Understanding and steering nonequilibrium energy flow in metal molecule hybrids at the nanoscale (A01)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 510943930

This project aims at providing an experimental basis for a thorough characterization of the electronic and vibrational heat energy and its transport within nanoscale metals and adjacent molecules including solvents upon optical excitation of the metal. Theoretical modelling will help to bridge ultrafast pump-probe dynamics with stationary non-equilibrium situations for continuous wave excitation, taking into account the quantum nature of the system.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1636: Elementary Processes of Light-Driven Reactions at Nanoscale Metals
• Applicant Institution: Universität Potsdam
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Matias Bargheer; Professor Dr. Carsten Henkel; Professorin Dr. Henrike Müller-Werkmeister