Research Areas

- Surface Figuring by Ion Beam and Plasma Jet Technologies

- Surface smoothing down to the sub-nanometer range

- Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Enhanced Chemical Etching - Plasmajet

• BMBF-funded Young Researchers Group „Ultra precision machining using atomic particle beams“
• Untersuchungen zu Plasmajetanwendung in der Zahnmedizin

- Development of ion beam sources

- Ion- and laser-stimulated processes for patterning and structuring

- Micro- und nano patterning for photonic, micro optic and opto-electronic

- Alternative ion beam based nanostructure fabrication processes

• DFG-Forschergruppe 845 - "Selbstorganisierte Nanostrukturen durch niederenergetische Ionenstrahlerosion"

- Structure formation and mechanical properties on the nanometer-scale - Experiments and computer simulations

- Surface and thin film analysis

- Ion- and laser-beam assisted thin film deposition

- Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructures

- Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PIII)

- Biocompatible surfaces and thin films

- Polymerization Processes and Mechanisms

• Radical cations as reactive transients in the electron beam-initiated polymerisation (EB-curing)
• Quantum-chemical Simulations
• Photopolymerization without Photoinitiators

- Manufacturing and Characterisation of functional Nano-Particles

• Aluminium Carboxylate Nanoparticles
• Polar and Non-polar Nano-Corundum

- Time-Resolved NIR-Spectroscopy - In-Line Process Control

- Surface modification of zeolites

Functional Nano-Composites

Plasma Polymerization

- UV-/EB-Curing of functional layers

• Photochemical Micro-folding for Surface Structuring of Irradiation Curable Varnishes
• Excimer Sources
• Shortwave Excimer UV Lamps for Surface Structuring of Radiation Cureable Varnishes
• Polysilazane-Derived Gas Barriers
• Protective Coatings for Flexible Photovoltaic Cells