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: Experimental physics; 2D materials; metal/organic
interfaces; adsorption at semiconductor and metal surfaces;
photoemission (orbital) tomography; low energy and photoelectron
microscopy; electron and x-ray diffraction
Project A12: Structure and Phonons of Heteroepitaxial Stacks of Weakly Interacting 2D Materials and Molecular Layers
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 | Postdoc, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark |
Honours, Awards and other Proofs of Qualification
| 2013-18 | 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
- 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).
- 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, J. Seidel, N. Haag, L. Grad, C. Tusche, G. van Straaten, M. Franke, J. Kirschner, C. Kumpf, M. Cinchetti, M. Aeschlimann, Modifying the Surface of a Rashba-Split Pb-Ag Alloy Using Tailored Metal-Organic Bonds, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 096805 (2016).
- C. Henneke, J. Felter, D. Schwarz, F. S. Tautz, C. Kumpf, Controlling the growth of multiple ordered heteromolecular phases by utilizing intermolecular repulsion, Nature Materials 16, 628 (2017).
- A. Baby, M. Gruenewald, C. Zwick, F. Otto, R. Forker, G. van Straaten, M. Franke, B. Stadtmüller, C. Kumpf, G.-P. Brivio, G. Fratesi, T. Fritz, E. Zojer, Fully Atomistic Understanding of the Electronic and Optical Properties of a Prototypical Doped Charge-Transfer Interface, ACS Nano 11, 10945 (2017).
- J. Felter, M. Franke, J. Wolters, C. Henneke, C. Kumpf, Two-dimensional growth of dendritic islands of NTCDA on Cu(001) studied in real time, Nanoscale 11, 1798 (2019).
- B. P. Klein, N. J. van der Heijden, S. R. Kachel, M. Franke, C. K. Krug, K. K. Greulich, L. Ruppenthal, P. Müller, P. Rosenow, S. Parhizkar, F. C. Bocquet, M. Schmid, W. Hieringer, R. J. Maurer, R. Tonner, C. Kumpf, I. Swart, J. M. Gottfried, Molecular topology and surface chemical bond: Alternant versus nonalternant aromatic systems as functional structural elements, Phys. Rev. X 9, 011030 (2019).
- J. Felter, M. Raths, M. Franke, C. Kumpf, In-situ Study of Two-Dimensional Dendritic Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride, 2D Materials 6, 045005 (2019).
- F. C. Bocquet, Y.-R. Lin, M. Franke, N. Samiseresht, S. Parhizkar, S. Soubatch, T.-L. Lee, C. Kumpf, F. S. Tautz, Surfactant-Mediated Epitaxial Growth of Single-Layer Graphene in an Unconventional Orientation on SiC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 106102 (2020).
- R. Wallauer, M. Raths, K. Stallberg, L. Münster, D. Brandstetter, X. Yang, J. Güdde, P. Puschnig, S. Soubatch, C. Kumpf, F. C. Bocquet, F. S. Tautz, U. Höfer, Tracing orbital images on ultrafast time scales, , Science (2020) - under review.
