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Overview

Bernd Winter is affiliated with the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans the fields of physics and astronomy as well as chemistry, with a particular focus on atomic and molecular physics, electrochemistry, spectroscopy, physical and theoretical chemistry, and surfaces, coatings, and films.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications

Bernd Winter has published extensively, with recent papers reflecting ongoing research interests. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Water at charged interfaces," 2021, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Interatomic and Intermolecular Coulombic Decay," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Accurate vertical ionization energy and work function determinations of liquid water and aqueous solutions," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Photoelectron spectra of alkali metal-ammonia microjets: From blue electrolyte to bronze metal," 2020, Science
  • "Core level photoelectron spectroscopy of heterogeneous reactions at liquid-vapor interfaces: Current status, challenges, and prospects," 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Florian Trinter
  • U. Hergenhahn
  • Sebastian Malerz
  • Stephan Thürmer
  • Iain Wilkinson

Bernd Winter has contributed a significant number of publications to several scientific venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Photoemission from Liquid Aqueous Solutions

    Bernd Winter;Manfred Faubel

  • Full Valence Band Photoemission from Liquid Water Using EUV Synchrotron Radiation

    B. Winter;R. Weber;W. Widdra;I. V. Hertel

  • Water at charged interfaces

    Grazia Gonella;Grazia Gonella;Ellen H. G. Backus;Ellen H. G. Backus;Yuki Nagata;Douwe J. Bonthuis

  • Binding energies, lifetimes and implications of bulk and interface solvated electrons in water

    Katrin R. Siefermann;Yaxing Liu;Evgeny Lugovoy;Oliver Link

  • Ions at aqueous interfaces: from water surface to hydrated proteins.

    Pavel Jungwirth;Bernd Winter

  • Interaction between liquid water and hydroxide revealed by core-hole de-excitation

    Emad F. Aziz;Niklas Ottosson;Manfred Faubel;Ingolf V. Hertel

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid water and aqueous solution: Electron effective attenuation lengths and emission-angle anisotropy

    Niklas Ottosson;Manfred Faubel;Stephen E. Bradforth;Pavel Jungwirth

  • Hydrogen bonds in liquid water studied by photoelectron spectroscopy

    Bernd Winter;Emad F. Aziz;Uwe Hergenhahn;Manfred Faubel

  • X-ray and Electron Spectroscopy of Water

    Thomas Fransson;Yoshihisa Harada;Nobuhiro Kosugi;Nicholas A. Besley

  • Cation-specific interactions with carboxylate in amino acid and acetate aqueous solutions: X-ray absorption and ab initio calculations.

    Emad F Aziz;Niklas Ottosson;Stefan Eisebitt;Wolfgang Eberhardt

  • The structure of nickel clusters

    E. K. Parks;B. J. Winter;T. D. Klots;S. J. Riley

  • Photoelectron angular distributions from liquid water: effects of electron scattering

    Stephan Thürmer;Robert Seidel;Manfred Faubel;Wolfgang Eberhardt;Wolfgang Eberhardt

  • Liquid microjet for photoelectron spectroscopy

    Bernd Winter

  • Interatomic and Intermolecular Coulombic Decay.

    Till Jahnke;Uwe Hergenhahn;Uwe Hergenhahn;Bernd Winter;Reinhard Dörner

  • Photoemission from Aqueous Alkali-Metal−Iodide Salt Solutions Using EUV Synchrotron Radiation

    R. Weber;B. Winter;P. M. Schmidt;W. Widdra

  • H atom impact induced chemical erosion reaction at C:H film surfaces

    A. Horn;A. Schenk;J. Biener;B. Winter

  • The size dependent shift of the surface plasmon absorption band of small spherical metal particles

    K.-P. Charlé;W. Schulze;B. Winter

  • First-principle protocol for calculating ionization energies and redox potentials of solvated molecules and ions: theory and application to aqueous phenol and phenolate.

    Debashree Ghosh;Anirban Roy;Robert Seidel;Robert Seidel;Bernd Winter

  • Ionization energies of aqueous nucleic acids: photoelectron spectroscopy of pyrimidine nucleosides and ab initio calculations.

    Petr Slavíček;Bernd Winter;Manfred Faubel;Stephen E. Bradforth

  • Copper clusters: The interplay between electronic and geometrical structure

    B. J. Winter;E. K. Parks;S. J. Riley

  • Electron binding energies of aqueous alkali and halide ions: EUV photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid solutions and combined ab initio and molecular dynamics calculations.

    B. Winter;R. Weber;I. V. Hertel;M. Faubel

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Faubel
Manfred Faubel Max Planck Society
Pavel Jungwirth
Pavel Jungwirth Czech Academy of Sciences
Petr Slavíček
Petr Slavíček University of Chemistry and Technology
John C. Hemminger
John C. Hemminger University of California, Irvine
Stephen E. Bradforth
Stephen E. Bradforth University of Southern California
Daniel M. Neumark
Daniel M. Neumark University of California, Berkeley
Eleanor E. B. Campbell
Eleanor E. B. Campbell University of Edinburgh
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Douglas J. Tobias
Douglas J. Tobias University of California, Irvine

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