• research field: structure and properties of interfaces and molecular junctions from ab-initio simulations


• particular topics of current or recent research:
  • description and simulations of electronic transport through nanojunctions
  • optical switches based on azobenzene
  • mechanical and chemical properties of molecular junctions
  • thiolates and thiolate monolayers on metal clusters and surfaces
  • aluminum oxide films and layers


• my research during PhD study: quantum optics in photonic band structures