since 2019 | Professor for In Situ Electron Microscopy Technical University Darmstadt, Germany |
since 2013 | Deputy Head of the Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany |
since 2011 | Principle Investigator at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm |
since 2009 | Group Leader of the Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy group Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany |
2005-2008 | Group Leader of the Nanostructure and Surface Analysis group Fraunhofer IFAM, Bremen, Germany |
2000-2004 | Researcher / Senior Application Specialist TEM Philips Research (Nat.Lab.) / FEI Company, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
1999-2000 | Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. David Martin University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
Nov. 1999 | Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry working for Prof. Klaus Müllen, MPI Polymer Resarch Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz |
Nov. 1995 | Diploma Chemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz |
Important Committee Activities
- 2013-2018: Board Member of the ‘Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektronenmikroskopie’
- Since 2013: Member of the Steering Committee of the Helmholtz Programm ‘Science & Technology of Nanosystems'
- Since 2017: Spokesperson of the AK ‘Electron Tomography’ of the German Materials Research Society (DGM)
- Since 2017: Member of the DIN Norming Committee Materials Testing
Research Interests
- Solving materials questions by high-end structural characterization using electron microscopy techniques in interdisciplinary collaborations
- Development of new electron microscopy approaches for specific applications
- In situ Electron Microscopy & Electron Tomography
- Mechanical Properties and Structure of Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Metals
- Interfaces & Processes in Energy Storage Systems
- Batteries, Catalysts, Hybrid LED/PV, Carbo Nano Materials, Nanocomposites, Nanoparticles
Selected Publications highlighting the different Research Areas
- Fast kinetics of multivalent intercalation chemistry enabled by solvated Mg2+ ions into self-established metallic layered materials
Z. Li, X. Mu, Z. Zhao-Karger, T. Diemant, R. Behm, C. Kübel, M. Fichtner
Nature Communication, 2018, 9, 5115; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07484-4.
- High Entropy Oxides for Reversible Energy Storage
A. Sarkar, L. Velasco, D. Wang, G. Talasila, L. de Biasi, C. Kübel, T. Brezesinski, S.S. Bhattacharya, H. Hahn, B. Breitung
Nature Communication, 2018, 9, 3400, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05774-5.
- Understanding Graphitization and Growth of free-standing Nanocrystalline Graphene using In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy
C.N. Shyam Kumar, V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, A. Riaz, S. Dehm, D. Wang, X. Mu, B. Flavel, R. Krupke, C. Kübel
Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 12835- 2842; DOI: 10.1039/C7NR03276E.
- Radial distribution function imaging by STEM diffraction: Phase mapping and analysis of heterogeneous nanostructured glasses
X. Mu, D. Wang, F. Tao, C. Kübel
Ultramicroscopy, 2016, 168, 1-6; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.05.009.
- An artificial honeycomb structured crystal formed by self-assembly of an asymmetric co-cluster
C. Ma, H. Wu, Z.-H. Huang, R.-H. Guo, M.-B. Hu, C. Kübel, L.-T. Yan, W. Wang
Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. Engl., 2015, 54, 15699 –15704; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507237 .
- Looking Inside a Working SiLED
F. Maier-Flaig, C. Kübel, J. Rinck, T. Bocksrocker, T. Scherer, R. Prang, A.K. Powell, G.A. Ozin, U. Lemmer
Nano Letters, 2013, 13(8), 3539-3545; DOI: 10.1021/nl400975u .
- In situ observation of deformation processes in nanocrystalline face-centered cubic metals
A. Kobler, C. Brandel, H. Hahn, C. Kübel
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2016, 7, 572–580; DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.7.50
- Combination of in-situ straining and ACOM TEM: a novel method for analysis of plastic deformation of nanocrystalline metals
A. Kobler, A. Kashiwar, H. Hahn, C. Kübel
Ultramicroscopy, 2013, 128, 68-81; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.12.019.
- Strain mapping of a triple junction in nanocrystalline Pd
H. Rösner, C. Kübel, J. Ivanisenko, L. Kurmanaeva, S. Divinski, M. Peterlechner, G. Wilde
Acta Materials, 2011, 59, 7380-7387, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.08.020.
- CuF2 as Reversible Cathode for Fluoride Ion Batteries
D.T. Thieu, M.H. Fawey, H. Bhatia, V. S. K. Chakravadhanula, C. Kübel, M. Fichtner
Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27(31), 1701051; DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201701051.
- Comprehensive analysis of TEM methods for LiFePO4/FePO4 phase mapping: spectroscopic techniques (EFTEM, STEM-EELS) and STEM diffraction techniques (ACOM-TEM)
X. Mu, A. Kobler, D. Wang, V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, S. Schlabach, D.V. Szabó, P. Norby, C. Kübel
Ultramicroscopy, 2016, 170, 10-18; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.07.009.
- Towards automated diffraction tomography. Part I - Data acquisition
U. Kolb, T. Gorelik, C. Kübel, M.T. Otten, D. Hubert
Ultramicroscopy, 2007, 107, 507-513; DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.10.007. - Recent Advances in Electron Tomography: TEM and HAADF-STEM Tomography for Materials Science and Semiconductor Applications
C. Kübel, A. Voigt, R. Schoenmakers, M. Otten, D. Su, T.-C. Lee, A. Carlsson, J. Bradley
Microscopy & Microanalysis, 2005, 11(5), 378-400; DOI: 10.1017/S1431927605050361.
- Influence of Structural Variations on High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM) Images of Poly[1,6-di(N-carbazolyl)-2,4-hexadiyne] (polyDCHD) Nanocrystals
C. Kübel, D. C. Martin
Phil. Mag. A, 2001, 81, 1651-1673; DOI: 10.1080/01418610010009388.
- Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Functionalized Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
S. Ito, M. Wehmeier, J. D. Brand, C. Kübel, R. Epsch, J. P. Rabe, K. Müllen
Chemistry a European Journal, 2000, 6(23), 4327-4342.
Scholarships
Jan. 1999 - Jul. 2000 | Feodor Lynen (AvH) fellowship |
Jun. 1996 - May 1998 | Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI) scholarship |
Aug. 1993 - Mar. 1994 | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship |