Frederik Schleife

• preparation of polynuclear complexes and investigation of their magnetic properties
• maintenance and operation of a SQUID-magnetometer

Sina Gruschinski

• synthesis of polynuclear transition metal complexes of amine-thiophenolate ligands
• characterization by SQUID magnetometry and EPR

Dr. Jochen Lach

• preparation of polynuclear complexes and investigation of their magnetic properties
• maintenance and operation of a SQUID-magnetometer

Matthias Golecki

• synthesis and characterization of encapsulated phosphine transition metal complexes

Ulrike Lehmann

• synthesis and characterization of macrocyclic amine-thiophenolate ligands and their transition metal complexes

Karoline Rühlig

• synthesis and characterization of PAMAM-based magnetodendrimers

Ulrike Pfaff

• investigation of metal-metal interactions in bimetallic organometallic complexes

Carola Mende

• synthesis and modification of  phthalocyanines
• studies of mono-layers

Mohammad A. Abdulmalic

• developing of BIS (oxamato and oxamidato) spacers as precursors for mono, later trimetalic complexes, attempts to increase J coupling between metal centres
• synthesis of some optically active trimetalic complexes and study the optical activity effect by the mean of moke

Astride Kammoe

• synthesis and caracterisation of (inorganic)/ hybrid materials
• exhibiting tune able magnetic and conductive properties

Dr. Francois Eya'ane Meva

• Synthesis and characterization of transition metal complexes
• Preparation of spin coated thin films

Sascha Dietrich

• synthesis and characterization of terminal functionalized (poly)amidoamine-based metallodendrimers for catalytic applications and as stabilizers for metal- and metaloxid nanoparticles

Sabine Engelmann

• functionalization of dendritic systems with phosphino-endgroups and complexation with metalcarbonyls
• generation and characterization of different nanoparticles through the thermal decomposition of this complexes

Alexander Hildebrandt

• synthesis and characterisation of ferrocenyl substituted heterocycles and Investigation of their electro- and spectroelectrochemical behavior
• electronic coupling in mixed valent multiredox systems

Marcus Korb

• synthesis of Ferrocenyl-Porphyrines

Dinara Nurpeisova

• synthesis of metallophthalocyanines

Rico Friedrich

• DFT based electronic structure calculations of metal phthalocyanines
• investigation of electronic transitions and absorption behavior

Dr. Claudia Martin

• DFT study of the electronic and magnetic properties of organometallic complexes

Dr. Yulia Krupskaya

• high field / high frequency electron spin resonance (HF-ESR) spectroscopy
• static magnetization measurements

Jaena Park

• Magnetic studies and electron spin resonance spectroscopy

Azar Aliabadi

• X-band electron spin resonance measurements
• high field / high frequency electron spin resonance (HF-ESR) spectroscopy
• static magnetization measurements

Marco Günther

• NMR / MAS-NMR measurement in Dresden
• muSR / slow muons at TRIUMF and Paul Scherrer Institut

Nicolas Yeche

• 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy measurements in the range of 2
• 300K: Determination of oxidation states of iron atoms in molecules as well as their role in the global magnetism

Lucas Maede

• Mössbauer Spectroscopy on a mixed valence Ferrocenium system to figure out the properties of the dynamical behavior of delocalized electrons on one of the two iron sides
• Measurements with sample material in solvent to extract properties independent of the counter ion

Liang Gong

• Bachelor internship about NMR measurement of single molecule magnet

Dr. Marius Toader

• investigation of promising magnetic molecules adsorbed on well defined crystalline substrates under ultra high vacuum conditions with the scanning tunnelling microscope and spectroscope
• study of the adsorption geometry as well as the electronic transport for isolated single molecular magnets, molecular close-packed self-assembled monolayers and multilayer systems

Lars Smykalla

• scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at low temperature (30K) under ultra high vacuum conditions
• investigation of the adsorption geometry and electronic properties of magnetic molecules in self-assembled monolayer and multilayer systems
• DFT calculations of molecular orbitals

Dr. Pavel Shukrynau

• scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, phase transitions, electromigration and kinetic phenomena at solid surfaces.
• adsorption of magnetic molecules on the different metal/metal oxide substrates, with the aim to prepare stable surface structures for the possible application in nanotechnology.
• application of synchrotron radiation in photoelectron spectroscopy and photoelectron diffraction; adsorption of magnetic molecules onto metals plated-semiconductor surfaces.

Jiang Peng

• scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy under ultra high vacuum conditions
• investigation of magnetic molecules adsorbed on the well defined crystalline substrate substrates and in self-assembled monolayer and multilayer system

Chau Yen Nguyen Doan

• scanning tunneling microscopy at the liquid-solid interface to study organic molecules samples

Martha Scheffler

• installation of a scanning tunneling microscope and the investigation of magnetic molecules with STM and STS

Ronny Schlegel

• scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy at low temperatures (300mK) and high magnetic fields

Christian Salazar

• scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of magnetic molecules

Benjamin Mahns

• characterisation of materials using EELS and PES
• measurements at BESSY

Susi Lindner

• photoemission spectroscopy studies of magnetic molecules and their interfaces

Florian Rückerl

• photoemission spectroscopy on the charge transfer at transition metal phthalocyanine interfaces

Dr. Iulia Genoveva Toader

• characterization and preparation of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs)

Michael Ludemann

• Raman spectroscopy ex situ, in ultra-high vacuum conditions and Raman monitoring during growth
• special interest in enhancement mechanisms of Raman scattering for investigation of ultra-thin layers of organic molecules

Evelyn Breyer

• preparation and electrical characterization of organic/inorganic hybrid junctions

Francisc Haidu

• UPS, XPS and IPES measurements in Chemnitz
• XPS and NEXAFS measurements at BESSY

Jing Guo

• UPS, IPES and XPS measurements

Dr. Volodymyr Dzhagan

• vibrational (Raman scattering) and photoemission spectrocopy of metallophthalocyanines and porphyrines

Manuel Monecke

• deposition of La_1-xSr_xMnO₃ (LSMO) thin films by sputtering and spin coating X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) depth profiling and imaging measurements Modeling of spectroscopic magneto optical Kerr effect and ellipsometry data

Dr. Michael Fronk

• magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy and magnetometry at variable wavelength
• optical model calculations

Frank Lungwitz

• spin-coating of metal-organic structures and (magneto-) optical characterization
• characterization of self-assembled-monolayers (SAM)

Peter Robaschik

• organic molecular beam deposition
• MOKE and ellipsometry measurements

Oana-Tereza Ciubotariu

• structural and magnetic investigation of ferromagnets

Peter Richter

• in-situ MOKE spectroscopy
• installation of a MOKE-setup for spatially-resolved spectroscopic measurements

Daniel Bülz

• electrical and magnetic characterization of organic field effect transistors
• Hall-measurements on trench devices

Mike Stummvoll

• sample preparation
• MOKE, VASE and AFM measurements

Sreetama Banerjee

• fabrication and electrical characterization of laterally stacked devices

Joydeep Ghosh

• development of technological concepts
• design and layout of different geometries based on trench isolation technology

María Esperanza Navarro Fuentes

• fabrication and characterization of hybrid nanomembrane-based devices (fabrication of hybrid organic-inorganic spin-valves)

Céline Vervacke

• investigation of the transport properties of Metal / metal-phthalocyanines/ metal vertical hybrid junctions as a function of film thickness, magnetic-field and temperature

Abdur Rehman Jalil

• investigation of electrical properties of semiconductor/phthalocyanines, metal/phthalocyanines and oxide/phthalocyanines structures by Current Sensing Atomic Force Microscopy