Dr. Elena Dirksen
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Office38C 133
Research interests
- Organic Synthesis
- Electrochemical and photophysical properties
- Catalysis
- Techniques: NMR, cyclic voltammetry, UV/Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy
Curriculum vitae and education
August 2019 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow in the CAT Catalytic Center at ITMC, RWTH-Aachen, Germany
February 2018 – July 2018
Research stay at Henkel AG& Co. KGaA Düsseldorf, International Research Laundry & Home Care, Department of Polymer Synthesis, Dr. Nils Wedler
February 2013 – June 2019
Ph.D. thesis at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Thomas J. J. Müller.
Area: Synthesis of novel acceptor-substituted phenothiazines as systems for photon-induced intramolecular electron transfer
November 2010 – January 2013
Master’s studies Chemistry at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf.
Master thesis at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Thomas J. J. Müller
October 2007- November 2010
Bachelor’s studies Chemistry at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf.
Bachelor thesis under the supervision of Professor Dr. Thomas J. J. Müller at the Institute of Organic Chemistry
Selected publications
1) Epitaxial and Contamination-Free Co(0001) Electrodes on Insulating Substrates for Molecular Spintronic Devices
S. Königshofen, F. Matthes, D. E. Bürgler, C. M. Schneider, E. Dirksen, T. J. J. Müller, Thin Solid Films 2019, 680, 67-74.
2) Imaging Individual Molecularlike Orbitals of a Non-Planar Naphthalene Diimide on Pt(111): a Combined STM and DFT Study
R. Ebeling, S. Tsukamoto, E. Dirksen, V. Caciuc, T. J. J. Müller, N. Atodiresei, S. Karthäuser, J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 26916−26924.
3) Surface Functionalization of Oxide-Covered Zinc and Iron with Phosphonated Phenylethynyl Phenothiazine
J. Rechmann, A. Sarfraz, A. C. Götzinger, E. Dirksen, T. J. J. Müller, A. Erbe, Langmuir 2015, 31, 7306–7316.
4) Domino synthesis of protochromic “ON–OFF–ON” luminescent 2-styryl quinolines
R. Cinar, J. Nordmann, E. Dirksen, T. J. J. Müller, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013,11, 2597-2604.