SPMG/ Christian Teichert

Surface Physics & Scanning Probe Microscopy (C. Teichert)

The Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPMG) group at the Institute of Physics of the Montanuniversität in Leoben is concerned with the exploration of surface nanostructures and its physical properties by means of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and related techniques. Of major interest are self-organized organic semiconductor nanostructures formed during heteroepitaxial and ion-bombardment processes as well as the revelation of molecular processes in the growth of organic semiconductor thin films. A current FWF (Austrian Science Fund) project is dedicated to the investigation of the growth of polar organic molecules on two-dimensional materials like graphene or hexagonal boron nitride. Methods like conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) are utilized to investigate electrical properties of dielectric and piezoelectric materials on the nanometer scale.

Currently running projects SPMG

Polarization Decorrelation Regions in Perovskite Relaxors (POLDERs)

FWF Project

Project Leader: Dr. Marco Deluca (Materials Center Leoben GmbH (MCL))

Duration: 3 years (ending 2023)

Employees: Philipp Münzer (Master thesis)

Partners:

Materials Center Leoben GmbH (MCL) - Austria
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU) – Czech Republic
Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) – Austria
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) – UK

Recent Publications

SPMG

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian TEICHERT

Since 2001, Christian Teichert is Associate Professor in Materials Physics at University of Leoben. He studied Physics at Martin Luther University in Halle/S, Germany; Ph.D. in 1992; 1992/93 Postdoc with an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship at Research Center Juelich, Germany, 1993-1996 Postdoc at UW Madison, U.S., 1996/97 Postdoc at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany; 1997 Assistant Professor, University of Leoben, Austria, Research interests: Scanning Probe Microscopy, self-organization of organic and inorganic semiconductor nanostructures; organic nanocrystals on two-dimensional substrates, two-dimensional magnetism, nanomechanical characterization of cellulose fibers, Awards: 2002 Gaede Prize of the German Vacuum Society, 2010-2019 he was secretary, Chair and vice-chair of the Nanometer Structure Division of the International Union of Vacuum Science, Technology and Application (IUVSTA), 2023-2024 President of the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG). Organizer of several International Nanoscience Workshops and Symposia. 300 publications, Google Scholar 8400 citations, h-index = 41.

SFKM 2023 - The 21st Symposium on Condensed Matter Physics, Belgrade, Serbia

sfkm3 — Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christian Teichert and Prof. Dr. Rados Gajic from Institute of Physics Belgrade

Excursion to Infineon

In the framework of the Master Course "Semiconductor Materials" 15 Materials Science students from Montanuniversität Leoben visited Austrian Semiconductor Manufacturer "Infineon" in Villach on Feb. 1st 2024. The excursion was organized by Lecturer Dr. Evelyn Napetschnig (Infineon) and Univ. Prof. Christian Teichert (MUL). The excursion included visits to the production line and the characterization lab as well presentations of former students from Leoben presenting their tasks in R&D of novel semiconductor materials from ultrathin Si wafers to wide band-gap materials like SiC and GaN."