Hot on the trail of organic & anorganic surface properties
The daily contact of consumers with surfaces like ones of food, wood, textiles requires that the quality of such surfaces be of highest importance.
Whether it concerns the safety of contact lenses, the growth of mussels on boat hulls, or comes to the increase of surface area in catalysis, in all cases, the properties of surfaces play a crucial role.
In order to understand the properties of surfaces better, good model systems (like Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)/metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)) are required on which physical, chemical properties can be accurately determined using technical analysis methods.
Research groups
| Expertise/Scope of Duties | |
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Surface Functionalization and Structuring |
Chemical surface modification, AFM and microcontact printing based surface structuring techniques |
| Dynamic Processes in Porous Films Dr. Lars Heinke |
Mass transfer, adsorption and diffusion, dynamic processes and structure transformations in nanoporous films |
| SURMOFs/CCNCs Technological Devices and Renewable Energy Applications Dr. Engelbert Redel |
Technological devices of SURMOFs/CCNCs |
| SURCOFs und SURGELs Dr. Manuel Tsotsalas |
Synthesis/characterization of organic networks and their application as bio-active substrates |
| SURMOF-based functional materials and devices Dr. Zhengbang Wang |
SURMOFs and their applications in gas separation, catalysis, sensors, photonics, electronics and energy conversions |
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Surface Catalysis Dr. Yuemin Wang |
Structure and reactivity of metal oxides and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) |
| Expertise/Scope of Duties | |
| Vibrational Spectroscopy Stefan Heißler |
Surface analysis, IR- und Raman-Imaging, Photoacoustic spectroscopy |
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X-Ray and Electron Spectroscopy at Interfaces |
Analysis of electr. structures of organic sorbates on metal/metal-oxide surfaces on thin organic films |
| Diffraction Dr. Peter Weidler |
Structure determination by X-ray diffraction; Multiangle diffraction of UV/VIS/NIR radiation |
| ToF-SIMS Dr. Alex Welle |
Mass spectrometry of surfaces, imaging, and depth profiling of organic and inorganic samples |
key aspects of research
- Self-assembed monolayers (SAMs)
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
- Surface characterization
- Surface modification
