Teaching

Prof. Sturm teaches several courses for Bachelor and Master students. Lecture/Practical course material or further information will be added in the run of the semester or can be found on LSF.

Open Student Projects (BSc/MSc thesis projects)

Possible topics:

• "From coloring structures to tailoring properties"; together with I. Baburin.
  Keywords: Crystallography, Theory, Structure types, Databases of minerals.
• "Plasmonic Binary Mesocrystals: Exploring Self-Assembly and 3D Structure"; together with I. Vartaniants.
  Keywords: metallic nanoparticles, core-shell nanoparticles, mesocrystal, Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging.
• "Effect high pressure on magnetic properties of superparamagnetic mesocrystals"; together with S. Gilder.
  Keywords: Magnetite nanoparticles, Self-Assemblies, Mesocrystals, High pressure, Magnetic properties.
• "Precious metal mesocrystalline nanocomposites: Exploring Synthesis Conditions, Structure and Micromechanical behavior"; together with D. Giuntini.
• "Towards silica growth in Stöber process and formation of Au@Ag@SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles"; together with B. Nickel.
  Keywords: Core-shell metallic nanoparticles, SAXS, Stöber process, Formation mechanism, Silica shell
• "Magnetic anisotropy of superparamagnetic mesocrystals as a function of temperature"; together with S. Gilder.
  Keywords: Magnetite nanoparticles, Self-Assemblies, Mesocrystals, Magnetic properties, Anisotropy, Temparature.

Please get in contact for possible projects or with your own ideas :)

Bachelorstudiengang Geowissenschaften (German)

2. Semester: Allgemeine Mineralogie (WP 15)

5. Semester: Präparative Methoden (WP 46)

5. Semester: Analytische Methoden (WP 43.2)

Master Program Geomaterials and Geochemistry / MaMaSELF+

1. Semester: Glass and Ceramics (P 3.1)

2. Semester: High Resolution Microscopy (P 4)