Institute of Solid State Physics
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All (2007 - Present) SS24 WS24 SS25 WS25 SS26 Guidelines for Master Students
Wednesday 11 March 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Dynamic optoelectronic characteristics of advanced organic solar cells Organic solar cells represent a promising class of next-generation photovoltaic technologies due to their tuneable optoelectronic properties, lightweight character and potential for low-cost, large-area fabrication. Recent advances in materials design and device engineering have ...more |
Wednesday 18 March 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
How to "random alloy"? A data-driven approach One of the major open problems in computer-aided alloy design is the development and evaluation of predictive models for critical mechanical properties (e.g., strength, ductility, hardness). This is because alloy modeling is a multiscale problem: It requires quantum mechanics to ...more |
Wednesday 25 March 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Safety training |
Contribution announced as seminar Tuesday 14 April 2026 | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Extra Presentation: Machine learning for heterogeneous catalysis: Structure prediction, kinetics, and design In the group, we study CO2 hydrogenation to more valuable products over various types of catalyst materials, including metal alloys [1], doped ZrO2-based oxides [2], and metal-oxide interfaces [3,4]. The in-silico modeling and design of catalyst materials must tackle the extreme ...more |
Wednesday 15 April 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
3D-Nanoprinting with Focused Particle Beams. From Fundamentals to Applications and Microrobots While 3D printing down to the micrometer scale is already well established in research and development, only a few techniques enable controlled additive manufacturing at the nanoscale [1]. Among them are Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition (FEBID) and Focused Ion Beam Induce ...more |
Wednesday 22 April 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
From Atomic Simulations to Trapped Ions: A Physicist´s Journey Through Quantum Materials and Quantum Devices The boundary between computational physics and device fabrication is thinner than it appears. This talk traces my personal journey from density functional theory simulations of organic semiconductors, MOFs and COFs through industrial metrology of III-V nitride semiconductor stack ...more |
Wednesday 29 April 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
How does doping affect Organic/Inorganic Semiconductor Interfaces? Organic/inorganic-semiconductor interfaces are central to the performance of devices such as organic light-emitting diodes and photovoltaic cells. The geometric arrangements of the molecules at the interface, known as polymorphism, heavily influences the properties of the interfa ...more |
Wednesday 06 May 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Thermo-Mechanical Investigations of Thermal Interface Materials for Power Electronics Assemblies The goal of the related master's thesis is to study the thermo-mechanical properties of thermal interface materials (TIMs) used in everyday power electronics assemblies.
These setups often use soft thermal pads as thermal interface materials, which exhibit pressure- and temperat ...more |
Wednesday 13 May 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Dielectric Relaxation Effect in Integrated MIM Capacitors The performance of integrated circuits that rely on capacitive on-chip switching can suffer from dielectric relaxation. For instance, the speed of input stages and optical applications may be affected. Dielectric relaxation, which is the time-dependent response of a dielectric to ...more |
Wednesday 20 May 2026 | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics on Metal-Organic Frameworks - Thermal Conductivity of MOF-5 and HKUST-1 Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are characterized by (in)famously low thermal conductivities - a property that is both a defining feature and a design challenge for their integration into industrial applications. Accurately computing these values from first principles and underst ...more |
Wednesday 20 May 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Development of a Simulation Model for Adsorption-based Hydrogen Storage The worldwide need for energy is growing constantly. Our society is currently built on the use of fossil fuels to meet this energy demand. To decarbonise the energy system, fossil fuels need to be replaced with alternate carbon neutral energy carriers. For this undertaking, hydro ...more |
Wednesday 27 May 2026 PH01150 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Tensor Tomographic Small-Angle X-ray Scattering for the Quantitative Characterization of Periodic Nanostructures in Neurological Tissues Myelin, the multilamellar sheath surrounding axons, is essential for rapid neuronal communication and overall brain function. Structural alterations of myelin are a hallmark of numerous neurodegenerative diseases, yet its nanoscopic organization remains challenging to quantify in ...more |
Wednesday 03 June 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Predicting the formation of aging markers in power transformers due to their operation Power transformers are highly expensive components, so one wants them to operate as long as possible, but failures lead to high downtime costs and may endanger critical infrastructure or even human lives. Additionally, these custom engineered products have long delivery times of ...more |
Wednesday 10 June 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Modelling heat transport in BTBT and its derivatives using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations Organic semiconductors are promising materials for flexible and low-cost electronics, but their thermal transport properties remain insufficiently understood. In this work, the thermal conductivity of the organic semiconductor BTBT and its derivatives C8-BTBT-C8 and Ph-BTBT-Ph is ...more |
Wednesday 17 June 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Micro-Computed Tomography Analysis to Determine the Structure and the Crossover Through a Cellulose-Based Membrane Due to their bespoke mechanical properties and sustainability, cellulose-based membranes are gaining importance in energy technology. Nevertheless, when a cellulose membrane is coated with polymerised ionic liquids and used as an ion-exchange membrane (IEM) in a redox-flow batter ...more |
Wednesday 24 June 2026 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Polymorphism and charge transport in solution-processed Ph-BTBT-Cn thin films for organic field-effect transistors Polymorphism in solution-processed organic semiconductors plays a key role in determining charge transport in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), as electronic properties are highly sensitive to molecular packing at the dielectric interface. This work investigates polymorph ...more |
Wednesday 01 July 2026 PH01150 | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Zhanybek Alpichshev, ISTA |
