DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Director: Martin Wolf
Emeritus: Gerhard Ertl
Research Groups
Atomic-Scale Microscopy & Spectroscopy
Akitoshi Shiotari
Electronic Processes in Quantum Materials
Chris Nicholson
Lattice Dynamics
Alex Paarmann
Nonlinear Interfacial Spectroscopy
Martin Thämer
THz Structural Dynamics
Sebastian Maehrlein
Ultrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy
Melanie Müller
Emmy Noether Group
Dynamics of Correlated Materials
Laurenz Rettig
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)
Support Group
Technicians Group
Marcel Krenz
Former Groups
link to Former Groups
Events & Seminars
Mon., 13 Jun. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  
Lydéric Bocquet
(Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Paris)
Department Online Seminar - TBA
Mon., 13 Jun. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  
Department Online Seminar - TBA
Lydéric Bocquet  
(Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Paris)
Mon., 20 Jun. - Wed., 22 Jun. 2022  -  Department Workshop  -  Avendi Griebnitzsee
Annual Workshop of the PC-Department
Mon., 20 Jun. - Wed., 22 Jun. 2022  -  Department Workshop  -  Avendi Griebnitzsee
Annual Workshop of the PC-Department
 
Mon., 27 Jun. 2022, 10:00 am  -  Department Online Seminar  -  
Dr. Emiko Kazuma
(RIKEN, Japan)
PC Department Seminar - TBA
Mon., 27 Jun. 2022, 10:00 am  -  Department Online Seminar  -  
PC Department Seminar - TBA
Dr. Emiko Kazuma 
(RIKEN, Japan)
Mon., 5 Sep. - Fri., 9 Sep. 2022  -  Conference  -  Iseo, Italy
New Generation in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Mon., 5 Sep. - Fri., 9 Sep. 2022  -  Conference  -  Iseo, Italy
New Generation in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
 
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    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
    Mon., 13 Jun. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  
    Lydéric Bocquet
    (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Paris)
    Department Online Seminar - TBA
    Mon., 13 Jun. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  
    Department Online Seminar - TBA
    Lydéric Bocquet  
    (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Paris)
    Mon., 20 Jun. - Wed., 22 Jun. 2022  -  Department Workshop  -  Avendi Griebnitzsee
    Annual Workshop of the PC-Department
    Mon., 20 Jun. - Wed., 22 Jun. 2022  -  Department Workshop  -  Avendi Griebnitzsee
    Annual Workshop of the PC-Department
     
    Mon., 27 Jun. 2022, 10:00 am  -  Department Online Seminar  -  
    Dr. Emiko Kazuma
    (RIKEN, Japan)
    PC Department Seminar - TBA
    Mon., 27 Jun. 2022, 10:00 am  -  Department Online Seminar  -  
    PC Department Seminar - TBA
    Dr. Emiko Kazuma 
    (RIKEN, Japan)
    Mon., 5 Sep. - Fri., 9 Sep. 2022  -  Conference  -  Iseo, Italy
    New Generation in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
    Mon., 5 Sep. - Fri., 9 Sep. 2022  -  Conference  -  Iseo, Italy
    New Generation in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
     
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