Publications

The complete list of publications can also be found on google scholar and ORCID.

2025

Carina Kanitz, Jakob Bühler, Vladimír Zobač, Joseph J. Robinson, Toma Susi, Maxime Debiossac, and Christian Brand
Diffraction of helium and hydrogen atoms through single-layer graphene
Science 389, 724 (2025)
Perspective by Bodil Holst in Science

Adam Abdalla et al., (310 authors in total)
Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Summary of the Second Workshop
EPJ Quantum Technologies 12, 42 (2025)

2024

Christian Brand
Beamsplitter techniques for massive matter waves
Habilitation thesis, Ulm University (2024)

Ksenija Simonović, Richard Ferstl, Alfredo Di Silvestro, Marcel Mayor, Lukas Martinetz, Klaus Hornberger, Benjamin A. Stickler, Christian Brand, and Markus Arndt
Diffracting molecular matter-waves at deep-ultraviolet standing-light waves
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26, 27617 (2024)

Lukas Martinetz, Benjamin A. Stickler, Ksenija Simonović, Richard Ferstl, Christian Brand, Markus Arndt, and Klaus Hornberger
Probing molecular photophysics in a matter-wave interferometer
Physical Reviews Research 6, 043270 (2024)

Sven Abend et al., (253 authors in total)
Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: Workshop Summary
AVS Quantum Science 6, 024701 (2024)

Ksenija Simonović, Richard Ferstl, Anders Barlow, Armin Shayeghi, Christian Brand, and
Markus Arndt
Diffraction of polar molecules at nanomasks with low charge density
Physical Reviews Research 6, 033109 (2024)

2023

Jakob Bühler, Philippe Roncin, and Christian Brand
Describing the scattering of keV protons through graphene
Frontiers in Chemistry 11, 1291065 (2023)

Christian Brand, Christian Knobloch, Ksenija Simonović, and Markus Arndt
Multi-Watt cavity for 266 nm light in vacuum
Physica Scripta 98, 085521 (2023)
Dataset: Data for Multi-Watt cavity for 266 nm light in vacuum, Mendeley Data (2023)

2022

Ivan Alonso et al., (249 authors in total)
Cold Atoms in Space: Community Workshop Summary and Proposed Road-Map
EPJ Quantum Technology 9, 30 (2022)

Christian Brand and Michael Schmitt
Vibronic coupling in serotonin studied by rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy
Journal of Molecular Structure 1250, 131819 (2022)
Part of the special issue on Rotationally resolved spectroscopic methods and applications.

2021

Christian Brand, Stephan Troyer, Christian Knobloch, Ori Cheshnovsky, and Markus Arndt
Single-, double-, and triple-slit diffraction of molecular matter-waves
American Journal of Physics 89, 1132-1338 (2021)
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Christian Brand, Mohammad R. A. Monazam, Clemens Mangler, Yigal Lilach, Ori Cheshnovsky, Markus Arndt, and Jani Kotakoski
The morphology of doubly-clamped graphene nanoribbons
2D Materials 8, 025035 (2021)

2020

Christian Brand, Filip Kiałka, Stephan Troyer, Christian Knobloch, Ksenija Simonović, Benjamin A. Stickler, Klaus Hornberger, and Markus Arndt
Bragg diffraction of large organic molecules
Physical Review Letters 125, 033604 (2020)
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Highlighted by Physics and Chemistry World

Christian Brand, Toma Susi, Jani Kotakoski, Markus Arndt, Maxime Debiossac, François Aguillon, and Philippe Roncin
Diffraction of 80 eV hydrogen through suspended graphene
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1412, 202036 (2020)

Christian Brand, Ksenija Simonović, Filip Kiałka, Stephan Troyer, Philipp Geyer, and Markus Arndt
A fiber-based beam profiler for high-power laser beams in confined spaces and ultra-high vacuum
Optics Express 28, 6164-6171 (2020)

2019

Christian Brand, Maxime Debiossac, Toma Susi, François Aguillon, Jani Kotakoski, Philippe Roncin, and Markus Arndt
Coherent diffraction of hydrogen through the 246 pm lattice of graphene
New Journal of Physics 21, 033004 (2019)

2018

Christian Brand, Benjamin A. Stickler, Christian Knobloch, Armin Shayeghi, Klaus Hornberger, and Markus Arndt
Conformer selection by matter-wave interference
Physical Review Letters 121, 173002 (2018)

2017

Joseph P. Cotter, Christian Brand, Christian Knobloch, Yigal Lilach, Ori Cheshnovski, and Markus Arndt
In search of multipath interference using large molecules
Science Advances 3, e1602478 (2017)
Highlighted by Physics World, Phys.org, PhysicsNews

Martin Wilke, Christian Brand, Josefin Wilke, and Michael Schmitt
Influence of the position of the methoxy group on the stabilities of the syn and anti conformers of 4-, 5-, and 6-methoxyindole
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 337, 137-144 (2017)

Christian Brand, Sandra Eibenberger, Ugur Sezer, and Markus Arndt
Matter-wave physics with nanoparticles and biomolecules
Les Houches Summer School, Session CVII–Current
Trends in Atomic Physics, 367-401 (2016)

Josefin Wilke, Martin Wilke, Christian Brand, J. Dominik Spiegel, Christel M. Marian, and Michael Schmitt
Modulation of the L_a/L_b mixing in an indole derivative: A position dependent study using 4-, 5-, and 6-fluoroindole
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 121, 1597-1606 (2017)

2016

Martin Wilke, Christian Brand, Josefin Wilke, and Michael Schmitt
The conformational space of the neurotransmitter serotonin: how the rotation of a hydroxyl group changes all
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18, 13538-13545 (2016)

Josefin Wilke, Martin Wilke, Christian Brand, W. Leo Meerts, and Michael Schmitt
On the Additivity of Molecular Fragment Dipole Moments of 5‐Substituted Indole Derivatives
ChemPhysChem 17, 2736–2743 (2016)

Christian Knobloch, Benjamin A. Stickler, Christian Brand, Michele Sclafani, Yigal Lilach, Thomas Juffmann, Ori Cheshnovsky, Klaus Hornberger, and Markus Arndt
On the role of the electric dipole moment in the diffraction of biomolecules at nanomechanical gratings
Fortschritte der Physik 65, 1600025 (2016)

Philipp Geyer, Ugur Sezer, Jonas Rodewald, Lukas Mairhofer, Nadine Dörre, Philipp Haslinger, Sandra Eibenberger, Christian Brand, and Markus Arndt
Perspectives for quantum interference with biomolecules and biomolecular clusters
Physica Scripta 91, 063007 (2016)

2015

Jani Kotakoski, Christian Brand, Yigal Lilach, Ori Cheshnovsky, Clemens Mangler, Markus Arndt, and Jannik Meyer
Towards two-dimensional all-carbon heterostructures via ion beam patterning of single-layer graphene
Nano Letters 15, 5944-5949 (2015)

Christian Brand, Michele Sclafani, Christian Knobloch, Yigal Lilach, Thomas Juffmann, Jani Kotakoski, Clemens Mangler, Andreas Winter, Andrey Turchanin, Jannik Meyer, Ori Cheshnovsky, and Markus Arndt
An atomically thin matter-wave beamsplitter
Nature Nanotechnology 10, 845-848 (2015)
Nature Nanotechnology: News and Views by P. Treutlein
Highlighted by Physics World, Phys.org, pro-Physik.de

Christian Brand, Johannes Fiedler, Thomas Juffmann, Michele Sclafani, Christian Knobloch, Stefan Scheel, Yigal Lilach, Ori Cheshnovsky, and Markus Arndt
A Green’s function approach to modeling molecular diffraction in the limit of ultra-thin gratings
Annalen der Physik 537, 580-591 (2015)

Markus Arndt and Christian Brand
Interference of atomic clocks
Science 349, 1168-1169 (2015)

2013

Christian Brand, Josefin Rolf, Martin Wilke, and Michael Schmitt
High Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy of Vibrationally Hot Bands of Benzimidazole
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 117, 12812-12820 (2013)

Christian Brand, Olivia Oeltermann, Martin Wilke, and Michael Schmitt
Position matters: High resolution spectroscopy of 6-methoxyindole
The Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 024321 (2013)

Christian Brand, Beatrice Happe, Olivia Oeltermann, Martin Wilke, and Michael Schmitt
High resolution spectroscopy of several rovibronically excited bands of 5-cyanoindole – The effect of vibrational averaging
Journal of Molecular Structure 1044, 21-25 (2013)

Christian Brand
Shaping and Modelling Electronically Excited States of Indole
Dissertation Thesis, Düsseldorf University (2013)

2012

Olivia Oeltermann, Christian Brand, Martin Wilke, and Michael Schmitt
Ground and Electronically Excited Singlet State Structures of the syn and anti Rotamers of 5-Hydroxyindole
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 116, 7873-7879 (2012)

Olivia Oeltermann, Christian Brand, Berd Engels, Jörg Tatchen, and Michael Schmitt
The structure of 5-cyanoindole in the ground and the lowest electronically excited singlet states, deduced from rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy and ab initio theory
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14, 10266-10270 (2012)

Christian Brand, Olivia Oeltermann, Martin Wilke, Jörg Tatchen, and Michael Schmitt
Ground and Electronically Excited Singlet-State Structures of 5-Fluoroindole Deduced from Rotationally Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy and ab Initio Theory
ChemPhysChem 13, 3134-3138 (2012)

2011

John T. Yi, Christian Brand, Miriam Wollenhaupt, David W. Pratt, W. Leo Meerts, and Michael Schmitt
Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of biomolecules in the gas phase. Melatonin
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy 268, 115-122 (2011)

Olivia Oeltermann, Christian Brand, W. Leo Meerts, Jörg Tatchen, and Michael Schmitt
Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of 2,3-bridged indole derivatives: Tetrahydrocarbazole
The Journal of Molecular Structure 993, 2-8 (2011)

Christian Brand, W. Leo Meerts, and Michael Schmitt
How and Why Do Transition Dipole Moment Orientations Depend on Conformer Structure?
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115, 9612-9619 (2011)

Thi-Bao Chau Vu, Christian Brand, W. Leo Meerts, and Michael Schmitt
Rotationally Resolved Electronic Spectroscopy of 1,4-Benzodioxan: The Anomeric Effect in the Ground and Electronically Excited State
ChemPhysChem 12, 2035-2041 (2011)

2010

Christian Brand, Olivia Oeltermann, David W. Pratt, Rainer Weinkauf, W. Leo Meerts, Win van der Zande, Karl Kleinermanns, and Michael Schmitt
Rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy of 5-methoxyindole
The Journal of Chemical Physics 133, 024303 (2010)

Christian Brand, Jochen Küpper, David W. Pratt, W. Leo Meerts, Daniel Krügler, Jörg Tatchen, and Michael Schmitt
Vibronic coupling in indole: I. Theoretical description of the ¹L_a–¹L_b interaction and the electronic spectrum
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12, 4968-4979 (2010)

Jochen Küpper, David W. Pratt, W. Leo Merts, Christian Brand, Jörg Tatchen, and Michael Schmitt
Vibronic coupling in indole: II. Investigation of the ¹L_a–¹L_b interaction using rotationally resolved electronic spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12, 4980-4988 (2010)

2009

Thi Bao Chau Vu, Ivo Kalkman, W. Leo Meerts, Christian Brand, Yuriy N. Svartsov, Sascha Wiedemann, Rainer Weinkauf, and Michael Schmitt
The conformational landscape of 5-methoxytryptamine studied by rotationally resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and resonant ionization spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11, 2433-2440 (2009)

Ivo Kalkman, Christian Brand, Thi-Bao Chau Vu, W. Leo Meerts, Yuriy N. Svartsov, Otto Dopfer, Xin Tong, Klaus Müller-Dethlefs, Stefan Grimme, and Michael Schmitt
The structure of phenol-Ar_n (n=1,2) clusters in their S₀ and S₁ states
The Journal of Chemical Physics 130, 224303 (2009)