The Optimal Aspect Ratio of Gold Nanorods for Plasmonic Bio-sensing, (Plasmonics)
Light-Controlled One-Sided Growth of Large Plasmonic Gold Domains on Quantum Rods Observed on the Single Particle Level, (Nano Lett.)
Planar Metamaterial Analogue of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency for Plasmonic Sensing, (Nano Lett.)
Rotational Dynamics of Laterally Frozen Nanoparticles Specifically Attached to Biomembranes (J. Phys. Chem. C)
Physikalische Chemie
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FB Physik
FB Biologie
MPI für Polymerforschung
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MWFZ
EMZM
IMM
Nano-optic
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Growth Kinetic of a Rod-Shaped Metal Nanocrystal (J. Phys. Chem. C)
Tuning Plasmonic Properties by Alloying Copper into Gold Nanorods (Nanorattles as improved sensors and catalysts (Optical trapping of gold rods (Nano Lett.)
With Niels Bohr InstituteCopenhagen
Nanoparticle Symmetry (Nano Lett.)
Nano Spotlight
Membrane sensor (Nano Lett.)
Plasmonic focusing reduces linewidth (Nano Lett.)
Metal tiped hyperbrached CdTe particles Adv. Mat.
Nature RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Separation by shape Nano Lett. NATURE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
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Nanorod melting J. Phys. Chem. C
FastSPS (Nano Lett.)
Bio-functionalization and self-assembly Nano Lett.
Continuos flow synthesis PCCP 8, 3824 (2006) among most downloaded paper 2006
Synthese hochverzweigter CdTe Partikel Nanoletters 5, 2164 (2005)
Plasmonen als molekulares Lineal Nature Bio-technology 23, 741 (2005)
Gold Nano-Stäbchen als neuer Orientierungssensor Nano Letters 5, 301 (2005)
short intro:
Carsten Sönnichsen, born 1973 in Hamburg, Germany, studied physics in Hamburg and Cambridge. In 2001, he received his Ph.D. from the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich, Germany under the advisor Jochen Feldmann. After working a year in an international management consulting firm, we joined Paul Alivisatos group in Berkeley as a postdoc. In 2005 he started his own group at the University of Mainz where he currently holds the position of a professor for phyiscal chemistry as a junior Gutenberg research college fellow. The group has about 10 members and emphasizes on the production and application of nanoparticles as markers and sensors for biological molecules. The work is funded by the Emmy-Noether programm, NanoSciERA programm of the EU and project funding from the DFG, the BMBF and others.
Carsten Sönnichsen wurde 1973 in Hamburg geboren, wo er nach seinem Abitur zunächst Physik studierte bis er nach Cambridg(England) wechselte. Promoviert hat er anschließend bei Jochen Feldmann an der LMU München und danach ein Jahr in einer großen internationalen Unternehmensberatung gearbeitet. Bevor er einen Ruf auf eine Juniorprofessur nach Mainz annahm, verbrachte er zwei Jahre als Postdoc in der Arbeitsgruppe von Paul Alivisatos in Berkeley, Californien. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt ist die Herstellung und spektroskopische Untersuchung einzelner Nanokristalle und deren Anwendung als Marker in der Biologie. Die von der DFG im Emmy-Noether Programm und der EU im NanoSciERA Programm geförderte Arbeitsgruppe besteht aus ca. 10 Mitarbeitern. Seit Juni 2008 hat Carsten Sönnichsen den Status eines "junior fellows" des Gutenberg Forschungskollegs Mainz und seit April 2009 eine Universitätsprofessorur am Institut für Physikalische Chemie._____________
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| 4/2009 | Gutenberg Fellow and full professor for physical chemistry, University of Mainz (W2) |
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12/2007 |
Positive evaluation (as junior professor) |
| since 2005 | Juniorprofessor for Nanobiotechnology and Emmy Noether research group leader, Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz, Germany |
| 2003 - 2005 | Postdoc with Paul Alivisatos, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| 2002 - 2003 | Consultant with a leading management consulant company, Munich, Germany |
| 1998 - 2001 |
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Ph.D. with Jochen Feldmann, thesis title ‘Plasmons in metal nanostructures’ |
| 1996 - 1997 |
University of Cambridge, England
M.Phil. in the ‘Polymers and Colloids’ group, thesis title: ‘Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM) on living cells’. |
| 1994 - 1996 | University of Hamburg, Germany, studied physics and biophysics |
| 1993 - 1994 | Audited physics (3 semesters), while attending high school and during the mandatory German social service ("Zivildienst") |
| 1990 - 1993 | Trained as chemical laboratory assistant (CTA) |
| 1980 - 1993 |
Primary and secondary school in Hamburg, Germany |
2009 Vertrauensdozent der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
2008 Gutenberg junior fellow
2005 Emmy Noether Research Grand, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2004-2005 Feodor Lynnen Research Scholarhip, Humboldt Foundation
2003 Promotionspreis der Münchner Universitätsgesellschaft
2001 Röntgen-Preis der Universität Würzburg
1993-1998 Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes ('National Merit Foundation')
1996-1997 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) scholarship to study at Cambridge, England
1996-1997 King Edwards VIIth scholarship (Cambridge)
1996 European Trust grant (Cambridge)
1995-1996 Fritz-Prosiegel-Scholarship, University of Hamburg
1992 jugend forscht 4th prize (physics) at the national level
1990-1993 several prizes in the first rounds of the national youth competitions in mathematics, computer science, and physics
1990 Seattle, WA, USA Science Olympiad, State Finals (2nd prize)
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