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Theoretical Chemistry
The Theoretical Chemistry group is headed by Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Heine and involves staff and students of TU Dresden, of Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Leipzig research branch and of Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) in Görlitz.
The research aim is the rational design of new materials with properties that allow for new and more efficient applications in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, in photo- and electrochemical catalysis and in hydrogen isotope separation. Therefore, new theoretical methods will be developed and applied to nanostructured materials. Currently, the focus is on two-dimensional materials such as 2D crystals and 2D polymers, and metal organic frameworks (MOFs).