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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

Paoli, B., Seeber, M., Backus, E. H. G., Ihalainen, J. A., Hamm, P., & Caflisch, A. (2009). Bulky side chains and non-native salt bridges slow down the folding of a cross-linked helical peptide: a combined molecular dynamics and time-resolved infrared spectroscopy study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(13), 4435-4442. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp810431s

Backus, E. H. G., Nguyen, P. H., Botan, V., Pfister, R., Moretto, A., Crisma, M., Toniolo, C., Stock, G., & Hamm, P. (2009). Energy transport in peptide helices around the glass transition. in S. Robert W. (Hrsg.), ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA XVI (Band 92, S. 532-534). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-95946-5_172

Backus, E. H. G., Nguyen, P. H., Botan, V., Moretto, A., Crisma, M., Toniolo, C., Zerbe, O., Stock, G., & Hamm, P. (2008). Structural flexibility of a helical peptide regulates vibrational energy transport properties. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112(48), 15487-15492. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp806403p

Backus, E. H. G., Garrett-Roe, S., & Hamm, P. (2008). Phasing problem of heterodyne-detected two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy. Optics Letters, 33(22), 2665-2667. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.002665

Backus, E. H. G., Nguyen, P. H., Botan, V., Pfister, R., Moretto, A., Crisma, M., Toniolo, C., Stock, G., & Hamm, P. (2008). Energy transport in peptide helices: A comparison between high- And low-energy excitations. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112(30), 9091-9099. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp711046e

Ihalainen, J. A., Paoli, B., Muff, S., Backus, E. H. G., Bredenbeck, J., Woolley, G. A., Caflisch, A., & Hamm, P. (2008). α-Helix folding in the presence of structural constraints. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(28), 9588-9593. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0712099105

Botan, V., Backus, E. H. G., Pfister, R., Moretto, A., Crisma, M., Toniolo, C., Nguyen, P. H., Stock, G., & Hamm, P. (2007). Energy transport in peptide helices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(31), 12749-12754. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0701762104

Backus, E. H. G., Grecea, M. L., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2007). Ultrafast electron-induced desorption of water from nanometer amorphous solid water films. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111(22), 6141-6145. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp071226s

Backus, E. H. G., Forsblom, M., Persson, M., & Bonn, M. (2007). Highly efficient ultrafast energy transfer into molecules at surface step sites. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(17), 6149-6153. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp070470g

Grecea, M. L., Backus, E. H. G., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2006). Adsorption and photochemistry of multilayer bromoform on ice. Surface Science, 600(16), 3337-3344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2006.06.026

Botan, V., Backus, E., Hamm, P., Moretto, A., & Toniolo, C. (2006). Energy transport in a peptide helix. in Proceedings: 15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena Optica Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1364/up.2006.we1

Backus, E. H. G., Eichler, A., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2005). Real-time observation of molecular motion on a surface. Science, 310(5755), 1790-1793. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1120693

Grecea, M. L., Backus, E. H. G., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2005). Surface photochemistry of bromoform on ice: Cross section and competing reaction pathways. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(37), 17574-17578. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp052586n

Backus, E. H. G., & Bonn, M. (2005). A quantitative comparison between reflection absorption infrared and sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. Chemical Physics Letters, 412(1-3), 152-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2005.06.118

Bonn, M., & Backus, E. H. G. (2004). Geometrical vs. statistical models for describing phase transition kinetics in thin films. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 6(24), 5516-5522. https://doi.org/10.1039/b411047a

Roeterdink, W. G., Backus, E. H. G., Kleyn, A. W., Bonn, M., Fournier, F., Zheng, W., Carrez, S., Dubost, H., & Bourguignon, B. (2004). Comment on "ultrafast laser excitation of CO/Pt(111) probed by sum frequency generation: Coverage dependent desorption efficiency". Physical review letters, 93(24), Artikel 249601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.249601

Backus, E. H. G., Eichler, A., Grecea, M. L., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2004). Adsorption and dissociation of NO on stepped Pt (533). Journal of Chemical Physics, 121(16), 7946-7954. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1799956

Grecea, M. L., Backus, E. H. G., Riedmüller, B., Eichler, A., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2004). The interaction of water with the Pt(533) surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108(33), 12575-12582. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp049392c

Backus, E. H. G., & Bonn, M. (2004). Theory of bulk, surface and interface phase transition kinetics in thin films. Journal of Chemical Physics, 121(2), 1038-1049. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1760737

Backus, E. H. G., Grecea, M. L., Kleyn, A. W., & Bonn, M. (2004). Surface crystallization of amorphous solid water. Physical review letters, 92(23), 236101-1-236101-4. Artikel 236101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.236101