Faculty Profile of Guido Schmitz

Our team concentrates on the nanoanalysis of interreactions. We are experts in atom probe tomography to investigate solid-state processes in single-atom sensitivity and resolution. Presently, innovative instruments are developed to study the chemistry of solid/liquid interfaces with the same methods. From the perspective of materials physics, short-circuit atomic transport along triple junctions or other higher order defects in complex materials are of particular interest. We are running a sputter deposition laboratory to produce required model structures from metallic thin films and metallic nanowires. We assemble promising all-solid-state batteries and sensor devices. Theoretical work is performed by Molecular Dynamics or Monte-Carlo simulation to predict field evaporation and emission from nanometric tips. Furthermore, we study thermodynamic properties of topologically necessary defects and the mechanical stability of thin films by theoretical methods.