Invited Speakers and Topics

Jürgen Behm, University of Ulm, Germany
(Bi-)metallic Nanoparticles on Supported Graphene Layers: Model Systems in Electrochemistry / Electrocatalysis

James Evans, Ames Lab, USA
Simulation of self-assembly and directed-assembly of bimetallic nanoclusters on surfaces

Antoine Fleurence, JAIST, Japan
Epitaxial silicene on ZrB2(0001): a graphene-like form of silicon". 

Hong-Jjun Gao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China
Construction and Manipulation of Individual Functional Molecules: from Reversible Conductance Transition to Reversible Spin Control

Thomas Greber, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Self-assembly of 2 nm voids in hexagonal boron nitride on Rhodium: Creation and Annihilation

Liv Hornekær, Aarhus University, Denmark
The interaction of atoms and molecules with graphene on metal substrates

Jan Knudsen, Max IV Lab + Lund University, Sweden
Chemistry above and below graphene: Cluster catalysis and interface reactions

Marko Kralj, Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia
Exploring the mechanism behind the alkali metal intercalation process in epitaxial graphene

Arkady Krasheninnikov, University of Helsinki, Finland
Defects in 2D materials: atomic structure, energetics and diffusion

Markus Kratzer, University of Leoben, Austria
Organic self assembled nanostructure growth on graphene substrates

Feng Liu, University of Utah, USA
Organic Topological Insulators in 2D Organometallic Lattices

Thomas Michely, University of Cologne, Germany
The graphene Moiré with Ir(111) as a template: cluster arrays, antidot lattices and intercalation patterns

Bene Poelsema, University of Twente, NL
The instability of silicene on Ag(111)

Deborah Prezzi , University of Modena, Italy
Edge and Substrate Effects in Graphene Nanostructures: Insights from Ab-initio Investigations  

Jakob Sagiv, Weizman Institute, Israel
Patterned Single-Layer Ionic Conductor - A Generic Approach

Levente Tapaszto , Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Scanning Probe Microscopy based engineering of graphene

Patricia Thiel, Ames Lab + University of Iowa, USA
Nucleation of Copper on HOPG Terraces

Michael Tringides, University of Iowa, USA
Growth of magnetic metals  on graphene: morphology, interactions and magnetization

Oleg Yazyev, EPFL, Switzerland
Electronic transport in polycrystalline graphene and other 2D materials

Pengpeng Zhang Michigan State University, USA
Growth of Light Harvesting Organic Molecules on Inorganic Substrates