Alexander Lerch (B6) receives poster-prize at ESPMI9 in Singapore

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Alexander Lerch, PhD-student in project B6 (Höfer/Wallauer) received an “ACS Nano Poster Prize” for his presentation at the international workshop EPSMI9 in Singapore.

We congratulate Alexander Lerch for being awarded a prize for his poster-presentation at the international workshop on “Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces” (EPSMI9) in Singapore.

In his contribution, Alexander Lerch presented new insights into carrier dynamics at metal-molecule interfaces investigated by means of time resolved two-photon photoemission (2PPE). The experimental results obtained in model systems consisting of well-defined molecular layers deposited on single crystaline metal substrates highlight the capability of interface-related electronic states to mediate charge transfer.

Poster “Interface-specific mechanisms of charge transfer at metal-molecule contacts”
A. Lerch 1, F. Schiller 1,2, U. Höfer 1
1 Philipps-Universität-Marburg
2 Centro de Física de Materiales, San Sebastián, Spain
9th Electronic Structure and Processes at Molecular-Based Interfaces, 8-10. Nov. 2017, Nat. Univ. of Singapore

Klaus Stallberg (B6) is awarded dissertation-prize at TU Clausthal

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Congratulations to Dr. Klaus Stallberg, who recently joined project B6 (Höfer/Wallauer) as a postdoc, for being awarded a dissertation-prize.

Congratulations to Dr. Klaus Stallberg, who recently joined project B6 as a postdoc, for being awarded a prize for his excellent dissertation at TU Clausthal on “Spectromicroscopic investigations of thin porphyrin layers and their influence on plasmonic excitations in silver structures by multi-photon-photoemission”.

In his thesis Klaus Stallberg investigated thin porphyrin films and plasmonic silver structures with multi-photon photoemission electronmicroscopy (nP-PEEM). Based on energy-resolved, time-resolved and laterally resolved nPPE experiments he porposed a model for the complex electronic excitation and relaxation processes in porphyrin films and was able to show how a thin porphyrin layer affects the dispersion of plasmons propagating on an extended silver island.

For these investigations he received one of three prizes (Förderpreis 1000 EUR) of the Friends of TU Clausthal (Verein von Freunden der Technischen Universität Clausthal e.V.).

Since July 2017 Klaus Stallberg explores the dynamics of charge transfer processes at interfaces of organic heterostructures by means of time-resolved two-photon photoemission in the framework of project B6 (Höfer/Wallauer).

Link to dissertation on TU Clausthal server.

TU Clausthal press release.

The sublime utility of useless science – Special Colloquium with Prof. Pedro Echenique

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Kick-starting the new funding-period, SFB 1083 proudly welcomes Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Pedro M. Echenique from the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián (Spain) and principal investigator in former guest project GP1 of the first funding periode for a special colloquium on “The sublime utility of useless science”.

“The Sublime Utility of Useless Science”

…how science and innovation stand at the center of any successful strategy for the long-term economic development of a country, and how it is even more important and profitable to create an atmosphere for fundamental research rather than to define specific targets…

Professor Echenique is a theoretical physicist at the University of the Basque Country in San Sebastián, Spain, and an external member of SFB 1083 who has continuously engaged himself as a vivid supporter of fundamental science. From 1980 to 1984, he served as a minister for education and culture in the first Basque government elected after the Spanish transition to democracy. In recognition of his fundamental scientific contribution on the interaction of electrons and ions with solids and solid surfaces, Echenique received prestigious prizes, including and the Prince of Asturia Award and the Max Planck Research Prize. In 1999, he founded the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), a center of excellence that receives significant funding from private donations. In 2016, his institute received an award by the European Physical Society (EPS), recognizing not only the outstanding contributions of the DIPC in the field of condensed matter physics and materials science, but also for its numerous, successful activities in the outreach and communication of science.

Further information:
Announcement of Professor Echenique’s talk /Ankündigung auf Deutsch
Homepage of the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
Curriculum vitae of Professor Echenique