Research interests

• Hybrid nanomaterials for renewable energy, nanoplasmonics and nanophotonics
• photocatalysis of solar fuels
• surface enhanced Raman scattering

Education

• 2013 Habilitation in physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• 2005 Dr. rer. nat., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, summa cum laude
• 2001 Dipl.-Phys., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, graduated with distinction

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Professional Experience

• 2017- to date Senior Lecturer at the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Physics Department at the University of Liverpool
• 2013- 2017 Lecturer at the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and the Physics Department at the University of Liverpool
• 2008- 2012 Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (group leader) in the physics department at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
• 2006-2008 postdoctoral scholar in the chemistry department at Stanford University (CA, USA)
• 2005 research staff in the physics department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany) and executive of the Collaborative Research Center 448 "Mesoscopically Organized Composites"
• 2002-2005 PhD student in the physics department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• 2004 visiting researcher at the physics department of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA
• 2001 visiting research student at the chemistry department at Catholic University Leuven (Belgium)

Publications

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Peer reviewed journals

All-in-one visible-light-driven water splitting by combining nanoparticulate and molecular co-catalysts on CdS nanorods
Christian M. Wolff, Peter D. Frischmann, Marcus Schulze, Bernhard J. Bohn, Robin Wein, Panajotis Livadas, Michael T. Carlson, Frank Jäckel, Jochen Feldmann, Frank Würthner, Jacek K. Stolarczyk 
Nature Energy 3 (2018) 862-869.

Size-controlled electron transfer rates determine hydrogen generation efficiency in colloidal Pt-decorated CdS quantum dots
W. Li, F. Jäckel
Nanoscale 10 (2018) 16153-16158.

A Hydrophilic, Hole-Delocalizing Ligand Shell to Promote Charge Transfer from Colloidal CdSe Quantum Dots in Water  
J.R. Lee, W. Li, A.J. Cowan, F. Jäckel
J. Phys. Chem. Part C. 121 (2017) 15160-15168.

Simultaneous optimization of colloidal stability and interfacial charge transfer efficiency in photocatalytic Pt/CdS nanocrystals
W. Li, J. Lee, F. Jäckel
ACS Appl. Mater. & Interf. 8 (2016) 29434-29441.

Controlling Visible Light-Driven Photoconductivity in Self-Assembled Perylene Bisimide Structures
J. Walsh, J. Lee, E. Draper, S. King, F. Jäckel, M. Zwijnenburg, D. Adams, A. Cowan
J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 18479-18486.

Self-sorted photoconductive xerogels
E.R. Draper, J.R. Lee, M. Wallace, F. Jäckel, A.J. Cowan, D.J. Adams
Chemical Science 7 (2016) 6499-6505.

Colloidal dual-band gap cell for photocatalytic hydrogen generation
W. Li, G. O‘Dowd, T. J. Whittles, D. Hesp, Y. Gründer, V. R. Dhanak, F. Jäckel
Nanoscale 7 (2015) 16606-16610.

Microscale mapping of oscillatory flows
S. Nedev, S. Carretero-Palacios, S.R. Kirchner, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Appl. Phys. Lett. 105 (2014) 161113.

Redox shuttle mechanism enhances photocatalytic ​H₂ generation on ​Ni-decorated ​CdS nanorods
T. Simon, N. Bouchonville, M.J. Berr, A. Vaneski, A. Adrović, D. Volbers, R. Wyrwich, M. Döblinger, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J.K. Stolarczyk, J. Feldmann
Nature Materials 13 (2014) 1013-1018.

Quantitative understanding of the optical properties of a single, complex shaped gold nanoparticle from experiment and theory
E. Perassi, C. Hrelescu, A. Wisnet, M. Döblinger, C. Scheu, F. Jäckel, E. Coronado, J. Feldmann
ACS Nano 8 (2014) 4395–4402.

Optical trapping and manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles: fundamentals, applications and perspectives
A.S. Urban, S. Carretero-Palacios, A.A. Lutich, T. Lohmüller, J. Feldmann, F. Jäckel
Nanoscale 6 (2014) 4458-4474.

Optical and electronic properties of pyrite nanocrystal thin films: the role of ligands
W. Li, T. Dittrich, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Small 10 (2014) 1194-1201.

Cluster size effects in the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
F.F. Schweinberger, M.J. Berr, M. Döblinger, C. Wolff, K.E. Sanwald, A.S. Crampton, C.J. Ridge, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann, M. Tschurl, U. Heiz
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013) 13262-13265.

Two-color laser printing of individual gold nanorods
J. Do, M. Fedoruk, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Nano Letters 13 (2013) 4164-4168.

Tuning DNA binding kinetics in an optical trap by plasmonic nanoparticle heating
L. Osinkina, S. Carretero-Palacios, J. Stehr, A.A. Lutich, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Nano Letters 13 (2013) 3140-3144.

Synthesis of Gold Nanostar Arrays as Reliable, Large-Scale, Homogeneous Substrates for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Imaging and Spectroscopy
L. Osinkina, T. Lohmüller, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
J. Phys. Chem C 117 (2013) 22198–22202.

Size-selected sub-nanometer cluster catalysts on semiconductor nanocrystal films for atomic scale insight into photocatalysis
M. Berr, F. Schweinberger, M. Döblinger, K. Sanwald, C. Wolff, J. Breimeier, A. Crampton, C. Ridge, M. Tschurl, U. Heiz, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Nano Letters 12 (2012) 5903-5906.

Enhancing single-nanoparticle surface-chemistry by plasmonic overheating in an optical trap
W. Ni, H. Ba, A.A. Lutich, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Nano Letters 12 (2012) 4647–4650.

Semiconductor nanowires self-assembled from colloidal CdTe nanocrystal building blocks: optical properties and application perspectives
Y.P. Rakovich, F. Jäckel, J.F. Donegan, A.L. Rogach
J. Mater. Chem. 22 (2012) 20831-20839.

Hole scavenger redox potentials determine quantum efficiency and stability of Pt-decorated CdS nanorods for photocatalytic hydrogen generation
M.J. Berr, P. Wagner, S. Fischbach, A. Vaneski, J. Schneider, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 (2012) 223903.

Delayed Photoelectron Transfer in Pt-Decorated CdS Nanorods under Hydrogen Generation Conditions
M.J. Berr, A. Vaneski, C. Mauser, S. Fischbach, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Small 8 (2012) 291-297.

Pyrite nanocrystals: Shape-controlled synthesis and tunable optical properties via reversible self-assembly
W. Li, M. Döblinger, A. Vaneski, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
J. Mater. Chem. 21 (2011) 17946-17952.

Accelerating fluorescence resonance energy transfer with plasmonic nanoresonators
V. Faessler, C. Hrelescu, A.A. Lutich, L. Osinkina, S. Mayilo, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Chem. Phys. Lett. 508 (2011) 67-70.

Selective excitation of individual plasmonic hotspots at the tips of single gold nanostars
C. Hrelescu, T.K. Sau, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, L. Guillaume, L. Douillard, F. Charra
Nano Letters 11 (2011) 402-407.

Hybrid Colloidal Heterostructures of Anisotropic Semiconductor Nanocrystals Decorated with Noble Metals: Synthesis to Function
A. Vaneski, A.S. Susha, J. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Berr, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann, A.L. Rogach
Adv. Funct. Mater. 21 (2011) 1547-1556.

Single-mode waveguiding in bundles of self-assembled semiconductor nanowires
J. Zhang, A.A. Lutich, A. S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (2010) 221915.

Optical anisotropy of semiconductor nanowires beyond the electrostatic limit
J. Zhang, A.A. Lutich, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, A.S. Susha, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Phys. Rev. B 82 (2010) 155301.

Colloidal CdS nanorods decorated with sub-nanometer sized Pt clusters for photocatalytic hydrogen generation
M. Berr, A. Vaneski, A. S. Susha, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, M. Döblinger, F. Jäckel, A. L. Rogach, J Feldmann
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 (2010) 093108.

Thermomechanical control of electronic coupling in quantum dot solids
J. Zhang, A.A. Lutich, A.S. Susha, M. Döblinger, C. Mauser, A.O. Govorov, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
J. Appl. Phys. 107 (2010) 123516.

Properties and Applications of Nonspherical Colloidal Noble Metal Nanoparticles
T.K. Sau, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, T.A. Klar, J. Feldmann
Adv. Mater. 22 (2010) 1805-1825.

Micron-sized DNA-Single Fluorophore-DNA Supramolecule: Synthesis and Single-Molecule Characterization
J.K. Lee, F. Jäckel, W.E. Moerner, Z. Bao
Small 5 (2009) 2418-2423.

Single gold nanostars enhance Raman scattering
C. Hrelescu, T.K. Sau, A.L. Rogach, F. Jäckel, J. Feldmann
Appl. Phys. Lett., 94 (2009) 153113.

Investigating molecular charge transfer complexes with a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope
F. Jäckel, U.G.E. Perera, V. Iancu, K.-F. Braun, N. Koch,. J.P. Rabe, S.-W. Hla
Phys. Rev. Lett., 100 (2008) 126102.

Gold bowtie nanoantennas for surface-enhanced Raman scattering under controlled electrochemical potential
F. Jäckel, A.A. Kinkhabwala, W.E. Moerner
Chem. Phys. Lett. 446 (2007) 339-343.

Towards Nanotubular Structures with Large Voids: Dynamic Heteroleptic Oligophenanthroline Metallo-Nanoscaffolds and Their Solution State Properties
M. Schmittel, V. Kalsani, C. Michel, P. Mal, H. Ammon, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe
Chem. Eur. J. 13 (2007) 6223-6237.

Rigid Bisphenanthrolines: Synthesis, Structure and Self-Assembly at the Solid-Liquid Interface
M. Schmittel, V. Kalsani,  F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, J.W. Bats, D. Fenske
Eur. J. Org. Chem.14 (2006) 3079-3086.

Tunneling through nanographene stacks
F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Phys. Rev. B73 (2006) 045423.

Solvent Molecules in an Epitaxially Grown Scaffold of Star-Shaped Nanographenes
F. Jäckel, M.Ai, J. Wu, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
J. Am. Chem. Soc.127 (2005) 14580-14581.

Influence of Hydrogen Bonds on the Supramolecular Order of Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
D. Wasserfallen, I. Fischbach, N. Chebotareva, M. Kastler, W. Pisula, F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, I. Schnell, J.P. Rabe, H.W. Spiess, K. Müllen
Adv. Funct. Mater. 15 (2005) 1585-1594.

Observation of Filled States At the Fermi-Level in Alkali-Metal Intercalated Organic Films: Dependence on Substrate Work Function
N. Koch, F. Jäckel, J. Ghijsen, M. C. Rojas, M. Grioni, J.P. Rabe, R.L. Johnson, A. Kahn, J.-J. Pireaux
J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 144-147 (2005) 495-498.

Surface-induced vertical alignment of self-assembled supramolecular columns of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and porphyrins
R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, W. Osikowicz, S. Braun, M. P. de Jong, C.D. Simpson, M. D. Watson, F. von Kieseritzky, P. Samori, S. K. M.Jönsson, M. Fahlman, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, J. Hellberg, K. Müllen, W.R. Salaneck
Synthetic Metals 147 (2004) 79-83.

Prototypical single-molecule transistors with supramolecular gates: varying dipole orientation
F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe,
Synthetic Metals 146(3) (2004) 269-272.

Nanophase segregation and rectification in monolayers of functionalized hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
F. Jäckel, X. Yin, P. Samori, N. Tchebotareva, M.D. Watson, A. Venturini, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Synthetic Metals 147 (2004) 5-9.

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of a Rigid Exotopic Bisphenanthroline Macrocycle: Surface Patterning and a Supramolecular Nanobasket
V. Kalsani, H. Ammon, F. Jäckel, J.P. Rabe, M. Schmittel
Chem. Eur. J. 10 (2004) 5481-5492.

Prototypical single-molecule chemical-field-effect transistor with nanometer-sized gates
F. Jäckel, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 (2004) 188303.

Nanoscale array of inversely biased molecular rectifiers
F. Jäckel, Z. Wang, M.D. Watson, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
Chem. Phys. Lett. 387 (2004) 372-376.

A Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Cyclophane: An Addition to the Toolbox for Molecular Electronics
M.D. Watson, F. Jäckel, N. Severin, J.P. Rabe and K. Müllen
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 1402-1407.

Self-assembly of electron donor - acceptors dyads into ordered architectures in 2 and 3 dimensions: surface patterning and columnar "double cables"
P. Samorì, X. Yin, N. Tchebotareva, Z. Wang, T. Pakula, F. Jäckel, M. D. Watson, A. Venturini, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 3567-3575.

Electronic structure of highly-ordered films of self-assembled graphitic nano-columns
R. Friedlein, X. Crispin, C. D. Simpson, M. D. Watson, F. Jäckel, W. Osikowicz, S. Marciniak, M. P. De Jong, P. Samori, S. K. M. Jönsson, M. Fahlmann, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe, W. R. Salaneck
Phys. Rev. B 68 (2003) 195414.

Conformational characterization from modulated single molecule fluorescence intensity traces
F. Jäckel, S. De Feyter, J. Hofkens, F. Köhn, F.C. De Schryver, C. Ego, A. Grimsdale, K. Müllen
Chem. Phys. Lett. 362 (2002) 534-540.

Supramolecular staircase via self-assembly of disc-like molecules at the solid-liquid interface
P. Samori, A. Fechtenkötter, F. Jäckel, T. Böhme, K. Müllen, J.P. Rabe
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123 (2001) 11462-11467.

Ordered Nanostructures of a [2]Catenane Through Self-Assembly at Surfaces - An STM Study With Sub-Molecular Resolution
P. Samori, F. Jäckel, Ö. Ünsal, A. Godt, J.P. Rabe
ChemPhysChem 2 (7) (2001) 461-464.

Others

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering using complex-shaped metal nanostructures
F. Jäckel and J. Feldmann in "Complex-shaped metal nanoparticles: Bottom-up syntheses and applications" edited by T.K. Sau and A.L. Rogach, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Complex Molecular Architectures at Solid-Liquid Interfaces: Towards Single-Molecule Electronic Devices
F. Jäckel and J. P. Rabe in "Scanning Probe Microscopies beyond Imaging: Manipulation of molecules and nanostructures" edited by P. Samorì, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2006

Awards

• Carl-Ramsauer-Prize 2005 for my doctoral thesis
• Young Scientist Award at the EMRS Spring Meeting 2004
• Lise-Meitner-Prize 2002 for my diploma thesis

Selected Invited Talks

Photocatalytic nanomaterials for solar fuels
Department of Physics and Mathematics Seminar, University of Hull, 4 November 2015, Hull, UK

Photocatalytic solar fuel generation with colloidal nanohybrid materials
2^nd UK Solar Fuel Symposium, University of Liverpool, 14 January 2014, Liverpool, UK

Photocatalytic solar fuel generation with colloidal nanocrystals
Center for NanoScience workshop "Nanosciences: Great Adventures on Small Scales, September 2013, Venice, Italy

Hybrid nanomaterials for photocatalytic hydrogen generation
Symposium on Plasmon-based Chemistry and Physics, July 2013, Leuven, Belgium

Colloidal metal-decorated semiconductor nanocrystals for photocatalytic hydrogen generation
Quantsol 2012 Workshop, March 2012, Bad Gastein, Austria

Charge and energy transfer in hybrid nanomaterials
Quantum Efficiency Seminar and Colloquium, University of Freiburg, January 10, 2012, Freiburg, Germany

Photocatalytic hydrogen generation with colloidal noble metal-decorated semiconductor nanoparticles
Seminar Lehrstuhl Lupton, University of Regensburg, May 23, 2011, Regensburg, Germany

Plasmonic and photocatalytic precious particles
Cluster Catalysis and Advanced Spectroscopy Seminar, Technical University Munich, December 17, 2010, Munich, Germany

Noble metal nanoparticles: from plasmonics to photocatalysis
Nanoelectronics seminar, Technical University Munich, November 4, 2010, Munich, Germany

Electromagnetic Hotspots in Plasmonic Nanostructures: Making, Seeing, Using
Seminar Ultrakurzzeitspektroskopie, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, May 27, 2010, Munich, Germany

Plasmonic enhancements in gold nanostars and gold nanoparticle resonators
Seminar BioNano-Physik/Medizinische Physik, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, May 11, 2010, Tuebingen, Germany

Enhancement and control of optical signals with single gold nanostars and in quantum dot solids
NanoSYD seminar, Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, September 24, 2009, Sonderborg, Denmark

Enhancing optical signals with single gold nanostars
SPIE Optics + Photonics, Symposium "Plasmonics: Nanoscale Sensing, Imaging, and Fabrication V", August 6, 2009, San Diego, USA

Gold Nanostars for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
International Symposium on " Advances in Nanostructure-Enhanced Photochemical Reactions and Photoenergy Conversion", July 16-17, 2009, Leuven, Belgium

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering with gold bowtie nanoantennas and nanoparticle dumbbells
Humboldt University Berlin, Seminar of the collaborative research center Sfb448, April 4, 2008, Germany

Gold Bowtie Nanoantennas: Fabrication, optical properties, and their use for Raman spectroscopy
Stanford University, Melosh Group Seminar, June 27, 2007, USA

From molecular diodes towards mono-molecular transistors
Mini-Conference on Information Electronics Systems, 4-6 November 2003, Sendai, Japan

STM an epitaktischen Schichten molekularer Donatoren und Akzeptoren an der Fest-Flüssig-Grenzfläche
Mikro-Symposium on Ultrathin, light-emitting organic films and nanostructures, August 13, 2002, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany