Dr. Frank Jäckel

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Dr. Frank Jäckel
Lehrstuhl für Photonik und Optoelektronik
Department für Physik und CeNS
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München
Amalienstr. 54
D-80799 München
Germany

Tel: +49-89-2180-2039
Tel: +49-89-2180-3356 or -3357 (Secretary)
Fax: +49-89-2180-3441
Email:

Research interests

• Nano-Plasmonics and -Photonics
• Single-molecule spectroscopy
• Photocatalysis

Techniques

• Dark-field Rayleigh scattering, Raman and fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy
• Scanning force microscopy

Education

• 2005 Dr. rer. nat., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, summa cum laude, thesis topic: Self-Assembly and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Molecules: Towards Mono-Molecular Electronics (thesis advisor Prof. Dr. J.P. Rabe)
• 2001 Dipl.-Phys., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, graduated with distinction (Ø1,0) thesis topic: Photophysical and Structural Properties of Polyfluorenederivatives (thesis advisor Prof. Dr. J.P. Rabe)

Professional Experience

• 2008- to date Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (group leader) in the group of Prof. J. Feldmann at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (München, Germany)
• 2006-2008 postdoctoral scholar in the chemistry department at Stanford University (CA, USA) in the group of Prof. W.E. Moerner
• 2005 research staff in the physics department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) and executive of the Collaborative Research Center 448 "Mesoscopically Organized Composites"
• 2002-2005 research staff in the physics department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in the group of Prof. J.P. Rabe
• 2004 visiting researcher at the physics department of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA, in the group of Prof. S.-W. Hla
• 2001 visiting research student at the chemistry department at Catholic University Leuven (Belgium) in the group of Prof. F. De Schryver

Publications

Peer reviewed journals

Hole scavenger redox potentials determine quantum efficiency and stability of Pt-decorated CdS nanorods for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

M.J. Berr, P. Wagner, S. Fischbach, A. Vaneski, J. Schneider, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Appl. Phys. Lett. (2012), accepted for publication.

Delayed Photoelectron Transfer in Pt-Decorated CdS Nanorods under Hydrogen Generation Conditions

M.J. Berr, A. Vaneski, C. Mauser, S. Fischbach, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Small 8(2), 291-297 (2012).

Pyrite nanocrystals: Shape-controlled synthesis and tunable optical properties via reversible self-assembly

W. Li, M. Döblinger, A. Vaneski, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
J. Mater. Chem. 21 (44), 17946 - 17952 (2011).

Accelerating fluorescence resonance energy transfer with plasmonic nanoresonators

V. Faessler, C. Hrelescu, A.A. Lutich, L. Osinkina, S. Mayilo, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Chem. Phys. Lett. 508, 67-70 (2011).

Selective excitation of individual plasmonic hotspots at the tips of single gold nanostars

C. Hrelescu, T.K. Sau, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, L. Guillaume, L. Douillard, F. Charra
Nano Letters 11(2), 402-407 (2011).

Hybrid Colloidal Heterostructures of Anisotropic Semiconductor Nanocrystals Decorated with Noble Metals: Synthesis to Function

A. Vaneski, A.S. Susha, J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Berr, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann, A.L. Rogach,
Adv. Funct. Mater. 21(9), 1547-1556 (2011).

Single-mode waveguiding in bundles of self-assembled semiconductor nanowires

J. Zhang, A.A. Lutich, A. S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (2010) 221915.

Optical anisotropy of semiconductor nanowires beyond the electrostatic limit

J. Zhang, A.A. Lutich, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann,
Phys. Rev. B 82 (2010) 155301.

Colloidal CdS nanorods decorated with sub-nanometer sized Pt clusters for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

M. Berr, A. Vaneski, A. S. Susha, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, M. Döblinger, F. Jäckel, A. L. Rogach, J Feldmann,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (2010) 093108.

Thermomechanical control of electronic coupling in quantum dot solids

J. Zhang, A.A. Lutich, A.S. Susha, M. Döblinger, C. Mauser, A.O. Govorov, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann,
J. Appl. Phys. 107 (2010) 123516.

Properties and Applications of Nonspherical Colloidal Noble Metal Nanoparticles

T.K. Sau, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, T.A. Klar, J. Feldmann,
Adv. Mater. 22 (2010) 1805-1825.

Micron-sized DNA-Single Fluorophore-DNA Supramolecule: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Characterization

J.K. Lee, F. Jäckel, W.E. Moerner, Z. Bao,
Small 5 (2009) 2418-2423.

Single gold nanostars enhance Raman scattering

C. Hrelescu, T.K. Sau, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann,
Appl. Phys. Lett., 94 (2009) 153113

Investigating molecular charge transfer complexes with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope

F. Jäckel, U.G.E. Perera, V. Iancu, K.-F. Braun, N. Koch,. J.P. Rabe, S.-W. Hla
Phys. Rev. Lett., 100 (2008) 126102

Gold bowtie nanoantennas for surface-enhanced Raman scattering under controlled electrochemical potential

F. Jäckel, A.A. Kinkhabwala, W.E. Moerner,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 446 (2007) 339-343.

Towards Nanotubular Structures with Large Void. Dynamic Heteroleptic Oligophenanthroline Metallo-Nanoscaffolds and Their Solution State Properties

M. Schmittel, V. Kalsani, C. Michel, P. Mal, H. Ammon, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe,
Chem. Eur. J. 13 (2007) 6223-6237.

Rigid Bisphenanthrolines: Synthesis, Structure and Self-Assembly at the Solid-Liquid Interface

M. Schmittel, V. Kalsani,  F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, J.W. Bats, D. Fenske,
Eur. J. Org. Chem.14 (2006) 3079-3086

Tunneling through nanographene stacks

F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
Phys. Rev. B73 (2006) 045423.

Solvent Molecules in an Epitaxially Grown Scaffold of Star-Shaped Nanographenes

F. Jäckel, M.Ai, J. Wu, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
J. Am. Chem. Soc.127 (2005) 14580-14581.

Influence of Hydrogen Bonds on the Suprmolecular Order of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes

D. Wasserfallen, I. Fischbach, N. Chebotareva, M. Kastler, W. Pisula, F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, I. Schnell, J.P. Rabe, H.W. Spiess, K. Müllen,
Adv. Funct. Mater. 15 (2005) 1585-1594.

Observation of Filled States At the Fermi-Level in Alkali-Metal Intercalated Organic Films: Dependence on Substrate Work Function

N. Koch, F. Jäckel, J. Ghijsen, M. C. Rojas, M. Grioni, J.P. Rabe, R.L. Johnson, A. Kahn, J.-J. Pireaux,
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 144-147 (2005) 495-498

Surface-induced vertical alignment of self-assembled supramolecular columns of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and porphyrins

R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, W. Osikowicz, S. Braun, M. P. de Jong, C.D. Simpson, M. D. Watson, F. von Kieseritzky, P. Samori, S. K. M.Jönsson, M. Fahlman, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, J. Hellberg, K. Müllen, W.R. Salaneck,
Synthetic Metals 147 (2004) 79-83

Prototypical single-molecule transistors with supramolecular gates: varying dipole orientation

F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
Synthetic Metals 146(3) (2004) 269-272

Nanophase segregation and rectification in monolayers of functionalized hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes

F. Jäckel, X. Yin, P. Samori, N. Tchebotareva, M.D. Watson, A. Venturini, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
Synthetic Metals 147 (2004) 5-9

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of a Rigid Exotopic Bisphenanthroline Macrocycle: Surface Patterning and a Supramolecular Nanobasket

V. Kalsani, H. Ammon, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, M. Schmittel,
Chem. Eur. J. 10 (2004) 5481-5492

Prototypical single-molecule chemical-field-effect transistor with nanometer-sized gates

F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 188303

Nanoscale array of inversely biased molecular rectifiers

F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 387 (2004) 372-376

A Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Cyclophane: An Addition to the Toolbox for Molecular Electronics

M.D. Watson, F. Jäckel, N. Severin, J.P. Rabe and K. Müllen,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 1402-1407

Self-assembly of electron donor - acceptors dyads into ordered architectures in 2 and 3 dimensions: surface patterning and columnar "double cables"

P. Samorì, X. Yin, N. Tchebotareva, Z. Wang, T. Pakula, F. Jäckel, M. D. Watson, A. Venturini, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 3567-3575

Electronic structure of highly-ordered films of self-assembled graphitic nano-columns

R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, C. D. Simpson, M. D. Watson, F. Jäckel, W. Osikowicz, S. Marciniak, M. P. De Jong, P. Samori, S. K. M. Jönsson, M. Fahlmann, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe, W. R. Salaneck,
Phys. Rev. B 68 (2003) 195414

Conformational characterization from modulated single molecule fluorescence intensity traces

F. Jäckel, S. De Feyter, J. Hofkens, F. Köhn, F.C. De Schryver, C. Ego, A. Grimsdale, K. Müllen,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 362 (2002) 534-540

Supramolecular staircase via self-assembly of disc-like molecules at the solid-liquid interface

P. Samori, A. Fechtenkötter, F. Jäckel, T. Böhme, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123 (2001) 11462-11467

Ordered Nanostructures of a [2]Catenane Through Self-Assembly at Surfaces - An STM Study With Sub-Molecular Resolution 

P. Samori, F. Jäckel, Ö. Ünsal, A. Godt, J.P. Rabe,
ChemPhysChem 2 (7) (2001) 461-464

Others

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Complex Molecular Architectures at Solid-Liquid Interfaces: Towards Single-Molecule Electronic Devices

F. Jäckel and J. P. Rabe in Scanning Probe Microscopies beyond Imaging edited by P. Samorì, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006

Self-Assembly and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Molecules: Towards Mono-Molecular Electronics

F. Jäckel,  doctoral thesis at the Institute for Physics of Humboldt University Berlin

From molecular diodes towards mono-molecular transistors

F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M. D. Watson, K. Müllen, J. P. Rabe, Proceedings of the Mini-Conference on Information Electronics Systems, 4-6 November 2003, Sendai (Japan), 5-8

Photophysical and Structural Properties of Polyfluorenederivatives

F. Jäckel, diploma thesis at the Institute for Physics of Humboldt University Berlin

Test Structures for SHIPTRAP

F. Jäckel, GSI International Summer Students Program '99 Reports, 7-10, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt 1999

Awards

• Carl-Ramsauer-Prize 2005 for my doctoral thesis
• Young Scientist Award at the EMRS Spring Meeting 2004 in Strasbourg as participant of Symposium E ”Organic Thin Film Transistors: Towards Molecular Scale“
• Lise-Meitner-Prize 2002 for my diploma thesis
• Wilhelm-and-Else-Heraeus-Prize 2002 for my physics studies

Invited Talks

Colloidal metal-decorated semiconductor nanocrystals for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Quantsol 2012 Workshop, March 2012, Bad Gastein, Austria

Charge and energy transfer in hybrid nanomaterials

Quantum Efficiency Seminar and Colloquium, University of Freiburg, January 10, 2012, Freiburg, Germany

Photocatalytic hydrogen generation with colloidal noble metal-decorated semiconductor nanoparticles

Seminar Lehrstuhl Lupton, University of Regensburg, May 23, 2011, Regensburg, Germany

Plasmonic and photocatalytic precious particles

Cluster Catalysis and Advanced Spectroscopy Seminar, Technical University Munich, December 17, 2010, Munich, Germany

Noble metal nanoparticles: from plasmonics to photocatalysis

Nanoelectronics seminar, Technical University Munich, November 4, 2010, Munich, Germany

Electromagnetic Hotspots in Plasmonic Nanostructures: Making, Seeing, Using

Seminar Ultrakurzzeitspektroskopie, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, May 27, 2010, Munich, Germany

Plasmonic enhancements in gold nanostars and gold nanoparticle resonators

Seminar BioNano-Physik/Medizinische Physik, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, May 11, 2010, Tuebingen, Germany

Enhancement and control of optical signals with single gold nanostars and in quantum dot solids

NanoSYD seminar, Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, September 24, 2009, Sonderborg, Denmark

Enhancing optical signals with single gold nanostars

SPIE Optics + Photonics, Symposium "Plasmonics: Nanoscale Sensing, Imaging, and Fabrication V", August 6, 2009, San Diego, USA

Gold Nanostars for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

International Symposium on " Advances in Nanostructure-Enhanced Photochemical Reactions and Photoenergy Conversion", July 16-17, 2009, Leuven, Belgium

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering with gold bowtie nanoantennas and nanoparticle dumbbells

Humboldt University Berlin, Seminar of the collaborative research center Sfb448, April 4, 2008, Germany

Gold Bowtie Nanoantennas: Fabrication, optical properties, and their use for Raman spectroscopy

Stanford University, Melosh Group Seminar, June 27, 2007, USA

From molecular diodes towards mono-molecular transistors

Mini-Conference on Information Electronics Systems, 4-6 November 2003, Sendai, Japan

STM an epitaktischen Schichten molekularer Donatoren und Akzeptoren an der Fest-Flüssig-Grenzfläche

Mikro-Symposium on Ultrathin, light-emitting organic films and nanostructures, August 13, 2002, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

Teaching

Winter term 2011/2012

• Excercises and lecture "Experimental Physics I", with Prof. J. Rädler and Dr. B. Nickel
• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"

Summer term 2011

• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"
• Basic lab course for physicists "Franck-Hertz-Experiment" and "Planck Constant"

Winter term 2010/2011

• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"
• Basic lab course for physicists

Summer term 2010

• Lecture and Excercises "Optoelectronics II", with Prof. J. Feldmann
• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"

Winter term 2009/10

• Lecture and Excercises "Optoelectronics I", with Prof. J. Feldmann
• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"

Summer term 2009

• Excercises "PN2: Physics for Chemists" with Prof. J. Rädler and Dr. T. Becker
• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"
• Basic lab course for physicists "Millikan-Experiment" and "Properties of Electrons"

Winter term 2008/09

• Excercises and lecture "PN1: Physics for Chemists" with Prof. B. Herrmann and Dr. T. Becker
• Advanced lab course for physicists "Surface plasmons"

Summer term 2005

• Seminars and lab course "Scanning tunneling microscopy" in the special course "Scanning probe microscopies" for bio-physicists
• Basic lab course for physicists

Winter term 2004/05

• Lab course "Dynamic scanning calorimetry investigations of polymers" in the Master course of Polymer Science

Summer term 2004

• Seminars and lab course "Scanning tunneling microscopy" in the special course "Scanning probe microscopies" for bio-physicists

Winter term 2003/04

• Lab course "Dynamic scanning calorimetry investigations of polymers" in the Master course of Polymer Science
• Exercises in "Physics of atoms and molecules for physicists"

Summer term 2003

• Seminars and lab course "Scanning tunneling microscopy" in the special course "Scanning probe microscopies" for bio-physicists

Winter term 2002/03

• Lab course "Dynamic scanning calorimetry investigations of polymers" in the Master course of Polymer Science