We investigate the electronic structure of water and aqueous solutions using liquid-microjet photoelectron spectroscopy

Left to right: Sebastian Kray, Nicolas Velasquez, Bruno Credidio, Qi Zhou, Stephan Thürmer, Bernd Winter, Stefan Schlichting, Henrik Haak, Uwe Hergenhahn, Harmanjot Kaur, Michele Pugini, Florian Trinter, Dominik Stemer, Lukáš Tomaník, not on photograph: Nika Iurgenson

Left to right: Sebastian Kray, Nicolas Velasquez, Bruno Credidio, Qi Zhou, Stephan Thürmer, Bernd Winter, Stefan Schlichting, Henrik Haak, Uwe Hergenhahn, Harmanjot Kaur, Michele Pugini, Florian Trinter, Dominik Stemer, Lukáš Tomaník, not on photograph: Nika Iurgenson

Presentation ceremony of the Innovation Award, awardees Manfred Faubel and Bernd Winter framed by Gerard Meijer and Franziska Emmerling

Innovation Award for Dr. Winter

Bernd was granted the well-deserved Innovation Award on Synchrotron Radiation! Click here for more info.

JCP Featured Article

Check here our newest article on photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid flatjets!

Accounts of Chemical Research article

Check here our new article: Absolute Electronic Energetics and Quantitative Work Functions of Liquids from Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Nature article

Have a look at our Nature paper Spectroscopic evidence for a gold-coloured
metallic water solution.

HOT-Article

Our latest paper "Low-energy constrains on photoelectron spectra measured from liquid water and aqueous solutions" was awarded as "Hot-Article"

PCCP HOT Article

Take a look at our article Quantitative electronic structure and work-function changes of liquid water induced by solute

Daniel Neumark Festschrift

Take a look at our article Following in Emil Fischer’s Footsteps: A Site-Selective Probe of Glucose Acid–Base Chemistry which was published as part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry virtual special issue “Daniel Neumark Festschrift”

An alanine molecule embedded in a water droplet is illuminated by a circularly polarized X-ray

New paper showing Photoelectron Circular Dichroism in Aqueous Solution

In a new publication in Chemical Science, we show an intensity difference in photoemission from a chiral molecule in aqueous solution, when left or right-handed circularly polarized light is used for the ionization.


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