Since 2010, I’ve published 26 peer-reviewed articles which have been cited over 1,200 times resulting in an h-index of 16 (a detailed list of citations can be found on my Google Scholar profile). In addition, I’ve published a Ph.D. and a diploma thesis and have been the presenting author at 18 international conferences.
In the following you can find lists of publications, theses, and conference presentations.
List of Publications
[26] Inducing Metallicity in Graphene Nanoribbons via Zero-Mode Superlattices
Daniel J. Rizzo, Gregory Veber, Jingwei Jiang, Ryan McCurdy, Ting Cao, Christopher Bronner, Ting Chen, Steven G. Louie, Felix R. Fischer and Michael F. Crommie
Science 369, 1597 (2020) | arXiv
[25] Length-Dependent Evolution of Type II Heterojunctions in Bottom-Up-Synthesized Graphene Nanoribbons
Daniel J. Rizzo, Meng Wu, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Tomas Marangoni, Rebecca A. Durr, Arash A. Omrani, Franklin Liou, Christopher Bronner, Trinity Joshi, Giang D. Nguyen, Griffin F. Rodgers, Won-Woo Choi, Jakob H. Jørgensen, Felix R. Fischer, Steven G. Louie and Michael F. Crommie
Nano Lett. 19, 3221 (2019)
[24] Concentration Dependence of Dopant Electronic Structure in Bottom-Up Graphene Nanoribbons
Zahra Pedramrazi, Chen Chen, Fangzhou Zhao, Ting Cao, Giang D. Nguyen, Arash A. Omrani, Hsin-Zon Tsai, Ryan R. Cloke, Tomas Marangoni, Daniel J. Rizzo, Trinity Joshi, Christopher Bronner, Wonwoo Choi, Felix R. Fischer, Steven G. Louie, Michael F. Crommie
Nano Lett. 18, 3550 (2018)
[23] Topological Band Engineering of Graphene Nanoribbons
Daniel J. Rizzo, Gregory Veber, Ting Cao, Christopher Bronner, Ting Chen, Fangzhou Zhao, Henry Rodriguez, Steven G. Louie, Michael F. Crommie, Felix R. Fischer
Nature 560, 204 (2018) | arXiv
[22] Hierarchical On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbon Heterojunctions
Christopher Bronner, Rebecca A. Durr, Daniel J. Rizzo, Yea-Lee Lee, Tomas Marangoni, Alin Miksi Kalayjian, Henry Rodriguez, William Zhao, Steven G. Louie, Felix R. Fischer, Michael F. Crommie
ACS Nano 12, 2193 (2018) | arXiv
[21] Bottom-Up Synthesis and Electronic Structure of Graphene Nanoribbons on Surfaces
Christopher Bronner
In: Wandelt, K., (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry: Surface Science and Electrochemistry, vol. 4, pp 210–225 (2018)
(Review Article)
[20] Iodine versus Bromine Functionalization for Bottom-Up Graphene Nanoribbon Growth: Role of Diffusion
Christopher Bronner, Tomas Marangoni, Daniel J. Rizzo, Rebecca A. Durr, Jakob Holm Jørgensen, Felix R. Fischer and Michael F. Crommie
J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 18490 (2017) | arXiv
[19] Excitonic States in Narrow Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons on Gold Surfaces
Christopher Bronner, David Gerbert, Alexander Broska and Petra Tegeder
J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 26168 (2016)
[18] Bottom-up Synthesis of N=13 Sulfur-doped Graphene Nanoribbons
Giang D. Nguyen, Francesca M. Toma, Ting Cao, Zahra Pedramrazi, Chen Chen, Daniel J. Rizzo, Trinity Joshi, Christopher Bronner, Yen-Chia Chen, Marco Favaro, Steven G. Louie, Felix R. Fischer, and Michael F. Crommie
J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 2684 (2016)
[17] Coverage-Driven Dissociation of Azobenzene on Cu(111): A Route Towards Defined Surface Functionalization
Martin Willenbockel, Reinhard Maurer, Christopher Bronner, Michael Schulze, Benjamin Stadtmüller, Serguei Soubatch, Petra Tegeder, Karsten Reuter and Frank Stefan Tautz
Chem. Commun. 51, 15324 (2015)
[16] Site-Specific Substitutional Boron Doping of Semiconducting Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons
Ryan R. Cloke, Tomas Marangoni, Giang D. Nguyen, Trinity Joshi, Daniel J. Rizzo, Christopher Bronner, Ting Cao, Steven G. Louie, Michael F. Crommie, and Felix R. Fischer
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 8872 (2015)
[15] Quantitative Prediction of Molecular Adsorption: Structure and Binding of Benzene on Coinage Metals
Wei Liu, Friedrich Maaß, Martin Willenbockel, Christopher Bronner, Michael Schulze, Serguei Soubatch, F. Stefan Tautz, Petra Tegeder, and Alexandre Tkatchenko
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 036104 (2015) | pdf
[14] Image potential states at chevron-shaped graphene nanoribbons/Au(111) interfaces
Christopher Bronner, Anton Haase and Petra Tegeder
Phys. Rev. B 91, 045428 (2015) | pdf
[13] Tracking and Removing Br during the On-Surface Synthesis of a Graphene Nanoribbon
Christopher Bronner, Jonas Björk and Petra Tegeder
J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 486 (2015)
[12] Adsorption energetics of azobenzenes on noble metal surfaces
Michael Schulze, Christopher Bronner and Petra Tegeder
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 355004 (2014)
[11] Photo-induced and thermal reactions in thin films of an azobenzene derivative on Bi(111)
Christopher Bronner and Petra Tegeder
New J. Phys. 16, 053004 (2014) | pdf
[10] Relaxation Dynamics of Photo-Excited Charge Carriers at the Bi(111) Surface
Christopher Bronner and Petra Tegeder
Phys. Rev. B 89, 115105 (2014) | pdf | arXiv
[9] Electronic structure changes during the surface-assisted formation of a graphene nanoribbon
Christopher Bronner, Manuel Utecht, Anton Haase, Peter Saalfrank, Tillmann Klamroth and Petra Tegeder
J. Chem. Phys. 140, 024701 (2014) | pdf (© 2014 American Institute of Physics*)
[8] Photoisomerization of an Azobenzene on the Bi(111) Surface
Christopher Bronner, Beate Priewisch, Karola Rück-Braun and Petra Tegeder
J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 27031 (2013)
[7] Aligning the Band Gap of Graphene Nanoribbons by Monomer Doping
Christopher Bronner, Stephan Stremlau, Marie Gille, Felix Brauße, Anton Haase, Stefan Hecht and Petra Tegeder
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 4422 (2013) | pdf
[6] Unoccupied electronic band structure of the semi-metallic Bi(111) surface probed with two-photon photoemission
Christopher Bronner and Petra Tegeder
Phys. Rev. B 87, 035123 (2013) | pdf | arXiv
[5] Ultrafast Exciton Population, Relaxation, and Decay Dynamics in Thin Oligothiophene Films
Erwan Varene, Lea Bogner, Christopher Bronner and Petra Tegeder
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 207601 (2012) | pdf
[4] Electronic structure of a sub-nanometer wide bottom-up fabricated graphene nanoribbon: End states, band gap, and dispersion
Christopher Bronner, Felix Leyssner, Stephan Stremlau, Manuel Utecht, Peter Saalfrank, Tillmann Klamroth and Petra Tegeder
Phys. Rev. B 86, 085444 (2012) | pdf | arXiv
[3] The influence of the electronic structure of adsorbate–substrate complexes on photoisomerization ability
Christopher Bronner, Michael Schulze, Sebastian Hagen and Petra Tegeder
New J. Phys. 14, 043023 (2012) | pdf
[2] Switching ability of nitro-spiropyran on Au(111): electronic structure changes as a sensitive probe during a ring-opening reaction
Christopher Bronner, Gunnar Schulze, Katharina J. Franke, José Ignacio Pascual and Petra Tegeder
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 23, 484005 (2011)
[1] Azobenzene versus 3,3′,5,5′-tetra-tert-butyl-azobenzene (TBA) at Au(111): characterizing the role of spacer groups
Erik R. McNellis, Christopher Bronner, Jörg Meyer, Martin Weinelt, Petra Tegeder and Karsten Reuter
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 6404-6412 (2010) | arXiv
Theses
Photoinduced and Thermal Reactions of Functional Molecules at Surfaces
Christopher Bronner
Doctoral dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin, 2014
Electronic structure and ultrafast charge carrier dynamics at the interfaces between molecular switches and the Au(111) surface investigated with time-resolved photoemission
Christopher Bronner
Diploma thesis, Freie Universität Berlin, 2010
List of Conference Presentations
Hierarchical On-Surface Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbon Heterojunctions
Christopher Bronner, Rebecca A. Durr, Daniel J. Rizzo, Yea-Lee Lee, Tomas Marangoni, Alin Miksi Kalayjian, Henry Rodriguez, William Zhao, Steven G. Louie, Felix R. Fischer, Michael F. Crommie
DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2018
Diffusion of Monomer Radicals Represents the Rate-Determining Step in the On-Surface Synthesis of Chevron GNRs using Iodinated Monomers
Christopher Bronner, Tomas Marangoni, Daniel J. Rizzo, Rebecca A. Durr, Jakob Holm Jørgensen, Felix R. Fischer and Michael F. Crommie
Symposium of Surface Science, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 2017
Tracking and Removing Br during the Bottom-Up Synthesis of a Graphene Nanoribbon
Christopher Bronner, Jonas Björk and Petra Tegeder
APS March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2016
Site-Specific Substitutional Boron Doping of Semiconducting Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons
Ryan R. Cloke, Tomas Marangoni, Giang D. Nguyen, Trinity Joshi, Daniel J. Rizzo, Christopher Bronner, Ting Cao, Steven G. Louie, Michael F. Crommie, and Felix R. Fischer
Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces (ESPMI VIII), Tucson, AZ, 2015
Tracking and Removing Br during the Bottom-Up Synthesis of a Graphene Nanoribbon
Christopher Bronner, Jonas Björk and Petra Tegeder
DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2015
Electronic Properties of Bottom-Up Fabricated Graphene Nanoribbons
Christopher Bronner, Stephan Stremlau, Manuel Utecht, Marie Gille, Felix Leyssner, Anton Haase, Felix Brauße, Stefan Hecht, Peter Saalfrank, Tillmann Klamroth and Petra Tegeder
Heidelberg-Groningen Organic Chemistry Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany, 2014
Photoisomerization of an azobenzene derivative on Bi(111)
Christopher Bronner and Petra Tegeder
563. Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Seminar on ‘Functional Molecules at Surfaces’, Bad Honnef, Germany, 2014
Monomer Doping of Self-Assembled Graphene Nanoribbons for Band Gap Alignment
Christopher Bronner, Stephan Stremlau, Marie Gille, Felix Brauße, Anton Haase, Stefan Hecht and Petra Tegeder
DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany, 2014
Monomer Doping of Self-Assembled Graphene Nanoribbons for Band Gap Alignment
Christopher Bronner, Stephan Stremlau, Marie Gille, Felix Brauße, Anton Haase, Stefan Hecht and Petra Tegeder
APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 2014
Aligning the Band Gap of Graphene Nanoribbons by Monomer Doping
Christopher Bronner, Stephan Stremlau, Marie Gille, Felix Brauße, Anton Haase, Stefan Hecht and Petra Tegeder
Dresden School on Functional Nanomaterials, Dresden, Germany, 2013
Optically and thermally induced reactions of an azobenzene derivative on Bi(111)
Christopher Bronner, Beate Priewisch, Karola Rück-Braun and Petra Tegeder
DPG Spring Meeting, Regensburg, Germany, 2013
Evolution of the electronic structure during formation of a graphene nanoribbon in an on-surface synthesis
Christopher Bronner, Felix Leyssner, Stephan Stremlau, Manuel Utecht, Anton Haase, Peter Saalfrank, Tillmann Klamroth and Petra Tegeder
European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 29), Edinburgh, UK, 2012
Measuring the one-dimensional band structure of an armchair graphene nanoribbon
Christopher Bronner, Felix Leyssner, Stephan Meyer, Manuel Utecht, Peter Saalfrank, Tillmann Klamroth and Petra Tegeder
DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2012
Band Structure Measurements of Bottom-up Fabricated Graphene Nanoribbons
Christopher Bronner, Felix Leyssner, Stephan Meyer, Manuel Utecht, Tillmann Klamroth, Peter Saalfrank and Petra Tegeder
APS March Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, 2012
Role of the electronic structure on the isomerization ability of adsorbed photoswitches
Christopher Bronner, Michael Schulze, Sebastian Hagen and Petra Tegeder
International Sfb658 Symposium on Molecular Switches, Potsdam, Germany, 2012
The electronic structure of a bottom-up fabricated graphene nanoribbon on Au(111)
Christopher Bronner, Felix Leyssner, Stephan Meyer and Petra Tegeder
European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 28), Wroclaw, Poland, 2011
Electronic structure of bottom-up fabricated graphene nanoribbons at the gold surface
Christopher Bronner, Felix Leyssner, Stephan Meyer and Petra Tegeder
International workshop on Elementary Processes in Solids and at Interfaces (ElePSI), Kloster Banz, Germany, 2011
Electronic Structure of a Spiropyran Derived Molecular Switch in Direct Contact with the Au(111) Surface
Christopher Bronner, Gunnar Schulze, Katharina J. Franke, José Ignacio Pascual and Petra Tegeder
DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany, 2011
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