Our interdisciplinary workgroup consists of people with different nationalities and subject background in engineering, physics, chemistry and biology. Several students from all over the world are continuously joining the group for some weeks or months in order to complete internships and/or their final theses

Work of the group focuses on:

The workgroup focuses on the generation of nanomaterials by pulsed laser ablation technique. Applying this exceptional process, we can achieve stable nanoparticle colloids in high purity and in almost any combination of material and liquid [A]. The produced colloids are then used for distinct applications as for example in polymer-embedded design as ion-release source of medical implants [B], or as bioconjugated nanomarker for specific epitope labeling in biomedical science and regenerative medicine [C]. Moreover, fundamental research is performed on the understanding and influence of ablation process by investigating the effect of laser and process parameters, of alternative ablation set-ups and solvents, and of the size, shape and stability of the generated nanoparticles [D].

The main areas of work are:

Generation of pure and stable colloids through laser ablation in liquids
Bioconjugation of nanoparticles
Fabrication of bioactive nanoparticle-polymer composites
Development of process technique for nanoparticle generation during laser ablation in liquids

Current scientific work and projects:

Generation of bio-conjugated gold nanoparticles for medical application within the Nanoparticles Research group of the DFG Excellence Cluster REBIRTH (From regenerative biology to reconstructive therapy)
Joint project on nano-functionalized polymer composites for bio-active medical implants (NANOKOMED)
Joint project on development and testing of nano-based fire proofings (EnGEL)
Generation of nanoparticle-silicone-implants within the sub-project C4 of the Transregio 37 Special Research Field of the German Research Foundation (DFG).