Mitarbeiter*innen
PD Dr. Michael Walter
Principal Investigator Forschungsbereiche A und B
Wissenschaftler
Fakultät für Mathematik und Physik | Physikalisches Institut
Verantwortlicher Manager, Core Facility 3, Modellierung und Simulation von Materialsystemen, Freiburger Zentrum für interaktive Werkstoffe und bioinspirierte Technologien
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Tel.: +49 761 203 95072 | +49 761 203 4758
E-Mail: Michael.Walter@fmf.uni-freiburg.de
Areas 0f Expertise
Density functional theory | Computerkatalyse | Funktionale Nanosysteme | Wechselwirkungen an Oberflächen | Theoretische Spektroskopie
Projekte in livMatS
- Chemistry of triboelectric materials (TriboGen-Chem)
- Studying the properties of lipids and lipid surfaces for usage in triboelectric nano-generators and beyond
Dieses Projekt ist Teil des Agnes-Pockels Doctoral Fellowship Program des Exzellenzclusters. - Training Materials like Muscles
- Inorganic and Organic SolStore
- Nutzung von Grenzflächen, Ladungstransfer- und nicht-adiabatischen Prozessen in einem auf unterschiedliche Frequenzen stimmbaren Tribogenerator
Doktorand*innen (Erstbetreuer)
Publikationen in livMatS
- Ab-initio force prediction for single molecule force spectroscopy made simple*
Bhat, P. ,Maftuhin, W., Walter, M. (2026). Ab-initio force prediction for single molecule force spectroscopy made simple. RSC Mechanochemistry. doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00129C - Oxidized Mechanoradicals Drive Triboelectricity in Polytetrafluoroethylene: A First Principle Understanding*
Mayrhofer, L., Mokthar, M., Walter, M., & Moseler, M. (2025). Oxidized Mechanoradicals Drive Triboelectricity in Polytetrafluoroethylene: A First Principle Understanding. J. Phys. Chem. C, 129, 19592−19607. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05695 - Contact Electrification via Redox-Active Molecules* early view
Ranjan, N., Izadi, Z., Gaiser, P., Camarada, M.B., Sharma, R., Weber, A., Daub, M., Hu, Q., Fiederle, M., Mayrhofer, L., Moseler, M., Fischer, A., Walter, M., Esser, B., Balzer, B. (2025). Contact Electrification via Redox-Active Molecules. Angewandte Chemie, e10031. doi: 10.1002/anie.202510031 - Explicit core-hole single-particle methods for L- and M-edge x-ray absorption and electron energy-loss spectra*
Johnsen, E., Horiuchi, N., Susi, T., & Walter, M. (2025). Explicit core-hole single-particle methods for L- and M-edge x-ray absorption and electron energy-loss spectra. .J. Chem. Phys., 163, 084111. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0275212 - Microenvironments as an Explanation for the Mismatch between Photochemical Absorptivity and Reactivity*
Carroll, J.A., Pashley-Johnson, F., Klein, M., Stephan, T., Pandey, A.K., Walter, M., Unterreiner, A.N., & Barner-Kowollik, C. (2025). Microenvironments as an Explanation for the Mismatch between Photochemical Absorptivity and Reactivitys. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147 (30), 26643-26651. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c069619, 035601. - Origin of C(1s) binding energy shifts in amorphous carbon materials*
Walter, M., Mangolini, F., McClimon, J., Carpick, R., & Moseler, M. (2025). Origin of C(1s) binding energy shifts in amorphous carbon materials. Phys. Rev. Materials, 9, 035601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.9.035601 - Mechanochemical Activation of Anthracene [4+4] Cycloadducts*
Walter, M., Linsler, D., König, T., Gäbert, C., Reinicke, S., Moseler, M., & Mayrhofer, L. (2023). Mechanochemical Activation of Anthracene [4+4] Cycloadducts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14, 1445−1451. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03493 - Conformer Ring Flip Enhances Mechanochromic Performance of ansa-Donor–Acceptor–Donor Mechanochromic Torsional Springs*
Hertel, R., Maftuhin, W., Walter, M., and Sommer, M. (2022). Conformer Ring Flip Enhances Mechanochromic Performance of ansa-Donor–Acceptor–Donor Mechanochromic Torsional Springs. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c06712 - Force Dependent Barriers from Analytic Potentials within Elastic Environments*
Khodayeki, S., Maftuhin, W., & Walter, M. (2022). Force Dependent Barriers from Analytic Potentials within Elastic Environments. ChemPhysChem, e202200237. doi: 10.1002/cphc.202200237 - Phenothiazine-Based Donor-Acceptor Polymers as Multifunctional Materials for Charge Storage and Solar Energy Conversion*
Wessling, R., Delgado Andres, R., Morhenn, I., Acker, P., Maftuhin, W., Walter, M., Würfel, U., Esser, B. (2022). Phenothiazine-Based Donor-Acceptor Polymers as Multifunctional Materials for Charge Storage and Solar Energy Conversion. Macro-Molecular Rapid Communications. doi: 10.1002/marc.202200699 - A mechanochromic donor-acceptor torsional spring*
Raisch, M., Maftuhin, W., Walter, M., & Sommer, M. (2021). A mechanochromic donor-acceptor torsional spring. Nature Communications, 12: 4243. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24501
* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807