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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eleonora Hendrika Gertruda Mezger-Backus

T: +43-1-4277-52440
M: +43-664-8176714

ellen.backus@univie.ac.at

Winter term 2025

270018 SE Writing of the Bachelor´s Thesis

270022 VO Physical Chemistry II - Quantum Theory, Spectroscopy and Statistical Thermodynamics thermodynamics

270023 PUE Physical Chemistry II - Quantum Theory, Spectroscopy and Statistical Thermodynamics thermodynamics

270051 PUE Introduction to Chemistry - Basics - PUE

270105 PR Bachelor Laboratory Course C - Physical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry

270115 LP Elective practical course in physical chemistry

270230 PR Research Project Laserspectroscopy or Molecular Symmetry

270260 VO Ultrafast and Multidimensional Laserspectroscopy

530008 SE Seminar in ultrafast and nonlinear optics

530022 SE Teaching Experience

Summer term 2025

270010 VO Fundamental Concepts in Material Chemistry

270018 SE Writing of the Bachelor´s Thesis

270025 VO Physical Chemistry III - Physical Chemistry of condensed materials (macromolecular chemistry, structural chemistry) and mixtures) and statistical thermodynamics

270105 PR Bachelor Laboratory Course C - Physical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry

270118 PUE Introduction to Chemistry - Basics - PUE

270140 PR Laboratory Course in Physical Chemistry

270185 VO Soft Matter Interfaces - Principles and Experimental Techniques

270187 UE Soft Matter Interfaces - Principles and Experimental Techniques

270188 PR Research project on surfaces and interfaces

530008 SE Seminar in ultrafast and nonlinear optics

530022 SE Teaching Experience

Winter term 2024

270018 SE Writing of the Bachelor´s Thesis

270051 PUE Introduction to Chemistry - Basics - PUE

270105 PR Bachelor Laboratory Course C - Physical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry

270140 PR Laboratory Course in Physical Chemistry

270230 PR Research Project Laserspectroscopy or Molecular Symmetry

270260 VO Ultrafast and Multidimensional Laserspectroscopy

270261 UE Ultrafast and Multidimensional Laserspectroscopy

530008 SE Seminar in ultrafast and nonlinear optics

530022 SE Teaching Experience

Zelenka, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2025). MgO-water interface: structure and surface dissolution depend on flow and pH. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27, 23356 - 23364. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp03295d

Backus, E. H. G., Heckl, O. H., & Kiefer, J. (2025). Development and Applications of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy: 21st ECONOS/41st ECW Meeting in Vienna (Austria). Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 56(8), 655-656. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.70008

Greco, A., Imoto, S., Backus, E. H. G., Nagata, Y., Hunger, J., & Bonn, M. (2025). Ultrafast aqueous electric double layer dynamics. Science, 388(6745), 405-410. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adu5781

Greco, A., Ohto, T., Nagata, Y., Bonn, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Temperature-dependent vibrational energy relaxation of hydrogen-bonded and free OD groups at the air-water interface. Journal of Chemical Physics, 161(17), Article 174706. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0231310

Saak, C. M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). The Role of Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy in Understanding On-Surface Reactions and Dynamics in Atmospheric Model-Systems. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15(17), 4546-4559. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00392

van der Veen, M. A., Canossa, S., Wahiduzzaman, M., Nenert, G., Frohlich, D., Rega, D., Reinsch, H., Shupletsov, L., Markey, K., De Vos, D. E., Bonn, M., Stock, N., Maurin, G., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Confined Water Cluster Formation in Water Harvesting by Metal–Organic Frameworks: CAU-10-H versus CAU-10-CH₃. Advanced Materials, 36(12), Article 2210050. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202210050

Backus, E. H. G., Hosseinpour, S., Ramanan, C., Sun, S., Schlegel, S. J., Zelenka, M., Jia, X., Gebhard, M., Devi, A., Wang, H. I., & Bonn, M. (2024). Ultrafast Surface-Specific Spectroscopy of Water at a Photoexcited TiO₂ Model Water-Splitting Photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63(8), Article e202312123 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202312123

Saak, C. M., Dreier, L. B., Machel, K., Bonn, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Biological lipid hydration: distinct mechanisms of interfacial water alignment and charge screening for model lipid membranes. Faraday Discussions, 249, 317 - 333. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00117b

Zelenka, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Investigating aqueous mineral interfaces using sum frequency generation spectroscopy. In K. Wandelt, & G. Bussetti (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces (Vol. 1, pp. 148–157.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00016-7

Buessler, M., Maruyama, S., Zelenka, M., Onishi, H., & Backus, E. H. G. (2023). Unravelling the interfacial water structure at the photocatalyst strontium titanate by sum frequency generation spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(45), 31471–31480. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp03829g

Naghilou, A., Peter, K., Millesi, F., Stadlmayr, S., Wolf, S., Rad, A., Semmler, L., Supper, P., Ploszczanski, L., Liu, J., Burghammer, M., Riekel, C., Bismarck, A., Backus, E. H. G., Lichtenegger, H., & Radtke, C. (2023). Insights into the material properties of dragline spider silk affecting Schwann cell migration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 244, Article 125398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125398

Ober, P., Kolbinger, S. H., Backus, E. H. G., & Bonn, M. (2023). Ion-Specific Interactions at a Mineral-Water Interface Revealed by Surface-Sensitive Spectroscopy under Flow Conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(27), 13005-13010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01789

Ober, P., Hunger, J., Kolbinger, S. H., Backus, E. H. G., & Bonn, M. (2022). Ion Adsorption and Desorption at the CaF₂-Water Interface Probed by Flow Experiments and Vibrational Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(46), Article e202207017. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202207017

Haroun, F., El Haitami, A., Ober, P., Backus, E. H. G., & Cantin, S. (2022). Thermodynamic properties and morphology of 2D NBR/ PEG-PPG-PEG networks. Polymer, 257, Article 125271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125271

Li, X., Encheva, M., Butt, H.-J., Backus, E. H. G., & Berger, R. (2022). Adaptation and Recovery of a Styrene-Acrylic Acid Copolymer Surface to Water. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 43(12), Article 2100733. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202100733

Lesnicki, D., Wank, V., Cyran, J. D., Backus, E. H. G., & Sulpizi, M. (2022). Lower degree of dissociation of pyruvic acid at water surfaces than in bulk. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(22), 13510-13513. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp01293f

Sosso, G. C., Sudera, P., Backes, A. T., Whale, T. F., Froehlich-Nowoisky, J., Bonn, M., Michaelides, A., & Backus, E. H. G. (2022). The role of structural order in heterogeneous ice nucleation. Chemical Science, 13(17), 5014-5026. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc06338c

Vaillard, A.-S., El Haitami, A., Dreier, L. B., Fontaine, P., Cousin, F., Gutfreund, P., Goldmann, M., Backus, E. H. G., & Cantin, S. (2022). Vertically Heterogeneous 2D Semi-Interpenetrating Networks Based on Cellulose Acetate and Cross-Linked Polybutadiene. Langmuir, 38(8), 2538-2549. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03084

Lukas, M., Backus, E. H. G., Bonn, M., & Grechko, M. (2022). Passively Stabilized Phase-Resolved Collinear SFG Spectroscopy Using a Displaced Sagnac Interferometer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part A: Molecules, Spectroscopy, Kinetics, Environment and General Theory, 126(6), 951-956. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10155

Turetta, N., Stoeckel, M.-A., de Oliveira, R. F., Devaux, F., Greco, A., Cendra, C., Gullace, S., Gicevicius, M., Chattopadhyay, B., Liu, J., Schweicher, G., Sirringhaus, H., Salleo, A., Bonn, M., Backus, E. H. G., Geerts, Y. H., & Samori, P. (2022). High-Performance Humidity Sensing in π-Conjugated Molecular Assemblies through the Engineering of Electron/Proton Transport and Device Interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(6), 2546-2555. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10119