Principal Investigators
Prof. Dr. Uwe Bovensiepen
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 4566/4533
fax +49 203 379 4555
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
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
Dr. Martin Paul Geller
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 2237
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)
Dr. Markus Gruner
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 2247
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. Eckart Hasselbrink
Universitätsstraße 1
45141 Essen
phone +49 201 183 3056
fax +49 201 183 3228
eckart.hasselbrink@uni-duisburg-essen.de
http://www.phchem.uni-duisburg-essen.de/photochem/
Surface Dynamics
- Nanostructuring of surfaces for functionalization with organic monolayers
- Gas-surface dynamics & surface photochemistry
- Time-resolved dynamics of vibrations at surfaces
Prof. Dr. Michael Horn-von Hoegen
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone + 49 203 379 1438/1439
fax +49 203 379 1555
horn-von-hoegen@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ag-hvh/
B04 Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of the Phonon System C03 Driven Phase Transitions at Surfaces: Initial Dynamics, Hidden States and Relaxation
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 +49 203 379 3329/3331
fax +49 203 379 3665
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
peter.kratzer@uni-duisburg-essen.de
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
axel.lorke@uni-due.de
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
meyerzh@uni-due.de
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, ME 127
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 (203) 37 9 2273
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
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
rossitza.pentcheva@uni-due.de
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. Marika Schleberger
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 1600/1601
fax +49 203 379 2334
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. Sebastian Schlücker
Universitätsstr. 5
45141 Essen
phone +49 201 183 6843
fax +49 201 183 6842
sebastian.schluecker@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/schluecker-lab/
Nano Bio Photonics
- Nano particle label reagents: design, synthesis and physical properties of SERS nano particles with defined geometries
- Nano bio photonics: tissue based tumor diagnostics using immune SERS microscopy
- Nano bio analytics: development of nano particle based assays for high sensitive detection of biological targeting molecule
Prof. Dr. Ralf Schützhold
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Abteilung für Theoretische Physik
Bautzner Landstraße 400
01328 Dresden
phone: +49 351 260-3618
r.schuetzholdhzdr.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 +49 203 379 4561
fax +49 203 379 4555
klaus.sokolowski-tinten@uni-due.de
http://www.exp.physik.uni-due.de/bovensiepen/
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 +49 203 379 1578
fax +49 203 379 3665
bjoerns@thp.uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/thp/
A02 Charge Carrier Dynamics in Nanostructures
Quantum transport of charge and heat
- Mesoscopic thermoelectrics
- Phase-coherent heat transport
- Unconventional superconductivity
Dr. Alexander Tarasevitch
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 4567
fax +49 203 379 4555
alexander.tarasevitch@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/agbovensiepen/research/HOHG/FrHOHG.html
High field science
- Nonlinear optical processes at extreme intensities
- High harmonic generation
- Attosecond pulse generation
Dr. Yujin Tong
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49203 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. Heiko Wende
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 2838/2385
fax +49 203 379 3601
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
https://www.uni-due.de/aglorke/
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
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wucher
Lotharstraße 1
47057 Duisburg
phone +49 203 379 2228/2292
fax +49 203 379 2289
andreas.wucher@uni-due.de
https://www.uni-due.de/physik/wucher/startseite.php
C05 Exploring Particle-Induced Excitations in the Time Domain
Ion-surface Interaction
- Interaction of energetic ions (keV - GeV) with solids
- Ion-induced emission of surface material ("sputtering")
- Fundamentals of kinetic excitation and secondary ion emission
- Mass spectrometric surface analysis