Interdisciplinary Graduate School 611 Design and Characterisation of Functional Materials

The total number of participants in the graduate school is at present 23 Ph.D. students and 3 post-docs (12 + 1 fellowship holder, 11 + 2 associated).

The teaching programme consists of

• Lectures: Analytical methods, modern synthetic methods, materials chemistry;
• Lectures accompanied by seminars: X-ray crystallography and X-ray structure analysis; near-field interface physics; analysis of NMR spectra; X-ray absorption spectroscopic techniques; diffuse scattering using synchrotron radiation; EPR spectroscopy; analytical methods in solid state chemistry; thermal analysis and calorimetry; nano-analytics; organometallic catalysis; biological, medicinal and technical significance of vanadium; solid state chemistry; template-directed synthesis of mesoporous materials;
• Language classes: English for chemists;
• Workshops (nano-analytical methods based on scanning probe microscopy; solid state NMR spectroscopy; NMR in materials research; soft skills).

In addition, a two-day workshop is organised every year for all members, and a weekly seminar is held in which students and invited speakers present results of their research. Sporadic block seminars on specific topics (e.g., "soft" skills) are also organised.

Participating students will have the opportunity to take part in the International Centre of Graduate Studies at the University of Hamburg.

last modified: 16 June 2006.