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Prof. Dr. Alf Mews

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Research group leader

RG Mews

Address

University of Hamburg
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Research Group Mews
Grindelallee 117
20146 Hamburg

Office

Room: VGII 246a

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-3431
Fax: +49 40 42838-7727

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

Academic Career

  • 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.