Dr. André Devaux
Postdoctoral Researcher
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Physikalisches Institut
Heisenbergstrasse 11
48149 Münster
Phone: +49 (0)251-5340-6916
Mail: andre.devaux(at)gmx.ch
Research Interests and current project
My current work is embedded in the Marie-Curie Research Training Network Nanomatch (MRTN-CT-2006-035884) where I hold a position as a Young Researcher. The aim of my work is to study the photophysical and energy transfer properties of molecules included in nanochannels, in order to develop novel materials for photovoltaics or imaging purposes. The host material is usually zeolite L, but other types of porous materials are also under investigation. The main methods used in my work are luminescence spectroscopy, fluorescence microscopy and time-resolved confocal microscopy.
Background
I studied physical chemistry at the University of Berne and graduated in 2004 in the group of Prof. Dr. Gion Calzaferri. I subsequently worked on different projects including the development of organic lenses with high refractive index by means of nanotechnology (supported by the Kommission für Technologische Innovation), a collaboration with Clariant ltd on the project "Dye-Loaded Zeolites", and the participation in the Research Training Network (HPRN-CT-2002-00323) "Nanochannel: Molecules in Nanochannels – Synthesis, Spectroscopy, and Applications". I was awarded in 2008 a post-doctoral fellowship form the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) to carry out the research project "Coupling of electronic transition dipole moments in nanochannel-embedded dyes".
