American Journal of Chemistry

American Journal of Chemistry is a peer-reviewed chemistry journal. It is aimed to publish all the latest and outstanding research articles, reviews and letters in all areas of Chemistry.

Benedetta Casu

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Chemistry

Lecturer, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany

Research Areas

Organic Materials, Organic Magnets, High-Resolved Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Peem Leem, Synchrotron Radiation

Education

1994-1995Post-graduate courseUniversity of Cagliari (Italy)
1994Diploma in PhysicsUniversity of Cagliari (Italy)

Experience

2011-presentDivision of Condensed Matter, University of Tübingen, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
2006-2011Senior scientist at the Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universitat Tübingen
2002-2006Researcher, Institute of Physics, University of Würzburg (Germany)
2001University of Potsdam (Germany)
1999-2002Research associate, Institute of Physics, University of Potsdam (Germany)
1996-1998Research associate, Engineering Department, University of Cagliari (Italy)

Publications: Journals

[1]  Nanoscale order and structure in organic materials: Diindenoperylene on gold as a model system M. B. Casu CrysGrowthDes 11 (2011) 3629
[2]  Real time observation of step-edge barrier effects, morphology and structure in diindenoperylene thin films deposited on Au(100) single crystals M. B. Casu, S.-A. Savu, P. Hoffmann, B.-E. Schuster, O. Mentes, M. A. Niño, A. Locatelli, T. Chassé CrysEngComm 13 (2011) 4139
[3]  Resonant Raman spectra of diindenoperylene thin films R. Scholz, L. Gisslén, B.-E. Schuster, M. B. Casu, T. Chassé, U. Heinemeyer, F. Schreiber J. Chem. Phys. 134 (2011) 014504
[4]  Locally resolved core-hole screening, molecular orientation, and morphology in thin films of diindenoperylene deposited on Au(111) single crystals M. B. Casu, B.-E. Schuster, I. Biswas, C. Raisch, H. Marchetto, Th. Schmidt, T. Chassé Adv. Mater. 22 (2010) 3740 (Communication)
[5]  Morphology of perylene thin films on SiOx/Si(100) and SiO2/Si(100): a spectroscopic and microscopic study of the influence of the preparation parameters M. B. Casu, X. Yu, S. Schmitt, C. Heske, E. Umbach Chem. Phys. Lett. 479 (2009) 76
[6]  Nucleation in Organic Thin Film Growth: perylene on Al2O3/Ni3Al(111) M. B. Casu, A. Schöll, K. R. Bauchspieß, D. Hübner, Th. Schmidt, C. Heske, E. Umbach J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 10990
[7]  Role of the substrate in electronic structure, molecular orientation, and morphology of diindenoperylene thin films on rutile TiO2(110) B.-E. Schuster, M. B. Casu, I. Biswas, A. Hinderhofer, A. Gerlach, F. Schreiber, T. Chassé, PCCP 11 (2009) 9000 (Communication)
[8]  Raman polarization studies of highly oriented organic thin films V. Presser, B.-E. Schuster, M. B. Casu, U. Heinemeyer, F. Schreiber, K. G. Nickel, T. Chassé J. Raman Spectrosc. 40 (2009) 2015
[9]  Initial molecular orientation of phthalocyanines on oxide substrates-PcCu on SiO2, TiO2, and ITO I. Biswas, H. Peisert, M. B. Casu, B.-E. Schuster, P. Nagel, M. Merz, S. Schuppler, T. Chassé Phys. Status Solidi a 206 (2009) 2524
[10]  Unusual energy shifts in resonant photoemission spectra of organic model molecules H. Peisert, I. Biswas, L. Zhang, B.-E. Schuster, M. B. Casu, A. Haug, D. Batchelor, M. Knupfer, T. Chassé J. Chem. Phys. 130 (2009) 194705
[11]  From interfaces to surfaces: Soft X-ray spectromicroscopy investigations of diindenoperylene thin films on gold M. B. Casu, B.-E. Schuster, I. Biswas, M. Nagel, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, T. Chassé J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 21 (2009) 314017
[12]  Influence of the preparation conditions on the morphology of perylene thin films. Perylene on Si(111) and Si(100) M. B. Casu, X. Yu, S. Schmitt, C. Heske, E. Umbach J. Chem. Phys 129 (2008) 244708 (selected for the January 1, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research)
[13]  Photoemission electron microscopy of diindenoperylene thin films M. B. Casu, I. Biswas, M. Nagel, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, T. Chassé Phys. Rev. B. 78 (2008) 075310
[14]  Determination of transport levels of organic semiconductors by UPS and IPS S. Krause, M. B. Casu, A Schöll, E. Umbach New J. of Phys. 10 (2008) 085201
[15]  Molecular orientation in diindenoperylene thin films deposited on polycrystalline gold M. B. Casu, I. Biswas, B.-E. Schuster, M. Nagel, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, T. Chassé Appl. Phys. Lett.93 (2008) 24103
[16]  Thin-Film Properties of DNA and RNA Bases: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study A. Haug, S. Schweizer, F. Latteyer, M. B. Casu, H. Peisert, C. Ochsenfeld, T. Chassé ChemPhysChem 9 (2008) 740
[17]  A multi-technique investigation of TiO2 films prepared by magnetron sputtering M. B. Casu, W. Braun, K. R. Bauchspieß, S. Kera, B. Megner, R. Thull, C. Heske, E. Umbach Surf. Sci. 602 (2008) 1599
[18]  A high-resolution NEXAFS investigation of the molecular orientation in the pentacene/PEDOT:PSS system M. B. Casu, P. Cosseddu, D. Batchelor, A. Bonfiglio, E. Umbach J. Chem. Phys. 128 (2008) 14705
[19]  Investigation of Surface Core Level Shifts and polarisation effects in thin films of organic molecules M. B. Casu, Y. Zou, S. Kera, D. Batchelor, Th. Schmidt, E. Umbach Phys. Rev. B 76 (2007) 193311 (brief report)
[20]  Buried interfacial layer of highly oriented molecules in copper phthalocyanine thin-films on polycrystalline gold I. Biswas, H. Peisert, M. Nagel, M. B. Casu, S. Schuppler, P. Nagel, E. Pellegrin, T. Chassé J. Chem. Phys. 126 (2007) 174704
[21]  High-resolution inner-shell excitation spectroscopy of large conjugated organic molecule: H2-phthalocyanine S. Kera, M. B. Casu, A. Schöll, Th. Schmidt, E. Rühl, E. Umbach J. Chem. Phys. 125 (2006) 14705
[22]  Growth mode and molecular orientation of phthalocyanine molecules on single crystal metal substrates: a NEXAFS and XPS study S. Kera, M. B. Casu, K. R. Bauchspieß, D. Batchelor, Th. Schmidt, E. Umbach Surf. Sci. 600 (2006) 1077
[23]  Bonding and structure of glycine on ordered Al2O3 film surfaces G. Tzvetkov, G. Koller, Y. Zubavichus, O. Fuchs, M. B. Casu, C. Heske, E. Umbach, M. Grunze, M. G. Ramsey, F. P. Netzer Langmuir 20 (2004) 10551
[24]  Interface properties of organic materials investigated by using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, J. E. Wong, S. Schrader Synth. Met. 138 (2003) 131
[25]  Band mapping and frontier orbitals at the interface thin native SiO2/organics M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, S. Schrader SPIE Proceedings Series 4800 (2003) 182
[26]  Electronic structure at the interface between metals and new materials for organic light emitting diodes M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, B. Schulz, S. Schrader, Surf. Sci. 507-510 (2002) 666
[27]  Analysis of detrapping processes of aromatic poly(1,3,4-oxadiazole) with thermally stimulated luminescence P. Imperia, M. B. Casu, B. Schulz, S. Schrader, Synth. Met. 127 (2002) 181
[28]  Electronic structure of aromatic 1,3,4-oxadiazole studied by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, B. Schulz, S. Schrader Synth. Met. 127 (2002) 185
[29]  Electronic structure and localised states in starburst trisphenylquinoxaline S. Schrader, M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, M. Jandke, P. Strohriegl, SPIE Proceedings Series 4464 (2002) 163
[30]  Electronic transport properties of heterocyclic materials for heterolayer organic light emitting devices P. Imperia, M. B. Casu, S. Schrader, B. Falk, M. Jandke, P. Strohriegl Synth. Met. 121 (2001) 1673
[31]  Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy on new heterocyclic materials for multilayer organic light emitting diodes M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, S. Schrader, B. Falk, M. Jandke, P. Strohriegl Synth. Met. 124 (2001) 79
[32]  Valence electronic structure of oxadiazoles and quinoxalines model compounds M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, S. Schrader, B. Schulz, M. Jandke, P. Strohriegl Synth. Met. 121 (2001) 1397
[33]  Thermally stimulated processes in heterocyclic materials suitable for heterolayer organic light emitting diodes P. Imperia, M. B. Casu, S. Schrader, B. Falk, M. Jandke, P. Strohriegl, " Synth. Met. 124 (2001) 83
[34]  Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of thin films of new materials for multilayer organic light emitting diodes M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, S. Schrader, B. Falk Surf. Sci. 482-485 (2001) 1205
[35]  Detrapping processes in aromatic 1,3,4-oxadiazoles P. Imperia, M. B. Casu, B. Schulz, S. Schrader Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" Course CXLIX (2001) 611
[36]  Electronic structure of aromatic 1,3,4-oxadiazoles M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, B. Schulz, S. Schrader Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" Course CXLIX (2001) 603
[37]  Quinoxaline films for hetero-layer light emitting devices P. Imperia, S. Schrader, M. B. Casu, M. Jandke, P.Strohriegl Non linear Optics, 25 (2000) 455
[38]  REDR-based kinetics for line defects leading to sudden failures in 980 nm SL SQW InGaAs laser diodes A. Bonfiglio, M. B. Casu, M. Vanzi, F. Magistrali, M. Maini, G. Salmini International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), Reno, Nevada, March 30-April 2, 1999
[39]  Early signatures for REDR-based laser degradations A. Bonfiglio, M. B. Casu, F. Magistrali, M. Maini, G. Salmini, M. Vanzi Microelectronics and Reliability, 38 (1998) 1215
[40]  A different approach to the analysis of data in life-tests of laser diodes A. Bonfiglio, M. B. Casu, F. Magistrali, M. Maini, G. Salmini, M. Vanzi Microelectronics and Reliability, 38 (1998) 767
[41]  Early signatures for REDR-based laser degradations A. Bonfiglio, M. B. Casu, M. Vanzi, F. Magistrali, M. Maini, G. Salmini ESREF '98, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1998
[42]  Interpretation of sudden failures in pump laser diodes A. Bonfiglio, M. B. Casu, M. Vanzi, F. Magistrali, M. Maini, G. Salmini 23rd International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis (ISTFA), Santa Clara, California, October 1997
[43]  Recombination in HgGaInS4 single crystals A Anedda, M. B. Casu, A. Serpi, I. I. Burlakov, I. M. Tiginyanu, V. V. Ursaki J. Phys. Chem. Solids 58 (1997) 325
[44]  Optical quenching and thermal stimulation of photoconductivity in HgGaInS4 single crystals A. Anedda, M. B. Casu, A. Serpi, I. I. Burlakov, I. M. Tiginyanu Cryst. Res. Technol. 31 (1996) 143
[45]  Photovoltaic spectroscopy of exciton structures in Zn1-x CdxSe/ZnSe multiple quantum wells A. Anedda, M. B. Casu, A. Serpi J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 6995

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) studies at surfaces: basic principles and applications M. B. Casu, T. Chassé, in "Handbook of Spectroscopy", Ed. G. Gauglitz, Wiley-VCH, 2011, at press
[2]  Surface Studies using Photoelectron Spectroscopy M. B. Casu, T. Chassé, in "Handbook of Spectroscopy", Ed. G. Gauglitz, Wiley-VCH, 2011, at press
[3]  Development of single-crystal OFETs prepared on well-ordered sapphire substrates S. Sachs, M. Paul, F. Holch, J. Pernpeintner, P. Vrdoljak, M. B. Casu, A. Schöll, E. Umbach, in "Physical and Chemical Aspects of Organic Electronics. From Fundamentals to Functioning Devices" Ed. Ch. Wöll, Wiley-VCH, 2009
[4]  Electronic Structure of Ordered Langmuir-Blodgett Films of an Amphiphilic Derivative of 2,5-Diphenyl-1,3,4-Oxadiazole M. B. Casu, P. Imperia, S. Schrader, B. Schulz, F. Fangmeyer, H. Schürmann, in "Novel methods to study Interfacial Layers" Eds. D. Möbius and R. Miller, in Series "Studies in Interface Science", Vol. 11, page 121, Elsevier, 2001