T. Sottmann,
Universität zu Köln, Physical Chemistry

My current research interests include the properties of supercritical microemulsions, the use of self-assembled systems as template materials for nanomaterial synthesis, the thermo diffusion behaviour of aqueous surfactant systems and microemulsions as well as the implementation of stroboscopic small angle neutron scattering (TISANE) at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL, Grenoble), which will enable the study of the kinetics and dynamics in condensed matter on a micro-second time scale.

PD Dr.Thomas Sottmann

PD Dr. T. Sottmann

2010Habilitation in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne
2006Visiting professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS), University of Minnesota
1998-Senior scientist and lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne
1997-1998Postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
1994-1997PhD thesis at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
1989-1994Study of Physics at the Georg-August-University Göttingen

Selected Publications

O. Holderer, M. Klostermann, M. Monkenbusch, R. Schweins, P. Lindner, R. Strey, D. Richter, T. Sottmann, Fluctuating supercritical CO2-microemulsions: Determination of the elastic properties of the interfacial membrane, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 3022-3025 (2011)

M. Schwan, L. G. A. Kramer, T. Sottmann and R. Strey, Principle of supercritical microemulsion expansion (POSME): A promising approach towards nanocellular foams (nanofoams), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12, 6247 (2010)

B. Arlt, S. Datta, T. Sottmann, S. Wiegand, Soret Effect of n-Octyl β-D-Glucopyranoside (C8G1) in Water around the Critical Micelle Concentration, J. Phys. Chem. B 114, 2118-2123 (2010)

T. Foster, R. Schweins, R. Strey and T. Sottmann, Small-Angle-Neutron-Scattering from Giant Water-in-Oil Microemulsion Droplets II. Polymer-decorated Droplets in a Quaternary System, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 064902 (2008)

C. Stubenrauch, T. Wielpütz, T. Sottmann, C. R. Chowdhury, F. J. DiSalvo, Microemulsions as templates for the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles, Colloids Surface A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 317, 328 (2008)

T. Wielpütz, T. Sottmann, R. Strey, F. Schmidt and A. Berkessel, Dramatic enhancement of enone epoxidation rates in nonionic microemulsions, Chem. - Eur. J. 12, 7565 (2006)

T. Sottmann, Solubilization efficiency boosting by amphiphilic block copolymers in microemulsions, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Sci. 7, 57 (2002)