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- Pascal Gehring
Pascal Gehring
Professeur
Chercheur qualifié FNRS
Education
Ph.D. 2014 (Materials Science), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Dipl.-Ing. 2010 (Materials Science), University of Stuttgart
Past career
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2019-2020), imec, Belgium
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (IF) Research Fellow (2017-2019), TU Delft, The Netherlands
Senior Research Fellow (2017), University of Oxford, UK
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2014-2016), University of Oxford, UK
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (2014), Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany
- Diplômes
Année Label Institution 2014 Docteur en sciences
Scanning thermal microscopy (SThM)
We perform local thermometry and local thermal gating on 2D materials with sub 100nm-lateral resolution using SThM. We want to discover the influence of structural defects, magnetic domain structure or local band-structure variations on the thermoelectric efficiency.
Molecular (Thermo)electrics
We developed device architectures that allow us to measure the electronic and thermoelectric properties of single molecules simultaneously. We use this to reveal how strong correlations, high-spin ground states or molecular vibrations influence thermoelectric response. We thus try to validate theories about what factors impact most crucially the thermoelectric properties, and indicate the synthetic directions to influence the heat to energy conversion in single molecules.
2D-Quantum Materials
We employ (Twisted) 2D materials to engineer designer topological phases or new magnetic structures. To this end we investigate thin films (and heterostructures) of topological materials like topological insulators, Weyl semimetals or Dirac semimetals and 2-dimensional magnets. The goal is to exploit the unique properties of these low-dimensional quantum materials to enable electronic devices with novel functionalities, like next generation spin-caloritronic energy harvesters, electronic components for neuromorphic computing or ultra-fast memory devices.
Canetta, Alessandra ; Volosheniuk, Serhii ; Satheesh, Sayooj ; José Pedro Alvarinhas Batista ; Aloïs Castellano ; Riccardo Conte ; Daniel George Chica ; Kenji Watanabe ; Takashi Taniguchi ; Xavier Roy ; Herre S. J. van der Zant ; Marko Burghard ; Matthieu Jean Verstraete ; Gehring, Pascal. Impact of Spin-Entropy on the Thermoelectric Properties of a 2D Magnet. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 24, no.22, p. 6513-6520 (2024). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00809.
Charalambos, Evangeli ; Swett, Jacob ; Spiece, Jean ; Edward McCan ; Jasper Fried ; Achim Harzheim ; Andrew R. Lupini ; G. Andrew D. Briggs ; Gehring, Pascal ; Stephen Jesse ; Oleg V. Kolosov ; Jan E. Mol ; Ondrej Dyck. Thermoelectric Limitations of Graphene Nanodevices at Ultrahigh Current Densities. In: ACS Nano, Vol. 18, no.17, p. 11153-11164 (2024). doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c12930.
Gehring, Pascal ; Merckling, Clement ; Meng, Ruishen. Evidence for intrinsic magnetic scatterers in the topological semimetal $(Bi_2)_5(Bi_2Se_3)_7$. In: APL Materials, Vol. 11, no. 1, p. 111116 (2023). doi:10.1063/5.0167544.
Niu, Wenhui ; Sopp, Simen ; Lodi, Alessandro ; Gee, Alex ; Kong, Fanmiao ; Pei, Tian ; Gehring, Pascal ; Nägele, Jonathan ; Lau, Chit Siong ; Ma, Ji ; Liu, Junzhi ; Narita, Akimitsu ; Mol, Jan ; Burghard, Marko ; Müllen, Klaus ; Mai, Yiyong ; Feng, Xinliang ; Bogani, Lapo. Exceptionally clean single-electron transistors from solutions of molecular graphene nanoribbons. In: Nature Materials, Vol. 22, no.2, p. 180-185 (2023). doi:10.1038/s41563-022-01460-6.
Volosheniuk, Serhii ; Bouwmeester, Damian ; Hsu, Chunwei ; van der Zant, H. S. J. ; Gehring, Pascal. Implementation of SNS thermometers into molecular devices for cryogenic thermoelectric experiments. In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 122, no.10, p. 103501 (2023). doi:10.1063/5.0137392.
Canetta, Alessandra ; Gonzalez-Munoz, Sergio ; Nguyen, Viet-Hung ; Agarwal, Khushboo ; de Crombrugghe de Picquendaele, Pauline ; Hong, Yuanzhuo ; Mohapatra, Sambit ; Watanabe, Kenji ; Taniguchi, Takashi ; Nysten, Bernard ; Hackens, Benoît ; Ribeiro-Palau, Rebeca ; Charlier, Jean-Christophe ; Kolosov, Oleg Victor ; Spiece, Jean ; Gehring, Pascal. Quantifying the local mechanical properties of twisted double bilayer graphene. In: Nanoscale, Vol. 15, no. 18, p. 8134-8140 (2023). doi:10.1039/d3nr00388d.
Razeghi, Mohammadali ; Spiece, Jean ; Oğuz, Oğuzhan ; Pehlivanoğlu, Doruk ; Huang, Yubin ; Sheraz, Ali ; Başçı, Uğur ; Dobson, Phillip S. ; Weaver, Jonathan M. R. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Kasırga, T. Serkan. Single-material MoS2 thermoelectric junction enabled by substrate engineering. In: npj 2D Materials and Applications, Vol. 7, no. 1, p. 36 (2023). doi:10.1038/s41699-023-00406-z.
Pyurbeeva, Eugenia ; Mol, Jan A. ; Gehring, Pascal. Electronic measurements of entropy in meso- and nanoscale systems. In: Chemical Physics Reviews, Vol. 3, no.4, p. 041308 (2022). doi:10.1063/5.0101784.
Hsu, Chunwei ; Costi, Theo A. ; Vogel, David ; Wegeberg, Christina ; Mayor, Marcel ; van der Zant, Herre S. J. ; Gehring, Pascal. Magnetic-Field Universality of the Kondo Effect Revealed by Thermocurrent Spectroscopy. In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 128, no.14, p. 1-16 (2022). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.128.147701.
Gehring, Pascal ; Sowa, Jakub K. ; Hsu, Chunwei ; de Bruijckere, Joeri ; van der Star, Martijn ; Le Roy, Jennifer J. ; Bogani, Lapo ; Gauger, Erik M. ; van der Zant, Herre S. J.. Complete mapping of the thermoelectric properties of a single molecule. In: Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 16, no.4, p. 426-430 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41565-021-00859-7.
Pyurbeeva, Eugenia ; Hsu, Chunwei ; Vogel, David ; Wegeberg, Christina ; Mayor, Marcel ; van der Zant, Herre ; Mol, Jan A. ; Gehring, Pascal. Controlling the Entropy of a Single-Molecule Junction. In: Nano Letters, Vol. 21, no.22, p. 9715-9719 (2021). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03591.
Caneva, Sabina ; Hermans, Matthijs ; Lee, Martin ; García-Fuente, Amador ; Watanabe, Kenji ; Taniguchi, Takashi ; Dekker, Cees ; Ferrer, Jaime ; van der Zant, Herre ; Gehring, Pascal. A Mechanically Tunable Quantum Dot in a Graphene Break Junction. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 20, no.np, p. 4924-4931 (2020). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00984.
Harzheim, A. ; Evangeli, C. ; Kolosov, O. ; Gehring, Pascal. Direct mapping of local Seebeck coefficient in 2D material nanostructures via scanning thermal gate microscopy. In: 2D Materials, Vol. 7, no.4, p. 11 p. (2020). doi:10.1088/2053-1583/aba333/meta.
Harzheim, A. ; Koenemann, F. ; Gotsmann, B. ; van der Zant, H.S.J. ; Gehring, Pascal. Single-Material Graphene Thermocouples. In: Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 30, no.22, p. n-p (2020). doi:10.1002/adfm.202000574.
Harzheim, A. ; Sowa, J.K. ; Swett, J.L. ; Briggs, G.A.D. ; Mol, J.A. ; Gehring, Pascal. The role of metallic leads and electronic degeneracies in thermoelectric power generation in quantum dots. In: Physical review research, Vol. 2, no.4, p. 20 p. (2020). doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013140.
Gehring, Pascal ; van der Star, M. ; Evangeli, C. ; Le Roy, J. ; Bogani, L. ; Kolosov, O.V. ; van der Zant, H.S.J.. Efficient heating of single-molecule junctions for thermoelectric studies at cryogenic temperatures. In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 115, no.7, p. 5 p. (2019). doi:10.1063/1.5118861.
de Bruijckere, J. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Palacios-Corella, M. ; Clemente-León, M. ; Coronado, E. ; Paaske, J. ; Hedegård, P. ; van der Zant, H.S.J.. Ground-state spin blockade in a single-molecule junction. In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, no.np, p. 5 p. (2019). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.197701.
Gehring, Pascal ; Thijssen, J.M. ; van der Zant, H.S.J.. Single-molecule quantum-transport phenomena in break junctions. In: Nature Reviews Physics, Vol. 1, no.np, p. 381–396 (2019). doi:10.1038/s42254-019-0055-1.
Papadopoulos, N. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Watanabe, K. ; Taniguchi, T. ; van der Zant, H.S.J. ; Steele, G.A.. Tunneling spectroscopy of localized states of WS2 barriers in vertical van der Waals heterostructures. In: Physical Review B, Condensed Matter, Vol. 101, no.16, p. 6 p. (2019). doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.165303.
Harzheim, A. ; Spiece, Jean (co-first author) ; Evangeli, C. ; McCann, E. ; Sheng, Y. ; Warner, J. ; Briggs, A. ; Mol, J. ; Gehring, Pascal. Geometrically Enhanced Thermoelectric Effects in Graphene Nanoconstrictions. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 18, no.np, p. 7719-7725 (2018). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03406.
Dubois, V. ; Raja, S.N. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Caneva, S.. Massively parallel fabrication of crack-defined gold break junctions featuring sub-3 nm gaps for molecular devices. In: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, no.np, p. 10 p. (2018). doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05785-2.
Caneva, S. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Garcia-Suarez, V.M. ; Garcia-Fuente, A.. Mechanically controlled quantum interference in graphene break junctions. In: Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 13, no.np, p. 1126–1131 (2018). doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0258-0.
Gehring, Pascal ; Sowa, J.K. ; Cremers, J.. Distinguishing lead and molecule states in graphene-based single-electron transistors. In: ACS Nano, Vol. 11, no. 6, p. 5325-5331 (2017). doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b00570.
Gehring, Pascal ; Harzheim, Achim ; Spiece, Jean ; Sheng, Yuewen. Field-Effect Control of Graphene-Fullerene Thermoelectric Nanodevices. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 17, no.11, p. 7055-7061 (2017). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03736.
Sarwat, G.S. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Rodriguez Hernandez, G.. Scaling limits of graphene nanoelectrodes. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 17, no.6, p. 3688-3693 (2017). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00909.
Devender ; Gehring, Pascal ; Gaul, Andrew ; Hoyer, Alexander. Harnessing Topological Band Effects in Bismuth Telluride Selenide for Large Enhancements in Thermoelectric Properties through Isovalent Doping. In: Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, no.30, p. 6436–6441 (2016). doi:10.1002/adma.201601256.
Gehring, Pascal ; Sadeghi, H. ; Sangtarash, S.. Quantum Interference in Graphene Nanoconstrictions. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 16, no.np, p. 4210-4216 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01104.
Gehring, Pascal ; Reusch, F.B. ; Mashhadi, S.S. ; Burghard, M. ; Kern, K.. Surface oxidation effect on the electrical behaviour of Bi_2Te_2Se nanoplatelets. In: Nanotechnology, Vol. 27, no.28, p. 6 p. (2016). doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/28/285201.
Gehring, Pascal ; Burghard, M.. Ungewöhnliche Phasen im Flächenland. In: Physik in Unserer Zeit, Vol. 47, no.np, p. 272-273 (2016). doi:10.1002/piuz.201690108.
Kern, K. ; Eder, F. ; Meyer, J.C. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Vaklinova, K. ; Hoyer, A. ; Benia, H.M. ; Skakalova, V. ; Argentero, G. ; Burghard, M.. Dimensional crossover in the quantum transport behaviour of the natural topological insulator Aleksite. In: Nature Research Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, p. 1-8 (2015). doi:10.1038/srep11691.
Gehring, Pascal ; Urcuyo, R. ; Duong, D. ; Burghard, M. ; Kern, K.. Thin-layer black phosphorus/GaAs heterojunction p-n diodes. In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 106, no.np, p. 5 p. (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4922531.
Puczkarski, P. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Lau, C.S.. Three-terminal graphene single-electron transistor fabricated using feedbackcontrolled electroburning. In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, no.np, p. 4 p. (2015). doi:10.1063/1.4932133.
Esslinger, M. ; Vogelgesang, R. ; Talebi, N. ; Khunsin, W. ; Gehring, Pascal. Tetradymites as Natural Hyperbolic Materials for the Near-Infrared to Visible. In: ACS Photonics, Vol. 1, no. 12, p. 1285-1289 (2014). doi:10.1021/ph500296e.
Gehring, Pascal ; Burghard, M.. Topologische Isolatoren. In: Physik in Unserer Zeit, Vol. 45, no.np, p. 299-305 (2014). doi:10.1002/ piuz.201401373.
Gehring, Pascal ; Benia, H.M. ; Weng, Y.. A Natural Topological Insulator. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 13, no. np, p. 1179-1184 (2013). doi:10.1021/nl304583m.
Gao, B.F. ; Gehring, Pascal ; Burghard, M. ; Kern, K.. Gate-contolled linear magnetoresistane in thin Bi_2Se_3 sheets. In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, no.np, p. 4 p. (2012). doi:10.1063/1.4719196.
Gehring, Pascal ; Gao, B.F. ; Burghard, M. ; Kern, K.. Growth of High-Mobility Bi_2Te_2Se Nanoplatelets on hBN Sheets by van der Waals Epitaxy. In: Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, Vol. 12, no.np, p. 5137-5142 (2012). doi:10.1021/nl3019802.
Gehring, Pascal ; Gao, B.F. ; Burghard, M. ; Kern, K.. Two-dimensional magnetotransport in BI_2Te_2Se nanoplatelets. In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 101, no.np, p. 4 p. (2012). doi:10.1063/1.4736404.
Gehring, Pascal ; Weng, Y. ; Wu, Z. ; Strunk, H.P.. Photoluminescence from Al_xIn_{1−x}N layers doped with Tb^{3+} ions. In: Journal of Physics Conference Series, Vol. 281, no.np, p. 7 p. (2010). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/281/1/012014.
Gehring, Pascal ; Weng, Y. ; Wu, Z. ; Strunk, H.P.. Evidence for resonant energy transfer in terbiumdoped (Al,In)N films. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 15, no.np, p. 7 p. (2010). doi:10.1088/1757-899X/15/1/012007.