GRK 277:  Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous Systems

• Subject Area: Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 1997 to 2005
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 271553

The aim of the research training group is to combine experimental and theoretical work of interdisciplinary character on the structure and dynamics of a few nonmagnetic and magnetic heterogeneous systems being important in biology, chemistry and physics. Large molecules for optoelectronic materials, the chromophore of rhodopsin in the retina of vertebrate animals, large aggregates of potassium, tin, iron and cobalt on silicon, titanium dioxide and iron dichloride surfaces, to name a few. Essential is the degree of heterogeneity and resulting relaxation. The interdisciplinary concept of the research training group is of predominat importance for successful research and teaching.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen ; Campus Duisburg (aufgelöst)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Peter Entel (†)
• Participating Researchers: Privatdozent Dr. Richard A. Brand, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Volker Buß; Professor Dr. Ralf Courths; Professor Dr. Günter Dumpich; Professor Dr.-Ing. Werner Keune (†); Professor Dr. Wolfgang Kleemann; Professor Dr. Axel Lorke; Professor Dr. Ulrich Nowak; Professor Dr. Klaus D. Usadel; Professor Dr. Eberhard F. Wassermann (†); Professor Dr. Dietrich Wolf