Spectroscopy at bio-interfaces

Group members, Research topics

We work at the intersection of surface science, nonlinear optics and soft and biological matter. For hard matter there is molecular level understanding of the surface region. This has enabled researchers to develop the highly complex structures that are nowadays found in (e.g.) computers, and mobile phones. Although biological and soft systems (such as liquid droplets, nanoparticles, liposomes, and viruses) are ubiquitous in our daily lives, our understanding is often limited to macroscopic theories. Consequently, the level of control of soft and biological matter is largely empirical and far behind that of hard matter. In order to change that, we work on three themes:

Research Topics

(1) - Development of Nonlinear Light Scattering methods to investigate buried materials and their molecular interface properties.

(2) - Interfacial molecular structure, kinetics and dynamics of colloidal soft matter and emulsion systems.

(3) - Structure and properties of biologically and medically relevant interfaces