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  • 2002 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics

Overview

Paul Leiderer is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their research spans multiple interrelated fields, including Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science. Within these broader disciplines, Leiderer's work is notably focused on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's research topics reveal a concentration on Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Material Dynamics and Properties, Near-Field Optical Microscopy, Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis, Micro and Nano Robotics, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, and Quantum and superfluid helium dynamics.

Leiderer has contributed to several journals regularly, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Low Temperature Physics
  • Physical review. E
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Opto-Electronic Science
  • Physical review. B.

Their recent papers represent a range of investigative themes and collaborations. Notable publications include:

  • "Optical near-field imaging and nanostructuring by means of laser ablation" (2022, Opto-Electronic Science)
  • "Lane formation of colloidal particles driven in parallel by gravity" (2023, Physical review. E)
  • "Kinetics of electrohydrodynamic instability of a charged liquid helium surface" (2024, Physical review. B.)
  • "Critically Charged Superfluid 4He Surface in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields" (2020, Journal of Low Temperature Physics)
  • "Surface Electrons on Solid Quantum Substrates: A Brief Review" (2025, Journal of Low Temperature Physics)

Collaboration is an important aspect of Leiderer's scientific activity. Frequent co-authors include Johannes Boneberg, Elke Scheer, Artur Erbe, Marc Isele, and K.R. Hofmann. These partnerships have contributed to advancing knowledge across various experimental and theoretical studies.

In addition to their academic publications, Leiderer received recognition through the membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2002, an acknowledgment linked to their work in physics.

Best Publications

  • Single-file diffusion of colloids in one-dimensional channels

    Qi-Huo Wei;Clemens Bechinger;Paul Leiderer

  • Dewetting Modes of Thin Metallic Films: Nucleation of Holes and Spinodal Dewetting.

    Jörg Bischof;Dieter Scherer;Stephan Herminghaus;Paul Leiderer

  • Magnetic multilayers on nanospheres

    Manfred Albrecht;Guohan Hu;Ildico L. Guhr;Till C. Ulbrich

  • Colloid Monolayers as Versatile Lithographic Masks

    Frank Burmeister;Claudia Schäfle;Thomas Matthes;Matthias Böhmisch

  • Optical Measurements of Invasive Forces Exerted by Appressoria of a Plant Pathogenic Fungus

    Clemens Bechinger;Karl-Friedrich Giebel;Martin Schnell;Paul Leiderer

  • Imaging of Cell/Substrate Contacts of Living Cells with Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy

    Karl-Friedrich Giebel;Clemens Bechinger;Stephan Herminghaus;M. Riedel

  • Nanomechanical control of an optical antenna

    Jörg Merlein;Matthias Kahl;Annika Zuschlag;Alexander Sell

  • Optical field enhancement effects in laser-assisted particle removal

    M. Mosbacher;H.-J. Münzer;J. Zimmermann;J. Solis

  • EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF LASER-INDUCED MELTING IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLOIDS

    Qi-Huo Wei;Clemens Bechinger;Daniel Rudhardt;Paul Leiderer

  • Local field enhancement effects for nanostructuring of surfaces.

    Hans-Joachim Münzer;Mario Mosbacher;Mario Mosbacher;Micha Bertsch;Jörg Zimmermann

  • Finite-size effects on the closest packing of hard spheres

    Stephan Neser;Clemens Bechinger;Paul Leiderer;Thomas Palberg

  • Nucleation and growth of a flux instability in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-x films.

    Paul Leiderer;Johannes Boneberg;Peter Brüll;V. Bujok

  • Direct measurement of depletion potentials in mixtures of colloids and nonionic polymers

    Daniel Rudhardt;Clemens Bechinger;Paul Leiderer

  • On the fundamental role of oxygen for the photochromic effect of WO3

    Clemens Bechinger;Gunther Oefinger;Stephan Herminghaus;Paul Leiderer

  • Energy-gap dynamics of superconducting NbN thin films studied by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

    Matthias Beck;Maximilian Klammer;S. Lang;Paul Leiderer

  • Understanding Depletion Forces beyond Entropy

    Clemens Bechinger;Daniel Rudhardt;Paul Leiderer;Roland Roth

  • Phase behavior of two-dimensional colloidal systems in the presence of periodic light fields.

    Clemens Bechinger;Matthias Brunner;Paul Leiderer

  • The formation of nano-dot and nano-ring structures in colloidal monolayer lithography

    Johannes Boneberg;Frank Burmeister;Claudia Schäfle;Paul Leiderer

  • Phase transitions of colloidal monolayers in periodic pinning arrays.

    Konrad Mangold;Paul Leiderer;Clemens Bechinger

  • Colloid monolayer lithography : a flexible approach for nanostructuring of surfaces

    Frank Burmeister;Wilfried Badowsky;T. Braun;Silvana Wieprich

  • Melting and Reentrant Freezing of Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals in Confined Geometry

    Ralf Bubeck;Clemens Bechinger;Stephan Neser;Paul Leiderer

Frequent Co-Authors

Frieder Mugele
Frieder Mugele University of Twente
Roland Oltra
Roland Oltra University of Burgundy
Hartmut Löwen
Hartmut Löwen Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Lukas Schmidt-Mende
Lukas Schmidt-Mende University of Konstanz
Denys Makarov
Denys Makarov Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Kosei Ueno
Kosei Ueno Hokkaido University
Michael Lorenz
Michael Lorenz Leipzig University
Dieter Bäuerle
Dieter Bäuerle Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Costas P. Grigoropoulos
Costas P. Grigoropoulos University of California, Berkeley
Alfred J. Meixner
Alfred J. Meixner University of Tübingen

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