Presented at the discussion panel "Research in Germany" - XV B-MRS Meeting - Campinas, SP, Brazil - September, 25 to 29, 2016.

1. Today you can meet:
Dr. Hubertus Marbach
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg

2. Key figures of FAU at a glance
FAU is one of the ten largest universities in Germany and one of the leading
universities in Europe. The University was ranked among the best in 11 out of 31
categories in the EU’s international ‘U-Multirank’ ranking.
Of the 40,174 students (winter semester 2015/2016) at FAU, 19,736 are female
and 4,341 are international students.
FAU currently offers 256 degree programmes, including 78 Bachelor’s degree
programmes, 88 Master’s degree programmes and 90 Staatsexamen (state
examinations) degree programmes (in subjects such as teaching, law and
medicine). In 2014, 6,379 students graduated from FAU, 671 completed their
doctoral degrees and 44 post-doctoral students completed their habilitation. FAU
has a total of 647 professorships. With a total of 180 million euros (2015), FAU has
one of the highest volumes of third-party funding of all the universities in Germany.

4. $
FEBIPself-assembly
“bottom-up“ “top-down“
combined approach
500 nm
hybrid nanostructure
Fe
porphyrin
multilayer
Si(111)
FEBIP
organic assemly inorganic deposit

5. Acknowledgements Florian Buchner
Florian Vollnhals
Elisabeth Zillner
Michael RöckertThomas Lukasczyk
Michael Schirmer
STM-team
Liang Zhang
Stefanie Ditze
Michael Stark
Michael Lepper
Julia Köbl
Karmen Comanici
Hans-Peter Steinrück
Technichal support:
Hans-Peter Bäumler
Bernd Kress
Uwe Sauer
Friedhold Wölfel
EBID-team
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Esther Carrasco Martin Drost
Fan Tu
Marie-Madeleine Walz

6. Acknowledgements
WSxM software: www.nanotec.es
Collaborations/STM:
Prof. Norbert Jux
Prof. Joachim Hornegger, André Aichert
Prof. Andreas Görling, Dr. Wolfgang Hieringer
Prof. Timothy Clark, Dr. Tatyana E. Shubina
Prof. Johannes Barth, Prof. Willi Auwärter
Supported by the DFG
under grant MA 4246/1 -1, -2
Collaborations/FEBIP:
Prof. Roser Valenti
Prof. Erdmann Spiecker
Prof. Oliver
Prof. Michael Huth
Prof. Geoff Thornton
Prof. Janos Kiss
Prof. Alois Lugstein
COST Action 1301-Celina
Project D7
Oxide nanostructures
PROBRAL

7. Cluster of Excellence
Engineering of Advanced Materials
Engineering of
 nanoelectronic materials (molecular electronics)
 photonic and optical materials
 catalytic materials
 lightweight materials
Cross-sectional topics:
 Particle Technology
 Nanoanalysis and electron microscopy
 Multiscale modelling and simulation
Participating Institutions:
• University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
• Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
• Fraunhofer Institute for Integr. Systems & Device Technology IISB
• Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research
• Bavarian Laser Center GmbH

8. “Functional
landscaping“
Functional Molecular Structures
on Complex Oxide Surfaces
The funCOS vision:
of molecular films
on oxide surfaces
bonding sites,
mechanism,
energetics
intermolecular
interaction,
mobility
selective
bonding
selective
bonding and
structure
formation
complex
films on
nanomaterials
realistic
conditions,
reactants
simple oxide
surfaces
complex oxides,
specific sites
nanostructured
oxides surfaces
oxide
nanomaterials

9. “Functional landscaping“
Functional Molecular Structures
on Complex Oxide Surfaces
Focussed Electron Beam Induced Processing: Nanostructure on Porphyrin Layer
(Marbach Group)
500 nm

10. Supported by the DFG
under grant MA 4246/1 -1, -2
Supported by the DFG
under grant MA 4246/1 -1, -2

11. Supported by the DFG
under grant MA 4246/1 -1, -2
Supported by the DFG
under grant MA 4246/1 -1, -2