- 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
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