Prof. Dr. Björn Braunschweig

Prof. Dr. Björn Braunschweig

Busso-Peus-Straße 10
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-23406

Academic Profile

  • Research Areas

    Molecular self-assembly at interfaces

    Molecular self-assembly at interfaces; Molecular control of interface-rich materials; Colloids, foams and nanoparticles; Electrochemistry and electrocatalysis; Nonlinear optical laser spectroscopy at interfaces

    Molecular control of interface-rich materials

    Colloids, foams and nanoparticles

    Electrochemistry and electrocatalysis

    Nonlinear optical laser spectroscopy at interfaces

  • CV

    Education

    PhD Thesis at TU Clausthal in the group of Prof. Dr. Winfried Daum. Title: In situ Studies of Solid-Electrolyte Interfaces and their Molecular Structure: Platinum and alpha-Al2O3(0001)
    Studies of Physics (Diplom) at Clausthal University of Technology

    Positions

    W1 tenure track W2 Professor, Physical Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces; Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Head of an independent research group at the Institute of Particle Technology (LFG) of the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Postdoc with a Feodor Lynen Return Fellowship at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Postdoc and Feodor Lynen fellow; Research associate in the groups of Prof. Drs. Dana D. Dlott and Andrzej Wieckowski with Prof. Dr. Martin Gruebele as mentor and host; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
    Postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Winfried Daum at TU Clausthal

    Honors

    Junior Professional Management Program – BASF Stipendienplatz
    DAAD Kongressreisestipendium – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
    Max Buchner Research Fellowship – Max Buchner Forschnungsstiftung
    Feodor Lynen-Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden – Alexander von Humboldt foundation
    ERC Starting Grant – European Research Council (ERC)
    Förderpreis für die beste Dissertation – Verein von Freunden der TU Clausthal

    External Functions

    Membership American Chemical Society (ACS)
    Member of the European Colloid and Interface Society
    Membership in German Physical Society (DPG)

  • Projects

    • BACCARA – International Graduate School of Battery Chemistry, Characterization, Analysis, Recycling and Application ( – )
      Individual project: Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
    • CRC 1459 B03 - Molecular control of adaptive interfaces and hierarchical soft matter ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at WWU: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre | Project Number: SFB 1459, B03
    • ECO2 – Electrocatalytic Activation of CO2 in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids ( – )
      Individual project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: BR 4760/3-2
    • SPP 2171 - Dynamic Wetting of Flexible, Adaptive, and Switchable Substrates - Subproject: Structure-Property Relations and Wetting Dynamics of Organic Thin Films with Photo-Switches ( – )
      Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at WWU: DFG - Priority Programme | Project Number: BR 4760/5-1
    • SPP 2171 - Dynamic wetting of flexible, adaptive and switchable surfaces ( – )
      Main DFG-project hosted at WWU: DFG - Priority Programme
    • Spektroskopische Aufklärung des Unterschieds zwischen nanoskaligen und ausgedehnten Öl/Wasser-Grenzflächen: Adsorption und ionenspezifische Effekte von anionischen und kationischen Tensiden ( – )
      Individual project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: BR 4760/4-1
    • Smart liquid/gas interfaces with photo-switchable surfactants ( – )
      Individual project: German Academic Exchange Service | Project Number: 57448918
    • Electrocatlytic activation of CO2 in room-temperature ionic liquids (ECO2) ( – )
      Individual project: DFG - Individual Grants Programme | Project Number: BR 4760/3-1
    • SUPERFOAM – Structure-Property Relations in Aqueous Foam and Their Control on a Molecular Level ( – )
      EU-project hosted at WWU: EC H2020 - ERC Starting Grant | Project Number: 638278

  • Publications

    • Ratschmeier, B; Kemna, A; Braunschweig, B. . ‘Electrocatalysis and self assembly at solid/liquid interfaces studied by nonlinear optical spectroscopy.’ In Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces, edited by Wandelt, Klaus; Bussetti, Gianlorenzo, 254–266. Amsterdam: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00098-2.
    • Golomb, M; Arndt, N B ; Honnigfort, C; Shakhayeva, B;Ravoo, B J ; Braunschweig, B;. . ‘Molecular Kinetics and Wetting Dynamics of Self-Assembled Monolayers with Fluorinated Arylazopyrazoles.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127: 15316–15325. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02472.
    • Hardt, M.; Busse, F.; Raschke, S.; Honnigfort, C.; Carrascosa-Tejedor, J.; Wenk, P.; Gutfreund, P.; Campbell, R.A.; Heuer, A.; Braunschweig, B.;. . ‘Photo-Responsive Control of Adsorption and Structure Formation at the Air-Water Interface with Arylazopyrazoles.’ Langmuir 39: 5861–5871. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00294.
    • Ratschmeier, B; Ross, G; Kemna, A; Braunschweig B;. . ‘Influence of Interfacial Water and Cations on the Oxidation of CO at the Platinum/Ionic Liquid Interface.’ Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25: 1014–1022. doi: 10.1039/D2CP05178H.
    • Wang, Y; Zhang, Q; Astier, H; Nickle, C; Soni, S; Alami, FA; Borrini, A; Zhang, Z; Honnigfort, C; Braunschweig, B; Leoncini, A; Qi, D-D; Han, Y; del Barco, E; Thompson, D; Nijhuis, CA;. . ‘Dynamic Molecular Switches with Hysteretic Negative Differential Conductance Emulating Synaptic Behaviour.’ Nature Materials 21: 1403–1411. doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01402-2.
    • Bhowmick, DB; Urban, AJ; Bartsch, M; Braunschweig, B; Zacharias, H;. . ‘Near-UV Induced Rapid Formation of Compact Self-Assembled Organophosphonate Monolayers on H-Terminated Si(111) Surfaces.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126: 19978–19986. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03335.
    • Krzan, M; García Rey, N; Jarek, E; Czakaj, A; Santini, E; Ravera, F; Liggieri, L; Warszynski, P; Braunschweig, B;. . ‘Surface Properties of Saponin - Chitosan Mixtures.’ Molecules 27: 7505. doi: 10.3390/molecules27217505.
    • Rao, A; Schilderink, N; Le-Anh, D; Zeng, R; Lievens, C; Braunschweig, B; Ayirala, SC; Alotaibi, MB; Duits, MHG; Yousef, AA; Mugele, F;. . ‘Formation and Stability of Heterogeneous Organo–Ionic Surface Layers on Geological Carbonates.’ Energy and Fuels 36: 7414–7433. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c01117.
    • Abdelmonem A, Zhang Y, Braunschweig B, Glikman D, Rumpel A, Peukert W, Begović T, Liu X, Lützenkirchen J. . ‘Adsorption of CTAB on sapphire-c at high pH: Surface and zeta-potential measurements combined with sum-frequency and second-harmonic generation.’ Langmuir 38: 3380–3391. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03069.
    • Ratschmeier B, Braunschweig B. . ‘Role of Imidazolium Cations on the Interfacial Structure of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids in Contact with Pt(111) Electrodes.’ Electrochem. Sci. Adv. e2100173. doi: 10.1002/elsa.202100173. [online first]
    • Rafe A, Glikman D, García Rey N, Haller N, Kulozik U, Braunschweig B. . ‘Structure-Property Relations of β-Lactoglobulin/κ-Carrageenan Mixtures in Aqueous Foam .’ Coll. Surf. A 640: 128267. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128267.
    • Honnigfort C, Topp L, García Rey N, Heuer A, Braunschweig B. . ‘Dynamic Wetting of Photo-Responsive Arylazopyrazole Monolayers is Controlled by the Molecular Kinetics of the Monolayer.’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144: 4026–4038. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c12832.
    • Schnurbus M, Hardt M, Steinforth P, Carrascosa Tejedor J, Winnall S, Gutfreund P, Schönhoff, Campbell RA, Braunschweig B. . ‘Responsive Material and Interfacial Properties Through Remote Control of Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Mixtures.’ ACS Appl. Mat. Int. 14: 4656–4667. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c18934.
    • Glikman D, Braunschweig B. . ‘Nanoscale Effects on the Surfactant Adsorption and Interface Charging in Hexadecane/Water Emulsions.’ ACS Nano 15: 20136–20147. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.1c08038.
    • Glikman D., García Rey N, Richert M, Meister K, Braunschweig B. . ‘pH Effects on the Molecular Structure and Charging State of β-Escin Biosurfactants at the Air-Water Interface.’ J. Coll. Int. Sci. 607: 1754–1761. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.09.086.
    • Ratschmeier B, Braunschweig B,. . ‘Cations of ionic liquid electrolytes can act as a promoter for CO2 electrocatalysis through reactive intermediates and electrostatic stabilization.’ J. Phys. Chem. C 125: 16498–16507. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02898.
    • Schubotz S, Honnigfort C, Nazari S, Fery A, Sommer J-U, Uhlmann P, Braunschweig B, Auernhammer GK. . ‘Memory effects in polymer brushes showing co-nonsolvency effects.’ Adv. Coll. Interface Sci. 294: 102442. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102442.
    • Weißenborn E, Hardt M, Droste J, Schlattmann D, Tennagen C, Honnigfort C, Schönhoff M, Hansen MR, Braunschweig B. . ‘Light-Induced Switching of Polymer-Surfactant Interactions Enables Controlled Polymer Thermoresponsive Behaviour.’ Chemical communications 57: 5826–5829. doi: 10.1039/D1CC02054D.
    • Kemna A, Braunschweig B. . ‘Potential-Induced Adsorption and Structuring of Water at Pt(111) Electrode Surfaces in Contact with an Ionic Liquid.’ J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11: 7116–7121. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02037.
    • Gochev G, Ulaganathan V, Retzlaff I, Gehin-Delval C, Gunes DZ, Leser M, Kulozik U, Miller R, Braunschweig B. . ‘β-Lactoglobulin Adsorption Layers at the Water/Air Surface: 4. Impact on Stability of Foam Films and Foams.’ Minerals 10, No. 636: 1–19. doi: 10.3390/min10070636.
    • Schnurbus M, Campbell RA, Droste J, Honnigfort C, Glikman D, Gutfreund P, Hansen MR, Braunschweig B. . ‘Photo-Switchable Surfactants for Responsive Air-Water Interfaces: Azo vs. Arylazopyrazole Amphiphiles.’ J. Phys. Chem. B 124: 6913–6923. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02848.
    • Ratschmeier B, Kemna A, Braunschweig B. . ‘Role of H2O for CO2 Reduction Reactions at Platinum/Electrolyte Interfaces in Imidazolium Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids.’ ChemElectroChem 7: 1765–1774. doi: 10.1002/celc.202000316.
    • Schnurbus M, Kabat M, Jarek E; Krzan M, Warszynski P, Braunschweig B. . ‘Spiropyran Sulfonates for Photo and pH Responsive Air-Water Interfaces and Aqueous Foam.’ Langmuir 36: 6871−6879. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03387.
    • Honnigfort C, Campbell RA, Droste J, Gutfreund P, Hansen MR, Ravoo BJ, Braunschweig B. . ‘Unexpected Monolayer-to-Bilayer Transition of Arylazopyrazole Surfactants Facilitates Superior Photo-Control of Fluid Interfaces and Colloids.’ Chemical science 11: 2085–2092. doi: 10.1039/C9SC05490A.
    • Schlüter F, Bela MM, Glikman D, Braunschweig B, Ravoo BJ. . ‘A cyclodextrin surfactant for stable emulsions with accessible cavity for host-guest-complexation.’ Chemical communications 56: 15434–15437. doi: 10.1039/D0CC06657E.
    • Richert M, Gochev G, Braunschweig B. . ‘Specific Ion Effects of Trivalent Cations on the Structure and Charging State of β-Lactoglobulin Adsorption Layers.’ Langmuir 35: 11299–11307. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01803.
    • Weißenborn E, Braunschweig B. . ‘Specific Ion Effects of Dodecyl Sulfate Surfactants with Alkali Ions at the Air-Water Interface.’ Molecules 24: 2911. doi: 10.3390/molecules24162911.
    • Kemna A, García Rey N, Braunschweig B. . ‘Mechanistic Insights on CO2 Reduction Reactions at Platinum/[BMIM][BF4] Interfaces from In Operando Spectroscopy.’ ACS Catalysis 9: 6284–6292. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01033.
    • Kobayashi T, Kemna A, Fyta, M, Braunschweig B, Smiatek J. . ‘Aqueous Mixtures of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids: Entropy-Driven Accumulation of Water Molecules at Interfaces .’ J. Phys. Chem. C 123: 13795–13803. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b04098.
    • Schulze-Zachau F, Braunschweig B. . ‘CnTAB / Polystyrene Sulfonate Mixtures at Air-Water Interfaces: Effects of Alkyl Chain Length on Surface Activity and Charging State.’ Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21: 7847–7856. doi: 10.1039/c9cp01107b.
    • Weißenborn E, Braunschweig B. . ‘Hydroxypropyl Cellulose as a Green Polymer for Thermo-Responsive Aqueous Foams.’ Soft Matter 15: 2876–2883. doi: 10.1039/c9sm00093c.
    • Gracía Rey N, Weißenborn E, Schulze-Zachau F, Gochev G, Braunschweig B. . ‘Quantifying Double-Layer Potentials at Liquid-Gas Interfaces from Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation.’ J. Phys. Chem. C 123: 1279–1286. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b10097.
    • Dinkel R, Jakobi J, Ziefuß AR, Barcikowski S, Braunschweig B, Peukert W. . ‘Role of Citrate and NaBr at the Surface of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles during Functionalization.’ J. Phys. Chem. C 122: 27383–27391. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07897.
    • Richert M, García Rey N, Braunschweig B. . ‘Charge Controlled Surface Properties of Native and Fluorophore Labeled Bovine Serum Albumin at the Air-Water Interface.’ J. Phys. Chem. B 122: 10377–10383. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06481.
    • Sadafi F-S, Sauerbeck C, Braunschweig B, Klupp Taylor R. . ‘On the complex role of ammonia in the electroless deposition of curved silver patches on silica nanospheres.’ CrystEngComm 20: 6214–6224. doi: 10.1039/C8CE00866C.
    • Schulze-Zachau F, Bachmann S, Braunschweig B;. . ‘Effects of Ca2+ Ion Condensation on the Molecular Structure of Polystyrene Sulfonate at Air-Water Interfaces.’ Langmuir 34: 11714–11722. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02631.
    • Meltzer C, Yu H, Peukert W, Braunschweig B. . ‘Molecular structure of octadecylphosphonic acids during their self-assembly on alpha-Al2O3(0001).’ Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20: 19382–19389. doi: 10.1039/C8CP02391C.
    • Schnurbus M, Stricker L, Ravoo BJ, Braunschweig B. . ‘Smart Air-Water Interfaces with Arylazopyrazole Surfactants and their Role in Photoresponsive Aqueous Foam.’ Langmuir 34: 6028–3035. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00587.
    • Koepf E, Richert M, Braunschweig B, Schröder R, Brezesinski G, Frieß W. . ‘Impact of formulation pH on physicochemical protein characteristics at the liquid-air interface.’ Int. J. Pharm. 541: 234–245. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.02.009.
    • Lützenkirchen J, Franks G, Plaschke M, Zimmermann R, Heberling F, Abdelmonem A, Darbha G, Schild D, Filby A, Eng P, Catalano J G, Rosenqvist J, Aytug T, Preočanin T, Zhang D, Gan Y, Braunschweig B. . ‘The surface chemistry of sapphire-c: A literature review and a study on various factors influencing its IEP.’ Adv. Coll. Int. Sci. 541: 234–245. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.12.004.
    • Streubel S, Schulze-Zachau F, Weißenborn E, Braunschweig B. . ‘Ion Pairing and Adsorption of Azo Dye/C16TAB Surfactants at the Air-Water Interface.’ J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, No. 121: 27992–28000. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08924.
    • Pathak A, Bora A, Braunschweig B, Meltzer C, Yan H, Lemmens P, Daum W, Schwartz J, Tornow M. . ‘Nanocylindrical confinement imparts highest structural order in molecular self-assembly of organophosphonates on aluminum oxide.’ Nanoscale 9: 6291–6295. doi: 10.1039/c7nr02420g.
    • Schulze-Zachau F, Braunschweig B. . ‘Structure of Polystyrene Sulfonate/Surfactant Mixtures at Air-Water Interfaces and their Role as Building Blocks for Macroscopic Foam.’ Langmuir 2017, No. 33: 3499–3508. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00400.
    • Dinkel R, Peukert W, Braunschweig B. . ‘In situ spectroscopy of ligand exchange reactions at the surface of colloidal gold and silver nanoparticles.’ J. Phys.: Cond. Matter 29, No. 13: 133002. doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/aa5a3c.
    • Alonso Frank M., Meltzer C., Braunschweig B., Peukert W., Boccaccini A., Virtanen S. . ‘Functionalization of Steel Surfaces with Organic Acids: Influence on Wetting and Corrosion Behavior.’ Applied Surface Science 404: 326–333. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.199.
    • Braunschweig B., Mukherjee P., Haan J., Dlott D. . ‘Vibrational sum-frequency generation study of the CO2 electrochemical reduction at Pt/EMIM-BF4 solid/liquid interfaces.’ Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 800: 144–150. doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.10.035.
    • Braunschweig B., Schulze-Zachau F., Nagel E., Engelhardt K., Stoyanov S., Gochev G., Khristov K., Mileva E., Exerowa D., Miller R., Peukert W. . ‘Specific effects of Ca2+ ions and molecular structure of β-lactoglobulin interfacial layers that drive macroscopic foam stability.’ Soft Matter 12, No. 27: 5995–6004. doi: 10.1039/c6sm00636a.
    • Braunschweig B. . ‘Molekulares Verständnis fluider Grenzflächen am Beispiel von Proteinschäumen.’ Chemie Ingenieur Technik 88, No. 9: 1298. doi: 10.1002/cite.201650452.
    • Paul J., Meltzer C., Braunschweig B., Peukert W. . ‘Lubrication of Individual Microcontacts by a Self-Assembled Alkyl Phosphonic Acid Monolayer on α-Al2O3(0001).’ Langmuir 32, No. 33: 8298–8306. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01933.
    • Bitsch B., Braunschweig B., Willenbacher N. . ‘Interaction between Polymeric Additives and Secondary Fluids in Capillary Suspensions.’ Langmuir 32, No. 6: 1440–1449. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03861.
    • Dinkel R., Braunschweig B., Peukert W. . ‘Fast and slow ligand exchange at the surface of colloidal gold nanoparticles.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, No. 3: 1673–1682. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11055.
    • Meltzer C., Dietrich H., Zahn D., Peukert W., Braunschweig B. . ‘Self-assembled monolayers get their final finish via a quasi-Langmuir-Blodgett transfer.’ Langmuir 31, No. 16: 4678–4685. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00440.
    • Beierlein F., Clark T., Braunschweig B., Engelhardt K., Glas L., Peukert W. . ‘Carboxylate Ion Pairing with Alkali-Metal Ions for Β-Lactoglobulin and Its Role on Aggregation and Interfacial Adsorption.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry B 119, No. 17: 5505–5517. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b01944.
    • Engelhardt K., Peukert W., Braunschweig B. . ‘Vibrational sum-frequency generation at protein modified air-water interfaces: Effects of molecular structure and surface charging.’ Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 19, No. 3: 207–215. doi: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.03.008.
    • Braunschweig B., Wieckowski A. . ‘Surface spectroscopy of Pt(1 1 1) single-crystal electrolyte interfaces with broadband sum-frequency generation.’ Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 716, No. null: 136–144. doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2013.10.019.
    • Sauerbeck C., Braunschweig B., Peukert W. . ‘Surface charging and interfacial water structure of amphoteric colloidal particles.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, No. 19: 10033–10042. doi: 10.1021/jp412295j.
    • Sauerbeck C., Haderlein M., Schürer B., Braunschweig B., Peukert W., Klupp Taylor R. . ‘Shedding light on the growth of gold nanoshells.’ ACS Nano 8, No. 3: 3088–3096. doi: 10.1021/nn500729r.
    • Engelhardt K., Weichsel U., Kraft E., Segets D., Peukert W., Braunschweig B. . ‘Mixed layers of β-lactoglobulin and SDS at air-water interfaces with tunable intermolecular interactions.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118, No. 15: 4098–4105. doi: 10.1021/jp501541q.
    • Meltzer C., Paul J., Dietrich H., Jäger C., Clark T., Zahn D., Braunschweig B., Peukert W. . ‘Indentation and self-healing mechanisms of a self-assembled monolayer - A combined experimental and modeling study.’ Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, No. 30: 10718–10727. doi: 10.1021/ja5048076.
    • Engelhardt, K Gochev, G Braunschweig, B Miller, R Peukert, W. . „Einfluss von Proteinen auf die Schaumbildung und Schaumstabilität.“ In Proteinschäume in der Lebensmittelproduktion: Mechanismenaufklärung, Modellierung und Simulation, herausgegeben von Forschungskreis der Ernährungsindustrie e.V. (FEI), 11–28. unbekannt / n.a. / unknown.
    • Engelhardt K., Lexis M., Gochev G., Konnerth C., Miller R., Willenbacher N., Peukert W., Braunschweig B. . ‘PH effects on the molecular structure of β-lactoglobulin modified air-water interfaces and its impact on foam rheology.’ Langmuir 29, No. 37: 11646–11655. doi: 10.1021/la402729g.
    • Wieckowski Andrzej, Korzeniewski Carol, Braunschweig Björn (Eds.): . Vibrational Spectroscopy at Electrified Interfaces. Hobogen, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118658871.
    • Rosen B., Haan J., Mukherjee P., Braunschweig B., Zhu W., Salehi-Khojin A., Dlott D., Masel R. . ‘In situ spectroscopic examination of a low overpotential pathway for carbon dioxide conversion to carbon monoxide.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, No. 29: 15307–15312. doi: 10.1021/jp210542v.
    • Gartia M., Braunschweig B., Chang T., Moinzadeh P., Minsker B., Agha G., Wieckowski A., Keefer L., Liu G. . ‘The microelectronic wireless nitrate sensor network for environmental water monitoring.’ J. Environ. Monitoring 14, No. 12: 3068–3075. doi: 10.1039/c2em30380a.
    • Engelhardt K., Rumpel A., Walter J., Dombrowski J., Kulozik U., Braunschweig B., Peukert W. . ‘Protein adsorption at the electrified air-water interface: Implications on foam stability.’ Langmuir 28, No. 20: 7780–7787. doi: 10.1021/la301368v.
    • Faber H., Hirschmann J., Klaumünzer M., Braunschweig B., Peukert W., Halik M. . ‘Impact of oxygen plasma treatment on the device performance of zinc oxide nanoparticle-based thin-film transistors.’ ACS applied materials & interfaces 4, No. 3: 1693–1696. doi: 10.1021/am2018223.
    • Kutz R., Braunschweig B., Mukherjee P., Dlott D., Wieckowski A. . ‘Study of ethanol electrooxidation in alkaline electrolytes with isotope labels and sum-frequency generation.’ Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2, No. 17: 2236–2240. doi: 10.1021/jz200957e.
    • Kutz R., Braunschweig B., Mukherjee P., Behrens R., Dlott D., Wieckowski A. . ‘Reaction pathways of ethanol electrooxidation on polycrystalline platinum catalysts in acidic electrolytes.’ J. Catalysis 278, No. 2: 181–188. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2010.11.018.
    • Braunschweig B., Mitin A., Daum W. . ‘Pt(111) thin-layer electrodes on α-Al2O3(0001): Morphology and atomic structure.’ Surface Science 605, No. null: 1082–1089. doi: 10.1016/j.susc.2011.03.009.
    • Rumpel A., Novak M., Walter J., Braunschweig B., Halik M., Peukert W. . ‘Tuning the molecular order of C 60 functionalized phosphonic acid monolayers.’ Langmuir 27, No. 24: 15016–15023. doi: 10.1021/la203916h.
    • Braunschweig B., Mukherjee P., Kutz R., Wieckowski A., Dlott D. . ‘Sum-frequency generation of acetate adsorption on Au and Pt surfaces: Molecular structure effects.’ Journal of Chemical Physics 133, No. 23. doi: 10.1063/1.3507257.
    • Braunschweig B., Mukherjee P., Dlott D., Wieckowski A. . ‘Real-time investigations of Pt(111) surface transformations in sulfuric acid solutions.’ Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, No. 40: 14036–14038. doi: 10.1021/ja106618z.
    • Braunschweig B., Daum W. . ‘Superstructures and order-disorder transition of sulfate adlayers on Pt(111) in sulfuric acid solution.’ Langmuir 25, No. 18: 11112–11120. doi: 10.1021/la901399j.
    • Braunschweig B., Mitin A., Daum W. . ‘One-dimensional defects in iodine adlayers on Pt(1 0 0).’ Surface Science 603, No. 23: 3361–3366. doi: 10.1016/j.susc.2009.09.028.
    • Hüger E., Schmidt H., Stahn J., Braunschweig B., Geckle U., Bruns M., Markwitz A. . ‘Atomic transport in metastable compounds: Case study of self-diffusion in Si-C-N films using neutron reflectometry.’ Physical Review B 80, No. 22. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.220101.
    • Braunschweig, B. . In-situ-Untersuchungen zur molekularen Struktur von Festkörper/Elektrolyt-Grenzflächen: Platin und alpha-Al2O3(0001) Dissertation thesis, Technische Unversität Clausthal: Papierflieger.
    • Bauer C., Sharma A., Willer U., Burgmeier J., Braunschweig B., Schade W., Blaser S., Hvozdara L., Müller A., Holl G. . ‘Potentials and limits of mid-infrared laser spectroscopy for the detection of explosives.’ Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 92, No. null: 327–333. doi: 10.1007/s00340-008-3134-z.
    • Braunschweig B., Eissner S., Daum W. . ‘Molecular structure of a mineral/water interface: Effects of surface NanoRoughness of α-Al2O3 (0001).’ Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112, No. 6: 1751–1754. doi: 10.1021/jp711758y.
    • Bergfeld S., Braunschweig B., Daum W. . ‘Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of suboxides at oxidized Si(111) interfaces.’ Physical Review Letters 93, No. 9. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.097402.

  • Promotion

    Schulze-Zachau, FelixAqueous Polyelectrolyte Foms: Effects of Molecular Structure and Composition on Bulk, Surface and Foam Properties

  • Talks

    • Braunschweig Björn (): ‘Remote Control of Photoswitchable Amphiphiles at Aqueous Interfaces’. 19. European Conference on Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy (ECONOS), Karlsruhe, .
    • Braunschweig, Björn (): ‘Smart Air-Water Interfaces with Arylazopyrazole Surfactants and their Role in Photoresponsive Aqueous Foam’. Annual Meeting of the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS), Ljubljana, .