On June 1^st, 2024, physicist Sebastian F. Maehrlein will commence his professorship in high-field terahertz physics at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). In a joint appointment with the Technical University of Dresden, he will head the High-Field THz-driven Phenomena group at the Institute of Radiation Physics at the HZDR.
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Biological membranes consist of ordered molecular assemblies of various chiral phospholipids, most of which are spatially inhomogeneous. This heterogeneity is expressed by the formation of specialized condensed regions that take on specific functions in biological processes.  The physicochemical properties of these lipid islands are substantially governed by the details of in-plane molecular packing structure, which is still largely unknown despite extensive research over several decades. The reason [more...]