Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Waldfried Plieth (em.)

Curriculum Vitae

Surname: Plieth
First Names:  Waldfried Johannes Ludwig
Born: November 7, 1937, Cottbus Germany
Deceased: February 6, 2021  [Obituary (Page 4)]

Education:

• Chemistry  Free University Berlin, 1956-1960
• Post Graduate  Fritz-Haber Institut of the Max Planck-Gesellschaft, 1960-1963
• Ph.D.  Fritz-Haber Institut / Free University Berlin, 1963
• PhD habil.  Free University Berlin, 1970

Scientific Fields:

• Physical Chemistry / Electrochemistry

Research interest:

Surface science, electrochemical kinetics, electrocrystallization, electrochemical deposition (ECD), electrochemistry of intrinsically conducting polymers (ICP's), corrosion and corrosion protection, photoelectrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry.

Membership of Professional Societies:

• International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
• The Electrochemical Society
• Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberflächentechnik (DGO)

Latest Publications:

• Preparation of ultrathin layers of polythiophene covalently bounded to silicon A. Fikus, W. Plieth, D. Appelhans, D. Ferse, H.-J. Adler, F.-J. Schmidt, B. Adolphi J. Electrochem. Soc., 146, 4522-4525 (1999).
• Self-assembled monolayers prepared from w- thiophene-functionalized n- alkyltrichlorosilanes on silicon substrates D. Appelhans, D. Ferse, H.-J.P. Adler, W. Plieth, A. Fikus, K. Grundke, F.-J. Schmitt, T. Bayer, B. Adolphi Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 161 (2000) 203-212.
• Reactive groups on polymer coated electrodes 10. Electrogenerated conducting polyalkylthiophenes bearing activated ester groups G.Li, G. Koßmehl, W. Hunnius, H. Zhu, W. Kautek, W. Plieth, J. Melsheimer, K. Doblhofer Polymer 41 (2000) 423 - 432.
• Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy of Single Carbon Domains on Individual Ag Nanoparticles on a 25 ms Time Scale P. J. Moyer, J. Schmidt, A.J. Meixner, G. Sandmann, H. Dietz, W. Plieth J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122 (2000) 5409 - 5410.
• Der Begriff der Zeit aus chemischer Sicht W. Plieth, H. Dietz Wiss. Zeitschr. der TU, 49 (2000) 61 - 64.
• Preparation of silver nanoparticles on ITO surfaces by a double-pulse method G. Sandmann, H. Dietz, W. Plieth J. Electroanal. Chem. 491 (2000) 78 - 86.
• Qualitätssicherung, Analytik und Prozessoptimierung bei der Kupferabscheidung W. Plieth, N. Schröder, G. Sandmann in „Kupferschichten; Abscheidung, Eigenschaften, Anwendungen“ N. Kanani (ed.), Eugen G. Leuze Verlag Saulgau, 2000, S. 210-233.
• Investigation of polybithiophene / n-TiO2 bilayers by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and photoelectrochemistry U. Rammelt, N. Hebestreit, A. Fikus, W. Plieth Electrochimica Acta 46 (2001) 2363-2371.
• Elektrochemische Rauschanalyse (ENA) zur Charakterisierung von Keimbildungs- und Wachstumsprozessen bei der elektrolytischen Metallabscheidung Ch. Dörfel, B. Reents, D. Rahner W. Plieth Z. Phys. Chem. 215 (2001)1121-1136.
• Leitende Polymere W. Plieth Galvanotechnik, 92 (2001), Heft 9.
• Protection of united steel by modification with thin films of polymethylthiophene U. Rammelt, P. T. Nguyen, W. Plieth Electrochim. Acta, 46 (2001) 4251-4257.
• Synthesis and characterization of thiophene/3-alkylthiophene random cooligomers A. Buzarovska, L. Arsov, N. Hebestreit, W. Plieth J. Solid Stata Electrochem. 7 (2002) 49-54.
• Double-pulse technique as an electrochemical tool for controlling the preparation of metallic nanoparticles M. Ueda, H. Dietz, A. Anders, H. Kneppe, A. Meixner, W. Plieth Electrochim. Acta 48 (2002) 377-386.
• Zink-Dispersionsschichten – eine mögliche Alternative zu Zinklegierungen M. Azizi, W. Schneider, W. Plieth Galvanotechnik 93 (2003) 656-662.
• Connection of the generalized Shuttleworth equation fort he elastic spherical electrode with the laplace formula and the Gibbs adsorption equation B. M. Grafov, G. Paasch, W. Plieth, A. Bund Electrochim. Acta 48 (2003) 581-587.
• The concept of dwell times in a kinetic model of alloy deposition W. Plieth Z. Physik. Chem. 217 (2003) 383-393.
• Synthesis and characterization of thiophene/3-alkylthiophene random cooligomers A. Buzarovska, L. Arsov, N. Hebestreit, W. Plieth J. Solid State Electrochem. 7 (2003) 49 - 54.
• Corrosion protection by ultrathin films of conducting polymers U. Rammelt, P. T. Nguyen, W. Plieth Electrochim. Acta 48 (2003) 1257-1262.
• Electrochemical alloy deposition: new properties by formation of intermetallic compounds W. Plieth Surface & Coatings Technology 172, 92-97 (2003).
• Physical and electrochemical chracterization of nanocomposites formed from polythiophene and titaniumdioxide N. Hebestreit, J. Hofmann, U. Rammelt, W. Plieth Electrochim. Acta 48 (2003) 1779-1788.
• Electrochemical investigations on the influence of electrolyte composition of Watts baths with special regard to throwing power S. Wehner, A. Bund, U. Lichtenstein, W. Plieth, W. Dahms, W. Richtering J. Appl. Electrochem. 33 (2003) 457-463.
• Magnetic field effects in electrochemical reactions A. Bund, S. Köhler, H.H. Kühnlein, W. Plieth Electrochim. Acta 49 (2003) 147-152.
• Electrochemical deposition of Bi2Te3 for thermoelectric microdevices K. Tittes, A. Bund, W. Plieth, A. Bentien, S. Paschen, M. Plötner, H. Gräfe, W.-J. Fischer J. Solid State Electrochem. 7 (2003) 714-723
• Investigations on the electrochemical preparation of gold-nanoparticle composites F. Wünsche, A. Bund, W. Plieth J. Solid State Electrochem. 8 (2004) 209-213.
• Electrochemical deposition: the concept of residence times in structure development W. Plieth J. Solid State Electrochem. 8 (2004) 338-345.
• Bonds energies in alloys determined from underpotential deposition potentials W. Plieth, W. J. Lorenz, G. Staikov J. Solid State Electrochem. 8 (2004) 941-946.
• Influence of self-assembling adhesion promoter on the properties of the Epoxy/aluminium interphase L. H. Phung, H. Kleinert, U. Füssel, L. M. Duc, U. Rammelt, W. Plieth Internat. Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives 25 (2005) 239-245.
• Photosensitive Layers of TiO2/polythiophene Composites Prepared by Electrodeposition J. Pfleger, M. Pavlik, N. Hebestreit, W. Plieth Macromolecular Symposia, 2004, im Druck
• Microdeposition of n- and p-Bi2Te3 for thermoelectric power sources; The development of stoichiometry and structure W. Plieth, K. Tittes Electrochim. Acta, 49 (2004), im Druck.
• Markov chain model of electrochemical alloy deposition G. Georgiev, W. Plieth Electrochim. Acta, 50 (2005), submitted.