Organisation
Head
Prof. Dr. Xin Jiang
Deputy
Dr. Thorsten Staedler
Secretary
Andrea Brombach
Stefan Wagener
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Superhard materials
'Sensing' materials
Superconductive thin films
Thin films for particle
accelerators
TCO thin films
Photoelectron emission
materials
Dr. Hameed Ullah
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Metal oxide nanowires
DNA nanosensors
Energy storage and conversion
Catalyst for sustainable
chemistry
Dr. Thorsten Staedler
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Failure analysis
High resolution direct imaging of surface
morphology and cross-sections
Structural analysis
Elemental mapping and depth
profiling
Mechanical and tribological materials
characterization down to the nanometer
regime