Dr. David Andrew Duncan

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSurface Physics,Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
KeywordsX-ray standing waves, photoelectron diffraction, two dimensional materials, molecular switching, single atom catalysis
Honours and awards

2014: Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship

2013: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityNottingham
InstitutionUniversity of Nottingham
InstituteSchool of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Johannes BarthLehrstuhl E20: Molekulare Nanowissenschaften & Chemische Physik von Grenzflächen, Technische Universität München, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2013

Programme(s)

2013Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2019Chiara Gattinoni, Panayiotis Tsaousis, Chanan Euaruksakul, Rachel Price, David A Duncan, Tod Pascal, David Prendergast, Georg Held, Angelos Michaelides: Adsorption behavior of organic molecules: a study of benzotriazole on Cu (111) with spectroscopic and theoretical methods. In: Langmuir, 2019, 882-893
2019PJ Blowey, A Haags, LA Rochford, J Felter, DA Warr, DA Duncan, T-L Lee, G Costantini, C Kumpf, DP Woodruff: Characterization of growth and structure of TCNQ phases on Ag (111). In: Physical Review Materials, 2019, 116001
2019Anders Vestergaard Jørgensen, David Andrew Duncan, Claus Kastorp, Line Kyhl, Zeyuan Tang, Albert Bruix, Mie Andersen, Bjork Hammer, Tien-Lin Lee, Liv Hornekaer, Richard Balog: Chemically-resolved determination of hydrogenated graphene-substrate interaction.. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 13462-13466
2019DA Duncan, P Casado Aguilar, M Paszkiewicz, K Diller, F Bondino, E Magnano, F Klappenberger, I Píš, A Rubio, JV Barth, A Pérez Paz, F Allegretti: Local adsorption structure and bonding of porphine on Cu (111) before and after self-metalation. In: The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2019, 094702
2019Massimo Fritton, David A Duncan, Peter S Deimel, Atena Rastgoo-Lahrood, Francesco Allegretti, Johannes V Barth, Wolfgang M Heckl, Jonas Bjo?rk, Markus Lackinger: The Role of Kinetics versus Thermodynamics in Surface-Assisted Ullmann Coupling on Gold and Silver Surfaces. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 4824-4832
2019Vladyslav Solokha, Debi Garai, Axel Wilson, David A Duncan, Pardeep K Thakur, Kurt Hingerl, Jörg Zegenhagen: Water Splitting on Ti-Oxide Terminated SrTiO3(001). In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 17232-17238
2018Tien-Lin Lee, David A Duncan: A Two-Color Beamline for Electron Spectroscopies at Diamond Light Source. In: Synchrotron Radiation News, 2018, 16-22
2018Martin Schwarz, Manuela Garnica, David A Duncan, Alejandro Pe?rez Paz, Jacob Ducke, Peter S Deimel, Pardeep K Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Angel Rubio, Johannes V Barth, Francesco Allegretti, Willi Auwa?rter: Adsorption Conformation and Lateral Registry of Cobalt Porphine on Cu (111). In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 5452-5461
2018PTP Ryan, Z Jakub, J Balajka, J Hulva, M Meier, JT Küchle, PJ Blowey, P Kumar Thakur, C Franchini, DJ Payne, DP Woodruff, LA Rochford, F Allegretti, T-L Lee, GS Parkinson, DA Duncan: Direct measurement of Ni incorporation into Fe 3 O 4 (001). In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2018, 16469
2018Seung Cheol Oh, Julian A Lloyd, Sybille Fischer, Özge Sa?lam, Anthoula C Papageorgiou, Katharina Diller, David A Duncan, Florian Klappenberger, Francesco Allegretti, Joachim Reichert, Johannes V Barth: Isomerism control of diethylstilbestrol by metal surface induced O–H cleavage. In: Chemical Communications, 2018, 12495-21498
2018Matthias Meier, Zden?k Jakub, Jan Balajka, Jan Hulva, Roland Bliem, Pardeep K Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Cesare Franchini, Michael Schmid, Ulrike Diebold, Francesco Allegretti, David A Duncan, Gareth S Parkinson: Probing the geometry of copper and silver adatoms on magnetite: quantitative experiment versus theory. In: Nanoscale, 2018, 2226-2230
2018 Martin Schwarz, David A Duncan, Manuela Garnica, Jacob Ducke, Peter S Deimel, Pardeep K Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Francesco Allegretti, Willi Auwärter: Quantitative determination of a model organic/insulator/metal interface structure. In: Nanoscale, 2018, 21971-21977
2018PJ Blowey, S Velari, LA Rochford, DA Duncan, DA Warr, T-L Lee, A De Vita, G Costantini, DP Woodruff: Re-evaluating how charge transfer modifies the conformation of adsorbed molecules. In: Nanoscale, 2018, 14984-14992
2018 Gerben van Straaten, Markus Franke, Serguei Soubatch, Benjamin Stadtmu?ller, David A Duncan, Tien-Lin Lee, F Stefan Tautz, Christian Kumpf: Role of the Central Metal Atom in Substrate-Mediated Molecular Interactions in Phthalocyanine-Based Heteromolecular Monolayers. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 8491-8504
2018David A. Duncan: Synchrotron-based Spectroscopy In On-Surface Polymerization of Covalent Networks. In: Klaus Wandelt, Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry. Elsevier, 2018. 436-445
2018PJ Blowey, RJ Maurer, LA Rochford, DA Duncan, J-H Kang, DA Warr, AJ Ramadan, T-L Lee, PK Thakur, G Costantini, K Reuter, DP Woodruff: The Structure of VOPc on Cu (111): Does V? O Point Up, or Down, or Both?. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 8101-8111
2018Caio C Silva, Marcella Iannuzzi, David A Duncan, Paul TP Ryan, Katherine T Clarke, Johannes T Ku?chle, Jiaqi Cai, Wouter Jolie, Christoph Schlueter, Tien-Lin Lee, Carsten Busse: Valleys and Hills of Graphene on Ru (0001). In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 2018, 18554-18561
2017Martin Schwarz, Alexander Riss, Manuela Garnica, Jacob Ducke, Peter S Deimel, David A Duncan, Pardeep Kumar Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Ari Paavo Seitsonen, Johannes V Barth, Francesco Allegretti, Willi Auwa?rter: Corrugation in the Weakly Interacting Hexagonal-BN/Cu (111) System: Structure Determination by Combining Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy and X-ray Standing Waves. In: ACS nano, 2017, 9151-9161
2017Antoni Franco-Cañellas, Qi Wang, Katharina Broch, David A Duncan, Pardeep Kumar Thakur, Lijia Liu, Satoshi Kera, Alexander Gerlach, Steffen Duhm, Frank Schreiber: Metal-organic interface functionalization via acceptor end groups: PTCDI on coinage metals. In: Physical Review Materials, 2017, 013001
2017Stefano Tebi, Mateusz Paszkiewicz, Hazem Aldahhak, Francesco Allegretti, Sabrina Gonglach, Michael Haas, Mario Waser, Peter S Deimel, Pablo Casado Aguilar, Yi-Qi Zhang, Anthoula C Papageorgiou, David A Duncan, Johannes V Barth, Wolf G Schmidt, Reinhold Koch, Uwe Gerstmann, Eva Rauls, Florian Klappenberger, Wolfgang Scho?fberger, Stefan Mu?llegger: On-Surface Site-Selective Cyclization of Corrole Radicals. In: ACS nano, 2017, 3383-3391
2017Phil J Blowey, Luke A Rochford, David Andrew Duncan, DA Warr, T-L Lee, DP Woodruff, Giovanni Costantini: Probing the interplay between geometric and electronic structure in a two-dimensional K–TCNQ charge transfer network. In: Faraday Discussions, 2017, 97-110
2017Hazem Aldahhak, Mateusz Paszkiewicz, Francesco Allegretti, David Andrew Duncan, Stefano Tebi, Peter S Deimel, Pablo Casado Aguilar, Yiqi Zhang, Anthoula C Papageorgiou, Reinhold Koch, Johannes V Barth, Wolf Gero Schmidt, Stefan Müllegger, Wolfgang Schöfberger, Florian Klappenberger, Eva Rauls, Uwe Gerstmann: X-ray Spectroscopy of Thin Film Free-base Corroles–a Combined Theoretical and Experimental Characterization. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 2192-2200
2016Peter S. Deimel, Reda M. Bababrik, Bin Wang, Phil J. Blowey, Luke A. Rochford, Pardeep K. Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Marie-Laure Bocquet, Johannes V. Barth, D. Phil Woodruff, David A. Duncan and Francesco Allegretti Direct quantitative identification of the “surface trans-effect”. In: Chemical Science, 2016, 5647-5656
2016Julian A. Lloyd, Anthoula C. Papageorgiou, Sybille Fischer, Seung Cheol Oh, Özge Sa?lam, Katharina Diller, David A. Duncan, Francesco Allegretti, Florian Klappenberger, Martin Stöhr, Reinhard J. Maurer, Karsten Reuter, Joachim Reichert, and Johannes V. Barth: Dynamics of Spatially Confined Bisphenol A Trimers in a Unimolecular Network on Ag(111). In: Nano letters, 2016, 1884-1889
2016D. A. Duncan, J. H. K. Pfisterer, P. S. Deimel, R. G. Acres, M. Fritton, P. Feulner, J. V. Barth and F. Allegretti Formation of a thermally stable bilayer of coadsorbed intact and deprotonated thymine exploiting the surface corrugation of rutile TiO2(110). In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, 20433-20442
2016W. Busayaporn, D. A. Duncan, F. Allegretti, A. Wander, M. Bech, P. J. Møller, B. P. Doyle, N. M. Harrison,G. Thornton, and R. Lindsay: Structure of a model dye/titania interface: Geometry of benzoate on rutile-TiO2(110)(1x1). In: The journal of physical chemistry C, 2016, 14690-14698
2016Li Jiang, Anthoula C. Papageorgiou, Seung Cheol Oh, Özge Sa?lam, Joachim Reichert, David A. Duncan, Yi-Qi Zhang, Florian Klappenberger, Yuanyuan Guo, Francesco Allegretti, Sandeep More, Rajesh Bhosale, Aurelio Mateo-Alonso, and Johannes V. Barth: Synthesis of Pyrene-Fused Pyrazaacenes on Metal Surfaces: Toward One-Dimensional Conjugated Nanostructures. In: ACS Nano, 2016, 1033-1041
2016R. Han F. Blobner J. Bauer D. A. Duncan J. V. Barth P. Feulner and F. Allegretti Toward interfacing organic semiconductors with ferromagnetic transition metal substrates: enhanced stability via carboxylate anchoring†. In: Chemical communications, 2016, 9805-9808
2015David A. Duncan, Peter S. Deimel, Alissa Wiengarten, Runyuan Han, Robert G. Acres, Willi Auwärter, Peter Feulner, Anthoula C. Papageorgiou, Francesco Allegretti and Johannes V. Barth Immobilised molecular catalysts and the role of the supporting metal substrate. In: Chemical Communications, 2015, 9483-9486
2015Alissa Wiengarten, Julian A. Lloyd, Dr. Knud Seufert, Dr. Joachim Reichert, Dr. Willi Auwärter, Runyuan Han, Dr. David A. Duncan, Dr. Francesco Allegretti, Dr. Sybille Fischer, Dr. Seung Cheol Oh, Dr. Özge Sa?lam, Li Jiang, Dr. Saranyan Vijayaraghavan, Dr. David Écija, Dr. Anthoula C. Papageorgiou, Prof.?Dr. Johannes V. Barth: Surface-Assisted Cyclodehydrogenation; Break the Symmetry, Enhance the Selectivity. In: Chemistry: A European Journal, 2015, 12285-12290
2015F. Blobner, P. N. Abufager, R. Han, J. Bauer, D. A. Duncan, R. J. Maurer, K. Reuter, P. Feulner, and F. Allegretti: Thiolate-Bonded Self-Assembled Monolayers on Ni(111): Bonding Strength, Structure, and Stability. In: Journal of physical chemistry C, 2015, 15455-15468
2014Alissa Wiengarten, Knud Seufert, Willi Auwa?rter, David Ecija, Katharina Diller, Francesco Allegretti, Felix Bischoff, Sybille Fischer, David A Duncan, Anthoula C Papageorgiou, Florian Klappenberger, Robert G Acres, Thien H Ngo, Johannes V Barth: Surface-assisted Dehydrogenative Homocoupling of Porphine Molecules. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 9346-9354
2014Katharina Diller, Florian Klappenberger, Francesco Allegretti, Anthoula C Papageorgiou, Sybille Fischer, David A Duncan, Reinhard J Maurer, Julian A Lloyd, Seung Cheol Oh, Karsten Reuter, Johannes V Barth: Temperature-dependent templated growth of porphine thin films on the (111) facets of copper and silver. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2014, 144703
2014David A Duncan, Dagmar Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, Elena Primorac, O Karslio?lu, Matthias Naschitzki, Werner Unterberger, Helmut Kuhlenbeck, DP Woodruff: V-doped TiO 2 (110): Quantitative structure determination using energy scanned photoelectron diffraction. In: Surface Science, 2014, 64-70
2013Felix Bischoff, Knud Seufert, Willi Auwa?rter, Sushobhan Joshi, Saranyan Vijayaraghavan, David E?cija, Katharina Diller, Anthoula C Papageorgiou, Sybille Fischer, Francesco Allegretti, David A Duncan, Florian Klappenberger, Florian Blobner, Runyuan Han, Johannes V Barth: How Surface Bonding and Repulsive Interactions Cause Phase Transformations: Ordering of a Prototype Macrocyclic Compound on Ag (111). In: ACS Nano, 2013, 3139
2013D Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, W Unterberger, R Blume, M Hävecker, TCR Rocha, A Knop-Gericke, R Schlögl, TJ Lerotholi, DA Duncan, DP Woodruff: Quantitative adsorbate structure determination under catalytic reaction conditions. In: Physical Review B, 2013, 125420
2013Dagmar Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, Werner Unterberger, David A Duncan, TJ Lerotholi, DP Woodruff: The local structure of the azobenzene/aniline reaction intermediate on TiO 2 (110). In: Surface Science, 2013, 40-47
2012TW White, DA Duncan, S Fortuna, Y-L Wang, B Moreton, T-L Lee, P Blowey, G Costantini, DP Woodruff: A structural investigation of the interaction of oxalic acid with Cu (110). In: Surface Science, 2012, 134-143
2012DA Duncan, MK Bradley, Werner Unterberger, Dagmar Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, TJ Lerotholi, J Robinson, DP Woodruff: Deprotonated Glycine on Cu (111): Quantitative Structure Determination by Energy-Scanned Photoelectron Diffraction. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 9985-9995
2012David A Duncan, Werner Unterberger, Dagmar Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, David Phillip Woodruff: Does methanol produce a stable methoxy species on Ru (0001) at low temperatures?. In: Surface science, 2012, 1298-1302
2012David A Duncan, JIJ Choi, DP Woodruff: Global search algorithms in surface structure determination using photoelectron diffraction. In: Surface Science, 2012, 278-284
2012DA Duncan, Werner Unterberger, DC Jackson, MK Knight, Emily Alice Kröger, KA Hogan, CLA Lamont, TJ Lerotholi, David Phillip Woodruff: Quantitative local structure determination of R, R-tartaric acid on Cu (110): Monotartrate and bitartrate phases. In: Surface science, 2012, 1435-1442
2012David A Duncan, Francesco Allegretti, DP Woodruff: Water does partially dissociate on the perfect TiO 2 (110) surface: A quantitative structure determination. In: Physical Review B, 2012, 045411
2011D Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, W Unterberger, David A Duncan, Matthew K Bradley, TJ Lerotholi, Jim Robinson, DP Woodruff: Face-dependent bond lengths in molecular chemisorption: the formate species on Cu (111) and Cu (110). In: Physical Review Letters, 2011, 046102
2011Werner Unterberger, TJ Lerotholi, EA Kröger, MJ Knight, David A Duncan, D Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, KA Hogan, DC Jackson, R W?odarczyk, M Sierka, Joachim Sauer, DP Woodruff: Local hydroxyl adsorption geometry on TiO 2 (110). In: Physical Review B, 2011, 115461
2011Matthew K Bradley, David A Duncan, Jim Robinson, DP Woodruff: The structure of furan reaction products on Pd (111). In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 7975-7984
2011 D Kreikemeyer Lorenzo, MK Bradley, W Unterberger, DA Duncan, TJ Lerotholi, J Robinson, DP Woodruff: The structure of methoxy species on Cu (110): A combined photoelectron diffraction and density functional theory determination. In: Surface Science, 2011, 193-205
2011David A Duncan, W Unterberger, D Kreikemeyer-Lorenzo, DP Woodruff: Uracil on Cu (110): A quantitative structure determination by energy-scanned photoelectron diffraction. In: The Journal of chemical physics, 2011, 014704
2010David A Duncan, W Unterberger, KA Hogan, TJ Lerotholi, CLA Lamont, DP Woodruff: A photoelectron diffraction investigation of vanadyl phthalocyanine on Au (111). In: Surface Science, 2010, 47-53
2010Matthew K Bradley, D Kreikemeyer Lorenzo, Werner Unterberger, David A Duncan, TJ Lerotholi, Jim Robinson, DP Woodruff: Methoxy species on Cu (110): understanding the local structure of a key catalytic reaction intermediate. In: Physical review letters, 2010, 086101
2010DC Jackson, David A Duncan, Werner Unterberger, TJ Lerotholi, D Kreikemeyer Lorenzo, Matthew K Bradley, DP Woodruff: Structure of cytosine on Cu (110): a scanned-energy mode photoelectron diffraction study. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 15454-15463
2009Donald A MacLaren, Jackie Johnston, David A Duncan, Helder Marchetto, Sarnjeet S Dhesi, Nicolaj Gadegaard, Malcom Kadodwala: Asymmetric photoelectron transmission through chirally-sculpted, polycrystalline gold. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 8413-8416
2008Nikolaus P Ernsting, Jens Breffke, Dmitry Yu Vorobyev, David A Duncan, Inga Pfeffer: Sub-picosecond fluorescence evolution of amino-cyano-stilbenes in methanol: polar solvation obeys continuum theory without evidence of twisting. In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2008, 2043-2049