Contribute to research in one of the following projects., C01 – Synthesis of organic dyes and redox systems for controlled assembly in mol2Dmat heterostructures (Prof. Eigler, 2 positions), Synthesis of molecular dyes and redox systems, based on the interplay of aromaticity and antiaromaticity., Functionalization of graphene by functional dyes and redox systems and assembly of heterostructures using functional 2D materials., Organic synthesis and typical characterization methods, as NMR, FTIR, MS, EA, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy., Methods for 2D materials processing and characterization, as stamping techniques, lithography, Raman, XPS, TGA, ssNMR, Tof-SIMS, EA, FTIR., C02 – Precision covalent chemistry for tailored mol2Dmat heterostructures (Dr. Chen), Screening and synthesis of radical photoinitiators capable of adding to the surface of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) via region-selective photochemical reactions., Covalent assembly of molecule–TMD heterostructures through unsymmetrical functionalization of TMD mono- or bilayers., Methods for organic synthesis, purification, and characterization: handling air- and moisture sensitive reactions; Schlenk-line techniques; chromatography; NMR, MS, IR, UV-Vis spectroscopies; and elemental analysis., Methods for nanofabrication: mechanical exfoliation, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and lithography techniques., Methods for material characterization: Raman, PL, XPS, ToF-SIMS, AFM, KPFM, and SEM.