By Prof. Dr. Thomas Heine (Technische Universität Dresden
When: 30/06/2032
Where: Salón de Actos / Lecture Hall
Time: 12PM
-Previous coffee at 11.30AM-
Abstract: The properties of a material are defined by their composition and structure. This principle of chemistry is well-known for decades and the basis for the development of molecules and materials. In my talk, I will show some factors that define materials properties beyond their intrinsic characteristics: In the first part, I will show how the edge structure in graphene nanoribbons determines the band gap (including metallic state!) and electronic topology of these all-carbon materials. In the second, I will discuss superlattice states in transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers, which can form flat bands, Dirac or kagome features depending on the twist angle. In the final part, I will discuss how the underlying lattice topology can define the properties of a 2D framework material, such as a 2D polymer, covalent-organic framework or metal-organic framework.
Some of the introductory literature are given below (if you don’t have access, they are also available on arXiv or chemRXiv.
Bio: Thomas Heine, FRSC, MAE (PhD 1999, venia legendi 2006 TU Dresden) started his research group in 2008 at Jacobs University Bremen, moved in 2015 to University of Leipzig and 2018 to his current position at He is a highly cited author with more than 350 peer-reviewed articles, an h-index of 87 (ISI) / 96 (Google Scholar). Prof. is elected member of the Review Board of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and coordinates DFG Priority Program PP 2244 “2D Materials: Physics of van der Waals [hetero]structures” and the Marie S. Curie European Training Network “2Exciting”.
