Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (LT, UHV) to investigate:
Chemical reactions (on-surface polymerization) and switching processes
as well as self-assembly and manipulation.
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Transistor fabrication and characterization for photoaddressable OTFTs.
STM (RT, liq.-sol.) and AFM to study foldamer conformations and self-assembly.
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Generation and characterization of liquid-crystalline polymer oscillators/actuators
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Prof. Norbert Koch
(HU Berlin, Physics & IRIS Adlershof)
UPS/XPS of molecular layers on various substrates to investigate electronic properties, in particular in relations to adsorption geometry and self-assembly.
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Coordination chemistry of clickates and clickamers.
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Characterization of organic-inorganic interfaces using various spectroscopic techniques, fabrication of prototype optoelectronic hybrid devices, self-assembled monolayers and patterning.
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Light-driven chemical transformations based on photoisomerization reactions
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AFM and STM (RT, liq.-sol.) to characterize polymers, oligomers, and functional molecules (switches) on various substrate surfaces.
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Functionalization of carbon nanotubes with molecular switches and their characterization (Raman, fluorescence).
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Computational work on photochemical, electrochemical as well as thermal reactions of azobenzenes and diarylethenes.
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Spectroscopy at surfaces (2PPE, HREELS etc.) to investigate switching processes and characterize extended π-systems on surfaces.
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NMR spectroscopy to investigate conformational behavior of foldamers and photoswitchable catalysts in solution.
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Scattering (SAXS, DLS) to characterize individual macromolecules and their aggregates in solution.
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Prof. Josef Wachtveitl
(Goethe University Frankfurt/Main)
Dynamics of light-induced switching processes using time-resolved optical spectroscopy (fs vis-pump/vis-probe and vis-pump/IR-probe)
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Computational work on various photoswitchable catalysts.
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Preparation of hybrids of organic semiconductors and ZnO grown by MBE and their characterization.
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Computational work on various photoswitchable catalysts.
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