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Surface Chemistry Lab
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The lab captures surface phenomena at the level of single atoms and single molecules.
AboutAbout the lab
A surface is a strange stage, different from the interior.
The Surface Chemistry Lab aims to understand the elementary processes of surface-mediated chemical reactions, quantum tunneling, and electrical conduction in low-dimensional systems, targeting nanoscale structures from single molecules to atomic monolayers on precisely prepared surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum.
The lab also works on molecular manipulation and single-molecule conductance measurements using atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy, and on the synthesis of two-dimensional materials by molecular beam epitaxy.
Key terms
- Scanning tunneling microscope
- A microscope that lets us see individual atoms using the tiny current flowing between a sharp tip and a surface
- Two-dimensional material
- A sheet-like material only one to a few atomic layers thick
- Quantum tunneling
- A quantum-mechanical phenomenon in which a particle passes through an energy barrier that it could not classically overcome
NewsLab news
A paper on quantum well states at the In/Si(111) interface and heavy-hole subbands in the Si space-charge layer was published in Physical Review B
A paper on the electronic states of silver and gold atoms on graphene/Rh(111) was published in J. Phys. Chem. C
A paper on the effect of thiophenol adsorption on the optical properties of silver nanoparticles on graphene/Rh(111) was published in J. Chem. Phys.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab pursues research on physical-property systems that exploit the uniqueness of surfaces, and on single molecules isolated on surfaces.
*Illustrative imageNew surface materials and their properties
The lab studies new physical phenomena arising from the interplay of electronic systems, lattice systems, and electron spins at surfaces. It aims to create new surface materials that were previously unknown and to study their physical properties.
*Illustrative imageObservation and control of single molecules
Using a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope, the lab directly observes the vibrational spectroscopy, reaction control, quantum dynamics, and electrical conduction of single molecules and molecular clusters isolated on surfaces, approaching phenomena such as hydrogen-atom tunneling.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Surface Chemistry Lab consist of faculty, doctoral and master's students, and fourth-year undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorHiroshi Okuyama
- Assistant ProfessorShinichiro Hatta
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “STM-image of n-alkane C46H94 monolayer” Anton Senenko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- New surface materials and their properties: “Si atoms in graphene ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Observation and control of single molecules: “STM rotor” Palma, C.-A.; Kühne, D.; Klappenberger, F.; Barth, J.V. / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Spectroscopy Lab): “Electrochemical test cell” Hansjoachimkohnke / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Quantum Condensed Matter Lab): “Spin Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscope ANL” Argonne National Laboratory's Flickr page / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Condensed Matter Physics Lab): “FQHE Hall” Jakubtr / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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