Ultrafast Chemistry, Physics and Biology

This research field incorporates the following research projects run by our Department:

• 2D spectroscopy of astaxanthin in solution and in carotenoprotein crustacyanin
• 2D spectroscopy studies of coupling and energy transfer in light-harvesting complexes of marine organisms
• Control of chemical reactions
• Excited state and charge carrier dynamics in organic semiconductors
• Interfacial electron transfer in whole functional dye-sensitized solar cell
• Light induced processes in artificial antenna complexes
• Light induced processes in artificial reaction centers
• Molecular aggregates studied by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
• P3HT/PCBM solar cell blends
• Photochemistry and excited state dynamics of melanin and its building blocks
• Plasma source
• Quantum Chemical Calculations of Photoinduced Chemical Reactions
• Sensitization of TiO2 films by various dyes
• Solar Energy Conversion Calculations
• Surface Electron Transfer Processes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
• Time-resolved X-ray measurements
• Transport in organic solar-cell materials studied by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy