Surface Science and Infrared Spectroscopy of Nanostructures

Research Projects

• Plasmonics and metal surfaces

  • EU project NANOANTENNA within HEALTH-2009-1.2-1: Development of a high sensitive and specific nanobiosensor based on surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopy dedicated to the in vitro proteins detection and disease diagnosis
  • Cooperation project Synthesis of Au-Ag nanostructures by ion track technology for sensor platforms with the Helmholtz Institute for Heavy Ion research
  • UHV study of the interaction of atomic defects with adsorbates on low-index copper surfaces using IRRAS, HREELS, and STM

• Organic electronics

  • BMBF Project within leading edge cluster Forum Organic Electronics: Infrarotspektroskopie an Materialien und Schichtsystemen
  • BMBF Project Morphologie und elektronische Struktur von Organik/Organik und Organik/Metalloxid-Hybridsystemen (MESOMERIE) - IR-Spektroskopie

• Laboratory astronomy

  • Cooperation within DFG research unit FOR 759 The formation of planets - the critical first growth phase
  • DFG project Development and physical origin of IR spectral features during condensation and solid phase reactions of Fe in Mg silicate systems within SPP 1385 The first 10 Million Years of the Solar System, a Planetary Materials Approach