Prof. Dr. Michael Moseler

Projects within livMatS

• Chemistry of triboelectric materials (TriboGen-Chem)
• Studying the properties of lipids and lipid surfaces for usage in triboelectric nano-generators and beyond
  This project is carried out within the the Cluster’s Agnes Pockels Doctoral Fellowship Program.
• Inorganic and Organic SolStore
• Interfaces, charge-transfer and non-adiabatic processes and their exploitation in a frequency-tunable tribogenerator
  
  

Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

• Zohreh Izadi
• Esther Johnsen
• Mejdeddine Mokthar
  
  

Publications in livMatS

• 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
• 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
• Interplay of mechanics and chemistry governs wear of diamond-like carbon coatings interacting with ZDDP-additivated lubricants
  Ruiz, V. R. S., Kuwahara, T., Galipaud, J., Masenelli-Varlot, K., Hassine, M. B., Héau, C., Stoll, M., Mayrhofer, L., Moras, G., Martin, J. M., Moseler, M., & de Barros Bouchet, M. I. (2021). Interplay of mechanics and chemistry governs wear of diamond-like carbon coatings interacting with ZDDP-additivated lubricants. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24766-6
• Steric Effects Control Dry Friction of H- and F-Terminated Carbon Surfaces*
  Reichenbach, T., Mayrhofer, L., Kuwahara, T., Moseler, M., & Moras, G. (2020). Steric Effects Control Dry Friction of H-and F-Terminated Carbon Surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(7), 8805-8816. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b18019
  
  
  * Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807