Christian Patzig

Areas of research

Determination of microstructure-property relations of optical materials with a focus on the micro- and nanostructural characterization of glasses and glass-ceramic systems, optical thin film and ultra-thin film systems, and pigment particles and pigment paint systems.

Academic/professional resume

01/2019-today

Group Leader for Microstructure of Optical Materials at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)

11/2016-12/2018

Team Leader for Oxide Functional Materials at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)

12/2010-11/2016

Research associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)

10/2009-12/2010

Research associate at Layertec GmbH, Mellingen

07/2006-09/2009

Research associate and doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification in Leipzig

Doctorate on the topic “Glancing Angle Deposition of Si Nanostructures by Ion Beam Sputtering” at the University of Leipzig

04/2001 - 06/2006    

Studies in Physics at the University of Jena

Awards

12/2009

2009 Doctoral Award

awarded by the Graduate Center for Mathematics/Informatics and Natural Sciences of the Research Academy Leipzig of the University of Leipzig

12/2008

2008 BuildMoNa Award

Award of the Leipzig Graduate School of Natural Sciences - BuildMoNa of the University of Leipzig

Publications

Selected articles in journals with scientific quality control

(complete list on http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8328-5907):

G.J. Hoerder, M. Seibald, D. Baumann, Th. Schröder, S. Peschke, Ph.C. Schmid, T. Tyborski, Ph. Pust, I. Stoll, M. Bergler, C. Patzig, S. Reißaus, M. Krause, L. Berthold, Th. Höche, D. Johrendt, and H. Huppertz:

Sr[Li2Al2O2N2]:Eu2+ – A high performance red phosphor to brighten the future

Nature Commun.10 (2019) 1824.

J.K. Jochum, M. Lorenz, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, C. Patzig, Th. Höche, M. Grundmann, K. Temst, A. van Tomme, M. van Bael, and V. Lazenka:

Correlation of Magnetization and Hyperfine Field Distribution with High Magnetoelectric Coupling Strength in BaTiO3-BiFeO3 superlattices Nanoscale 10[12] (2018) 5574-5580.

P. Naujok, K. Murray, S. Yulin, C. Patzig, N. Kaiser, and A. Tünnermann:

Thermal stability of B-based multilayer mirrors for next generation lithography

Thin Solid Films 642C (2017) 252-257.

M. Lorenz, D. Hirsch, C. Patzig, T. Höche, S. Hohenberger, H. Hochmuth, V. Lazenka, K. Temst, and M. Grundmann:

Correlation of interface impurities and chemical gradients with high magnetoelectric coupling strength in multiferroic BiFeO3-BaTiO3 superlattices

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9[22] (2017) 18956-18965.

W. Wisniewski, S. Seidel, C. Patzig, and C. Rüssel:

Surface crystallization of a MgO/Y2O3/SiO2/Al2O3/ZrO2 Glass: growth of an oriented β-Y2Si2O7 layer and epitaxial ZrO2

Sci. Rep 7 (2017) 44144.

H. Wei, J.L. Barzola-Quiquia, C. Yang, C. Patzig, T. Höche, P. Esquinazi, M. Grundmann, and M. Lorenz:

Charge transfer induced magnetic exchange bias and electron localization in (111)- and (001)-oriented LaNiO3/LaMnO3 superlattices

Appl. Phys. Lett. 110 (2017) 102403.

S. Shestaeva, A. Bingel, P. Munzert, L. Ghazaryan, C. Patzig, and A. Szeghalmi:

Mechanical properties of PEALD metallic oxides for optical applications

Applied Optics 56 (2017) C47-C59.

S. Seidel, C. Patzig, W. Wisniewski, A. Gawronski, Y. Hu, T. Höche, and C. Rüssel:

Characterizing the residual glass in a MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-ZrO2-Y2O3 glass-ceramic

Sci. Rep. 6, 34965 (2016).

C. Patzig, M. Dittmer, A. Gawronski, T. Höche, and C. Rüssel:

Crystallization of ZrO2-nucleated MgO/Al2O3/SiO2 glasses – a TEM study

CrystEngComm 16 (2014) 6578-6587.

C. Patzig, T. Höche, M. Dittmer, and C. Rüssel:

Temporal evolution of crystallization in MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-ZrO2 glass-ceramics

Cryst. Growth Des. 12[4] (2012) 2059–2067.