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Jesús Martínez Blanco
PhD

Molecular Physics Department
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
14195, Faradayweg 4-6 (Berlin) Germany.
Institutional e-mail: jmblanco@fhi-berlin.mpg.de
Phone...: +49 30 8413 5722

Fax.......: +49 30 8413 5603

updated: 8 April 2010

PERSONAL DATA

  • Surnames: Martínez Blanco

  • Name: Jesús

  • Birth Date: March, 31st 1977

  • Nationality: Spanish

EDUCATION AND TITLES

from November 2007: Postdoc at the Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany.

 Subject: Nanographene on semiconductor surfaces.
Group leader: Prof. Dr. Karsten Horn.

2002 - 2007: PhD student at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
 Subject: Electronic and atomic structure of low dimensional surfaces.Phase transitions and molecular self-assembling.

PhD thesis: “Mecanismos electrónicos de estabilización de superestructuras metálicas y moleculares en superficies de cobre”. (Electronic mechanisms for the stabilization of metallic and molecular superstructures on copper surfaces).
 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Enrique García Michel
2000 - 2002:  Master of Science (DEA) from the Applied Mathematics Department, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
 Master Thesis: Algebraic Quantization of the Electromagnetic Group
 Supervisor: Dr. Julio Guerrero García
1995 - 2000:  Graduate in Physics from the Universitat de Valencia, Estudi General
 Major: Theoretical Physics (Five years degree).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Department of Molecular Physics at Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society (Berlin), Germany
    from November 2007 to present
    Postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Karsten Horn. During this period, I performed the necessary steps to run a 5 kelvin STM machine (Createc) and a variable temperature STM machine (Specs) in which semiconductor surfaces were prepared and characterized.by STM and STS (Scannig Tunneling Spectroscopy) in order to study the adsorption of potential precursors for the formation of graphene layers, such as coronene and hexabenzocoronene. On Ge(111) and Ge(100), the adsorption and self-assembling of coronene was studied. On Si(111), the rich array of electronically inequivalent reaction sites of the (7x7) reconstruction was investigated with respect to molecular adsorption. This work is also the main core of a diploma thesis presented on January 2009 by a diploma student under my supervision. Other studies includes the growth and characterization of boron nitride layers on Cu(111) by STM and electronic structure of graphene on Rhodium by means of ARPES..

  • Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid), Spain
    from September 2002 to October 2007
    PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Enrique García Michel. During these years I performed several experiments in ultra high vacuum to investigate the electronic structure of metallic surfaces with low dimensional substructures (halogenated Pt(110), reconstructions of Sn and Pb on Cu(100) and stepped Cu(100) surfaces), by means of angle resolved ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (ARUPS). The photoemission experiments were performed using synchrotron radiation at different European facilities all along the following beamtimes:

    • At the undulator beamline APE, Sincrotrone ELETTRA, Basovizza (Italy): from October, 2nd to 13th 2003, from December, 10th to 19th 2004, from October, 6th to 17th 2005 and from September, 23rd to October, 2nd 2006. The end station of this beamline is equipped with a Scienta SES-2002 analyzer for high energy and angular resolution photoemission spectra.

    • At the bending magnet beamline BL33, MaxLab, Lund (Sweden): from March, 15th to 31st 2003, from April, 30th to May, 17th 2004 and from June, 19th to July, 4th 2005.

    Besides these beamtimes, I used an UHV chamber equipped with ARUPS10 analyzer at home lab with a high flux He plasma lamp.

    I did scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STM) using a variable temperature Omicron in the Centro Atómico de Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina) in March 2006 with Dr. Hugo Ascolani.

    I have also experience in the analysis of surface crystallography data through the surface x-ray diffraction (SXRD) experiment performed to determine the atomic structure and the nature of the phase transition induced with the temperature observed in the system Sn/Cu(100). In order to analyze the crystallographic data, I developed several programs in Igor script language, which include novel strategies for multidimensional fits (Genetic Algorithm). I was involved in the SXRD experiment, done at beamline ID03 in the E.S.R.F. facility, Grenoble (France) from February, 13th to 24th 2003.

    I also studied the modifications of electronic structure of Cu(110) by adsorption of planar aromatic polyacenes like pentacene and tetracene, which form a long range self-assembly on the surface and the possible implication of the electronic structure in the formation of such networks. In this area, I performed three synchrotron experiments:

    • At the undulator beamline APE, Sincrotrone ELETTRA, Basovizza (Italy): from April, 10th to 20th 2005 and from March, 23rd to April, 3rd 2006.

    • At the bending magnet beamline BL33, MaxLab, Lund (Sweden): from May, 22nd to June, 5th 2006.

    and I studied the different molecular configurations by means of STM experiments in the Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastián (Spain) from July, 23rd to August, 6th 2006 with Prof. Dr. Enrique Ortega.

    I was also involved in the study of the electroncic structure of C60 and C70 on Au(887) (vicinal Au(111)) by means of ARUPS and NEXAFS. For this subject, I participated in two beamtimes:

    • At the undulator beamline SIS-HRPES, SLS, Villigen (Switzerland): February 2005, one week.

    • At the bending magnet beamline 9.3.2, ALS, Berkeley (U.S.A.): January 2007, one week.

    In all this period, besides being involved in the montage of part of the home lab system (plasma He lamp with monochromator and special manipulator), I was developing several procedures in the script programming language of Igor Pro for analysis of photoemission spectra, fitting of crystallographic data and processing LEED pictures and STM images. I am also author of the Igor Pro utility LaTeXinIGOR for embedding mathematical expressions using LATEX as the editor (see Others).

  • Department of Applied Mathematics at the Universidad de Murcia (Murcia), Spain
    from September 2000 to August 2002
    Master of Science in Applied Mathematics. Using geometrical methods (differential geometry) I studied the quantization of dynamical systems. In particular, I applied the algebraic quantization formalism to the Electromagnetic Gauge Group. Additionally I studied the stability of particular solutions in the three-dimensional Hènon-Heiles family. For such studies I frequently used the programming capabilities and symbolic calculus of the program Mathematica.

AWARDS and FELLOWSHIPS

  • Postdoctoral fellowship of the Max Planck Society. From November 2007.

  • Predoctoral researcher contract of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. From September 2006.

  • f.p.i. fellowship. Spanish Ministery of Education and Sciencie. From September 2002 to August 2006.

  • f.p.u. fellowship. Spanish Ministery of Education and Culture. From May to August 2002.

SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES

  • Angular Resolved Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARUPS).

  • Core Level Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS).

  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM).

  • Surface X-ray Difraction (SXRD).

  • Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS).

  • Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES).

  • Ultra-High Vacuum Technologies (UHV).

LIST of PUBLICATIONS

  1. Order-disorder phase transition of vacancies in surfaces: the case of Sn/Cu(001)-0.5 ML,

    J.E. Gayone, A. Carrera, O. Grizzi, S. Bengió, E. A. Sánchez, J. Martínez-
    Blanco    , E.G. Michel, J.D. Fuhr, H. Ascolani.

    submitted to Physical Review Letters.

  2. Selective adsorption of coronene on Si(111)-(7×7),

    J. Martínez-Blanco, M. Klingsporn, K. Horn.

    Surface Science 604 (2010) 523.

  3. Surface electronic structure of Pb/Cu(100): surface band filling and folding,

    V. Joco, J. Martínez-Blanco, P. Segovia, I. Vobornik, E.G. Michel.

    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 21 (2009) 474216.

  4. Structural and electronic properties of (3Ö2×Ö2)R45º-Sn/Cu(100): a DFT and STM study,

    J.D. Fuhr, J.E. Gayone, J. Martínez-Blanco, E.G. Michel, H. Ascolani.

    Physical Review B 80 (2009) 115410.

  5. Ordered structures of pentacene on Cu(110),

    J. Martínez-Blanco, M. Ruiz-Osés, V. Joco, D. I. Sayago, P. Segovia, E.G. Michel.

    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 27 (2009) 863.

  6. Surface X-ray Difraction analysis using a genetic algorithm: the case of Sn/Cu(100)-(3Ö2×Ö2)R45º,

    J. Martínez-Blanco, V. Joco, C. Quirós, P. Segovia, E.G. Michel.

    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 21 (2009) 134011.

  7. Electronic structure of Sn/Cu(100)-(2Ö2×2Ö2)R45º,

    J. Martínez-Blanco, V. Joco, J. Fujii, P. Segovia, E.G. Michel.

    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 21 (2009) 055001.

  8. Electronic structure and Fermi surface of Sn/Cu(001)-(3Ö2×Ö2)R45º,

    J. Martínez-Blanco, V. Joco, J. Fujii, P. Segovia and E.G. Michel.

    Physical Review B 77 (2008) 195418.

  9. Response to “Comment on 'Electronic structure of C60 on Au(887)'[J. Chem. Phys. 127, 067101 (2007)]”,

    F. Schiller, M. Ruiz-Osés, J.E. Ortega, P. Segovia, J. Martínez-Blanco, B.P. Boyle, V. Pérez-Dieste, J. Lobo, N. Néel, R. Berndt, J. Kröger.

    The Journal of Chemical Physics 128 (2008) 037101.

  10. Surface phase diagram and temperature induced phase transitions of Sn/Cu(100),
    J. Martínez-Blanco, V. Joco, P. Segovia, T. Balasubramanian, E.G. Michel.
    Applied Surface Science 252 (2006) 5331-5334.

  11. Surface phase transition and electronic structure of c(5Ö2×Ö2)R45º-Pb/Cu(100),
    V. Joco, J. Martínez-Blanco, P. Segovia, T. Balasubramanian, J. Fujii, E.G. Michel.
    Surface Science 600 (2006) 3851-3855.

  12. Electronic structure of C60 on Au(887),
    F. Schiller, M. Ruiz-Osés, J. E. Ortega, P. Segovia, J. Martínez-Blanco, B. P. Doyle, V. Pérez-Dieste, J. Lobo, N. Néel, R. Berndt, J. Kröger,
    The Journal Of Chemical Physics 125 (2006) 144719.

  13. Fermi surface gapping and nesting in the surface phase transition of Sn/Cu(100),
    J. Martínez-Blanco, V. Joco, H. Ascolani, A. Tejeda, C. Quirós, G. Panaccione, T. Balasubramanian, P. Segovia, and E. G. Michel.
    Physical Review B 72 (2005) 041401(R).

  14. Bifurcations of particular solutions in the three-dimensional Hènon-Heiles family
    J. Martínez, J. Egea, S. Ferrer.
    Monogr. Real Acad. Ci. Exact. Fís.-Quím. Nat. Zaragoza, 22 (2003) 27-36.

     

    In preparation:

  15. Adsorption of coronene on Ge(111) and Ge(100) surfaces,

    J. Martínez-Blanco, A. Mascaraque, K. Horn.

  16. Entropy driven phase transition related to vacancy ordering,

    J. Martínez-Blanco, V. Joco, C. Quirós, P. Segovia, E.G. Michel.

  17. Eficient electronic structure calculations based on a tight binding model and applications to Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy,

    V. Joco, N. Mikuszeit, J. Martínez-Blanco, E.G. Michel.

CONGRESSES and SCHOOLS

Oral contributions:

  1. 22nd Annual User Meeting (MAXlab)

    Lund (Sweden) November, 2nd - 4th 2009

    Electronic and Structural Properties across a Surface Phase Transition in Sn/Cu(100).

  2. 73rd Conference of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG 73)

    Dresden (Germany) March, 23rd - 7th 2009

    STM study of the adsorption of coronene on Si(111)-(7×7).

  3. 72nd Conference of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG 72)

    Berlin (Germany) February, 25th - 9th 2008

    SXRD study of Sn/Cu(100) across a surface phase transition.

  4. 54th International Symposium and Exhibition (AVS 54)

    Seattle (U.S.A.) October, 14th - 9th 2007

    Crystalline structure of Sn/Cu(100) across a surface phase transition.

  5. 24th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 24)
    Paris (France) September, 4th - 8th 2006
    Adsorption of planar aromatic hydrocarbons on Cu(110) and Ag(110): self-assembling and electronic structure.

  6. 23rd European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 23)
    Berlin (Germany) September, 4th - 9th 2005
    Sn/Cu(100): Observation of a two-dimensional surface charge-density wave.

  7. 8th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures (ACSIN8)
    Stockholm (Sweden) June, 20th - 22nd 2005
    Two-dimensional Surface Charge Density Wave transition in Sn/Cu(001).

  8. 16th International Vacuum Congress IVC16
    Venice (Italy) June, 28th - July, 2nd 2004
    Electronic Structure of Sn/Cu(001) Surface Phases: A surface Charge Density Wave.

  9. V Jornadas de Trabajo en Mecánica Celeste
    Albarracin, Teruel (Spain) June, 19th - 21st 2002
    Stability of particular solutions of 3D Hènon-Heiles Hamiltonians.

Poster contributions:

  1. 25th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 25)

    Liverpool (U.K.) July 27th - August 1st 2008

    Selective adsorption of coronene on Si(111)-(7×7).

  2. V Congreso Español de Fuerzas y Túnel
    Murcia (Spain) September, 20th - 22nd 2006
    STM study of the room and high temperature phases of Sn/Cu(100).

  3. 24th European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 24)
    Paris (France) September, 4th - 8th 2006
    Electronic structure of clean and halogenated Pt(110) surfaces.

  4. ESF - Self-Organised NanoStructures (SONS)
    Pisa (Italy) June, 29th - July, 1st 2006
    Adsorption of planar aromatic hydrocarbons on Cu(110): self-assembling and electronic structure.

  5. 23rd European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS 23)
    Berlin (Germany) September, 4th - 9th 2005
    Surface phase transition and electronic structure of c(5Ö2×Ö2)R45º-Pb/Cu(100).

  6. ESF - Self-Organised NanoStructures (SONS)
    Cargese, Corsica (France) July, 18th - 23rd 2005
    A two-dimensional Surface Charge Density Wave transition in Sn/Cu(100).

  7. 16th International Vacuum Congress IVC16
    Venice (Italy) June, 28th - July, 2nd 2004
    Electronic structure of Pt(110)-(1x2) and halogenated Pt(110).

  8. Reunión Nacional de Usuarios de Radiación Sincrotrón y Constitución de AUSE
    Torremolinos (Spain) February, 5th - 6th 2004
    Electronic Structure of Low Dimensional Systems.

  9. 12th International Summer-School Nicolás Cabrera
    Synchrotron Light as a powerful tool for materials analysis.
    Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid (Spain) September, 19th - 23rd 2005
    A two-dimensional Surface Charge Density Wave transition in Sn/Cu(100).

Attended:

  1. 9th International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces (ICFSI-9)
    Madrid (Spain) September, 15th - 19th 2003

  2. IV Jornadas de Trabajo en Mecánica Celeste
    La Manga, Murcia (Spain) September, 20th - 22nd 2001

LANGUAGES

Fluent English, native Spanish.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced programmer in Igor Pro. Basic knowledge of FORTRAN and C. LATEX for scientific papers.

OTHERS

  • Invited Talk (Dahlem Research School),

    Berlin (Germany) November, 11th 2009

    Postdoc at a Max Planck Institute.

  • Author of the Igor Pro utility LaTeXinIGOR for embedding annotations in graphs and other windows, using LATEX as the editor. Downloadable in:

    http://mural.uv.es/~jemar/LaTeXinIgor/LaTeXinIgor.htm

  • Pedagogical Adaptation Course (C.A.P) in 2001 from Universidad de Murcia.

  • First award with special distinction in Bachelor degree from I.B. Francisco Salzillo, Alcantarilla, Murcia (Spain) in 1995.

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