Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWSProfile
Prof. Dr. Thomas Höche, Head of Business Unit Optical Materials and Technologies
Areas of research
- Microstructural diagnostics of optical materials (glass ceramics, pigments, thin and ultra-thin optical coatings)
- Microstructure-based development of inorganic and hybrid optical materials based on microstructure-property correlations.
- In-house development of glass ceramics with innovative property profiles
Example: LEAZit - Microstructure-based optimization of laser micromachining processes,
Example: 3D-Micromac’s microPREPTM
Academic/professional resume
since 2019
Head of the Business Unit “Optical Materials and Technologies”, Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructures of Materials and Systems IMWS, Halle (Saale)
2012 - 2018
Group Leader for Nanomaterials and Nanoanalytics at the Fraunhofer IMWS
2010 - 2015
Attract Group Leader (NanoAssess) at the Fraunhofer IMWS
2002 - 2010
Research associate at the Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification in Leipzig and IP manager/business developer at 3D-Micromac AG, Chemnitz
2008
Appointment as Associate Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Leipzig
2005
Habilitation (Experimental Physics), University of Leipzig
1999 - 2002
Research associate at the Chair of Crystallography, Institute of Physics, Humboldt-University of Berlin
1994 - 1999
Post-doc at the Otto Schott Institute for Glass Chemistry of the University of Jena
1991 - 1994
Doctorate on the topic “High-resolution electron microscopic investigations into the atomistic structure of grain boundaries in a-Al2O3”
1986 - 1991
Studies in Physics at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Prizes and awards
2018
Hugo Junkers Prize for research and innovation from Saxony-Anhalt. First place for the development of “LEAZit - a novel glass-ceramic with low thermal expansion”, together with Dr. Christian Thieme and Prof. Dr. Christian Rüssel.
2018
TÜV SÜD Innovation Award. First place for the development of “microPREP™”, a laser-based tool for sample preparation in the field of microstructure diagnostics, together with the “Nanomaterials and Nanoanalytics” group and 3D-Micromac AG.
2005
Max-von-Laue Prize of the German Society for Crystallography. Award for the elucidation of incommensurable modulations in Fresnoite crystals.
1986
Lessing Medal in Gold
Publications
Selected articles in scientific journals with scientific quality control (see complete list at www.thomas.hoeche.info):
[1] 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.
[2] C. Thieme, K. Thieme, M. Kracker, Th. Höche, and C. Rüssel:
Role of Tin Oxide as a Nucleating Agent with Low Solubility in BaO - SrO − ZnO − SiO2 Glasses Studied by Electron and X-ray Microscopy
Cryst. Growth Des., 19 (2019) 1815-1824.
[3] F. Klocke, O. Dambon, Th. Bletek, Th. Höche, F. Naumann, and Th. Hutzler:
Surface Integrity in Ultra-Precision Grinding of Transparent Ceramics
Proc. CIRP 71 (2017) 177–180.
[4] 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.
[5] R. Sahoo, L. Wollmann, S. Selle, Th. Höche, B. Ernst, A. Kalache, C. Shekhar, N. Kumar, S. Chadov, C. Felser, S.S.P. Parkin, and A.K. Nayak:
Compensated Ferrimagnetic Tetragonal Heusler Thin Films for Antiferromagnetic Spintronics
Adv. Mater., 28 (2016) 8499-8504.
[6] N. Winzer, O. Rott, R. Thiessen, K. Mraczek, Th. Höche, L. Wright, and M. Mrovec:
Hydrogen Diffusion and Trapping in Ti-Modified Advanced High Strength Steels
Materials & Design 92 (2016) 450-461.
[7] Z.J. Shen, H.X. Yan, D. Grüner, L.M. Belova, Y. Sakamoto, J.F. Hu, C.W. Nan, Th. Höche, and M. Reece:
Enhanced Remnant Polarization in Ferroelectric Ceramics by Ordered Coalescence of Nano-Crystals
J. Mater. Chem., 22 (2012), 23547-23552.
[8] M. Mäder, Th. Höche, J.W. Gerlach, S. Perlt, J. Dorfmüller, R. Vogelgesang, K. Kern, and B. Rauschenbach:
Plasmonic Activity of Large-Area Gold-Nanodot Arrays on Arbitrary Substrates
Nano Letters 10 (2010) 47-51.
[9] S. Bhattacharyya, Th. Höche, J. Jinschek, I. Avramov, R. Wurth, M. Müller, and C. Rüssel:
Direct Evidence of Al-Rich Layers around Nanosized ZrTiO4 in Glass: Putting the Role of Nucleation Agents in Perspective
Crystal Growth & Design 10 (2010) 379-385.
[10] B. Ziberi, F. Frost, Th. Höche, and B. Rauschenbach:
Ripple Pattern Formation on Silicon Surfaces by Low-Energy Ion Beam Erosion