Nanophotonics and nanoelectronics
With the advancing miniaturization of electronic components in computer chips and light-emitting diodes, the demands on the materials used continue to grow. The nanophotonics and nanoelectronics research area investigates the natural science fundamentals behind how electrons move in small nanostructures and the impact of restricting freedom of movement on the material’s electronic and optical properties. Individual nanoscopic wires are linked, for example, and the current flow studied under microscopic illumination. Or ultrafast electronic processes are examined that can be initiated by ultrashort illumination with laser pulses. Investigations are always accompanied by theoretical simulations based on quantum mechanical models.
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- coupled nanoparticle dynamics
- time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy
- THz spectroscopy
- plasmon dynamics
- quantum optics with plasmons
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- Investigation of the nucleation and growth processes of
- of colloidal nanoparticles
- Structure determination of nanoscopic systems
- by X-ray diffraction
- Atomic models of nanoscopic systems based on
- of high-resolution electron microscopy
- Determination of the attachment and
- uptake mechanisms of nanoparticles in biological
- biological cells by microscopic studies
- Determination of structure-property relationships
- by combination of different
- microscopy methods
- Synthesis of semiconductor nanorods, nanowires and nanoplatelets
- Entwicklung oberflächenmodifizerter Goldcluster
- Herstellung von Metall-Halbleiter-Hybridstrukturen
- Gasphasensynthese von Nanostrukturen auf
- Substraten
- Biofunktionalisierung von Nanopartikeln für die
- Medizinische Diagnostik