Doctoral Researchers

E-Mail: mielke-lukas@ipfdd.de
Phone: +49 351 4658 1744
Office: IPF Dresden, W 601

During my bachelor thesis I first encountered research with nanoparticles. More precisely, I prepared spherical gold nanoparticles and gold-palladium heterostructures that were functionalized wet-chemically and then characterized and assembled into highly ordered films, called superstructures. I was able to further deepen the knowledge around nanoparticle chemistry within my master’s studies in theoretical and practical courses such as nanochemistry, time-resolved spectroscopy on nanostructures, nanomaterials in optics, electronics and sensing, and biohybrid nanostructures.

Of particular interest to me were the opportunities for industrial applications resulting from the unique properties of nanoparticles. Therefore, during the master's thesis, I addressed the use of various lithographic methods to deposit optically active films consisting of semiconducting quantum dots to design and build a prototype miniaturized near-infrared spectrometer. Following on from this, within my Ph. D. project, I will focus on the development of nanoparticle-based gas sensors and characterize them using an in-house built test system.