Gernot Rother

Neutron Staff Scientist

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, 2002
PostDoc, Research Centre Juelich, Neutron Scattering & Polymer Physics, 2002-2005
PostDoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering, 2005-2007
Neutron Staff Scientist, Aqueous & Geochemistry Group member, 2007 - present

Research Interests:

Neutron scattering applications in geosciences

Sorption and phase separation phenomena of confined fluids

Carbon sequestration, rock weathering

Biopolymer-mineral interactions

Sorption properties of mixed fluids

Catalytic and electrochemical processes at interfaces

Professional Societies:

American Physical Society (APS)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA)

Selected Publications

1. Cole, D. R., E. Mamontov, G. Rother, "Structure and Dynamics of Fluids in Micro-porous and Mesoporous Earth and Engineered Materials", In: Neutron Applications in Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Series: Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques, (Liang, Liyuan; Rinaldi, Romano; Schober, Helmut, Eds.), Springer Publ., (2009).

2. Stellbrink, J., B. Lonetti, G. Rother, L. Willner, D. Richter, "Shear induced structures of soft colloids: "Rheo-SANS experiments on kinetically frozen PEP-PEO diblock copolymer micelles", J. Physics.: Condensed Matter, 20(40), 404206, (2008).

3. Rother, G., Y. B. Melnichenko, D. R. Cole, H. Frielinghaus, G. D. Wignall, "Microstructural Characterization of Adsorption and Depletion Regimes of Supercritical Fluids in Nanopores", J. Physical Chemistry C, 111, 15736-15742, (2007).

4. Woywood, D., S. Schemmel, G. Rother, G. H. Findenegg, M. Schoen, "Phase behavior and local structure of a binary mixture in pores: Mean field lattice model calculations for analyzing neutron scattering data", J. Chemical Physics, 122, 124510, (2005).

5. Schemmel, S., G. Rother, H. Eckerlebe, G. H. Findenegg, "Local structure of a phase-separating binary mixture in a mesoporous glass matrix studied by SANS", J. Chemical Physics, 122, 244718, (2005).

6. Rother, G., D. Woywod, M. Schoen, G.H. Findenegg, "Confinement effect on the adsorption from a binary liquid system near liquid/liquid phase separation", J. Chemical Physics, 120, 11864-11873, (2004).

7. Stellbrink, J., G. Rother, M. Laurati, R. Lund, L. Willner, D. Richter, "Poly(ethylene-alt-propylene)-poly(ethylene oxide) diblock copolymer micelles: a colloidal model system with tunable softness", J. Physics.: Condensed Matter, 16, S3821-S3834, (2004).

8. Schemmel, S., D. Akcakayiran, G. Rother, A. Brûlet, B. Farago, T. Hellweg, G. H. Findenegg, "Phase separation of a binary liquid system in controlled pore glass", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 790:P.7.2.1, (2004).

9. Hellweg, T., S. Schemmel, G. Rother, H. Eckerlebe, G. H. Findenegg, "Demixing dynamics of a binary liquid system in a controlled-pore glass", Eur. Phys. J. E Soft Matter, 12:Suppl. 1-4, (2003).

10. Rother, G., G. H. Findenegg, "Monolayer films of PS-b-PEO diblock copolymers at an air/water- and oil/water-interface", Colloid Polymer Science, 276, 496-502, (1998).