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., 29 Oct. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - PC Online Talk
Dr. Shuo Dong
(FHI Department PC)
Momentum-resolved Interlayer Charge and Energy Transfer in a Monolayer WSe2/Graphene Heterostructure
Thu., 29 Oct. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - PC Online Talk
Momentum-resolved Interlayer Charge and Energy Transfer in a Monolayer WSe2/Graphene Heterostructure
Dr. Shuo Dong 
(FHI Department PC)
Mon., 9 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
Alexander Högele
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
Bright and Dark Excitons in 2D Semiconductors and Heterostructures
Mon., 9 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
Bright and Dark Excitons in 2D Semiconductors and Heterostructures
Alexander Högele 
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
Thu., 19 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Link will follow - PC Online Talk
Christopher Winta
(FHI Department PC)
Second-Harmonic Phonon Spectroscopy Using an Infrared Free-Electron Laser
Thu., 19 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Link will follow - PC Online Talk
Second-Harmonic Phonon Spectroscopy Using an Infrared Free-Electron Laser
Christopher Winta 
(FHI Department PC)
Thu., 3 Dec. 2020, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
Alexander Neef
(FHI Department PC)
Tracking Singlet Fission in Momentum Space
Thu., 3 Dec. 2020, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
Tracking Singlet Fission in Momentum Space
Alexander Neef 
(FHI Department PC)
News
  • 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
  •
    Julia Stähler becomes Professor at Humboldt-Universität
    She has been appointed as Professor for Physical Chemistry at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin on April 1st 2020
  •
    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., 29 Oct. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - PC Online Talk
    Dr. Shuo Dong
    (FHI Department PC)
    Momentum-resolved Interlayer Charge and Energy Transfer in a Monolayer WSe2/Graphene Heterostructure
    Thu., 29 Oct. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - PC Online Talk
    Momentum-resolved Interlayer Charge and Energy Transfer in a Monolayer WSe2/Graphene Heterostructure
    Dr. Shuo Dong 
    (FHI Department PC)
    Mon., 9 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
    Alexander Högele
    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
    Bright and Dark Excitons in 2D Semiconductors and Heterostructures
    Mon., 9 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Seminar Link - Department Online Seminar
    Bright and Dark Excitons in 2D Semiconductors and Heterostructures
    Alexander Högele 
    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München)
    Thu., 19 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Link will follow - PC Online Talk
    Christopher Winta
    (FHI Department PC)
    Second-Harmonic Phonon Spectroscopy Using an Infrared Free-Electron Laser
    Thu., 19 Nov. 2020, 11:00 am - Link will follow - PC Online Talk
    Second-Harmonic Phonon Spectroscopy Using an Infrared Free-Electron Laser
    Christopher Winta 
    (FHI Department PC)
    Thu., 3 Dec. 2020, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
    Alexander Neef
    (FHI Department PC)
    Tracking Singlet Fission in Momentum Space
    Thu., 3 Dec. 2020, 11:00 am - - PC Online Talk
    Tracking Singlet Fission in Momentum Space
    Alexander Neef 
    (FHI Department PC)
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