Prof. Dr. Christian Kumpf
Peter-Grünberg-Institut, FZ Jülich
Functional Nanostructures at Surfaces (PGI-3)
52425 Jülich
Phone: +49 2461 61-1452
E-mail: c.kumpf@fz-juelich.de
Position: Professor (W2) RWTH Aachen
Expertise: Surface and interface science; interaction and bonding at
metal-organic interfaces; properties of molecular adsorbates and
nanostructures at solid surfaces; molecular orbital reconstruction; low
energy electron microscopy; photoelectron microscopy; photoelectron
tomography; electron and x-ray diffraction; electron spectroscopy
Project A12: Structure and Phonons of Heteroepitaxial Stacks of Weakly Interacting 2D Materials and Molecular Layers
University Education
University Education
| 2006 | Habilitation in Experimental Physics, Universität Würzburg |
| 1998 | Doctoral degree in Physics, University Rostock |
| 1994 | Diploma in Physics, Universität Erlangen |
Professional Experience
| 2012- | W2 Professor, Experimental Physics IV A, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen |
| 2008- | Group Leader, Peter Grünberg Institute, Functional Nanostructures at Surfaces (PGI-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich |
| 2006-08 | Akademischer Oberrat, University Würzburg |
| 2001-06 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (C1), University Würzburg |
| 1999-01 | Post-Doc, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark |
Honours, Awards and other Proofs of Qualification
| since 2013 | Member (since 2015 chairperson) of the Peer Review Panel of the Diamond Light Source, Great Britain |
| 2007-13 | Elected Member of the Users Organization Committee (UOC) of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France |
Selected Publications
- C. Stadler, S. Hansen, I. Kröger, E. Umbach, C. Kumpf Tuning intermolecular interaction in long-range ordered submonolayer organic films Nature Phys. 5, 153 (2009).
- B. Stadtmüller, T. Sueyoshi, G. Kichin, I. Kröger, S. Soubatch, R. Temirov, F. S. Tautz, C. Kumpf Electrostatic interaction and commensurate registry at the heteromolecular F16CuPc - CuPc interface Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 106103 (2012).
- T. Duden, A. Thust, C. Kumpf, F. S. Tautz Focal-Series Reconstruction in Low Energy Electron Microscopy Microsc. Microanal. 20 (3), 968 (2014).
- B. Stadtmüller, D. Lüftner, M. Willenbockel, E. M. Reinisch, T. Sueyoshi, G. Koller, S. Soubatch, M. G. Ramsey, P. Puschnig, F. S. Tautz, C. Kumpf Unexpected interplay of bonding height and energy level alignment at heteromolecular hybrid interfaces Nature Comm. 5, 3685 (2014).
- B. Stadtmüller, S. Schröder, F. C. Bocquet, C. Henneke, C. Kleimann, S. Soubatch, M. Willenbockel, B. Detlefs, J. Zegenhagen, T.-L. Lee, F. S. Tautz, C. Kumpf Adsorption height alignment at heteromolecular hybrid interfaces Phys. Rev. B – Rapid Comm. 89, 161407(R) (2014).
- B. Stadtmüller, C. Henneke, S. Soubatch, F. S. Tautz, C. Kumpf Tailoring metal-organic hybrid interfaces: Heteromolecular structures with varying stoichiometry on Ag(111) New J. Phys. 17, 023046 (2015).
- J. Sforzini, L. Nemec, T. Denig, B. Stadtmüller, T.-L. Lee, C. Kumpf, S. Soubatch, U. Starke, P. Rinke, V. Blum, F. C. Bocquet, F. S. Tautz Approaching ideal graphene: The structure of hydrogen-intercalated graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 106804 (2015).
- B. Stadtmüller, M. Willenbockel, S. Schröder, C. Kleimann, E. M. Reinisch, T. Ules, C. Kumpf Modification of the PTCDA-Ag(111) bond by formation of a hetero-organic bilayer film Phys. Rev. B 91, 155433 (2015).
- B. Stadtmüller, S. Schröder, C. Kumpf Heteromolecular metal-organic interfaces: Electronic and structural fingerprints of chemical bonding J. Electron. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 204 A, 80 (2015).
- D. Schwarz, C. Henneke, C. Kumpf Towards functionalization of graphene: In situ study of the nucleation of copper-phtalocyanine on graphene New J. Phys. 18, 023034 (2016).
