Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heiz

Professor

PhD in Physical Chemistry

Email: ulrich.heiz@mytum.de

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• DFG He 3454/9-2 (2009-2011; € 279’300); Chemical functionalities of size-selected clusters.
• DFG 3454/10-1 (2008-2010; € 187’600); Highly sensitive infrared studies on supported metal cluster adsorbates by IR-CRDS.
• DFG He3454/16-1 EU-Project Euroscores-FANAS, NOMICS (2008-2010; € 383’160); Nanomanipulation of metallic clusters on insulating surfaces.
• Deutsch-Französische Hochschule, G2R-FA-31-07 (2008-2012; € 279’460); Photochemische Eigenschaften von Nanostrukturen.
• International Graduate Schoool of Sustainable Energy (Begin June 2009-2012; € 100’000); Molecular understanding of the steam reforming of acetic and formic acid.
• ERC-Advanced Grant; No 246645 – ASC3 (2010-2015; € 2’301’600); Asymmetric Cluster Chemistry and Catalysis.

KEY PUBLICATIONS

1. S. Crampton, M.D. Rötzer, C.J. Ridge, F.F. Schweinberger, U. Heiz, B. Yoon, U. Landman, “Structure sensitivity in the non-scalable regime explored via catalysed ethylene hydrogenation on supported platinum nanoclusters”, Nature Comm., 10389 (2016).
2. S. Crampton, M.D. Rötzer, F.F. Schweinberger, B. Yoon, U. Landman, U. Heiz, “Controlling Ethylene Hydrogenation Reactivity on Pt₁₃ Clusters by Varying the Stoichiometry of the Amorphous Silica Support”, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 55, 8953 (2016).
3. Wieghold, J. Li, S. Patrick; M. Krause, Y. Avlasevich, C. Li, J. Garrido, U. Heiz, P. Samorì, K. Müllen, F. Esch, J.V. Barth, C.A. Palma, “Photoresponse of supramolecular self-assembled networks on graphene–diamond interfaces”, Nature Comm., 10700 (2016).
4. Wettergren, F.F. Schweinberger, D. Deiana, C.J. Ridge, A.S. Crampton, M. Rötzer, T.W. Hansen, V. Zhdanov, U. Heiz, C. Langhammer, “High Sintering Resistance of Size-Selected Platinum Cluster Catalysts by Suppressed Ostwald Ripening”, Nano Letters 14, 5803 (2014).
5. Thämer, A. Kartouzian, P. Heister, T. Lünskens, S. Gerlach, U. Heiz, “Small Supported Plasmonic Silver Clusters”, Small 10, 2340 (2014).
6. Nesselberger, M. Roefzaad, H.R. Fayçal, U.P. Biedermann, F.F. Schweinberger, S. Kunz, K. Schloegl, G.K.H. Wiberg, S. Ashton, U. Heiz, K.J.J. Mayrhofer, M. Arenz, “The effect of particle proximity on the oxygen reduction rate of size-selected platinum clusters”, Nature Mat., 12, 919 (2013).
7. F. Schweinberger, M.J. Berr, M. Döblinger, C. Wolff, K.E. Sanwald, A.S. Crampton, C.J. Ridge, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann, M. Tschurl, U. Heiz, “Cluster size effects in the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135,13262 (2013).
8. Moseler, M. Walter, B. Yoon, U. Landman, V. Habibpour, C. Harding, S. Kunz, U. Heiz, “Oxidation State and Symmetry of Magnesia supported Pd₁₃O_x Nanocatalysts influence Activation Barriers of CO Oxidation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 7690 (2012).
9. Yoon, H. Haekkinen, U. Landman, A.S. Woerz, J.-M. Antonietti, S. Abbet, K. Judai, U. Heiz, “Charging Effects on Bonding and Catalyzed Oxidation of CO on Au8 Clusters on MgO”, Science, 307, 403 (2005).
10. Sanchez, S. Abbet, U. Heiz, W.D. Schneider, H. Haekkinen, R.N. Barnett, U. Landman, “When Gold Is Not Noble: Nanoscale Gold Catalysts”, J. Phys. Chem. A 103, 9573 (1999).