Normal incidence x-ray standing waves (NIXSW)

2025

"Solving the phase problem of diffraction: x-ray standing wave imaging on bismuthene/SiC(0001)"

N. Tilgner, S. Wolff, S. Soubatch, T.-L. Lee, F. Göhler, F.S. Tautz, T. Seyller, P. Schädlich and C. Kumpf
2D Materials 12(4), 045020 (2025) [10.1088/2053-1583/ae0f27]

"Reversible switching of the environment-protected quantum spin Hall insulator bismuthene at the graphene/SiC interface"

N. Tilgner, S. Wolff, S. Soubatch, T.-L. Lee, A.D. Peña Unigarro, S. Gemming, F.S. Tautz, T. Seyller, C. Kumpf, F. Göhler, P. Schädlich
Nature Communications 16(1), 6171 (2025) [10.1038/s41467-025-60440-x]

2024

"Bi-intercalated epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001)"

S. Wolff, M. Hutter, P. Schädlich, H. Yin, M. Stettner, S. Wenzel, F.S. Tautz, F.C. Bocquet, T. Seyller and C. Kumpf
New journal of physics 26, 103009 (2024) [10.1088/1367-2630/ad7f7d]

2023

"Core-Level Binding Energy Shifts in Ultrathin Alkali-Halide Films on Metals: KCl on Ag(100)"

S. Le Moal, I. Krieger, R. Kremring, S. Weiss, X. Yang, S. Soubatch, F.S. Tautz, M. Silly, A.G. Borisov, M. Sokolowski and E. Le Moal
The journal of physical chemistry C 127(50), 24253 - 24265 (2023) [10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06302]

"Domain Boundary Formation Within an Intercalated Pb Monolayer Featuring Charge-Neutral Epitaxial Graphene"

P. Schädlich, C. Ghosal, M. Stettner, B. Matta, S. Wolff, F. Schölzel, P. Richter, M. Hutter, A. Haags, S. Wenzel, Z. Mamiyev, J. Koch, S. Soubatch, P. Rosenzweig, C. Polley, F. S. Tautz, C. Kumpf, K. Küster, U. Starke, T. Seyller, F. C. Bocquet, and C. Tegenkamp
Adv. Mater. Interfaces 10(27), 2300471 (2023) [10.1002/admi.202300471]

2022

"Vertical structure of Sb-intercalated quasifreestanding graphene on SiC(0001)"

Y.-R. Lin, S. Wolff, P. Schädlich, M. Hutter, S. Soubatch, T.-L. Lee, F.S. Tautz, T. Seyller, C. Kumpf and F.C. Bocquet
Physical review B 106(15), 155418 (2022) [10.1103/PhysRevB.106.155418]

"Boron nitride on SiC(0001)"

Y.-R. Lin, M. Franke, S. Parhizkar, M. Raths, V. Wen-zhe Yu, T.-L. Lee, S. Soubatch,
V. Blum, F.S. Tautz, C. Kumpf and F.C. Bocquet
Physical review materials 6(6), 064002 (2022) [10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.064002]

2021

"Vertical position of Sr dopants in the SrₓBi₂Se₃ superconductor"

Y.-R. Lin, M. Bagchi, S. Soubatch, T.-L. Lee, J. Brede, F. C. Bocquet, C. Kumpf, Y. Ando and F. S. Tautz
Physical Review B 104(5), 054506 (2021) [10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054506]

"Growth, domain structure, and atomic adsorption sites of hBN on the Ni(111) surface"

M. Raths, C. Schott, J. Knippertz, M. Franke, Y.-R. Lin, A. Haags, M. Aeschlimann, C. Kumpf and B. Stadtmüller
Physical Review Materials 5(9), 094001 (2021) [10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.094001]

2020

"Surfactant-Mediated Epitaxial Growth of Single-Layer Graphene in an Unconventional Orientation on SiC"

F. C. Bocquet, Y.-R. Lin, M. Franke, N. Samiseresht, S. Parhizkar, S. Soubatch, T.-L. Lee, C. Kumpf and F. S. Tautz
Physical Review Letters 125(10), 106102 (2020) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.106102]

"Vertical bonding distances and interfacial band structure of PTCDA on a Sn-Ag surface alloy"

J. Knippertz, L.L. Kelly, M. Franke, C. Kumpf, M. Cinchetti M. Aeschlimann and B. Stadtmüller
Phys. Rev. B 102, 075447 (2020) [10.1103/PhysRevB.102.075447]

2019

"Molecular Topology and the Surface Chemical Bond: Alternant Versus Nonalternant Aromatic Systems as Functional Structural Elements"

B. P. Klein, N. J. van der Heijden, S. R. Kachel, M. Franke, C. K. Krug, K. K. Greulich, L. Ruppenthal, P. Müller, P. Rosenow,
S. Parhizkarmazinani, F. Posseik, M. Schmid, W. Hieringer, R. J. Maurer, R. Tonner, C. Kumpf, I. Swart and J. M. Gottfried
Physical Review X 9(1), 011030 (2019) [10.1103/PhysRevX.9.011030]

"Torricelli: A software to determine atomic spatial distributions from normal incidence x-ray standing wave data"

F. C. Bocquet, G. Mercurio, M. Franke, G. van Straaten, S. Weiß, S. Soubatch, C. Kumpf and F. S. Tautz
Computer Physics Communications 235, 502–513 (2019) [10.1016/j.cpc.2018.06.009]

"Molecule-Metal Bond of Alternant versus Nonalternant Aromatic Systems on Coinage Metal Surfaces: Naphthalene versus Azulene on Ag(111) and Cu(111)"

B.P. Klein, J.M. Morbec, M. Franke, K.K. Greulich, M. Sachs, S. Parhizkar, F.C. Bocquet, M. Schmid, S.J. Hall, R.J. Maurer, B. Meyer, R. Tonner, C .Kumpf , P. Kratzer and J.M. Gottfried
J. Phys. Chem. C 123(49) 29219 (2019) [10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08824]

"Quantitative analysis of the electronic decoupling of an organic semiconductor molecule at a metal interface by a monolayer of hexagonal boron nitride"

C. Brülke, T. Heepenstrick, I. Krieger, B. Wolff, X. Yang, A. Shamsaddinlou, S. Weiß, F. C. Bocquet, F. S. Tautz, S. Soubatch and M. Sokolowski
Phys. Rev. B 99, 121404(R) (2019) [10.1103/PhysRevB.99.121404]

2018

"Adsorption-induced pyramidal distortion of the trimetallic nitride core inside the endohedral fullerene Sc₃N@C₈₀ on the Ag(111) surface"

J. Seidel, L. L. Kelly, M. Franke, G. van Straaten, C. Kumpf, M. Cinchetti, M. Aeschlimann and B. Stadtmüller
Physical Review B 98(8), 085434 (2018) [10.1103/PhysRevB.98.085434]

"Dependence of the adsorption height of graphenelike adsorbates on their dimensionality"

S. Weiß, D. Gerbert, A. Stein, A. K. Schenk, X. Yang, C. Brülke, R. Kremring, S. Feldmann, F.C. Posseik, M. Gille, S. Hecht, M. Sokolowski,
P. Tegeder, S. Soubatch and F. S. Tautz
Physical Review B 98(7), 075410 (2018) [10.1103/PhysRevB.98.075410]

"Adsorption of 3,4,9,10-Perylenetetracarboxylic Acid Dianhydride on the Cu₃Au(111) Surface Studied by Normal-Incidence X-ray Standing Waves"

O. Bauer, J. Ikonomov, C. H. Schmitz, M. Willenbockel, S. Soubatch, F. S. Tautz and M. Sokolowski
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122(20), 10904–10917 (2018) [10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02269]

"On the decoupling of molecules at metal surfaces"

X. Yang, I. Krieger, D. Lüftner, S. Weiß, T. Heepenstrick, M. Hollerer, P. Hurdax, G. Koller, M. Sokolowski, P. Puschnig, M. G. Ramsey, F. S. Tautz and S. Soubatch
Chem. Commun. 54,9039 (2018) [10.1039/C8CC03334J]

"Role of the Central Metal Atom in Substrate-Mediated Molecular Interactions in Phthalocyanine-Based Heteromolecular Monolayers"

G. van Straaten, M. Franke, S. Soubatch, B. Stadtmüller, D. A. Duncan, T.-L. Lee, F. S. Tautz and C. Kumpf
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122(15), 8491–8504 (2018) [10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02689]

"Non-dipolar effects in photoelectron-based normal incidence X-ray standing wave experiments"

G. van Straaten, M. Franke, F.C. Posseik, F. S. Tautz and C. Kumpf
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 222, 106–116 (2018) [10.1016/j.elspec.2017.07.007]