Biography
Research Interests
Research in the area of surface science, particularly as it relates to catalysis, nanostructured materials, and nanoporous metals.
Education
- Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Universitat Bremen, Germany, 2005
- M.S. Physics, Universitat Bayreuth, Germany, 1996
Publications
2006 2 publications
- Quek, S. Y., M. M. Biener, J. Biener, J. Bhattacharjee, C. M. Friend, U. V. Waghmare, and E. Kaxiras, "Rich coordination chemistry of Au adatoms in gold sulfide monolayer on Au(111)," J. Phys. Chem. B 110 15663 (2006).
- Biener, J., M. M. Biener, T. Nowitzki, A. V. Hamza, C. M. Friend, V. Zielasek, and M. Bäumer, "On the role of oxygen in stabilizing undercoordinated Au atoms," Chem. Phys. Chem. 7 1906 (2006).
2005 7 publications
- Biener, M. M.,J. Biener, and C. F. Friend, "Enhanced transient reactivity of an O-sputtered Au(111) surface," Surf. Sci. Lett. 590 L259 (2005).
- Biener, M. M.,J. Biener, R. Schalek, and C. M. Friend, "Surface Alloying of Immiscible Metals: Mo on Au(111) studied by STM," Surf. Sci.. 594 221 (2005).
- Biener, M. M.,J. Biener, and C. M. Friend, "Revisiting the S-Au(111) interaction: Static or dynamic?" Langmuir 21 1668 (2005).
- Biener, M. M.,J. Biener, and C. M. Friend, "Novel synthesis of two-dimensional TiS2 nanocrystallites on Au(111)," J. Chem. Phys. 122 034706 (2005).
- Biener, J. E. Farfan-Arribas, M. M. Biener, C. M. Friend, and R. J. Madix, "Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the Au(111) Surface," J. Chem. Phys. 123 94705 (2005).
- Min, B. K., A. R. Alemozafar, M. M. Biener,J. Biener, and C. M. Friend, "Reaction of Au(111) with sulfur and oxygen: Scanning tunneling microscopic study," Topics in Catalysis 36 77 (2005).
- Quek, S. Y.,M. M. Biener, J. Biener, C. M. Friend, E. Kaxiras, "Tuning electronic properties of novel metal oxide nanocrystals using interface interactions: MoO3 monolayers on Au(111)," Surf. Sci. 577 L71 (2005).
2004 2 publications
- Biener, M. M.,J. Biener, R. Schalek, and C. M. Friend, "Growth of nanocrystalline MoO3 on Au(111) studied by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy," J. Chem. Phys. 121 12010 (2004).
- Biener, M. M.,and C. M. Friend, "Heteroepitaxial growth of novel MoO3 nanostructures on Au(111)," Surface Science 559(2-3) L173-L179 (2004).
Other 2 publications
- Wai-Leung, Y., T. Nowitzki, M. Necke, H. Schnars, P. Nickut, J. Biener, M. M. Biener, V. Zielasek, K. Al-Shamery, T. Kluener, M. Baeumer, "Universal phenomena of CO adsorption on gold surfaces with low-coordinated sites," J. Chem. Phys., in press.
- Zielasek, V., B. Jurgens, C. Schulz, J. Biener, M. M. Biener, A. V. Hamza, and M. Bäumer, Angew. "A new gold catalyst: nanoporous gold foams," Chem. Intl. Ed., in press.


