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Fundamentally, the main focus of study is the fabrication of molecule/surface hybrid model systems and characterization of them at the atomic scale in ultrahigh vacuum condition; scanning probe microscopy and other surface-science techniques are employed in creating such conditions. The research extends to engineering nanostructures, controlling the properties of electronic materials, designing chiral heterogeneous catalyst, developing green-photocatalyst, and understanding complex biological phenomena on the surface.
Our research interests are in following areas:
1) Atom resolved studies on molecular adsorption
2) Self and direct assembly of nanostructures at surfaces
3) Surface chirality and chiral heterogeneous catalysis
4) Surface chemistry of biomaterials