DFG Research Unit 1154 "Towards Molecular Spintronics"






DFG Research Unit 1154 „Towards Molecular Spintronics“

Young Researchers:

SP1: Thin films of redox-active high-spin molecules

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Frederik Schleife

frederik.schleife@uni-leipzig.de

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

sina.gruschinski@hotmail.de

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

lach@chemie.uni-leipzig.de

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

golecki@chemie.uni-leipzig.de

  • synthesis and characterization of encapsulated phosphine transition metal complexes

SP2: Preparation of Spin Coated Thin Films and SAMs of Magnetic Transition Metal Complexes

 

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Carola Mende

carola.mende@chemie.tu-chemnitz.de
  • synthesis and modification of  phthalocyanines
  • studies of mono-layers
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Mohammad A. Abdulmalic

mohammad-a..abdulmalic@s2008.tu-chemnitz.de

Ph.D. thesis to be submitted in April 2013

  • 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
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Astride Kammoe

astride-lorette.kammoe@s2009.tu-chemnitz.de

Ph.D. thesis to be submitted in April 2013

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

karoline.ruehlig@chemie.tu-chemnitz.de
  • Synthesis and characterization of PAMAM-based magnetodendrimers
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Ulrike Pfaff

ulrike.pfaff@chemie.tu-chemnitz.de
  • investigation of metal-metal interactions in bimetallic organometallic complexes
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Marcus Korb

marcus.korb@s2007.tu-chemnitz.de
  • synthesis of Ferrocenyl-Porphyrines

 

SP3: Electronic Structure, Transport and Collective Effects in Molecular Layered Systems

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Dr. Torsten Hahn

Torsten.Hahn@physik.tu-freiberg.de
  • first-principle DFT calculations to study charge and spin transport
  • investigation of molecular properties like magnetic exchange and anisotropy, electronic level scheme etc. using different models
  • support of experimental characterization of molecular structures and films
    (STM, ESR, EELS, ...)
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Rico Friedrich

friedrir@mailserver.tu-freiberg.de
  • DFT based electronic structure calculations of metal phthalocyanines
  • investigation of electronic transitions and absorption behavior
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Simon Liebing

simon_liebing@gmx.de
  • ab-initio DFT and transport calculations of magnetic molecules
  • analysis and interpretation of spectroscopic data using several DFT-based methods
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Tim Ludwig

tim.ludwig@tu-dresden.de
  • calculation of  the non-equilibrium electron transport through magnetic molecules, which is controlled by the magnetic moment and the electronic level scheme of the molecules
  • modeling of STM/STS for molecules on surfaces

SP4: Electron Spin Resonance and Magnetic Studies

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Dr. Yulia Krupskaya

y.krupskaya@ifw-dresden.de
  • high field / high frequency electron spin resonance (HF-ESR) spectroscopy
  • static magnetization measurements
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Azar Aliabadi

a.aliabadi@ifw-dresden.de

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

SP5: Spin Dynamics in Single Molecules and Thin Films

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Marco Günther

guenth42@googlemail.com

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

n.yeche@physik.tu-dresden.de

  • 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
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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
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Liang Gong

gongliang0914@hotmail.com

  • Bachelor internship about NMR measurement of single molecule magnet

SP6: Magnetic Molecules Studied by Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy and Spectroscopy

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Ronny Schlegel

R.Schlegel@ifw-dresden.de

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

marius.toader@physik.tu-chemnitz.de

  • 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
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Pavel Shukrynau

pavel.shukrynau@physik.tu-chemnitz.de

  • 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.
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Lars Smykalla

lars.smykalla@s2005.tu-chemnitz.de
  • 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
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Ha Nguyen-Thi-Ngoc

ha.nguyen-thi-ngoc@s2008.tu-chemnitz.de
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at the liquid-solid interface to study organic molecules samples
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Jiang Peng

peng.jiang@s2011.tu-chemnitz.de
  • 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
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Christian Salazar

c.d.salazar.enriquez@ifw-dresden.de
  • scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of magnetic molecules
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Dr. Danny Baumann

d.baumann@ifw-dresden.de
  • high-resolution as well as spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies on self-assembled monolayer or multilayer systems at ultra-low temperatures (300 mK) and high magnetic fields

SP7: Spectroscopic Studies of Magnetic Molecular Materials

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Benjamin Mahns

b.mahns@ifw-dresden.de

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

s.wintz@ifw-dresden.de

  • photoemission spectroscopy studies of magnetic molecules and their interfaces
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Francisc Haidu

francisc.haidu@s2009.tu-chemnitz.de

  • UPS, XPS and IPES measurements in Chemnitz.
  • XPS and NEXAFS measurements at BESSY
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Dr. Iulia Genoveva Toader

iulia-genoveva.korodi@s2007.tu-chemnitz.de

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

michael.ludemann@physik.tu-chemnitz.de

  • 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
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Evelyn Breyer

evelyn-tina.breyer@physik.tu-chemnitz.de

  • preparation and electrical characterization of organic/inorganic hybrid junctions

SP8: (Magneto-)optical Investigations and Laterally Stacked Devices

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Dr. Michael Fronk

michael.fronk@physik.tu-chemnitz.de

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

peter.robaschik@s2009.tu-chemnitz.de

  • organic molecular beam deposition
  • MOKE and ellipsometry measurements
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Peter Richter

peter.richter@s2007.tu-chemnitz.de

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

franziska.luettich@physik.tu-chemnitz.de

  • electrical characterization of OFETs: magnetic field effects
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Frank Lungwitz

frank.lungwitz@s2007.tu-chemnitz.de

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

danny.reuter@zfm.tu-chemnitz.de

  • design, fabrication and packaging issues in micro-/nanoelectromechanical systems
  • process development for material and smart system integration, in particular high aspect ratio micro- and nanostructures for high performance sensor applications
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Sreetama Banerjee

sreetama.banerjee@s2011.tu-chemnitz.de

  • fabrication and electrical characterization of laterally stacked devices

SP9: Transport through Spin-Polarized Semiconductor/Molecule/Semiconductor Tunnel Junctions

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Pablo Roberto Fernández Siles

p.r.siles@ifw-dresden.de

  • evaluation and characterization of interface properties in semiconductor/phthalocyanines, metal/phthalocyanines and oxide/phthalocyanines systems by means of Scanning Probe Microscopy electrical modes as Current Sensing Atomic Force Microscopy as well as Electric and Kelvin Force Microscopy
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Abdur Rehman Jalil

abd-ur-rehman.jalil@s2010.tu-chemnitz.de

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

m.e.navarro.fuentes@ifw-dresden.de

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

c.vervacke@ifw-dresden.de

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