Max Wolff

Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; Materials Physics

Telephone:: +46 18 471 35 90
E-mail:: max.wolff@physics.uu.se
Visiting address:: Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
Postal address:: Box 516
751 37 UPPSALA

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ORCID:: 0000-0002-7517-8204

Short presentation

In my research I apply neutron scattering methods to current challenges in material science. The goal is to relate macroscopic emergence to the structure and dynamics on molecular length scales. The focus is on soft mater, in particular complex liquids and their viscoelastic properties, as well as on magnetic and energy materials. In order to enable new research directions I am driving neutron instrument and method developments.

Keywords

neutron scattering
energy materials
magnetism
surface science
soft matter

Biography

Experience:

Professor, Material Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden — 2020-Present
Lecturer/Assoc. Professor, Material Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden — 2009-2020
Group leader, Chair for Experimental Physics IV/Solid State Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany — 2004-2009
Permanently placed at the Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
Scientist, Chair for Crystallography and Structural Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany — 2002-2004
Permanently placed at the Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
Scientist, Chair for Crystallography and Structural Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany — 1999-2002
Research Assistant, Eupec, Pretzfeld, Germany — 1999
Teaching Assistant, Chair for Optics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany — 1998

Education:

Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden — Docent, 2010
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany — PhD, 2004
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany — Dipl. Phys., 1999

Research

In my research I am interested to connect macroscopic emergence, materials properties, to their building blocks on the atomistic scale, structure and dynamics on nm length scales. The focus on the research areas listed below:

Soft matter

Solid - Liquid interface
Self organisation
Rheology
Surface coatings
Dynamics

Magnetism

Thin films and superlattices
Nanoparticles

Hydrogen in metals

Thin films and superlattices
Phase transitions
Diffusion

Scattering techniques and instrumentation

Polarised neutron scattering
Grazing incident scattering
Quasielastic scattering

Publications

Recent publications

All publications

Articles in journal

Articles, review/survey

Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Ferrofluids on Different Templates Investigated by Neutron Reflectometry

Theis-Broehl, Katharina; Saini, Apurve; Wolff, Max; Dura, Joseph A. et al.

Part of Nanomaterials, 2020
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The influence of site occupancy on diffusion of hydrogen in vanadium

Mooij, Lennard; Huang, Wen; Droulias, Sotirios A.; Johansson, Robert et al.

Part of Physical Review B, 2017
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Conference papers

Probing the dynamics of high-viscosity entangled polymers under shear using Neutron Spin Echo spectroscopy

Kawecki, Maciej; Gutfreund, P.; Adlmann, Franz; Lindholm, Eric et al.

Part of VI European Conference On Neutron Scattering (ECNS2015), 2016
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Si-nanoparticle Synthesis Using Ion Implantation and MeV Ion Irradiation

Chulapakorn, Thawatchart; Sychugov, Ilya; Suvanam, Sethu Saveda; Linnros, Jan et al.

Part of Physica Status Solidi C, p. 1301-1305, 2015
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Manuscripts (preprints)

Beating effects in multilayer systems studied with neutron reflectometry

Droulias, Sotirios A.; Pálsson, Gunnar K.; Hjörvarsson, Björgvin; Wolff, Max
Tailoring thermodynamic properties of metal hydrides with interfaces

Droulias, Sotirios A.; Grånäs, Oscar; Hartmann, Ola; Komander, Kristina et al.
Using interfaces to influence thermodynamic properties of metal hydrides

Droulias, Sotirios A.; Grånäs, Oscar; Hartmann, Ola; Komander, Kristina et al.
Tunable self assembly of crystals and branching chain networks

Carstensen, Hauke; Krämer, Anne; Kapaklis, Vassilios; Wolff, Max
Hydrogen in V: isotope effects and site occupancy

Xiao, Xin; Johansson, Robert; Wolff, Max; Hjörvarsson, Björgvin
Site-dependence of hydrogen diusion in vanadium

Mooij, Lennard; Huang, Wen; Xin, Xiao; Droulias, Sotirios A. et al.
Self-assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Ferrofluids on Different Templates by Neutron Reflectometry

Theis-Broehl, Katharina; Saini, Apurve; Wolff, Max; Dura, Joseph et al.
Magnetically Controlled Electrical Current Through a Colloid

Saini, Apurve; Kapaklis, Vassilios; Wolff, Max
Lattice site location in metal hydride thin films: Ion channeling and phononic properties

Komander, Kristina; Droulias, Sotirios A.; Wolff, Max; Primetzhofer, Daniel
Proximity and dimensionality effects on interstitial hydrogen

Komander, Kristina; Droulias, Sotirios A.; Tsakiris, Theofanis; Sörme, David et al.
The influence of the distribution of interstitial hydrogen on optical transmission of vanadium hydride

Komander, Kristina; Tsakiris, Theofanis; Droulias, Sotirios A.; Pálsson, Gunnar K. et al.
Towards in-situ and in-operando ion beam analysis of metal hydrides in gaseous atmosphere: Conceptual Studies

Tsakiris, Theofanis; Moldarev, Dmitrii; Komander, Kristina; Pálsson, Gunnar K. et al.