Optical Condensed Matter Physics
We use optical spectroscopy to study a wide range of ultrafast phenomena in organic materials at nanoscopic lengths and femtosecond (0.000000000000001 s) time scale, with the main focus on exciton and charge dynamics in energy-related and bio-inspired materials.
Organization
The research group Optical Condensed Matter Physics is part of the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, a research institute within the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen.
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2025/06/16
Germany & Japan
Maxim gave a tutorial “Femtoseconds in the Lab: A Primer for Chemists” for the graduate school of science students at the university of Koln, 15 May 2025.
Maxim delivered a lecture “Order from Chaos: Capturing Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Real Time” at the department of Physics, university of Koln, 15 May 2025.
Maxim presented a lecture “Ultrafast Dynamics of High-Energy Exciton States in a Synthetic Light-Harvesting Complex” at the The 22nd International Conference on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy (TRVS 2025) at Moriyama, Japan, 25-30 May 2025

2025/04/28
PhD defence Kristin
Congratulations to Kristin Becker on earning the title of Doctor!

2025/03/04
Aleksej in Montpellier
Aleksej Kuevda presented a talk on the 8th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials.
The title of the presentation was : "Herringbone or Bricklayer? Experimental Verification of Theoretical Models of Supramolecular Nanotubes"

2024/12/18
Zernike advent calendar
In the Advent Calendar, our Zernike Institute is presenting 24 short spotlights in December.
In these specials, PhD students, postdocs, support staff and technicians are highlighted - providing a glimpse in their typical day at work.
In Episode 12 Alexey Kuevda, PhD research student in our group, presents his view on his PhD.
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