Team
Head of Group

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Research group leader
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 246a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-23431
Key aspects of activity
- 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
- 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
Front office
Front office
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 246b
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27631
Research associates

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Research associate
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 143
Telephone: +49 40 2395-28277
Key aspects of activity
- Optical Spectroscopy of Quantum Structures

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Head of Electron Microscopy
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGI 017
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27937

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Research associate
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 143a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-24021
Doctoral researchers

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PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 245, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27523

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PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 144, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Telephone: +49 40 2395-24260

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PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 247b

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PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 247b, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Email: Cora.Frost"AT"uni-hamburg.de
Key aspects of activity
- Synthesis of hybrid structures of dot/rod and metal particles
- Focusing on particles for photocatalytic overall water splitting

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PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 144, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27260
Key aspects of activity
- Single-particle spectroscopy of dot/rod and double/dot/rod structures at cryogenic conditions
- Quantum mechanical calculations using the finite-element-method in COMSOL

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PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 144, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Key aspects of activity
- Electrical characterization of charge carrier separation in a semiconductor-metal hybrid structure.
- Combined optical and atomic force microscopy in one setup.
- Electron beam and optical lithography for the generation of defined structures.

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PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 247b, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Telephone: +49 40 2395-21811
Key aspects of activity
- synthesis
- lithography
- photocatalysis
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 247b, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27519

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PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 245, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Key aspects of activity
- Synthesis of anisotropic nanostructures
- Cation exchange
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 247a, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
PhD Student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 244, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Telephone: +49 40 2395-27524

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PhD student
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: 145, Haus der Moleküle (VG II)
Technical staff

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Technical assistance
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 145a
Telephone: +49 40 2395-28279

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Laboratory assistant
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg
Room: VGII 244
Telephone: +49 40 2395-24059