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Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Physical Chemistry in Leipzig and beyond is strongly connected with the name Wilhelm Ostwald. Together with Svante Arrhenius, Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff and Walter Nernst he founded the field of Physical Chemistry. Since 1871 the Chair for Physical Chemistry existed in Leipzig – it was the first Chair for Physical Chemistry in Leipzig. Ostwald was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1909 for his groundbreaking work on reaction equilibria and –rates and its applications for catalysis. Currently research at the Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute is connected to the faculty’s strategic fields materials, catalysis and energy.
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WOI-Kolloquium
On Thursday, 5. Dezember 2019, 17:00 Prof. Asmis speaks about "Neue Erkenntnisse zum Protonentransfermechanismus in Wasser aus der wundersamen Welt der Gasphasencluster". Mehr
On Thursday, den 9. Januar um 17 Uhr Professor Dr. Jochen Küpper, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg speaks about: "Conformer-specific chemical kinetics and ultrafast reaction dynamics". Mehr
Working Groups
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Abel “Chemical Engineering of Polymers” (The chair is a bridge professorship and joint appointment of the Leipzig University and the Leibniz-Institute of Surface Modification (IOM))
- Prof. Dr. Knut Asmis "Clusters, Nanoparticles and Liquid Surfaces”
- Prof. Dr. Reinhard Denecke “X-ray and Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Surface Analysis”
- Prof. Thomas Heine "Theoretical Chemistry of Complex Systems"