DEPARTMENT OF
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Director: Martin Wolf
Emeritus: Gerhard Ertl
Research Groups
Nanoscale Surface Chemistry
Takashi Kumagai
THz Structural Dynamics
Sebastian Maehrlein
Ultrafast Scanning Probe Microscopy
Melanie Müller
Lattice Dynamics
Alex Paarmann
Nonlinear Interfacial Spectroscopy
Martin Thämer
Nonlinear Spectro-Electrochemistry
Yujin Tong
ERC Groups
Structural & Electronic Surface Dynamics
Ralph Ernstorfer
Terahertz Physics
Tobias Kampfrath
Max Planck Research Groups
Electron Dynamiχ
A. Julia Stähler
Emmy Noether Group
Dynamics of Correlated Materials
Laurenz Rettig
Support Group
Technicians Group
Marcel Krenz
Former Groups
link to Former Groups
Events & Seminars
Thu., 21 Jan. 2021, 2:00 pm - Seminar Link - Internal Online Seminar
Oliver Sandig
(FU-Berlin)
Laser Induced Magnetization Dynamics of Ferromagnets: Investigated by X-TR-PEEM and TR-MOKE
Thu., 21 Jan. 2021, 2:00 pm - Seminar Link - Internal Online Seminar
Laser Induced Magnetization Dynamics of Ferromagnets: Investigated by X-TR-PEEM and TR-MOKE
Oliver Sandig 
(FU-Berlin)
Mon., 25 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
Prof. Jonas Weissenrieder
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
Structural dynamics in WTe2 (tentative title)
Mon., 25 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
Structural dynamics in WTe2 (tentative title)
Prof. Jonas Weissenrieder 
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
Thu., 28 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
Martin Thämer
Title tba
Thu., 28 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
Title tba
Martin Thämer 
Thu., 4 Feb. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
Lukas Gierster
Title tba
Thu., 4 Feb. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
Title tba
Lukas Gierster 
News
  • Phase transition of excitons filmed by x-rays:
    Excitons in photoexcited WSe2 undergo a Mott transition as watched by time-resolved core-level photoelectron spectroscopy
  •
    Interfacial Hydrated Electrons go Ultrafast
    A novel optoelectronic technique characterizes the birth and evolution of solvated electrons at a gold/water interface
  •
    Tip-enhanced Raman scattering from an atomic point contact
    Novel spectroscopic information on vibrations in thin ZnO films
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    The Heinrich Rohrer Rising Medal of the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science is awarded to Takashi Kumagai
    for "his outstanding achievements in the field of near-field physics and chemistry in plasmonic STM junctions.
    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
    Thu., 21 Jan. 2021, 2:00 pm - Seminar Link - Internal Online Seminar
    Oliver Sandig
    (FU-Berlin)
    Laser Induced Magnetization Dynamics of Ferromagnets: Investigated by X-TR-PEEM and TR-MOKE
    Thu., 21 Jan. 2021, 2:00 pm - Seminar Link - Internal Online Seminar
    Laser Induced Magnetization Dynamics of Ferromagnets: Investigated by X-TR-PEEM and TR-MOKE
    Oliver Sandig 
    (FU-Berlin)
    Mon., 25 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
    Prof. Jonas Weissenrieder
    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
    Structural dynamics in WTe2 (tentative title)
    Mon., 25 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
    Structural dynamics in WTe2 (tentative title)
    Prof. Jonas Weissenrieder 
    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
    Thu., 28 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
    Martin Thämer
    Title tba
    Thu., 28 Jan. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
    Title tba
    Martin Thämer 
    Thu., 4 Feb. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
    Lukas Gierster
    Title tba
    Thu., 4 Feb. 2021, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
    Title tba
    Lukas Gierster 
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