The following projects can be conducted in our group:

• Polymer and alloy Blends for the study of attractive forces
  Methods and Approaches: thin film preparation, force microscopy, reflectometry
   
• Nanostructure 2D Arrays on Graphite for ambient Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy Studies
  Methods and Approaches: Nanosphere lithography (NSL), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), force microscopy (AFM)
   
• Metal nanoparticle preparation for plasmon imaging
  Methods and Approaches: Nanoparticle deposition, electron microscopy and spectroscopy (in collaboration), force microscopy (AFM)
   
• Stamping of Molecular Patterns on Au surfaces for studying Casimir forces
  Methods and Approaches: Direct MicroContact Printing (MCP), luminescence microscopy, force microscopy (AFM), force spectroscopy
   
• Electrochemical Etching of PtIr Tips for Multiprobe Applications
  Methods and Approaches: electrochemical cell, electron microscopy, multiprobe scanning probe microscopy
   
• Conductive Organic Films on Insulators for Surface Charge Mitigation
  Methods and Approaches: thin film preparation, electron microscopy (SEM), force microscopy (AFM)
   
• Ion Currents in Nanopipettes near Surfaces
  Methods and Approaches: NanoPipette pulling, Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM), impedance spectroscopy

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• Directional electron emission from supported silver clusters
  Methods and Approaches: in situ cluster deposition, photoemission electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (in collaboration)
   
• Plasmon imaging of single Nanoparticles
  Methods and Approaches: Nanoparticle deposition, electron microscopy and spectroscopy (in collaboration), force microscopy (AFM)
   
• Triplet exciton characteristics of sector-zoned molecule crystals
  Methods and Approaches: organic semiconductor crystal growth, atomic force microscopy methods
   
• Photoluminescence mapping of quasi one-dimensional molecule crystals
  Methods and Approaches: Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM, in collaboration), force microscopy (AFM), optical microscopy
   
• Force spectroscopy of adhesive necks between sample and tip
  Methods and Approaches: epoxy film preparation, force microscopy (AFM) and spectroscopy
   
• Mapping the Work Function of Heterogeneous Metal-(organic) Semiconductor Nanostructures
  Methods and Approaches: Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy, (KPFM), photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM)
   
• Elastic properties of mitochondria and liposomes
  Methods and Approaches: scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM), time trace acquisition, spectral analysis
   

For the State Examination ("Staatsexamen") a variety of projects are available which are closely related to running activities in our research group. Possible topics are::

• Dedicated modes of dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM)
• Growth of molecular nanostructures
• Luminescence properties of dye aggregates on surfaces
• Morphology of metallic nanostructures on surfaces
• Morphology and dynamics of lipid vesicles

None at the moment.