, W.R. Salaneck
Synthetic Metals 147 (2004) 79-83
doi: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.06.048

11.
 

 

Prototypical single-molecule transistors with supramolecular gates: varying dipole orientation
F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Synthetic Metals 146(3) (2004) 269-272
doi: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.08.030

10.
 

 

Nanophase segregation and rectification in monolayers of functionalized hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
F. Jäckel, X. Yin, P. Samori, N. Tchebotareva, M.D. Watson, A. Venturini, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Synthetic Metals 147 (2004) 5-9
doi: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2004.07.009

9.
 


 

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of a Rigid Exotopic Bisphenanthroline Macrocycle: Surface Patterning and a Supramolecular Nanobasket
V. Kalsani, H. Ammon, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, M. Schmittel
Chem. Eur. J. 10 (2004) 5481-5492
doi: 10.1002/chem.200305770

8.


 

Prototypical single-molecule chemical-field-effect transistor with nanometer-sized gates
F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 188303
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.188303

7.


 

Nanoscale array of inversely biased molecular rectifiers
F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Chem. Phys. Lett. 387 (2004) 372-376
doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.02.037

6.


 

A Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Cyclophane: An Addition to the Toolbox for Molecular Electronics
M.D. Watson, F. Jäckel, N. Severin, J.P. Rabe and K. Müllen
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 1402-1407
doi: 10.1021/ja037520p

5.



 

Self-assembly of electron donor - acceptors dyads into ordered architectures in 2 and 3 dimensions: surface patterning and columnar "double cables"
P. Samorì, X. Yin, N. Tchebotareva, Z. Wang, T. Pakula, F. Jäckel, M. D. Watson, A. Venturini, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 3567-3575
doi: 10.1021/ja038648+

4.

 

 

Electronic structure of highly-ordered films of self-assembled graphitic nano-columns
R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, C. D. Simpson, M. D. Watson, F. Jäckel, W. Osikowicz, S. Marciniak, M. P. De Jong, P. Samori, S. K. M. Jönsson, M. Fahlmann, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe, W. R. Salaneck
Phys. Rev. B 68 (2003) 195414
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.195414

3.


 

Conformational characterization from modulated single molecule fluorescence intensity traces
F. Jäckel, S. De Feyter, J. Hofkens, F. Köhn, F.C. De Schryver, C. Ego, A. Grimsdale, K. Müllen
Chem. Phys. Lett. 362 (2002) 534-540
doi: 10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01133-8

2.


 

Supramolecular staircase via self-assembly of disc-like molecules at the solid-liquid interface
P. Samori, A. Fechtenkötter, F. Jäckel, T. Böhme, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123 (2001) 11462-11467
doi: 10.1021/ja0111380

1.

 

 

 

Ordered Nanostructures of a [2]Catenane Through Self-Assembly at Surfaces - An STM Study With Sub-Molecular Resolution 
P. Samori, F. Jäckel, Ö. Ünsal, A. Godt, J.P. Rabe
ChemPhysChem 2 (7) (2001) 461-464
doi: 10.1002/1439-7641(20010716)2:7<461::AID-CPHC461>3.0.CO;2-J

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others

5.

 

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Complex Molecular Architectures at Solid-Liquid Interfaces: Towards Single-Molecule Electronic Devices
F. Jäckel and J. P. Rabe
in Scanning Probe Microscopies beyond Imaging edited by P. Samorì, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006

4.

 

Self-Assembly and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Molecules: Towards Mono-Molecular Electronics
F. Jäckel
doctoral thesis at the Institute for Physics of Humboldt University Berlin

3.

 

From molecular diodes towards mono-molecular transistors
F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M. D. Watson, K. Müllen, J. P. Rabe
Proceedings of the Mini-Conference on Information Electronics Systems, 4-6 November 2003, Sendai (Japan), 5-8

2.

 

Photophysical and Structural Properties of Polyfluorenederivatives
F. Jäckel
diploma thesis at the Institute for Physics of Humboldt University Berlin

1.


 

Test Structures for SHIPTRAP
F. Jäckel
GSI International Summer Students Program '99 Reports
7-10, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt 1999

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Conference contributions (most recent first)

author and co-author

author

14.

 

Bowtie Nanoantennas as Substrates for Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) (talk)
F. Jäckel, A.A. Kinkhabwala, W.E. Moerner
Frontiers in Optics 2007/Laser Science XXIII, September 16-20th 2007, San Jose, CA, USA

13.

 

Gold bowtie nanoantennae for surface-enhanced Raman scattering under electrochemical control and as near-field sources for optical imaging (poster)
F. Jäckel, A.A. Kinkhabwala, A. Sundaramurthy, G.S. Kino,W.E. Moerner
Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum, April 15th 2007, Berkeley, CA, USA

12.

 

Exploring surface-enhanced Raman scattering using gold bowtie nanoantennae (talk)
F. Jäckel, A.A. Kinkhabwala, A. Sundaramurthy, P. J. Schuck, D P. Fromm, G. S. Kino, W. E. Moerner,
232nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, September 10th – 14th, 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA

11.

 

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Double-Layer Architectures (poster)
F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
8th European Conference on Molecular Electronics, 29th of June - 2nd of July 2005, Bologna (Italy)

10.

 

Single-molecule chemical field-effect transistors with nanometer-sized gates: demonstration and tests (talk)
F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
69th Annual Meeting of the DPG 4th-9th March 2005, Berlin (Germany)

9.

 

Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of molecular stacks (talk)
F. Jäckel, P. Samori, N. Severin, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
69th Annual Meeting of the DPG 4th-9th March 2005, Berlin (Germany)

8.

 

Prototypical single molecule transistors with supramolecular gates (talk)
F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen
E-MRS 2004 Spring Meeting, 24-28 May 2004, Strasbourg (France)

7.

 

From molecular diodes towards mono-molecular transistors (invited talk)
F. Jäckel
Mini-Conference on Information Electronics Systems, 4-6 November 2003, Sendai (Japan)

6.

 

Prototypical devices for molecular electronics from polycyclic aromatic electron donors and acceptors (talk)
F. Jäckel, N. Tchebotareva, M. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Scanning-Probe-Microscopy and Organic Materials XII, Workshop, 24.-26. September 2003, Mainz (Germany)

5.

 

A single molecule chemical field effect transistor (poster)
F. Jäckel, M. Watson, K. Müllen, J. P. Rabe
International DPG School of Physics “Molecular Electronics”, 14-19 September 2003, Bad Honnef (Germany)

4.

 

Rectification with single molecules in an STM junction (poster)
F. Jäckel, X. Yin, P. Samori, N. Tchebotareva, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
XVIIth International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials, 8th-15th of March 2003, Kirchberg (Austria)

3.

 

Characterizing molecular conformations of multichromophoric systems at the single molecule level (poster)
F. Jäckel, S. De Feyter, J. Hofkens, F. Köhn, F.C. De Schryver, C. Ego, A. Grimsdale, K. Müllen
Polydays 2002,  30th of  September - 2nd of October 2002, Berlin (Germany)

2.

 

Exploration of layered Donor-Acceptor-Architectures from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with STM (oral presentation)
F. Jäckel, P. Samori, X. Yin, N. Severin, C. D. Simpson, N. Tchebotareva, K. Müllen, J. P. Rabe
Scanning-Probe-Microscopy and Organic Materials XI, 22nd-24th of September 2002, Kassel (Germany)

1.

 

STM an epitaktischen Schichten molekularer Donatoren und Akzeptoren an der Fest-Flüssig-Grenzfläche (oral presentation)
F. Jäckel
Mikro-Symposium on Ultrathin, light-emitting organic films and nanostructures, 13th of August 2002, Humboldt University Berlin (Germany)


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co-author

16.

 

Single molecule characterization with well-defined contacts
A. Neuhausen , F. Jäckel , J. Hiatt , J. Sulpizio , D. Goldhaber-Gordon , C. Chidsey , W. E. Moerner , Z. Bao
2008 APS March meeting, March 10-14, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

15.

 

A Molecular Switch Made of Charge Transfer Complexes on Au (111) (talk)
U.G.E. Perera , F. Jäckel , V. Iancu , K.-F. Braun , N. Koch , J.P. Rabe , S.-W. Hla
2008 APS March meeting, March 10-14, 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

14.

 

Nanotemplates from monolayers of electron donors and acceptors self-assembled at solid-liquid interfaces (poster)
M. Ai, F. Jäckel, X. Feng, W. Zhuang, J. Wu, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
71. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft und DPG Frühjahrstagung des Arbeitskreises Festkörperphysik, 26th – 30th of March 2007, Regensburg (Germany)

13.

Influence of the Periphery of C3h Symmetric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Molecular Self-Assembly at a Solid-Liquid Interface (poster)
M. Ai, F. Jäckel, X. Feng, K. Müllen, J. P. Rabe
International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICN&T 2006), 30th of July – 4th of August 2006, Basel (Switzerland)

12.

 

Double layers from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as  studied by STM and STS (poster)
M. Ai, F. Jäckel, J. Wu, K.