Laerte Patera
Ass.-Prof. Dr.Member of the Young Academy since 2025
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck
Orcid-ID:
0000-0002-6214-5681
Research Areas:
- Chemistry
- Surface chemistry
- Physical chemistry
- Surface physics
Profile:
Publications:
Selected Memberships:
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Selected Prizes:
- ERC Starting Grant
- Gustav-Hertz-Preis, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Selected Publications:
- L. L. Patera, P. Scheuerer, F. Queck, and J. Repp (2019) Mapping orbital changes upon electron transfer with tunnelling microscopy on insulators, Nature 566, 245–248 [doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0910-3].
- L. L. Patera, F. Bianchini, C. Africh, C. Dri, G. Soldano, M. M. Mariscal, M. Peressi, G. Comelli (2018) Real-time imaging of adatom-promoted graphene growth on nickel, Science 566, 245–248 [doi.org/10.1126/science.aan8782].
- B. Eren, D. Zherebetskyy, L. L. Patera, C.-H. Wu, H. Bluhm, C. Africh, L.-W. Wang, G. A Somorjai, M. Salmeron (2016) Activation of Cu (111) surface by decomposition into nanoclusters driven by CO adsorption, Science 351, 475-478 [doi.org/10.1126/science.aad8868].
- L. L. Patera, F. Queck, and J. Repp (2020) Imaging charge localization in a conjugated oligophenylene, Physical Review Letters 125, 176803 [doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.176803].
- X. Liu, A. Matej, T. Kratky, J. I. Mendieta-Moreno, S. Günther, P. Mutombo, S. Decurtins, U. Aschauer, J. Repp, P. Jelinek, S.-X. Liu, L. L. Patera (2022) Exploiting Cooperative Catalysis for the On-Surface Synthesis of Linear Heteroaromatic Polymers via Selective C–H Activation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61, e2021127 [doi.org/10.1002/anie.202112798].