Prof. Dr. Wolf Gero Schmidt

Faculty of Science
Dean - Professor
Dean
Theoretical Materials Physics
Head - Professor
Lehrstuhlinhaber
Center for Optoelectronics and Photonics (CeOPP)
Committee - Professor
Member
Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC2)
Member - Professor
Vorstand
E-Mail:
W.G.Schmidt@upb.de
Phone:
+49 5251 60-2679
05251/60-2335
ORCID:
0000-0002-2717-5076
Web:
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Office Address:
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn
Room:
A1.232
Dekanat Naturwissenschaften
Dean - Professor

About Wolf Gero Schmidt

Curriculum Vitae

2006: Full Prof (W3) in theoretical physics, Paderborn Univ

2005: Assoc Prof, Massey Univ, New Zealand

1999 - 2005: Member of Staff (BAT IIa, C1, W1)

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

2002: Habilitation, Jena Univ

2001: Adjunct Assistant Prof, North Carolina State Univ, USA

1997 - 1999: Postdoctoral fellow with J Bernholc, NC State U, USA

06.05.1997: PhD in physics with Friedhelm Bechstedt, Jena Univ

1994: Visiting researcher with WS Verwoerd, University of South Africa

1993: Visiting researcher with GP Srivastava, Exeter Univ, UK

1988 - 1993: Diploma studies in physics, Jena Univ

2007: Research Award, Paderborn University

2003: Outstanding Habilitation Award, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

1998: Rhode & Schwartz Outstanding Dissertation Award

Research

Research Interests

  • Energy materials for photoelectrolysis, photovoltaics, and batteries
  • Photonic materials for linear and nonlinear optics
  • Solid-state qubit systems

Selected Projects

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Publications

Selected Publications

Controlled growth of ordered monolayers of N-heterocyclic carbenes on silicon

M. Franz, S. Chandola, M. Koy, R. Zielinski, H. Aldahhak, M. Das, M. Freitag, U. Gerstmann, D. Liebig, A.K. Hoffmann, M. Rosin, W.G. Schmidt, C. Hogan, F. Glorius, N. Esser, M. Dähne, Nature Chemistry (2021) 828–835.

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Vibration-Driven Self-Doping of Dangling-Bond Wires on Si(553)-Au Surfaces

C. Braun, S. Neufeld, U. Gerstmann, S. Sanna, J. Plaickner, E. Speiser, N. Esser, W.G. Schmidt, Physical Review Letters 124 (2020).

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Spin decontamination for magnetic dipolar coupling calculations: Application to high-spin molecules and solid-state spin qubits

T. Biktagirov, W.G. Schmidt, U. Gerstmann, Physical Review Research 2 (2020).

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Beyond the molecular movie: Dynamics of bands and bonds during a photoinduced phase transition

C.W. Nicholson, A. Lücke, W.G. Schmidt, M. Puppin, L. Rettig, R. Ernstorfer, M. Wolf, Science (2018) 821–825.

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Optically excited structural transition in atomic wires on surfaces at the quantum limit

T. Frigge, B. Hafke, T. Witte, B. Krenzer, C. Streubühr, A. Samad Syed, V. Mikšić Trontl, I. Avigo, P. Zhou, M. Ligges, D. von der Linde, U. Bovensiepen, M. Horn-von Hoegen, S. Wippermann, A. Lücke, S. Sanna, U. Gerstmann, W.G. Schmidt, Nature 544 (2017) 207–211.

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Teaching


Current Courses

  • Theoretical Physics (Quantum Mechanics II) - English
  • Physikalisches Kolloquium
  • Aktuelle Fragen der Materialphysik

Scientific Engagement

Since 2011  |  International Advisory and Program Committee "International Conference on the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces" (ICFSI 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)


2019  |  Organizing Committee "IBS conference on Atomic Wires 2019"


2009  |  Organizing Committee ICFSI 2012


2005  |  Organizing Committee "Optical Spectroscopy of Thin Films and Interfaces"