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Main research area

The efforts concentrate on investigations of non-crystalline and partially crystalline materials. In this field, special interest has been directed to processes of the formation of crystalline and amorphous nanoscaled phases in glasses and alloys as well as the short- and intermediate-range order in single-phase glasses.

Methods

Besides X-ray diffraction experiments (SAXS, WAXS, XRD) performed in the laboratory, synchrotron radiation (HASYLAB, Hamburg) and neutron scattering facilities (HMI, Berlin; RAL, Chilton) are utilized. The latter experiments are aimed at extending the measuring range to extremely large magnitudes of the scattering vector as well as applying contrast variation techniques (ASAXS, SANSPOL, WAXS/WANS). In situ experiments at temperatures up to 1350 °C are carried out on silicate melts. Computer methods for evaluating and simulating the scattering data have been continuously developed.

Teaching