Torres, E.; Blumenau, A. T.; Biedermann, P. U.: Steric and Chain Length Effects in the (√(3) x √(3))R30°Structures of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111). ChemPhysChem 12, pp. 999 - 1009 (2011)
Zuo, J.; Torres, E.: Comparison of Adsorption of Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane on Amphiphilic TiO2 and Hydroxylated SiO2. Langmuir 26 (19), pp. 15161 - 15168 (2010)
Torres, E.; Blumenau, A. T.; Biedermann, P. U.: Mechanism for phase transitions and vacancy island formation in alkylthiol/Au(111)self-assembled monolayers based on adatom and vacancy-induced reconstructions. Physical Review B 79 (7), pp. 075440-1 - 075440-6 (2009)
Torres, E.; Biedermann, P. U.; Blumenau, A. T.: High density structures of ethyl-thiol SAM´s on Au(111): A DFT study. SurMat Seminar, Schloß Gnadenthal, Kleve, Germany (2008)
Torres, E.; Biedermann, P. U.; Blumenau, A. T.: The Role of Gold Adatoms in Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiol on Au(111). 6th Congress of the International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics, ISTCP-VI, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2008)
Blumenau, A. T.; Biedermann, P. U.; Torres, E.: Modelling adhesion and delamination at oxide/polymer interfaces. Multiscale Material Modeling of Condensed Matter, MMM2007, St. Feliu de Guixols, Spain (2007)
Thissen, P.; Özcan, Ö.; Torres, E.; Diesing, D.; Grundmeier, G.: Combining Monte Carlo Kinetics and Density Functional Theory to simulate Temperature Programmed Desorption. American Vacuum Society 54th International Symposium, Seattle, WA, USA (2007)
Biedermann, P. U.; Torres, E.; Blumenau, A. T.: Oxygen Reduction at Thiol/Au(111)SAMs, Atomistic Modelling and Experiment. 212th ECS Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA (2007)
Biederrmann, U. P.; Torres, E.; Blumenau, A. T.: Degradation of Alkanethiol/Au(111) Self-Assembled Monolayers During Oxygen Reduction. 1. Harzer Ab initio Workshop, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany (2006)
Torres, E.; Biederrmann, U. P.; Blumenau, A. T.: A DFT study of Alkanethiol adsorption sites on Au(111) surfaces. A DFT study of Alkanethiol adsorption sites on Au(111) surfaces, Clausthal, Germany (2006)
Torres, E.; Biedermann, P. U.; Blumenau, A. T.: A DFT study of Alkanethiol adsorption sites on Au(111) surfaces. 2nd IMPRS-SurMat Workshop in Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany (2008)
Biedermann, P. U.; Torres, E.; Laaboudi, L.; Isik-Uppenkamp, S.; Rohwerder, M.; Blumenau, A. T.: Cathodic Delamination by a Combined Computational and Experimental Approach: The Aklylthiol/Gold Model System. Multiscale Material Modeling of Condensed Matter, MMM2007, St. Feliu de Guixols, Spain (2007)
Torres, E.: DFT Study of Alkanethiol Self-assembled Monolayers on Gold(111) Surfaces. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Bochum, Germany (2009)
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