SFB 546:  Structure, Dynamics and Reactivity of Aggregates of Transition Metal Oxides

Subject Area Chemistry
Materials Science and Engineering
Physics
Thermal Engineering/Process Engineering
Term from 1999 to 2011
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5483503
 

Project Description

Transition metal oxides find applications in many areas: high-temperature superconductors, nonlinear optics, biochemistry and catalysis. The aim of the collaborative reserarch centre "Structure, Dynamics and Reactivity of Aggregates of Transition Metal Oxides" is focused on the relation between structures of transition metal oxides in different aggregation states of and their functions. For this purpose gas-phase and solid state studies are combined: in the gas-phase diatomic molecules and small clusters are generated, characterized, and their reactivity is studied. Comparison is made with clusters deposited on surfaces as well as with epitaxical films and single crystal surfaces. Finally, "real" transition metal catalysts on supports will be studied.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
International Connection United Kingdom

Completed projects

Applicant Institution Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Participating University Freie Universität Berlin; Technische Universität Berlin
Participating Institution University of Warwick
Department of Physics
; Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (FHI); Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V an der Universität Rostock
Außenstelle Berlin (aufgelöst)
; Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik (PDI)
Spokesperson Professor Dr. Joachim Sauer