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Dr. Hendrik Heinz

Assistant Professor

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Education/Experience

• Postdoctoral, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB (2004-2006)
• Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich (2003)
• M. Sc. (Diploma) Chemistry, ETH Zurich (2000)
• B. Sc. (Pre-Diploma) Chemistry, University of Heidelberg (1997)

Honors/Awards

• Hewlett-Packard Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (ACS, COMP Division, 2006)
• Graduate Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation (2001-2003)
• Undergraduate Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation (1995-2000)
• Silver Medal, International Chemistry Olympiad (1994)

Research Interests

• Computer simulation of inorganic-organic interfaces
• Development of force fields for the quantitative prediction of interfacial properties
• Biologically inspired and conductive composite materials
• Structure-property relationships in nanocomposites

Selected Publications

1. Heinz, H.; Castelijns, H. J.; Suter, U. W. Structure and Phase Transitions of Alkyl Chains on Mica. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9500-9510.
2. Heinz, H.; Suter, U. W. Atomic Charges for Classical Simulations of Polar Systems. J. Phys. Chem. B 2004, 108, 18341-18352.
3. Heinz, H.; Paul, W.; Binder, K. Calculation of Local Pressure Tensors in Systems with Many-Body Interactions. Phys. Rev. E, 2005, 72, 066704:1-10.
4. Heinz, H.; Koerner, H.; Vaja, R. A.; Anderson, K. L.; Farmer, B. L. Force Field for Phyllosilicates and Dynamics of Octadecylammonium Chains Grafted to Montmorillonite. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 5658-5669.

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