Contact Information

Office

Å13205

Telephone

+46 18 471 5873

Email

ralph.scheicher@physics.uu.se

Research Interests

Ab initio studies of nano-bio hybrid systems, with focus either on the nanomaterial (such as in DNA-wrapped nanotubes) or on the biomolecule (such as in nanopore-based DNA sequencing). Furthermore, investigating metal hydrides, both for fundamental physics interests (pressure-induced metallization and superconductivity) as well as for potentially useful applications (hydrogen storage under ambient conditions).

Selected Publications

• Scheicher, Grigoriev, and Ahuja, DNA sequencing with nanopores from an ab initio perspective (a review) J. Mater. Sci. 47, 7439 (2012).
• Prasongkit, Grigoriev, Pathak, Ahuja, and Scheicher, Transverse Conductance of DNA Nucleotides in a Graphene Nanogap from First Principles Nano Lett. 11, 1941 (2011).
• Scheicher, Pujari, Lata, Sahoo, and Das, Applications of the Cluster Method for Biological Systems Nanoclusters ‒ A Bridge across Disciplines, P. Jena and A. W. Castleman Jr. (Eds.), Elsevier (2011), chapter 3, pages 71-150.
• Kim, Scheicher, Pickard, Needs, and Ahuja, Predicted formation of superconducting platinum-hydride crystals under pressure in the presence of molecular hydrogen Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 117002 (2011).
• Berseth, Harter, Zidan, Blomqvist, Araujo, Scheicher, Ahuja, and Jena, Carbon Nanomaterials as Catalysts for Hydrogen Uptake and Release in NaAlH4 Nano Lett. 9, 1501 (2009).
• Kim, Scheicher, and Ahuja, Predicted High-Temperature Superconducting State in the Hydrogen-Dense Transition-Metal Hydride YH3 at 40 K and 17.7 GPa Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 077002 (2009).

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