• Synthesis, preparation and characterization of colloidal model systems with costom-tailored interaction and optical properties
• Non-equilibrium physics:
- Structure and dynamics of the metastable melt
- Crystallization from the metastable melt: homogeneous
and heterogeneous nucleation, growth kinetics and
interfacial properties
- Glass transition, aging of glasses, gel formation
- Influence of external fields (confinement,
electromagnetic fields, shear, restricted gravity,
interaction gradients, structured walls) on the
physical properties of colloids
• Properties of colloidal model systems:
- Particle characterization, structure, dynamics, rheology, phase behavior
• Development of experimental techniques studying soft
condensed matter physics (optical microscopy, optical
spectroscopy and light scattering)
• Expert in photon correlation spectroscopy
• Preparation and characterization of photonic crystals