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Soeren Porsgaard

Atomic scale imaging, manipulation, and spectroscopy Mechanical and electrical properties of molecules in self-assembled films Ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy for environnemental sciences Studies of friction, adhesion, and wear at the nanometer scale Electronic, mechanical, and chemical properties of nanoclusters Structure of thin liquid films and wetting Nanoscale material imaging and manipulation (Molecular Foundry) Catalytic and chemical properties of surfaces

Soeren Porsgaard
PhD Student

Materials Sciences Division
Mail stop 66R0200-8256
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720 USA

Phone: +1-510-486-6693 
FAX: +1-510-486-7268
Email: SPorsgaard*lbl.gov (replace * by @)

Project

I study mono- and multilayers of water on Pd(111) using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM).
The measurements are done in a ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chamber where the sample is cooled down using liquid helium.

Education

2008-2009 Visits Prof. Salmerons research group
Main project: STM Studies of Water Structures on Palladium

2007- PhD Student in Nanoscience
Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
University of Aarhus
Supervisor: Flemming Besenbacher

2004-2007 B.Sc in Nanoscience
Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)
University of Aarhus
Project title: Self-assembly of Supramolecular Structures on HOPG studied by STM
Supervisor: Flemming Besenbacher

Awards

Winner of the Innovation Award, Grundfos Challenge 2008

Research Interests

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Wetting at the nanometer scale, Metal-oxide thin films,
Self-assembled monolayers on graphite