Prof. Dr. Liv Hornekaer

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSurface Physics,Astrophysics
KeywordsMaterial Science, Two dimensional Materials, Graphene

Current contact address

CountryDenmark
CityAarhus
InstitutionAarhus University
InstituteInterdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alec WodtkeInstitut für Physikalische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2020

Programme(s)

2019Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Hornekær has made important contributions in the chemistry and physics of graphitic surfaces. She has been able to show how to convert graphene to a 2D semiconductor with patterned surface hydrogenation, and to demonstrate that polyaromatic hydrocarbons are capable catalysts to convert H-atoms to H2-molecules in the interstellar medium by forming super-hydrogenated polyaromatic hydrocarbons. In Göttingen Professor Hornekær will focus on the fundamentals of graphene surface chemistry