DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Director: Martin Wolf
Emeritus: Gerhard Ertl
Research Groups
Atomic-Scale Microscopy & Spectroscopy
Akitoshi Shiotari
Lattice Dynamics
Alex Paarmann
Nonlinear Interfacial Spectroscopy
Martin Thämer
Ultrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy
Melanie Müller
Emmy Noether Groups
Dynamics of Correlated Materials
Laurenz Rettig
THz Structural Dynamics
Sebastian Maehrlein
Associated Groups
Electron Dynamiχ
A. Julia Stähler (also at HU-Berlin)
Nanoscale Surface Chemistry
Takashi Kumagai (also at IMS - Japan)
Structural & Electronic Surface Dynamics
Ralph Ernstorfer (also at TU-Berlin)
Terahertz Physics
Tobias Kampfrath (also at FU-Berlin)
Former Groups
link to Former Groups
Support Group
Technicians Group
Marcel Krenz
Events & Seminars
Fri., 3 Feb. 2023, 10:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
Franco Bonafé
(Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg)
FHI-IMS Joint Seminar - Fully-atomistic Light-driven Dynamics in Plasmonic Cavities and Interfaces
Fri., 3 Feb. 2023, 10:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
FHI-IMS Joint Seminar - Fully-atomistic Light-driven Dynamics in Plasmonic Cavities and Interfaces
Franco Bonafé 
(Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg)
Mon., 19 Jun. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Stephanie Law
(Penn State University)
Department Seminar - Title tba
Mon., 19 Jun. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Department Seminar - Title tba
Stephanie Law 
(Penn State University)
Mon., 10 Jul. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Andrea Alú
(City University of New York, USA)
Department Seminar - Title tba
Mon., 10 Jul. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Department Seminar - Title tba
Andrea Alú  
(City University of New York, USA)
News
  • Ralph Ernstorfer
    Ralph Ernstorfer was appointed as a Max Planck Fellow in November 2022
  •
    Imaging Coherent Lattice Vibrations
    on the Nanoscale
    Coherent phonons in ZnO films probed by ultrafast time-resolved STM
  •
    Sebastian Maehrlein receives prestigious
    Emmy Noether grant
    His research group will investigate actively steering of lattice angular momentum for ultrafast control of material properties.
  •
    Control the Speed of Magnetic Devices
    Ultrafast angular momentum transfer in 4f antiferromagnets is governed by the magnitude of RKKY interaction
  •
    Institute Spring Reception on May 6th
    After two years of corona pandemic people enjoy the sun & social gathering
  •
    Hyperbolic Shear Polaritons in Low-symmetry Crystals with New Properties:
    Propagation direction depending on IR wavelength & tilted wave fronts
    Research
    Research in the Department of Physical Chemistry focusses on the dynamics of elementary processes in solids and at surfaces, in particular, ultrafast dynamics of electronic excitations, electron-phonon coupling and interfacial charge transfer, surface reactions and molecular processes at interfaces as well as light-matter interaction at the nanoscale.
    Events & Seminars
    Fri., 3 Feb. 2023, 10:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
    Franco Bonafé
    (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg)
    FHI-IMS Joint Seminar - Fully-atomistic Light-driven Dynamics in Plasmonic Cavities and Interfaces
    Fri., 3 Feb. 2023, 10:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
    FHI-IMS Joint Seminar - Fully-atomistic Light-driven Dynamics in Plasmonic Cavities and Interfaces
    Franco Bonafé 
    (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg)
    Mon., 19 Jun. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Stephanie Law
    (Penn State University)
    Department Seminar - Title tba
    Mon., 19 Jun. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Department Seminar - Title tba
    Stephanie Law 
    (Penn State University)
    Mon., 10 Jul. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Andrea Alú
    (City University of New York, USA)
    Department Seminar - Title tba
    Mon., 10 Jul. 2023, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Department Seminar - Title tba
    Andrea Alú  
    (City University of New York, USA)
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