Miquel Salmeron

Director, LBNL Materials Sciences Division
LBNL Senior Scientist
Scientific Director, the Molecular Foundry Imaging and
Manipulation of Nanostructures Facility
Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of California, Berkeley

mbsalmeron@lbl.gov
phone: 510-486-6230       

Education:
B. A.   Physics   University of Barcelona, Spain
M.A.    Physics   Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Ph.D.  Physics   Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Major Awards
2008 Medard W. Welch Award of the American Vacuum Society
2003 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
1996 Fellow of the American Physical Society
1996 DOE Outstanding Research Award in Materials Chemistry
1995 DOE Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment Award in Materials Chemistry

General Research Interests

  • The atomic structure of surfaces:  imaging and manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. 
  • Adsorption, diffusion and reactions of molecules on single crystal metal and oxide surfaces
  • Mechanical properties of materials at the atomic level:  how atoms and molecules exchange energy during frictional sliding
  • The structure of liquid films and droplets at the molecular level: wetting phenomena, dissolution
  • Molecular electronics: molecules to conduct electricity, rectification and semiconducting properties. Relation between molecular structure and electronic properties
  • Catalysis and environmental science using Scanning Tunneling and Force Microscopies, Photoelectron Spectroscopy under ambient conditions at the Berkeley Synchrotron

LBNL Research Projects:

Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures

Self-assembly of Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Materials

Nanoscience and Nanoparticles for 100% Catalytic Reactions

The Structure of Water on Metal and Oxide Surfaces

Molecular Foundry Imaging and Manipulation Facility program

 

Group website:       http://stm.lbl.gov/Salmeron_group/home.html