Main research topics

Infrared detectors and infrared measurement technology

Sensor simulation and design
Fabrication of pyroelectric thin films
Sensor technology and material characterization
Measurement technology for IR single- and multi-element detectors
Sensor applications in radiation pyrometry, thermal imaging, gas analysis and textile chemistry
Infrared emitters and measurement technology
Radiation-absorbing layers

Sensor simulation and sensor design
Fabrication and characterization of pH-value-, solvent- and glucose-sensitive hydrogel films
Measurement technology
Application to measurement of humidity, pH-value, solvent and glucose concentration as well as for protein detection
Powerless sensor switches (BIZEPS – Bistable Zero-Power Sensors)

Polymer composites comprising electrically conducting particles for temperature sensors and strain gauges
Hydrogels with pH-, temperature-, ion- and concentration-dependent swelling behavior
Imprint and replica plating

Simulation of sound fields with complex geometry
Transducer optimization
Development of ultrasound measurement techniques using information from the sound field (non-scanning curvature measurement, simultaneous measurements of velocity and distance, enhancement of resolution)
Array technology

Further information on the research field can be found on the Ultrasound Technology website.

Fabrication of nanoparticles by means of gas phase condensation in modified vacuum equipment
Investigation of hollow cathode technology (gas flow sputtering) for fabrication of nanoparticles by means of gas phase condensation
Embedding of nanoparticles into thin films by combination of gas phase condensation with other deposition techniques: RF-PECVD (13.56 and 60 MHz), reactive magnetron sputtering
Nanoparticle materials consisting of metals, alloys and their reactive compounds in matrix materials of inorganic compounds (oxides, nitrides) or functional polymer coatings
Applications: Optical absorbers, antibacterial coatings of filtration membranes, electrically conducting percolation networks of nanoparticles for sensoric coatings

The chair is involved in the following major projects of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG):

Excellence cluster cfAED (Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Spokesman: Prof. Dr. G. Fettweis), Chemical Information Processing Path
Collaborative Research Center/Transregio TRR 39: “High-Volume Production-Compatible Production Technologies for Light Metal- and Fiber Composite-based Components with Integrated Piezo Sensors and Actuators“ (PT-PIESA), Project C8: “Polarization Determination of Integrated Piezoceramics as Part of Process Control and Non-destructive Device Evaluation” (in cooperation with Fraunhofer IKTS, Dr. A. Schönecker, until 06/2014).
Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) 1401 „Nano- and Biotechniques for Electronic Device Packaging“ (Spokesman: Prof. Dr. G. Gerlach, since 10/2006)
Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) 1865 „Hydrogel-based Microsys-tems“ (Spokesman: Prof. Dr. G. Gerlach, since 10/2013)
Priority Programme SPP 1599: „Caloric Effects in Ferroic Materials: New Con-cepts for Cooling“, Projekt “Electrocaloric Multilayer and Radial Cooling Device Concepts” (since 10/2012).
The chair is also member of the Saxonian Cluster of Excellence ECEMP (European Centre of Emerging Materials and Processes, Spokesman Prof. Dr. W. Hufenbach).