Molecular recognition
Molecular recognition between biological or synthetic species and between biological species and surfaces
Nanochemistry & Molecular Systems
The research activities of the group are concerned with the development of probes and technologies to interface single small functional molecules for AFM-based single-molecule force spectroscopy. For 15 years, we have developed the first examples of single-molecule force spectroscopy on small synthetic molecules to study their operation.
The expertise covers the development of strategies for the chemical modification of AFM tips and for the chemical coupling between tips and surfaces to detect intra- or intermolecular forces, and probe individual molecules. Tools to probe chemical processes, trigger and control them, and detect the induced mechanical response in situ and in real time are developed.
Our projects
Mechanics of molecules
Mechanochemical properties of (bio)molecular systems
Molecular machines & MIMs
Interfacing of molecular machines and investigation of their basic principles
Mechanochemistry
Implementation of classical organic chemical reactions at the single molecule scale on surfaces
Molecular manipulation
Manipulation and transport of molecules, molecule by molecule assembly on surfaces
Our collaborators
