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 Group
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
Mon., 24 Oct. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Shaoxiang Sheng
(University of Stuttgart )
Department Seminar - TBA
Mon., 24 Oct. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Department Seminar - TBA
Shaoxiang Sheng  
(University of Stuttgart )
Mon., 7 Nov. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Informal Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Alessandro De Vita
(Università degli studi di Milano - CNR Istituto Officina dei Materiali )
Probing Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Low Dimensionality - An Experimental Approach
Mon., 7 Nov. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Informal Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
Probing Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Low Dimensionality - An Experimental Approach
Alessandro De Vita 
(Università degli studi di Milano - CNR Istituto Officina dei Materiali )
Mon., 28 Nov. 2022, 9:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
Martin Setvin
(Charles University, Czech Republic)
FHI/IMS Joint Online Seminar - TBA
Mon., 28 Nov. 2022, 9:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
FHI/IMS Joint Online Seminar - TBA
Martin Setvin 
(Charles University, Czech Republic)
News
  • Sebastian Maehrlein receives prestigious Emmy Noether grant
    His research group will investigate actively steering of lattice angular momentum for ultrafast control of material properties.
  •
    Institute Spring Reception on May 6th
    After two years of corona pandemic people enjoy the sun & social gathering
  •
    Control the Speed of Magnetic Devices
    Ultrafast angular momentum transfer in 4f antiferromagnets is governed by the magnitude of RKKY interaction
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    Hyperbolic Shear Polaritons in Low-symmetry Crystals with New Properties:
    Propagation direction depending on IR wavelength & tilted wave fronts
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    Coherent Modulation of Scattering Rates in a Photoexcited CDW System
    Optical excitation of TbTe3 induces a highly unusual modulation of hot quasiparticle relaxation rates
    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., 24 Oct. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Shaoxiang Sheng
    (University of Stuttgart )
    Department Seminar - TBA
    Mon., 24 Oct. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Department Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Department Seminar - TBA
    Shaoxiang Sheng  
    (University of Stuttgart )
    Mon., 7 Nov. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Informal Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Alessandro De Vita
    (Università degli studi di Milano - CNR Istituto Officina dei Materiali )
    Probing Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Low Dimensionality - An Experimental Approach
    Mon., 7 Nov. 2022, 11:00 am  -  Informal Seminar  -  Room G 2.06
    Probing Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Low Dimensionality - An Experimental Approach
    Alessandro De Vita 
    (Università degli studi di Milano - CNR Istituto Officina dei Materiali )
    Mon., 28 Nov. 2022, 9:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
    Martin Setvin
    (Charles University, Czech Republic)
    FHI/IMS Joint Online Seminar - TBA
    Mon., 28 Nov. 2022, 9:00 am  -  Joint Seminar  -  
    FHI/IMS Joint Online Seminar - TBA
    Martin Setvin 
    (Charles University, Czech Republic)
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