IEEE MAGNETICS SOCIETYSENDAI CHAPTER (MAG-33)
SPECIAL LECTURE
1:30pm, October 1st, 2007
Room 1-103, Department of Electrical and Communication EngineeringTohoku University
6-6-05, Aramaki, Aoba, Sendai 980-8579

Polymer-Based Nanocomposites for Functional Applications
Prof. Franz Faupel
Institute for Materials Science, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel
D-24143 Kiel, Germany
Email: ff@tf.uni-kiel.de
Co-authors and Abstract
Franz Faupel1*,Vladimir Zaporojtchenko1, Henry Greve1, Ulrich Schürmann1, Haile Takele1,Christian Pochstein1, Venkata Sai Kiran Chakravadhanula1, Amit Kulkarni1,
A. Gerber2, and Eckhard Quandt2
1

Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Institute for Materials Science, Chair for Multicomponent Materials, Kaiserstr.
2, D-24143 Kiel, Germany
2
Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Institute for Materials Science, Chair for Inorganic functional Materials

Hybrid materials consisting of metal nanoparticles dispersed in a dielectric matrix are the subject ofextensive research due to their novel functional properties offering hosts of new applications.
Polymers are particularly attractive as matrix. Consequently, various approaches have been reported
to incorporate metal nanoparticles into polymers. The present talk is concerned with the preparationof polymer-based nanocomposites by vapor phase co- and tandem deposition and the resulting
functional properties. The techniques involve evaporation [1] and sputtering [2], respectively, of
metallic and organic components and inter alia allow the preparation of composites which containalloy clusters of well defined composition. Emphasis will be placed on soft-magnetic highfrequency materials with cut-off frequencies well above 1 GHz [3] and optical composites withtuned plasmon resonances suitable for ultra thin color filters, Bragg reflectors, and other devices [46]. In addition, antibacterial coatings [7] will be addressed. Moreover, a novel approach to produce
magnetic nanorods for potential applications in high-density data storage and other fields will bepresented [8].
[1] A. Biswas, Z. Marton, J. Kanzow, J. Kruse, V. Zaporojtchenko, F. Faupel, and T. Strunskus, Nano Letters, 3, 1, (2003).
[2] U. Schürmann, W.A. Hartung, H. Takele, V. Zaporojtchenko, and F. Faupel, Nanotechnology, 16, 1078, (2005).
[3] H. Greve, C. Pochstein, H. Takele, V. Zaporojtchenko, F. Faupel, A. Gerber, M. Frommberger, and E. Quandt, Appl. Phys. Lett.
89, 242501 (2006).
[4] A. Biswas, O. C. Aktas, U. Schürmann, U. Saeed, V. Zaporojtchenko, T. Strunskus and F. Faupel, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 2655,(2004).
[5] H. Takele, H. Greve, C. Pochstein, V. Zaporojtchenko and F. Faupel, Nanotechnology, 17, 3499, (2006).
[6] H. Takele, U. Schürmann, H. Greve, D. Paretkar, V. Zaporojtchenko, and F. Faupel, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. (EPJAP), 33, 83,(2006).
[7] V. Zaporojtchenko, R. Podschun, U. Schürmann, A. Kulkarni and F. Faupel, Nanotechnology, 17, 4904, (2006).
[8] Henry Greve, Abhijit Biswas, Ulrich Schürmann, Vladimir Zaporojtchenko, and Franz Faupel, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 123103(2006).

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