Karl Franzens University Graz | Graz University of Technology | |
Structure and dynamics at surfaces using EPR spectroscopy: from single crystals to adsorbed proteins Surfaces and their interaction with the surrounding environment play a pivotal role in a large variety of areas ranging from heterogeneous catalysis, film coatings all the way to biological systems. Gaining insight into these systems at the atomic level is one of the key goals of today’s research, however, this is still challenging for most of these complex systems. Exploring well-defined model systems provides one strategy towards this goal. Even though EPR spectroscopy has only scarcely been used to study well defined surfaces it is a valuable technique to study structural, electronic as well as dynamic aspects of the systems at hand. |