MA Detail

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eleonora Hendrika Gertruda Mezger-Backus

T: +43-1-4277-52440
M: +43-664-8176714

ellen.backus@univie.ac.at

Sommersemester 2026

270018 SE Erstellen der Bachelorarbeit C - Physikalische Chemie / Materialchemie

270025 VO Physikalische Chemie III - Physikalische Chemie der kondensierten Materie (Makromolekulare Chemie, Strukturchemie und Mischungen) und statistische Thermodynamik

270051 PUE Einführung in die Chemie - Grundlagen - PUE

270105 PR Wahlfachpraktikum C (Bachelormodul) - Physikalische Chemie / Materialchemie

270115 LP Wahlpraktikum Physikalische Chemie

270122 VO Grundlegende Konzepte in der Materialchemie

270185 VO Soft Matter Interfaces - Principles and Experimental Techniques

270188 PR Research project on surfaces and interfaces

270230 PR Research Project Laserspectroscopy or Molecular Symmetry

530008 SE Seminar in ultrafast and nonlinear optics

530022 SE Teaching Experience

Wintersemester 2025

270018 SE Erstellen der Bachelorarbeit C - Physikalische Chemie / Materialchemie

270022 VO Physikalische Chemie II - Quantentheorie, Spektroskopie und Statistische Thermodynamik - VO

270023 PUE Physikalische Chemie II - Quantentheorie, Spektroskopie und Statistische Thermodynamik - PUE

270051 PUE Einführung in die Chemie - Grundlagen - PUE

270105 PR Wahlfachpraktikum C (Bachelormodul) - Physikalische Chemie / Materialchemie

270115 LP Wahlpraktikum Physikalische Chemie

270230 PR Research Project Laserspectroscopy or Molecular Symmetry

270260 VO Ultrafast and Multidimensional Laserspectroscopy

530008 SE Seminar in ultrafast and nonlinear optics

530022 SE Teaching Experience

Sommersemester 2025

270010 VO Grundlegende Konzepte in der Materialchemie

270018 SE Erstellen der Bachelorarbeit C - Physikalische Chemie / Materialchemie

270025 VO Physikalische Chemie III - Physikalische Chemie der kondensierten Materie (Makromolekulare Chemie, Strukturchemie und Mischungen) und statistische Thermodynamik

270105 PR Wahlfachpraktikum C (Bachelormodul) - Physikalische Chemie / Materialchemie

270118 PUE Einführung in die Chemie - Grundlagen - PUE

270140 PR Physikalisch-chemisches Praktikum - Laboratory practice in physical chemistry

270185 VO Soft Matter Interfaces - Principles and Experimental Techniques

270187 UE Soft Matter Interfaces - Principles and Experimental Techniques

270188 PR Research project on surfaces and interfaces

530008 SE Seminar in ultrafast and nonlinear optics

530022 SE Teaching Experience

Camara, M., Masnada, E., El Haitami, A., Kovago, B., Backus, E. H. G., Cantin, S., & Fichet, O. (2026). Thermodynamic Prediction of Phase Separation in Polymer Blends at the Air-Water Interface. Langmuir: the A C S journal of surfaces and colloids. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c05575

Wank, V., Lesnicki, D., Sulpizi, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2025). pH-dependent orientation of pyruvic acid and interfacial water at the air–water interface: Insights from sum-frequency generation spectroscopy and molecular dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics, 163(22), Artikel 224705. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0300121

Zelenka, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2025). MgO-water interface: structure and surface dissolution depend on flow and pH. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27, 23356 - 23364. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp03295d

Backus, E. H. G., Heckl, O. H., & Kiefer, J. (2025). Development and Applications of Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy: 21st ECONOS/41st ECW Meeting in Vienna (Austria). Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 56(8), 655-656. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.70008

Greco, A., Imoto, S., Backus, E. H. G., Nagata, Y., Hunger, J., & Bonn, M. (2025). Ultrafast aqueous electric double layer dynamics. Science, 388(6745), 405-410. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adu5781

Greco, A., Ohto, T., Nagata, Y., Bonn, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Temperature-dependent vibrational energy relaxation of hydrogen-bonded and free OD groups at the air-water interface. Journal of Chemical Physics, 161(17), Artikel 174706. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0231310

Saak, C. M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). The Role of Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy in Understanding On-Surface Reactions and Dynamics in Atmospheric Model-Systems. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15(17), 4546-4559. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00392

van der Veen, M. A., Canossa, S., Wahiduzzaman, M., Nenert, G., Frohlich, D., Rega, D., Reinsch, H., Shupletsov, L., Markey, K., De Vos, D. E., Bonn, M., Stock, N., Maurin, G., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Confined Water Cluster Formation in Water Harvesting by Metal–Organic Frameworks: CAU-10-H versus CAU-10-CH₃. Advanced Materials, 36(12), Artikel 2210050. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202210050

Backus, E. H. G., Hosseinpour, S., Ramanan, C., Sun, S., Schlegel, S. J., Zelenka, M., Jia, X., Gebhard, M., Devi, A., Wang, H. I., & Bonn, M. (2024). Ultrafast Surface-Specific Spectroscopy of Water at a Photoexcited TiO₂ Model Water-Splitting Photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63(8), Artikel e202312123 . https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202312123

Saak, C. M., Dreier, L. B., Machel, K., Bonn, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Biological lipid hydration: distinct mechanisms of interfacial water alignment and charge screening for model lipid membranes. Faraday Discussions, 249, 317 - 333. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00117b

Zelenka, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2024). Investigating aqueous mineral interfaces using sum frequency generation spectroscopy. in K. Wandelt, & G. Bussetti (Hrsg.), Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces (Band 1, S. 148–157.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00016-7

Buessler, M., Maruyama, S., Zelenka, M., Onishi, H., & Backus, E. H. G. (2023). Unravelling the interfacial water structure at the photocatalyst strontium titanate by sum frequency generation spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(45), 31471–31480. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp03829g

Naghilou, A., Peter, K., Millesi, F., Stadlmayr, S., Wolf, S., Rad, A., Semmler, L., Supper, P., Ploszczanski, L., Liu, J., Burghammer, M., Riekel, C., Bismarck, A., Backus, E. H. G., Lichtenegger, H., & Radtke, C. (2023). Insights into the material properties of dragline spider silk affecting Schwann cell migration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 244, Artikel 125398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125398

Ober, P., Kolbinger, S. H., Backus, E. H. G., & Bonn, M. (2023). Ion-Specific Interactions at a Mineral-Water Interface Revealed by Surface-Sensitive Spectroscopy under Flow Conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(27), 13005-13010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01789

Ober, P., Hunger, J., Kolbinger, S. H., Backus, E. H. G., & Bonn, M. (2022). Ion Adsorption and Desorption at the CaF₂-Water Interface Probed by Flow Experiments and Vibrational Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(46), Artikel e202207017. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202207017

Haroun, F., El Haitami, A., Ober, P., Backus, E. H. G., & Cantin, S. (2022). Thermodynamic properties and morphology of 2D NBR/ PEG-PPG-PEG networks. Polymer, 257, Artikel 125271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125271

Li, X., Encheva, M., Butt, H.-J., Backus, E. H. G., & Berger, R. (2022). Adaptation and Recovery of a Styrene-Acrylic Acid Copolymer Surface to Water. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 43(12), Artikel 2100733. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202100733

Lesnicki, D., Wank, V., Cyran, J. D., Backus, E. H. G., & Sulpizi, M. (2022). Lower degree of dissociation of pyruvic acid at water surfaces than in bulk. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(22), 13510-13513. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp01293f

Sosso, G. C., Sudera, P., Backes, A. T., Whale, T. F., Froehlich-Nowoisky, J., Bonn, M., Michaelides, A., & Backus, E. H. G. (2022). The role of structural order in heterogeneous ice nucleation. Chemical Science, 13(17), 5014-5026. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sc06338c

Vaillard, A.-S., El Haitami, A., Dreier, L. B., Fontaine, P., Cousin, F., Gutfreund, P., Goldmann, M., Backus, E. H. G., & Cantin, S. (2022). Vertically Heterogeneous 2D Semi-Interpenetrating Networks Based on Cellulose Acetate and Cross-Linked Polybutadiene. Langmuir, 38(8), 2538-2549. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03084