Principal Investigators
Prof. Dr. Uwe Bovensiepen
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 94566/94533
fax +49 203 37 94555
uwe.bovensiepen@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/agbovensiepen/
A05 Femtosecond Time-Resolved Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy for an Element Specific Analysis of Complex Nanostructures
B01 Local and Non-Local Relaxation Dynamics of Hot Carriers
Ultrafast Dynamics of Solids and their Interfaces
- Non-equilibrium states of correlated materials
- Electron relaxation in low dimensional structures
- Magnetism on ultrafast time scales
Dr. Lars Breuer
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 91602
fax +49 203 37 92334
lars.breuer@uni-due.de
C05 Exploring Particle-Induced Excitations in the Time Domain
Ion solid interactions
- Ion induced electron dynamics in solids
- Structural modifications by ion irradiation
- Ultra-short ion pulses
Prof. Dr. Richard Kramer Campen
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 94690
richard.campen@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/ag-campen/
Chemical Physics of Interfaces
- Femtoelectrochemistry
- Ultrafast Dynamics at Condensed Matter Interfaces
- Nonlinear optical and optoelectronic spectroscopy
Dr. Andrea Eschenlohr
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 94531
andrea.eschenlohr@uni-due.de
A07 Charge Transfer, Diffusion, and Lattice-Mediated Dynamics in Oxide Heterostructures
Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids
- Non-equilibrium electron and lattice dynamics in heterostructures
- Charge and spin transfer at interfaces
- Time-resolved x-ray and non-linear optical spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Karin Everschor-Sitte
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 4729
karin.everschor-sitte@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/physik/twist/
B10 Dynamics of Topological Electromagnetic Excitations
Dynamics of Topological Electromagnetic Excitations
Condensed matter theory and advanced computing
- Topology in physics
- Spintronics
- Reservoir computing
Dr. Martin Paul Geller
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 92237
martin.geller@uni-due.de
A01 Time-Resolved Electrical Non-Equilibrium Spectroscopy on Artificial Atoms and Molecules
Optical and Transport Properties of Nanostructures
- Transport measurements on low-dimensional quantum systems (quantum dots, two-dimensional electron gases)
- Interaction between nanoobjects
- Optical spectroscopy on nanoparticles/quantum dots
- Nanopattering techniques (focused ion beam, electron beam lithography)
Prof. Dr. Manuel Gruber
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 92558
fax +49 (0) 203 37 91727
manuel.gruber@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/physik/gruber/
A08 Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Tunnel Junctions Excited with Terahertz Light
Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Tunnel Junctions Excited with Terahertz Light
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Dr. Markus Gruner
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 92247
markus.gruner@uni-due.de
C02 Coupling between Structural and Electronic Excitations: an ab-initio Investigation
Ab initio simulations of functional magnetic materials
- Energy conversion materials: shape memory alloys and magnetocaloric effect
- Competion of magnetic and elastic interactions: Lattice dynamics and martensitic microstructure on the nano-scale
- Metallic nanoparticles: Structural stability, spin and orbital magentism
Prof. Dr. Michael Horn-von Hoegen
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone + 49 203 37 91438/91439
fax +49 203 379 1555
horn-von-hoegen@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ag-hvh/
Morphology and Dynamics of Surfaces
- Manipulation of semiconductor surface morphology
- Epitaxial growth, surfactant mediated epitaxy
- Selforganisation of nanostructures
- Ultrafast electron and lattice dynamics in nanostructures
Prof. Dr. Jürgen König
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 93329/93331
fax +49 203 37 93665
koenig@thp.uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/thp/
Condensed Matter Theory
- Quantum transport in nanostructructures
- Spintronics
- Diagrammatic transport theory
Prof. Dr. Peter Kratzer
47057 Duisburg
B02 Ab-Initio Simulation of Electronic Excitation and Relaxation
B07 Unifying Theoretical Description of Relaxation in Electron Systems
First-Principles and Statistical Methods in Materials Physics
- Ab initio theory of elementary excitations at surfaces
- Atomic and electronic structure of thin magnetic films
- Growth simulations of semiconductor quantum dots and quantum wires
- Thermoelectric properties of self-assembled nanocrystals in a semiconductor matrix
- Spincaloritronics in alloy heterostructures
Prof. Dr. Axel Lorke
47057 Duisburg
A01 Time-Resolved Electrical Non-Equilibrium Spectroscopy on Artificial Atoms and Molecules
Semiconductors and Nanostructures
- Quantum dots, ballistic and quantum transport
- Self-organized nanostructures
- Optical-spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Frank Meyer zu Heringdorf
47057 Duisburg
B06 Relaxation Pathways for Collective Electronic Excitations
In-Situ Surface Microscopy
- Low energy electron microscopy and time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy
- Self-assembly of nanostructures
- Plasmon dynamics
- Organic thin films and devices
Prof. Dr. Martin Mittendorff
Lotharstr. 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 92273
martin.mittendorff@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/ag-mittendorff/
B09 THz Dynamics of Photo-Excited Charge Carriers on the µm Scale
Time-resolved THz spectroscopy
- Carrier dynamics in black phosphorus
- Nonlinear graphene plasmonics
- THz near-field microscopy
Dr. Katharina Ollefs
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 92387
fax +49 203 37 93601
katharina.ollefs@uni-due.de
A07 Charge Transfer, Diffusion, and Lattice-Mediated Dynamics in Oxide Heterostructures
Magnetic Materials
- Caloric effects in magnetic materials
- Magnetic nanoparticles and thin films
- Magnetic interactions in phase segregation by temperature treatment
Prof. Dr. Rossitza Pentcheva
47057 Duisburg
C02 Coupling between Structural and Electronic Excitations: an ab-initio Investigation
Computational Material Physics
- Nanoscaled Oxides for Electronics, Spintronics, and Energy Conversion
- Boundary Surface Induced Electronic Phenomena
- Topological Nontrivial Phases
Prof. Dr. Igor Schapiro
Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics Institute of Chemistry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
phone +972 2 658 5269
fax +972 2 658 5269
Igor.Schapiro@mail.huji.ac.il
https://scholars.huji.ac.il/igorschapiro
Ultrafast Dynamics in Complex Environments
- Hybrid QM/MM Simulations
- Ab initio Multireference Calculations
- Non-adiabatic molecular dynamics
Prof. Dr. Marika Schleberger
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 91600/91601
fax +49 203 37 92334
marika.schleberger@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/physik/schleberger/
C05 Exploring Particle-Induced Excitations in the Time Domain
2D Materials Science
- Nanoscaled modifications by energetic ions
- Correlative scanning probe and optical microscopy
- Graphene and other 2D materials
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schützhold
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Abteilung für Theoretische Physik
Bautzner Landstraße 400
01328 Dresden
phone +49 351 260-3618
fax +49 351 260-3292
r.schuetzhold
hzdr.de https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=877
B03 Quench Dynamics in Interacting Quantum Many-Body Systems
B07 Unifying Theoretical Description of Relaxation in Electron Systems
Theory of Nonequilibrium Phenomena
- Strong fields
- Charge carriers in graphene
- Strongly correlated systems
- Quantum technology, information & simulators
Prof. Dr. Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 94561
fax +49 203 37 94555
klaus.sokolowski-tinten@uni-due.de
C01 Structural Dynamics in Impulsively Excited Nanostructures
C05 Exploring Particle-Induced Excitations in the Time Domain
Ultrafast Dynamics in Laser-Driven Materials
- Structural dynamics in laser-excited solids and nanostructures
- Ultrafast phase transitions and laser ablatione
- Femtosecond X-ray science
Prof. Dr. Björn Sothmann
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 93330
fax +49 203 37 93665
bjoerns@thp.uni-due.de
A02 Charge Carrier Dynamics in Nanostructures
Quantum transport of charge and heat
- Mesoscopic thermoelectrics
- Phase-coherent heat transport
- Unconventional superconductivity
Dr. Yujin Tong
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 94699
yujin.tong@uni-due.de
Charge transfer dynamics at solid/liquid interfaces
- Spectro-electrochemistry with ultrafast time resolution
- Pump-probe sum frequency spectroscopy
- Elementary electrochemical processes
Prof. Dr. Xijie Wang
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 91661
fax +49 203 37 94555
xijie.wang@uni-due.de
C01 Structural Dynamics in Impulsively Excited Nanostructures
Structure Dynamics of Solid, Liquid and Gas
- Time-resolved total scattering of solid, liquid and gas
- Electronic and nuclear structure dynamics of quantum materials
- Operando and in-situ MeV-UED scattering for energy materials
Prof. Dr. Heiko Wende
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 92838/92385
fax +49 203 37 93601
heiko.wende@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/physik/wende/
Element specific Magnetic Properties of Nanostructures
- (Time resolved) X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- Element specific properties of complex nanostructures
- Electronic and local geometric structure investigations
- Phase transitions in molecular systems
Dr. Nicolas Wöhrl
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 37 93131
nicolas.woehrl@uni-due.de
Carbon based materials and public outreach
- Plasma enhanced synthesis, thin layer deposition and surface treatment
- Diamond and (nano)structured carbon materials
- Science communication and outreach (podcasts, stage shows)
- Science policy and public perception of science stakeholders