Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials

Name

Faculty

Head

Research groups

• Computational physics (De Raedt)
• Materials Science (De Hosson)
• Micromechanics (van der Giessen)
• Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy (Wiersma)
• Optical condensed matter physics (van Loosdrecht)
• Physical chemistry of polymers (ten Brinke)
• Physics of nanodevices (van Wees)
• Physics of organic semiconductors
• Polymer thin film and surface science (Schouten)
• Polymers at surfaces and interfaces (Vacancy)
• Solid-state chemistry (Palstra)
• Surfaces and thin films (Rudolf)
• Theoretical chemistry (Broer)
• Theory of condensed matter (Knoester) 

Research fields / themes

• Innovative use of computers in physics research
• Relation between microstructure and physical properties of materials
• Models and computational tools for micromechanics of materials
• Ultrafast dynamics in the condensed phase; femto-second laser physics; confocal microscopy
• Physical phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems
• Structure formation in complex polymer systems
• Mesoscopic physics
• Organic semiconductors
• Behaviour and properties of polymers in thin films and at surfaces; polymerization mechanisms
• Controlled formation of structure in thin polymer films
• Preparation, characterization and electronic properties of novel materials and devices
• Crystalline organic thin films, functional molecules, molecular motors on surfaces, nanocompositions
• Understanding properties of moelcules and solids by ab initio many-electron computational methods
• Theory of optical and electronic properties of condensed-phase systems

Collaboration with (within the RUG or external partners)

All groups have many national and international collaborations 

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