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Research Interests

 
Prof. Dr. Burak Atakan   

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: MB 463
Tel.: (0203) 379-3355
Fax: (0203) 379-1594
E-Mail: burak.atakan@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ivg/td/

Chemical Vapor Deposition

  • CVD of different materials (Al2O3, SiC, FeO, etc.)
  • Process optimization
  • Process diagnostics: mass spectrometry, laser diagnostics
  • Precursor stability and precursor thermodynamics
  • Combustion mechanisms 
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Prof. Dr. Gerd Bacher (Board)

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: BA 109
Tel.: (0203) 379-3406
Fax: (0203) 379-3404
E-Mail: gerd.bacher@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/wet/index.shtml

Nanomaterials and Nanodevices  

  • Functionality of nanoscale materials and devices for micro-/optoelectronics
  • Hybrid materials for spintronics - nanofabrication and analysis
  • Quantum-dot based optoelectronics and quantum information technology
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Prof. Dr. Stephan Barcikowski

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S07 S01 C29
Tel.: (0201) 183-3150
Fax: (0201) 183-3049
E-Mail: stephan.barcikowski@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/barcikowski/

Laser-Generated Functional Nanoparticles and Materials

  • Bioactive Nanocomposites and Bioconjugation of Gold Nanoparticles
  • Nanoparticle Polymer Composites
  • Dispersion and Fragmentation of Aggregates
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Bathen

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: MD 136
Tel.: (0203) 379-1645
Fax: (0203) 379-3119
E-Mail: dieter.bathen@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/verfahrenstechnik/

Nanoporous Materials & their Industrial Application

  • Adsorption in gas & liquid phase
  • Environmental Technology
  • Energy Technology
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Prof. Dr. Uwe Bovensiepen

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MG 154
Tel.: (0203) 379-4566
Fax: (0203) 379-4555
E-Mail: uwe.bovensiepen@uni-due.de
http://www.exp.physik.uni-due.de/bovensiepen/

Ultrafast Dynamics of solids and their interfaces

  • Non-equilibrium states of correlated materials
  • Electron relaxation in low dimensional structures
  • Magnetism on ultrafast time scales
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Prof. Dr. Elke Dopp

Universitätsklinikum Essen

Gebäude der Institutsgruppe 1, 11. OG
Tel.: (0201) 723-4578/4584
Fax: (0201) 723-4546
E-Mail: elke.dopp@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/arbeitsmedizin/

Toxicity of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials

  • Cellular toxicity
  • Mechanisms of action of Nanoparticles in cellular systems
  • Uptake and cellular distribution of Nanoparticles in mammalian cells
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Prof. Dr. Peter Entel

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MC 323
Tel.: (0203) 379-3330
Fax: (0203) 379-3665
E-Mail: peter.entel@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/thp/

Many-Particle Physics and First-Principles Methods

  • Large-scale molecular dynamics and ab initio simulations
  • Correlated electron systems
  • Electric transport in heterostructures 
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Epple

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S07 S02 C20/C24
Tel.: (0201) 183-2413
Fax: (0201) 183-2621
E-Mail: matthias.epple@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/chemie/ak_epple/

Nanobiomedicine

  • Nanoparticles for Medical Application
  • Nanocomposites for heterogeneous catalysis
  • Nanocrystalline ceramics for biomedicine
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Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Daniel Erni

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: BA 342
Tel.: (0203) 379-4212
Fax: (0203) 379-3499
E-Mail: daniel.erni@uni-due.de
http://www.ate.uni-due.de

Computational Nanophotonics and Nanoelectromagnetics

  • Electromagnetic and optical metamaterials
  • Plasmonics and optical antennas
  • Nanophotonics and optical interconnects
  • Full-wave modelling and numerical structural optimization
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Prof. Dr. Michael Farle

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: ME 347
Tel.: (0203) 379-2075
Fax: (0203) 379-2098
E-Mail: michael.farle@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/agfarle

Nanomagnetism

  • Magnetic, electronic and crystal structure of nanocrystals and ultrathin films
  • Fundamental interactions, spin dynamics and spin transport
  • Functionalization and hybrid nanomagnets
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Alfons Fischer

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: MB 161
Tel.: (0203) 379-4373
Fax: (0203) 379-4374
E-Mail: alfons.fischer@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/wt/

Surface Nanolayers

  • Wear and friction of metallic materials
  • Nanotopography and structuring
  • Micro- and nanostructural analyses
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Fissan

Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik e.V., IUTA
Bliersheimer Str. 60
D-47229 Duisburg
Tel.: (02065) 418-267
Fax: (02065) 418-211
E-Mail: heinz.fissan@uni-due.de
http://www.iuta.de/

Sustainable Nanotechnology-Nanoparticle Exposure

  • Development of measurement devices and exposure measurement strategies
  • Nanoparticle fate after release
  • Dosis determination for human beings and environment
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Dr. Martin Paul Geller

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: ME 226
Tel.: (0203) 379-3309
Fax: (0203) 379-2709
E-Mail: martin.geller@uni-due.de
http://aglorke.uni-due.de/ag_lorke/
people/geller/index.shtml

Optical and transport properties of nanostructures

  • Transport measurements on self-organized quantum dots and nanoparticles
  • Interaction between nanoobjects (e. g. Quantum dots and 2DEGs)
  • Optical spectroscopy on nanoparticles
  • Nanopattering techniques (Focused Ion Beam, Electron beam lithography)
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Prof. Dr. Eckart Hasselbrink

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S05 R02 H87
Tel.: (0201) 183 3056/3057
Fax: (0201) 183 3228
E-Mail: eckart.hasselbrink@uni-due.de
http://www.phchem.uni-due.de/photochem/

Surface Dynamics

  • Nanostructuring of surfaces for functionalization with organic monolayers
  • Gas-surface dynamics & Surface photochemistry
  • Time-resolved dynamics of vibrations at surfaces
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Prof. Dr. Angelika Heinzel

Zentrum für BrennstoffzellenTechnik ZBT GmbH
Carl-Benz-Straße 201
47057 Duisburg
Tel.: (0203) 7598-0
Fax: (0203) 7598-2222
E-Mail: a.heinzel@zbt-duisburg.de
http://www.zbt-duisburg.de/de/

Fuel cell technology

  • Membrane fuel cells, micro fuel cells         
  • Hydrogen generation and storage
  • Electrochemistry and surfaces
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Prof. Dr. Michael Horn-von Hoegen (Deputy Director)

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MF 263
Tel.: (0203) 379-1438
Fax: (0203) 379-1555
E-Mail: 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
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Prof. Dr. Dieter Jäger

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: LT 112
Tel.: (0203) 379-4656
Fax: (0203) 379-2409
E-Mail: dieter.jaeger@uni-due.de
http://www.oe.uni-due.de/

(Nano-)Photonic Components and Systems

  • Photovoltaics and solar cells
  • Fibre wireless and optical communications
  • Sensors and security
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen König

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MC 326
Tel.: (0203) 379-3329
Fax: (0203) 379-3665
E-Mail: koenig@thp.uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/thp/

Condensed Matter Theory

  • Quantum Transport in Nanostructructures
  • Spintronics
  • Diagrammatic Transport Theory
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Prof. Dr. Peter Kratzer

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MG 371
Tel.: (0203) 379-3313
Fax: (0203) 379-4732
E-Mail: peter.kratzer@uni-due.de
http://www.physik.uni-due.de/fbphysik/AGWEB/

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
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Einar Kruis

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: BA 211
Tel.: (0203) 379-2899
Fax: (0203) 379-3268
E-Mail: einar.kruis@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/nst/mitarbeiter/
kruis/kruis.htm

Nanoparticles, nanoaerosols and nanoparticulate layers

  • Gas-phase synthesis of nanoparticles
  • Technology for size-selection and deposition
  • Modeling of dynamic behavior of nanoaerosols
  • Functional thin films, e.g. gas sensors
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Dr. Thomas Kuhlbusch

Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik e.V., IUTA
Bliersheimer Str. 60
D-47229 Duisburg
Tel.: (02065) 418-267
Fax: (02065) 418-211
E-Mail: tky@iuta.de
http://www.iuta.de/

Nanoparticles - Mobility, Exposure, and Effects

  • Sustainable Nanotechnology
  • Development of measurement techniques and devices
  • Modelling and measurements for exposure assessments
  • Mobility studies of nanoobjects for lifecycle and risk assessments
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Dr. rer. nat. Tilmar Kümmell

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: BA 112
Tel.: (0203) 379-3403
Fax: (0203) 379-3404
E-Mail: tilmar.kuemmell@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/wet/mitarbeiter.shtml

Optoelectronic devices based on nanostructures

  • Nanoparticle, nanowire and quantum dot light emitters
  • Control of single spins and charges in quantum structures
  • Top-down nanofabrication using electron beam lithography
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Dr. Frank Marlow

MPI für Kohlenforschung
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1
D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Tel.: (0208) 306-2255
Fax: (0208) 306-2995
E-Mail: marlow@mpi-muelheim.
mpg.de
http://www.kofo.mpg.de/

Application of systems for optical devices

  • Nanostructures and Optical Materials
  • Photonic crystals
  • Artificial opals and inverse opals
  • Photochemistry
  • Self-assembly
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Prof. Dr. Christian Mayer

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S05 R00 L81
Tel.: (0201) 183-2570
Fax: (0201) 183-2567
E-Mail: christian.mayer@uni-due.de
http://relaxation.chemie.uni-due.de/

Nanoparticles and nanocapsules based on organic matrices

  • Synthesis and analysis of polymer nanocapsules and vesicles
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), especially solid state NMR and pulsed field gradient NMR
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Prof. Dr. Cedrik Meier

Universität Paderborn
Department Physik
Warburger Straße 100
33098 Paderborn
Tel.: (05251) 60-2672
Fax: (05251) 60-3603
E-Mail: cedrik.meier@uni-paderborn.de
http://physikwww.upb.de/ag/
ag-cmeier/index.html

Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials

  • Spectroscopy on Nanostructured Materials
  • Advanced Semiconductor Nanopatterning Techniques
  • Nanophotonic Devices for the Visible Spectral Range
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PD Dr. Frank-J. Meyer zu Heringdorf

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MF 266
Tel.: (0203) 379-1465
Fax: (0203) 379-1555
E-Mail: meyerzh@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ag-hvh/mzh_cv.php

In-Situ Surface Microscopy

  • Low Energy Electron Microscopy & Time-Resolved Photoemission Electron Microscopy
  • Self-Assembly of Nanostructures
  • Plasmon Dynamics
  • Organic Thin Films and Devices
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Prof. Dr. Rolf Möller

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MG 263
Tel.: (0203) 379-4220
Fax: (0203) 379-1727
E-Mail: rolf.moeller@uni-due.de
http://www.exp.physik.uni-due.de/moeller/

Interfaces on the atomic scale

  • Analysis of organic monolayers on metallic, semi conducting and insulating surfaces
  • Elementary processes of friction and energy dissipation
  • Electronic transport    
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Dr. Andreas Ney

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: ME 343
Tel.: (0203) 379-2381
Fax: (0203) 379-2098
E-Mail: andreas.ney@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/agfarle

Magnetic Semiconductors

  • Dilute magnetic semiconductors
  • Heterostructures for magnetotransport and magnetic logic
  • Nanoclusters and their interactions in semiconducting hosts
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Prof. Dr. Hermann Nienhaus

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MG 265
Tel.: (0203) 379-3154
Fax: (0203) 379-1727
E-Mail: hermann.nienhaus@uni-due.de
http://www.exp.physik.uni-due.de/nienhaus/

Reactions at surfaces and nanostructures

  • Chemically induced electronic excitations
  • Vibrational and electronic properties of surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles
  • Chemical sensing with electronic devices 
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Prof. Dr. Marika Schleberger

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MC 365
Tel.: (0203) 379-1600
Fax: (0203) 379-2334
E-Mail: marika.schleberger@uni-due.de
http://marvin.iep.physik.uni-essen.de/

Modification of surfaces and nanostructures

  • Nanoscaled modifications by energetic ions
  • Electronic conductivity of metallic nanostructures
  • Dynamic force microscopy
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Prof. Dr. Roland Schmechel

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: BA 212
Tel.: (0203) 379-3347
Fax: (0203) 379-3268
E-Mail: roland.schmechel@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/nst/

Functional nanoparticulate layers

  • Nanoparticulate thin films for electronic applications
  • Organic/inorganic nanocomposites
  • Printable electronics
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PD Dr.-Ing. Frank Schmidt

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: BC 204
Tel.: (0203) 379-2780
Fax: (0203) 379-3017
E-Mail: frank.schmidt@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ivg/nano/

Aerosol Technology and Filtration

  • Particle and gas phase filtration
  • Functionalization of filter media and nanoporous materials
  • Transport and deposition of (nano)particles
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Prof. Dr. Carsten Schmuck

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S07 S04 C46
Tel.: (0201) 183-3097
Fax: (0201) 183-4259
E-Mail: carsten.schmuck@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/akschmuck/

Supramolecular Self-Assembly

  • synthesis and characterization of self-assembling zwitterions
  • formation of nanoparticles such as vesicles or monolayers in polar solvents and on surfaces
  • supramolecular polymers based on ionpair formation and metal-ligand interactions
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Prof. Dr. Claus M. Schneider

Fakultät für Physik


Tel.: (02461) 61-4428
Fax: (02461) 61-2620
E-Mail: c.m.schneider@fz-juelich.de
http://www2.fz-juelich.de/iff/e_iee

Electronic Structure and Properties of Solids

  • Magnetism in reduced dimensions
  • Spintronics and spin-dependent transport phenomena
  • Magnetization and spin dynamics
  • Synchrotron-radiation based analytics
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Prof. Dr. Christof Schulz (Director)

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: MA 322
Tel.: (0203) 379-3995
Fax: (0203) 379-3087
E-Mail: christof.schulz@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ivg/vg/

Reactive Flows

  • Synthesis of nano particles from the gas phase
  • Laser-based gas-phase and aerosol diagnostics
  • Combustion and ignition processes
  • High-temperature chemical kinetics
  • Modeling and simulation of reactive flows
  • Internal combustion engines
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Prof. Dr. Stephan Schulz

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S07 S03 C30
Tel.: (0201) 183-4635
Fax: (0201) 183-3830
E-Mail: stephan.schulz@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ak-schulz/home.shtml

Thin Films and Nanoparticles

  • Synthesis of organometallic tailor-made precursors for metals and semiconductors
  • Thin film deposition by MOCVD
  • Synthesis of nanoparticles in solution
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Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth

MPI für Kohlenforschung
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1
D 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Tel.: (0208) 306-2373
Fax: (0208) 306-2995
E-Mail: schueth@mpi-muelheim.
mpg.de
http://www.mpg.de/

Heterogeneous Catalysis

  • Synthesis and properties of porous nanostructures
  • Hydrogen storage  
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Prof. Dr. F.-J. Tegude

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: LT 207
Tel.: (0203) 379-3391
Fax: (0203) 379-3400
E-Mail: franz.tegude@uni-due.de
http://www.hlt.uni-due.de/

Materials and Devices for Nanoelectronics and –photonics

  • Nanoscale semiconductor materials - growth and characteristics
  • Electronic/optoelectronic device design, fabrication, characterisation and modelling
  • Nanointegration technologies for electronics and photonics
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Dr. Torsten Textor

Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum
Nord-West e.V.
Adlerstrasse 1
D-47798 Krefeld
Tel.: (02151) 843-159
Fax: (02151) 843-143
E-Mail: textor@dtnw.de
http://www.dtnw.de/

Polymer Surface Functionalization

  • Sol-gel-based coatings; nanosols
  • Inorganic-organic hybrid polymers
  • Surface functionalization
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Prof. Dr. Mathias Ulbricht (Board)

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S07 S01 C48
Tel.: (0201) 183-3151
Fax: (0201) 183-3147
E-Mail: mathias.ulbricht@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/tech2chem/

Functional polymer materials

  • Membranes and membrane-based technologies
  • Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), stimuli-responsive polymers
  • Surface functionalization of materials  
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Prof. Dr. Heiko Wende

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MD 464
Tel.: (0203) 379-2838
Fax: (0203) 379-3601
E-Mail: heiko.wende@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/physik/wende

Elementspecific magnetic properties of nanostructures

  • Magnetic bio-molecules on surfaces
  • Ultrathin films and their interfaces for spintronic devices
  • Magnetic anisotropy, orbital and spin moments of magnetic nanoparticles
  • Magnetic coupling phenomena in nanostructures
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Dr. Hartmut Wiggers

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: ME 023
Tel.: (0203) 379-3156
Fax: (0203) 379-3087
E-Mail: hartmut.wiggers@uni-due.de
http://www.vug.uni-duisburg.de/~wiggers/

Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials

  • Synthesis of nano particles from the gas phase
  • Impedance spectroscopy of nanomaterials/solid state sensor materials
  • Electrical properties of mesoscopic systems
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Prof. Dr. Markus Winterer

Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften

Raum: MA 345
Tel.: (0203) 379-4446
Fax: (0203) 379-4453
E-Mail: markus.winterer@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/ivg/nano/

Nanoparticle Process Technology

  • Functional nanomaterials
  • Nanoparticle synthesis and processing
  • Process analysis: mass spectrometry
  • Structural characterization
  • Aerosol technology and filtration
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Prof. Dr. Dietrich Wolf

Fakultät für Physik

Raum: MC 374
Tel.: (0203) 379-3327
Fax: (0203) 379-1681
E-Mail: dietrich.wolf@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/comphys/index_en.shtml

Computational and Statistical Physics

  • Non-contact friction (dynamic force microscopy)
  • Magnetic friction, Nonlinear mesoscopic friction
  • Sintering of nano-particles
  • Impedance of particle networks
  • Conductance of nano-powders
  • Epitaxial growth  
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Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zellner

Fakultät für Chemie

Raum: S05 R01 H76
Tel.: (0201) 183-3073
Fax: (0201) 183-4307
E-Mail: reinhard.zellner@uni-due.de
http://www.uni-due.de/iptc-zellner/

Nanoparticles and phase boundaries

  • Interactions of nanoparticles with biomolecules
  • Uptake of nanoparticles on liquid surfaces
  • Optical tweezing
  • SERS spectroscopy
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