Prof. Dr. Alf Mews

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Head of Group

University of Hamburg

Department of Chemistry

Institute of Physical Chemistry

Research Group Mews

Grindelallee 117

20146 Hamburg

Haus der Moleküle (VG II)

Room: 246a

Fax: +49 40 4273-14796

Research into the nucleation and growth processes of colloidal nanoparticles
Structure determination of nanoscopic systems by X-ray diffraction
Atomic models of nanoscopic systems based on high-resolution electron microscopy
Determination of the deposition and uptake mechanisms of nanoparticles in biological cells by microscopic studies
Determination of structure-property relationships by combining different microscopy methods
Synthesis of semiconductor nanorods, -wires and -platelets
Development of surface-modified gold clusters
Production of metal-semiconductor hybrid structures
Gas phase synthesis of nanostructures on substrates
Biofunctionalization of nanoparticles for medical diagnostics

Alf Mews studied chemical engineering in Aachen (Diploma in 1988) and Chemistry in Siegen (Diploma in 1992) after which he joined the group of Prof. Horst Weller at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute in Berlin.
In 1994 he received his PhD in the preparation of semiconductor nanocrystals.
He took a DFG fellowship in 1995 to work on different spectroscopic techniques in the group of Prof. Paul Alivisatos in Berkeley, California.
In 1996 he moved to Munich to work on single molecule spectroscopy in the group of Prof. Christian Bräuchle.
In 1997 he joined the group of Prof. Thomas Basché in Mainz where he finished his Habilitation in 2003 entitled: “Investigation of nano structures with microscopic methods: Material science on the nanometer scale”.
In 2004 he was appointed to a full professorship for Physical Chemistry at the University of Siegen.
In 2008 he moved to the University of Hamburg.