Department of Chemistry of Oxidic and Organic Interfaces

Tracking down the properties of organic & inorganic surfaces

 

Surfaces of foodstuffs, woods and textiles are examples of everyday contact that consumers demand the highest standards of. Whether it is the compatibility of contact lenses, the growth of mussels on ship hulls or the surface enlargement in catalysis, in all cases the properties of surfaces play a decisive role.

In order to better understand the properties of surfaces, well-defined model systems(self-assembling monolayers (SAMs)/metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) ) are required on which physicochemical properties, chemical activity and physical properties can be researched and precisely determined using technical analysis methods.

 

 

Working groups

  Competence/ Field of activity

Surface functionalization and structuring
Dr. Hartmut Gliemann

Chemical surface modification, AFM- and microcontact stamp-based structuring techniques
Dynamic processes in porous systems
Dr. Lars Heinke

Mass transport, adsorption and diffusion, dynamic processes and structural changes in nanoporous films

SURCOFs and SURGELs
Dr. Manuel Tsotsalas

Fabrication/characterization of organic networks and their use as biologically active substrates

SURMOF based materials for technical applications

Dr. Tawheed Hashem

Synthesis and development of various MOF's to open up diverse techniques and applications.

 

Surface catalysis

Dr. Yuemin Wang

 

 Structure and reactivity of metal oxides and metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

Photo-electro catalysis and surface science of metal oxides

Prof. Dr. Hicham Idriss

  

Vibrational spectroscopy

Stefan Heißler

 Surface analysis, IR and Raman microscopy, photoacoustic spectroscopy

X-ray and electron spectroscopy at interfaces
Dr. Alexei Nefedov

 Analysis of the electronic structure of organic adsorbates on metal and metal oxide surfaces
Diffraction
Dr. Peter Weidler		 Structure determination with X-ray diffraction; UV/VIS/NIR diffraction with var. angles of incidence
ToF-SIMS
Dr. Alexander Welle		 Mass spectrometry, imaging and depth profiling of organic and inorganic samples
 

 

Research focus

 

  • Self-assembling monolayers (SAMs)

     

  • Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

     

  • Surface characterization

     

  • Surface modification

 

 

Further information

 

Article: Thin Films - Tailored Organic Surfaces