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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

• Giovanni Novelli Prize (14th Int. Clay Conf., Italian Clay Group, 2009)
• 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-(bio)organic interfaces and biomineralization
• Development of force fields for the quantitative prediction of interfacial properties
• Hierarchical simulation of solar cells and conductive composite materials
• Structure-property relationships in nanocomposites

Recent Publications

1. "Nature of Molecular Interactions of Peptides with Gold, Palladium, and Pd-Au Bimetal Surfaces in Aqueous Solution" Heinz, H.; Farmer, B. L.; Pandey, R. B.; Slocik, J. M.; Patnaik, S. S.; Pachter, R.; Naik, R. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9704-9714. PDF
2. "Molecular Models and Simulations of Layered Materials" Cygan, R. T.; Greathouse, J. A.; Heinz, H.; Kalinichev, A. G. J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 2470-2481. Journal Cover. PDF
3. "Adsorption of peptides (A3, Flg, Pd2, Pd4) on gold and palladium surfaces by a coarse-grained Monte Carlo simulation" Pandey, R. B.; Heinz, H.; Feng, J.; Farmer, B. L; Slocik, J. M.; Drummy, L. R.; Naik, R. R. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 1989-2001. Inv. Paper. PDF
4. "Towards Understanding Amino Acid Adsorption at Metallic Interfaces: A Density Functional Theory Study" Hong, G.; Heinz, H.; Naik, R. R.; Farmer, B. L.; Pachter, R. ACS Appl. Mat. Interf. 2009, 1, 388-392. PDF
5. "Accurate Simulation of Surfaces and Interfaces of FCC Metals Using 12-6 and 9-6 Lennard-Jones Potentials" Heinz, H.; Vaia, R. A.; Farmer, B. L.; Naik, R. R. J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 17281­­-17290. PDF
6. "Photoisomerization of Azobenzene Grafted to Montmorillonite: Simulation and Experimental Challenges" Heinz, H.; Vaia, R. A.; Koerner, H.; Farmer, B. L. Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 6444-6456. PDF
7. "Relation between Packing Density and Thermal Transitions of Alkyl Chains on Layered Silicate and Metal Surfaces" Heinz, H.; Vaia, R. A.; Farmer, B. L. Langmuir 2008, 24, 3727-3733. PDF
8. "Calculation of Local and Average Pressure Tensors in Molecular Simulation" Heinz, H. Molecular Simulation 2007, 33, 747-758. PDF

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