Inhaltsbereich
Dr. Sandro Jahn
Helmholtz Centre PotsdamGFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 3.3, Chemistry and Physics of Earth Materials
Telegrafenberg, D 224
14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1483
Fax: +49 331 288 1402
Mail: sandro.jahn@gfz-potsdam.de
Scientific interests:
- Molecular structure, thermodynamic and transport properties of melts and fluids
- Defect structures and ion transport in minerals, mineral-mineral and mineral-melt interfaces
- Physical, thermodynamic and rheological properties of minerals and rocks
- Development and application of atomic scale modeling techniques
- Neutron and x-ray scattering experiments
Projects:
- Ab initio molecular dynamics of speciation in aqueous fluids at high pressure and temperature
- Equilibrium isotope fractionation and element partitioning between minerals, melts and fluids
- Atomic structure and transport properties of silicate and oxide melts
- Elastic properties and high pressure phase transformations in silicates
- Structure and properties of grain and phase boundaries in rocks
- Development of advanced interatomic potentials for silicates
Head of the DFG-funded Emmy-Noether Junior Research Group:
Melts and Fluids in Geomaterials: From First-Principles to Geological Processes