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Dr. Thomas Voigtmann
Dr. Thomas Voigtmann
Dr. Thomas Voigtmann

German Aerospace Center
Institute of Materials Physics in Space
Linder Höhe
51147 Köln

Phone:+49 2203 601-3846
Fax:+49 2203 61768
Mail:Thomas Voigtmann

 

 

 

Current research activities:

  • Theory of the dynamics in glass-forming liquids
  • Transport processes in dense liquids and colloidal suspensions far from equilibrium
  • Molecular dynamics computer simulation of dense fluids

Curriculum Vitae:

since 2008

Head of Helmholtz-University Young Researcher Group "Transport processes in melts under external fields", Institute of Materials Physics in Space and Physics Department, University Konstanz

since 2007

Scientific staff at the Institute of Materials Physics in Space, German Aerospace Center, Cologne

2005 Postdoc at the Università di Roma I, Rome, Italy
2003-2006 Postdoc at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1999-2003 Doctoral dissertation research, Technische Universität München
1993-1998

Study of Physics, Technische Universität München

Diploma, awards, functions:

Diplom Physiker, Technische Universität München, 1998

Doktor der Naturwissenschaften, Technische Universität München, 2003

Award of an Emmy Noether Postdoc-Grant from the German Science Foundation (DFG), 2004
Award of a Helmholtz-University-Group from the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (HGF), 2007
  Fellowship of the Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, 2009

Selection of recent publications:

  • Th. Voigtmann and J. Horbach: Double Transition Scenario for Anomalous Diffusion in Glass-Forming Mixtures. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 205908 (2009).
  • J. M. Brader, Th. Voigtmann, M. Fuchs, R. G. Larson, and M. E. Cates: Glass rheology: From mode-coupling theory to a dynamic yield criterion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (USA) 106, doi:10.1073/pnas.0905330106 (2009).
  • I. Gazuz, A. M. Puertas, Th. Voigtmann, and M. Fuchs: Active and Nonlinear Microrheology in Dense Colloidal Suspensions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 248302 (2009).
  • J. Zausch, J. Horbach, M. Laurati, S. Egelhaaf, J. M. Brader, Th. Voigtmann, and M. Fuchs: From Equilibrium to Steady State: The Transient Dynamics of Colloidal Liquids under Shear. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 404210 (2008).
  • Th. Voigtmann: Idealized glass transitions under pressure: dynamics versus thermodynamics. Phys. Rev. Lett 101, 095701 (2008).
  • Th. Voigtmann and J. Horbach: The dynamics of silica melts under high pressure: mode-coupling theory results. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 244117 (2008).
  • Th. Voigtmann, A. Meyer, D. Holland-Moritz, S. Stüber, T. Hansen, and T. Unruh: Atomic Diffusion Mechanisms in a Binary Metallic Melt. EPL 82, 66001 (2008).
  • J. Brader, Th. Voigtmann, M. E. Cates, and M. Fuchs: Dense Colloidal Suspensions under Time-Dependent Shear. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 058301 (2007).
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