Synthetic investigations in rare-earth borates, gallates, oxides, and gallium oxonitrides at extreme conditions [Elektronische Ressource] / Stefanie Alexandra Hering

Stefanie Alexandra Hering

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• Publié par: ludwig-maximilians-universitat_munchen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 51
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades
der Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie
der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München







Synthetic Investigations in Rare-
Earth Borates, Gallates, Oxides, and
Gallium Oxonitrides at Extreme
Conditions













Dipl.-Chem. Stefanie Alexandra Hering
aus
Rosenheim
2009



Erklärung

Diese Dissertation wurde im Sinne von § 13 Abs. 3 bzw. 4 der Promotionsordnung vom 29.
Januar 1998 von Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Huppertz betreut.





Ehrenwörtliche Versicherung

Diese Dissertation wurde selbständig, ohne unerlaubte Hilfe erarbeitet.



München, den 21.12.2009



Stefanie A. Hering









Dissertation eingereicht am: 21.12.2009

1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. H. Huppertz
2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. W. Schnick

Mündliche Prüfung am: 18.02.2010


Acknowledgments

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to my thesis advisor Univ.-Prof. Dr. H.
Huppertz for giving me the opportunity to do scientific work in his group, for the enthusiastic
interest in my studies and the constant encouragement and guidance offered during the course
of this work.
I am also very grateful to Prof. Dr. W. Schnick, head of the inorganic solid-state
chemistry and materials research group, for providing the laboratory facilities and excellent
research conditions, the unhesitant acceptance in his group, and for his invaluable support.
I am happy to acknowledge my debt to Prof. Dr. W. Schnick for being the second referee
of this thesis.
I also thank the other members of my thesis committee, Prof. Dr. W. Schnick, Prof. Dr.
Dres. h. c. J. Straus, Prof. Dr. D. Johrendt, Prof. Dr. K. Karaghiosoff, and PD Dr. K. Müller-
Buschbaum for their attendance as examiners in my viva voce.

In particular, I thank Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. J. Straus who serves as the “external” member
of this committee. His dedicated advocacy of IP protection made the field of intellectual
property fascinating for me as an undergraduate student and still continues to inspire and
propel me forward in my own career today.

Special thanks go to my cooperation partners Carmen Zvoriste (Tu Darmstadt) and Dr.
Isabel Kinski (Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme, IKTS Dresden)
and to Prof. Dr. Ralf Riedel from the Institute of Materials Science at the Darmstadt
University of Technology! Thanks a lot for the fruitful discussions and the support over the
last few years! The best for you: Carmen Zvoriste and Dr. Isabel Kinski!

Special gratitude goes to my comrades of the laboratories D2.103 and D2.110! I would
like to thank Yamini Avadhut, Cordula Braun, Cora Hecht, Sophia Makowski, Christian
Minke, Florian Pucher, Tobias Rosenthal, Andreas Sattler, Sebastian Schneider, Stefan
Sedlmaier, and Dr. Johannes Weber.
Special thanks go out to the press team! Thanks for collegial and cooperative work with
lots of interesting discussions and the press festivities! Thank all of you, Cordula Braun,
Almut Haberer, Dr. Gunter Heymann, Dr. Johanna Knyrim, Stephanie Neumair, Florian
Pucher, Stefan Sedlmaier, Matthias Schneider, Sebastian Schneider, and Wolfgang
Wünschheim for your friendly cooperation and the excellent team work.



Special thanks are extended to the excellent technicians! Stephan Landerer, Markus
Kutschka, Harald Ober, and Helmut Ober.
For the great efforts in measuring numerous crystals! I would like to thank Thomas Miller, Dr.
Peter Mayer, PD Dr. Oliver Oeckler, and Dr. Gunter Heymann. And also for even more EDX
measurements, thanks Christian Minke!
Special thanks to my bachelor and research students Dipl. Chem. Dorothee Fried,
Raphaela Stewart, and Silvia Laube for their excellent work and the pleasant time we spent
together with lots of tea and honey waffles...! I´ll miss you!
All of you were able to contribute a special part to this thesis. Good luck and success for your
future careers!
For his quick and competent help in technical problems concerning the presses,
hardware, or software issues, I would like to thank Wolfgang Wünschheim!
For their generous financial support, I would like to thank the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Bonn).
Last but not least, for a particularly convenient working atmosphere throughout the last
years and for all sorts of technical, scientific, and personal support, I would like to thank my
fellow graduate students and my dear colleagues in Munich and Innsbruck: Yamini Avadhut,
Daniel Bichler, Cordula Braun, Rainer Frankovsky, Almut Haberer, Sonja Herdlicka, Cora
Hecht, Elsbeth Hermanns, Dr. Gunter Heymann, Frauke Hintze, Christoph Höller, Dr.
Stefanie Jakob, Dr. Petra Jakubcová, Sebastian Junggeburth, Dr. Juliane Kechele, Dr. Johanna
Knyrim, Saskia Lupart, Catrin Löhnert, Prof. Dr. Bettina Lotsch, Sophia Makowski, Thomas
Miller, Christian Minke, Dr. Helen Müller, PD Dr. Klaus Müller-Buschbaum, Stephanie
Neumair, PD Dr. Oliver Oeckler, Dr. Sandro Pagano, Florian Pucher, Marianne Rotter,
Tobias Rosenthal, Dr. Rebecca Römer, Christoph Ryback, Andreas Sattler, Markus Seibald,
Dr. Jörn Schmedt auf der Günne, Stefan Sedlmaier, Christian Schmolke, Matthias Schneider,
Sebastian Schneider, Dr. Michael Tauchert, Marcus Tegel, Dr. Sabarinathan Venkatachalam,
Dr. Johannes Weber, Eva Wirnhier, Wolfgang Wünschheim, Dr. Martin Zeuner, Veronika
Zinth, and Alexander Zurawski.

I want to thank all of my friends for being there to listen when I needed to talk and for all the
emotional support they provided! Thank you for making the problems one encounters in
writing a dissertation considerably more bearable for me!


Above all, I am truly grateful to my boyfriend for his loving support and the continuous
encouragement throughout the course of my studies. Thank you so much, Ali.
























































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werden die Dinge berechenbar.
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