Weitz, Thomas Prof. Dr.

Professor for Solid-State Physics

1999 - 2004: Diploma studies of physics, TU Kaiserslautern and University of Heidelberg
2024-2008: Doctoral thesis in physics, MPI for Solid State Research with Prof. K. Kern
2008 - 2009: Post Doc MPI for Solid State Research
2009 - 2010: Post Doc, Harvard University, Prof. A. Yacoby
2010 - 2011: Post Doc, MPI for solid state research, Prof. K. von Klitzing, Dr. J. Smet
2011 - 2015: Research laboratory leader, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
2015 - 2020: Tenure-track professor, LMU Munich, „Physics of Nanosystems“
2020 - now : Full professor, Georg-August-University Göttingen

Major Research Interests

- Structure-property relation of organic semiconductors
- Quantum phenomena in electronic systems
- Non-equilibrium phenomena in electronic materials
- Van der Waals quantum matter
- Near-field microscopy and spectroscopy

Homepage Department/Research Group

weitzlab.uni-goettingen.de

Selected Recent Publications

F. Winterer, F. R. Geisenhof, N. Fernandez, A. M. Seiler, F. Zhang and R. T. Weitz (2024) Ferroelectric and anomalous quantum Hall states in intrinsic rhombohedral trilayer graphene, Nature Physics 20, 422–427 article online
T. Domröse, N. Fernandez, C. Eckel, K. Rossnagel, R. T. Weitz, and C. Ropers (2024) Nanoscale Operando Imaging of Electrically Driven Charge-Density Wave Phase Transitions, Nano Lett. 24, 40, 12476–12485 article online
A. M. Seiler, F. R. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Xu, F. Zhang and R. T. Weitz (2022) Quantum cascade of correlated phases in trigonally warped bilayer graphene, Nature 608, 298–302 article online
S. Wakolbinger, F. R. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, S. Palmer, J. Crimmann, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, F. Trixler, R. T. Weitz (2020) Locally-triggered hydrophobic collapse induces global interface self-cleaning in van-der-Waals heterostructures at room-temperature, 2D Mater. 7, 035002 article online
J. Lenz, F. del Giudice, F.R. Geisenhof, F. Winterer, R. T. Weitz (2019) Vertical, electrolyte-gated organic transistors: continuous operation in the MA/cm2 regime and use as low-power artificial synapses, Nat. Nanotechnol. 14, 579–585 article online