Dirk Zahn

Prof. Dr. Dirk Zahn

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Professor for Theoretical Chemistry

Room: Room CCC 2.302
CCC, Nägelsbachstraße 25
91052 Erlangen

Section

Theoretical & Computational Chemistry

Research areas

Molecular materials:
Energy


Molecular and material modeling for solar energy conversion

Nanoparticles, surfaces/film and porous materials for (electro-)catalysis

Molecular materials:
Information


molecular photoswitches

switchable surfaces, sensors

Molecular materials:
Sustainability


Self-organizing and self-healing materials, catalyst concepts (SILP, SCILL, SCALMS)

Water cleaning by magnetic nanoparticles

Molecular materials:
Life science


Molecular aggregation, self-organization

Protein-ligand docking, molecular recognition

Bioactive compounds:
Compound discovery


Protein-ligand docking, molecular recognition

Bioactive compounds:
Mechanisms and targets


drug formulation & delivery


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