Rabe became internationally known for his seminal scanning tunneling microscopy research on the structure, dynamics, and electronic properties of self-assembled molecular systems at solid-liquid interfaces.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He developed concepts for a workbench to manipulate individual macromolecules and supramolecular systems, employing scanning probe microscopies, light, and molecularly modified graphite surfaces,[9] which has been used to correlate structure and dynamics of molecular systems with mechanical, electronic, optical, and (bio)chemical properties from molecular to macromolecular lengths and time scales.[10][11] It also led to the development of prototypical quasi 1- and 2- dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid systems, based on opto-electronically active molecular or graphene-based nanopores.[12][13][14][15][16][17] In collaborative and interdisciplinary projects Rabe contributed to the development of advanced functional materials, including dendronized[18][19] and conjugated polymers,[20] multivalent biopolymer complexes,[21][22] ultrathin films of conjugated molecules,[23][24][25] supramolecular polymers[26] and helical nanofilaments,[27]nanographenes,[5][7] and 2D materials[28][29][30] as well as mixed 2D/3D heterostructures.[31]
^http://d-nb.info/943087414 Raster-Tunnelmikroskopie organischer Monoschichten : Struktur, Dynamik und elektronische Eigenschaften auf molekularer Skala / Jürgen P. Rabe
^Rabe, Jürgen P.; Buchholz, Stefan (1991). "Direct observation of molecular structure and dynamics at the interface between a solid wall and an organic solution by scanning tunneling microscopy". Physical Review Letters. 66 (16): 2096–2099. Bibcode:1991PhRvL..66.2096R. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.66.2096. PMID10043390.
^Hentschke, Reinhard; Schürmann, Britta L.; Rabe, Jürgen P. (1992-04-15). "Molecular dynamics simulations of ordered alkane chains physisorbed on graphite". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 96 (8): 6213–6221. Bibcode:1992JChPh..96.6213H. doi:10.1063/1.462612. ISSN0021-9606.
^ abStabel, Andreas; Herwig, Peter; Müllen, Klaus; Rabe, Jürgen P. (1995-08-18). "Diodelike Current–Voltage Curves for a Single Molecule–Tunneling Spectroscopy with Submolecular Resolution of an Alkylated, peri-Condensed Hexabenzocoronene". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 34 (15): 1609–1611. doi:10.1002/anie.199516091. ISSN1521-3773.
^ abMüllen, Klaus; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2008-04-01). "Nanographenes as Active Components of Single-Molecule Electronics and How a Scanning Tunneling Microscope Puts Them To Work". Accounts of Chemical Research. 41 (4): 511–520. doi:10.1021/ar7001446. ISSN0001-4842. PMID18410086.
^Rabe, Jürgen P. (2008). "Molecular workbench for imaging and manipulation of single macromolecules and their complexes with the scanning force microscope". In Samorì, Paolo (ed.). STM and AFM Studies on (Bio)molecular Systems: Unravelling the Nanoworld. Topics in Current Chemistry. Vol. 285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 77–102. doi:10.1007/128_2008_4. ISBN978-3-540-78395-4. PMID23636676.
^Barner, Jörg; Mallwitz, Frank; Shu, Lijin; Schlüter, A. Dieter; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2003-04-29). "Covalent Connection of Two Individual Polymer Chains on a Surface: An Elementary Step towards Molecular Nanoconstructions". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42 (17): 1932–1935. doi:10.1002/anie.200250059. ISSN1521-3773. PMID12730972.
^Severin, Nikolai; Lange, Philipp; Sokolov, Igor M.; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2012-02-08). "Reversible Dewetting of a Molecularly Thin Fluid Water Film in a Soft Graphene–Mica Slit Pore". Nano Letters. 12 (2): 774–779. Bibcode:2012NanoL..12..774S. doi:10.1021/nl2037358. ISSN1530-6984. PMID22216882.
^Lin, Hu; Schilo, Andre; Kamoka, A. Rauf; Severin, Nikolai; Sokolov, Igor M.; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2017). "Insight into the wetting of a graphene-mica slit pore with a monolayer of water". Physical Review B. 95 (19): 195414. Bibcode:2017PhRvB..95s5414L. doi:10.1103/physrevb.95.195414.
^Lin, Wan-Ing; Gholami, M. Fardin; Beyer, Paul; Severin, Nikolai; Shao, Feng; Zenobi, Renato; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2017-01-05). "Strongly enhanced Raman scattering of Cu-phthalocyanine sandwiched between graphene and Au(111)". Chem. Commun. 53 (4): 724–727. doi:10.1039/c6cc08672a. ISSN1364-548X. PMID27990530.
^Gössl, Illdiko; Shu, Lijin; Schlüter, A. Dieter; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2002-06-01). "Molecular Structure of Single DNA Complexes with Positively Charged Dendronized Polymers". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124 (24): 6860–6865. doi:10.1021/ja017828l. ISSN0002-7863. PMID12059206.
^Zen, Achmad; Pflaum, Jens; Hirschmann, S.; Zhuang, Wei; Jaiser, Frank; Asawapirom, Udom; Rabe, Jürgen P.; Scherf, Ullrich; Neher, Dieter (2004-08-01). "Effect of Molecular Weight and Annealing of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s on the Performance of Organic Field-Effect Transistors". Advanced Functional Materials. 14 (8): 757–764. doi:10.1002/adfm.200400017. ISSN1616-3028. S2CID98257664.
^Cuellar-Camacho, Jose Luis; Bhatia, Sumati; Reiter-Scherer, Valentin; Lauster, Daniel; Liese, Susanne; Rabe, Jürgen P.; Herrmann, Andreas; Haag, Rainer (2020-06-14). "Quantification of Multivalent Interactions between Sialic Acid and Influenza A Virus Spike Proteins by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (28): 12181–12192. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c02852. PMID32538085. S2CID219702891.
^Cacialli, Franco; Wilson, Joanne S.; Michels, Jasper J.; Daniel, Clement; Silva, Carlos; Friend, Richard H.; Severin, Nikolai; Samorì, Paolo; Rabe, Jürgen P.; O'Connell, Michael J.; Taylor, Peter N.; Anderson, Harry L. (2002). "Cyclodextrin-threaded conjugated polyrotaxanes as insulated molecular wires with reduced interstrand interactions". Nature Materials. 1 (3): 160–164. Bibcode:2002NatMa...1..160C. doi:10.1038/nmat750. PMID12618803. S2CID15401769.
^Hough, Loren E.; Jung, Hee-Tae; Krüerke, Daniel; Heberling, M. S.; Nakata, Michi; Jones, Christopher D.; Chen, Dong; Link, Darren R.; Zasadzinski, Joseph; Heppke, Gerd; Rabe, Jürgen P.; Stocker, Wolfgang; Körblova, Eva; Walba, David M.; Glaser, Matthew A.; Clark, Noel A. (2009-07-24). "Helical Nanofilament Phases". Science. 325 (5939): 456–460. Bibcode:2009Sci...325..456H. doi:10.1126/science.1170027. ISSN0036-8075. PMID19628864. S2CID26379217.
^Breusing, Markus; Kuehn, Sergei; Winzer, Torben; Malić, Ermin; Milde, Frank; Severin, Nikolai; Rabe, Jürgen P.; Ropers, Claus; Knorr, Andreas; Elsaesser, Thomas (2011). "Ultrafast nonequilibrium carrier dynamics in a single graphene layer". Physical Review B. 83 (15): 153410. Bibcode:2011PhRvB..83o3410B. doi:10.1103/physrevb.83.153410. S2CID54840899.
^Gholami, M. Fardin; Severin, Nikolai; Rabe, Jürgen P. (2016). "Folding of graphene and other two-dimensional materials". In Friedman, Michael; Schäffner, Wolfgang (eds.). On Folding: Towards a New Field of Interdisciplinary Research. transcript Verlag. pp. 211–237. ISBN9783837634044. OCLC953602819.
^Algara-Siller, Gerardo; Severin, Nikolai; Chong, Samantha Y.; Björkman, Torbjörn; Palgrave, Robert G.; Laybourn, Andrea; Antonietti, Markus; Khimyak, Yaroslav Z.; Krasheninnikov, Arkady V.; Rabe, Jürgen P.; Kaiser, Ute; Cooper, Andrew I.; Thomas, Arne; Bojdys, Michael J. (2014-07-14). "Triazine-Based Graphitic Carbon Nitride: a Two-Dimensional Semiconductor". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53 (29): 7450–7455. doi:10.1002/anie.201402191. ISSN1521-3773. PMID24838808.