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Professor Christian Weissmantel was the originator of the Physical Institute of Surface Science and Thin Film Research at the Technical College (subsequently the Technical University) Karl-Marx-Stadt. During the last 25 years he founded a school for physical science education in this field. We as his coworkers and followers promise to honour the memory of Professor Christian Weissmantel and to continue his scientific work. To this purpose we present our recent results in thin solid carbon film research. THE COWORKERS OF PROFESSOR WEISSMANTEL'S DIVISION W. SCHARFF
Obituary Professor Chr. Weissmantei Professor Christian Weissmantel was born in Kamenz on December 9, 1931. He studied physics at the Technical University in Dresden from 1950 to 1955 and subsequently worked as assistant and senior assistant to Professor Kurt Schwabe. Under the guidance of this distinguished scientist he obtained his Ph.D. in 1958. He completed his postdoctoral thesis on the subject of sorption processes on metal surfaces in 1963. In the same year he was appointed to a lectureship and shortly afterwards to a professorship at the Technical College in Karl-Marx-Stadt. With a wealth of ideas, an untiring commitment and the ability to enthuse constantly his colleagues and students, Professor Christian Weissmantel founded the Institute of Physics of Surface Science and Thin Film Research. Under his leadership, essential contributions were made to the chemical physics of interfaces and thin films, particularly with respect to the physical analysis and technical application of new types of hard material and protective coatings deposited by means of ion- and plasma-assisted processes. His work on doublebeam sputtering technology and on the ion-assisted deposition of carbon and boron nitride made a considerable contribution to the development of this area of science. In fact, the term i-carbon which he introduced for the ion-assisted deposition of hard carbon films is used worldwide. The great creativity of Professor Weissmantel is documented in more than 180 articles published in international scientific journals, in 63 invited lectures at international conferences and in 21 patent registrations. Furthermore, he is the author of a number of important internationally recognized textbooks and reference works in his field, e.g. Fundamentals of Solid State Physics and The Concise © ElsevierSequoia/Printedin The Netherlands
Professor Christian Weissmantel was the originator of the Physical Institute of Surface Science and Thin Film Research at the Technical College (subsequently the Technical University) Karl-Marx-Stadt. During the last 25 years he founded a school for physical science education in this field. We as his coworkers and followers promise to honour the memory of Professor Christian Weissmantel and to continue his scientific work. To this purpose we present our recent results in thin solid carbon film research. THE COWORKERS OF PROFESSOR WEISSMANTEL'S DIVISION W. SCHARFF
Obituary Professor Chr. Weissmantei Professor Christian Weissmantel was born in Kamenz on December 9, 1931. He studied physics at the Technical University in Dresden from 1950 to 1955 and subsequently worked as assistant and senior assistant to Professor Kurt Schwabe. Under the guidance of this distinguished scientist he obtained his Ph.D. in 1958. He completed his postdoctoral thesis on the subject of sorption processes on metal surfaces in 1963. In the same year he was appointed to a lectureship and shortly afterwards to a professorship at the Technical College in Karl-Marx-Stadt. With a wealth of ideas, an untiring commitment and the ability to enthuse constantly his colleagues and students, Professor Christian Weissmantel founded the Institute of Physics of Surface Science and Thin Film Research. Under his leadership, essential contributions were made to the chemical physics of interfaces and thin films, particularly with respect to the physical analysis and technical application of new types of hard material and protective coatings deposited by means of ion- and plasma-assisted processes. His work on doublebeam sputtering technology and on the ion-assisted deposition of carbon and boron nitride made a considerable contribution to the development of this area of science. In fact, the term i-carbon which he introduced for the ion-assisted deposition of hard carbon films is used worldwide. The great creativity of Professor Weissmantel is documented in more than 180 articles published in international scientific journals, in 63 invited lectures at international conferences and in 21 patent registrations. Furthermore, he is the author of a number of important internationally recognized textbooks and reference works in his field, e.g. Fundamentals of Solid State Physics and The Concise © ElsevierSequoia/Printedin The Netherlands