Research activities

• Thermal and acoustic material properties
• Global and structured charging and poling of dielectrics
• Thermal and acoustic profiling of charge and field distributions:
• Laser Intensity Modulation Method (LIMM)
• Piezoelectrically generated Pressure-Step (PPS) Method
• Ferro-, piezo- and pyroelectricity as a function of location, time and temperature
• "KompAkt" - a BMBF-funded NanoFutur project
• Testing of sensor and device concepts
• Optical study of charged and poled polymers
• Time-frequency analysis of the sounds of historical and modern organ pipes
• Vibration of organ pipes and influence of pipe material (metal or wood)
• Electrical investigation of photochemical reactions

Newspaper article on our soft matter research activities

Current PhD theses

• Photostimulated discharge of charge-storing electret polymers