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Conferences
Thesis, Awards
Students
Journal Articles
 
2000
  2.  

S. V. Frolov, C. Kloc, S. Berg, G. A. Thomas, B. Batlogg
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
"Transient spectroscopy of Frenkel excitons in alpha-hexathiophene single crystals"
Chemical Physical Letters 326 (2000) 558-566 - PDF

2001
  3.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
"Laterally Coupled Quartz Resonators"
Analytical Chemistry 2001, 73,1140-1145 - PDF

  4.  

Siegrist T, Kloc C, Schon JH, Batlogg B, Haddon RC, Berg S, Thomas GA
Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, 600 Mt Ave, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Enhanced physical properties in a pentacene polymorph
Angewandte Chemie-international edition, 40 (9): 1732-1736 2001 - PDF

  5.  

J.H. Schön, S. Berg, Ch. Kloc, B. Batlogg
Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, 600 Mt Ave, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
Max Planck Institute for Polmyer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Persistent photoconductivity in single crystals of the high temperature polymorph of a-sexithiophene
Synthetic Metals 123, 125 (2001).

2002
  6.  

S. Berg, M. Ruths, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Department of Physical Chemistry, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland

High-frequency measurementes of interfacial friction using quartz crystal resonators integrated into a surface forces apparatus
Physical Review E 65 (2), 026119 (2002) - PDF

  7.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann, M. Ruths
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Department of Physical Chemistry, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland

Frequency response of a quartz crystal shear-resonator during an adhesive, elastic contact in a surface forces apparatus
Journal of Applied Physics 92 (11), 6905 (2002) - PDF

2003
  8.  

S. Berg, T. Prellberg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

Non-linear contact mechanics based on ring-down experiments with quartz crystal resonators
Rev. Sci. Instr. 74 (1), 118 (2003) - PDF

  9.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann, M. Ruths
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
presently at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Department of Physical Chemistry, Abo Akademi University, Abo, Finland

Quartz Crystal Resonators with Atomically Smooth Surfaces for Use in Contact Mechanics
Rev. Sci. Instr. 74 (8), 3845 (2003) - PDF

  10.  

A. Bund, A. Baba, S. Berg, D. Johannsmann, J. Lübben, Z. Wang, W. Knoll
Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Dresden, Germany
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

Combining SPR and QCM for the in situ investigation of the electropolymerization and doping/dedoping of poly(pyrrole)
J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (28): 6743-6747 (2003) - PDF

  11.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

Nonlinearities in contact mechanics experiments with quartz crystal resonators
Surface Science 541 (1-3), 225-233 (2003) 

  12.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

High speed microtribology with quartz crystal resonators
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (14), 145505 (2003) - PDF

2004
  13.  

S. Berg, E. A. Adelizzi, S. M. Troian
Microfluidic Research & Engineering Laboratory
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Falling Snow & Lava Plumes: Drainage Patterns in Soap Films
Annual Gallery of Fluid Motion, Physics of Fluids 16(9), S6, 2004 - PDF

2005
  14.  

S. Berg, E. A. Adelizzi, S. M. Troian
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Experimental Study of Entrainment and Drainage Flows in Microscale Soap Films
Langmuir 21(9), 3867, (2005) PDF

2007
  15.  

S. Berg, A.W. Cense, J.P. Hofman, R.M.M. Smits
Shell International Exploration and Production B.V.
Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media with Slip Boundary Condition
Transport in Porous Media, Volume 74, Number 3 / September, 275-292, 2008.

2009
  16.  

S. Berg
Shell International Exploration and Production
Surfactant Spreading Along Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
Physics of Fluids 21 (3) 032105 (2009)

 
2010
  17.  

S. Berg, A. W. Cense, E. Jansen, K. Bakker
Shell International Exploration and Production
Direct Experimental Evidence of Wettability Modification by Low Salinity
Petrophysics 51(5), 314-322, October 2010
with figure on the title page of the 2010 October issue.

  18.  

S. Berg, S. Oedai, A. J. Landman, N. Brussee, M. Boele, R. Valdez, K. van Gelder
Shell International Exploration and Production
Miscible displacement of oils by carbon disulfide in porous media: Experiments and analysis
Physics of Fluids 22, 113102 (2010)

 
2011
  19.  

J. Niessner, S. Berg, S. M. Hassanizadeh
Stuttgart University, Shell, University of Utrecht
Comparison of two-phase Darcy's law with a thermodynamically consistent approach
Transport in Porous Media: Volume 88, Issue 1 (2011), p. 133

  20.  

S. Berg, S. Oedai, H. Ott
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Displacement and Mass Transfer Between Saturated and Unsaturated CO2-Brine Systems in Sandstone
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control online

 
2012
  21.  

S. Berg, H. O. Ott
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Stability of CO2–Brine Immiscible Displacement
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, accepted for publication

 
in preparation or submitted
 
Patents
 
  1.  

S. Berg
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Method of transporting a chemical agent through a porous underground formation
European Patent Application No. 08101685.9-2111

  2.  

S. Berg,
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Method for producing oil and gas
World Patent Application No. WO/2009/058846

  3.  

S. Berg, C. Mesters, D. C. Wang
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Method for producing oil and gas
World Patent Application No. WO/2009/067420

 
Conferences and Seminars
 
  7.  

G. Thomas, S. Berg, J. H. Schön, C. Kloc, P. Littlewood, B. Batlogg
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
Vibrational antiresonances and mobilities in organic semiconductors
American Physical Society, Annual March Meeting, March 20-24, 2000 Minneapolis, MN, abstract #I21.005

  8.  

C. Kloc, T. Siegrist, J. H. Schön, B. Batlogg, R. C. Haddon, S. Berg, G. Thomas
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
Crystal Growth, Structure, Electronic Band Structure and Electrical Properties of a Pentacene Polymorph
AAmerican Physical Society, Annual March Meeting, March 20-24, 2000 Minneapolis, MN, abstract #C21.003

  9.  

D. Stamou, C. Duschl, S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Long-range attraction between colloidal spheres at the air-water interface: The consequence of an irregular meniscus
Workshop „Tailored Functions by Colloidal Assembly“, 24./25. November 2000, University Ulm, Germany

  10.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
"Laterally Coupled Quartz Resonators"
Doktorandenworkshop "Funktionalisierte Organische Nanostrukturen" 3.-5. Mai 2000, Universität Potsdam

  11.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
"Laterally Coupled Quartz Resonators"
Jahrestagung des Materialwissenschaftlichen Forschungszentrums (MWFZ) 19. Mai 2000, Universität Mainz

  12.  

S. Berg, N. Ali, D. Johannsmann, W. Knoll
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Department of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi
Combined Quartz Crystal Resonator and Surface Plasmon Resonance Measurements
University of Freiburg, September 2001

  13.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Local measurements of sliding friction and stick-slip with quartz resonators in the time domain
Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP VII) and DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, 2001
Europhysics conference abstracts, Volume 25B (5/2001), p. 262

  14.  

M. Biesalski, S. Berg, J. Rühe, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Segment density profiles of polyelectrolyte brushes by Fourier transform ellipsometry
Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (ECAMP VII) and DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, 2001
Europhysics conference abstracts, Volume 25B (5/2001)

  15.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Sliding friction investigations with quartz resonators: nonlinearities and chirp
Euresco Conference on Interfaces and Colloidal Systems, Acquafredda di Marathea, Italy, 11 / 2001

  16.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Nonlinear contact mechanics at high speeds: measurements with quartz crystal resonators in the time domain
Poster at the spring meeting of the German physical society DPG in Regensburg (11.-15.03.2002) Abstract

  17.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Measurements of nonlinear rolling friction at high speeds and high frequencies: measurements with quartz crystal resonators in the time domain
Gordon Conference on Tribology, 04.-09.08.2002, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

  18.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

Contact Mechanics with Quartz Crystal Resonators
Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, August 2002

  19.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Technical University of Clausthal, Germany

High frequency contact mechanics based on quartz crystal resonators: application to polymer surfaces
MRS Fall Meeting 2002, Polymer/Metal Interfaces and Defect Phenomena in Ordered Polymers, MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 734

  20.  

S. Berg
Princeton University, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
Contact Mechanics with Quartz Crystal Resonators
MRL Seminar, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 2003

  21.  

E.A. Adelizzi, S. Berg, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Interfacial Slip in Soap Films with Hydrosoluble Polymer
APS meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 11/2003 - session FN.005

  22.  

S. Berg, E.A. Adelizzi, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Drainage Behavior of Soap Films Above and Below the CMC
APS meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 11/2003 - session FN.006

  23.  

S. Berg, E.A. Adelizzi, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Falling Snow and Lava Plumes: Drainage of Soap Films
APS meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 11/2003 - Gallery of Fluid Motion - Movie compilation

  24.  

S. Berg, E.A. Adelizzi, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Slip Parameterization of Entrainment and Drainage Flows in Microscale Soap Films
8th Tiger Hen Symposium, Princeton University, Bowen Hall, May 1st, 2004

  25.  

S. Berg, N. Priezjev, E.A. Adelizzi, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Fractal Stratifications During Drainage of Soap Films with Hydrosoluble Polymer
The Diversity of Chemical Engineering, Symposium, Princeton 05/2004

  26.  

S. Berg, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Experimental Study of Entrainment and Drainage in Microscale Soap Films
Conference on Physics and Design of Foams, Unilever R&D, Edgewater, July 22-23, 2004

  27.  

S. Berg
Princeton University
Stabilität, Dynamik und Strukturbildung in dünnen Seifenfilmen
Institute for Polymer Research (IPF), Dresden, August 2004

  28.  

S. Berg, S. M. Troian
Princeton University
Fractal Stratifications During Drainage of Soap Films with Hydrosoluble Polymer
International Workshop on Pattern Formation through Instabilities in Thin Liquid Films: From Fundamental Aspects to Applications, 21.-28. September 2004
Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

  29.  

S. Berg, S. M. Troian
Princeton University
Nanofluidic Instability in Soap Films with Layering Transitions
57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, session KE
Sept. 21-23, 2004, Seattle, Washington

  30.  

S. Berg, S. M. Troian
Princeton University
Hydrodynamic Drainage and Instabilities in Soap Films
Seminar at Shell Research in Houston, Texas, March 24, 2005.

  31.  

S. Berg, D. Johannsmann
Princeton University / MPI for Polymer Research / TU Clausthal
Contact Mechanics with Quartz Crystal Resonators invited talk
345. WE-Heraeus-Seminar on "Acoustic Wave Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Concepts, New Applications", Physikzentrum Bad Honneff, 11.-13. April 2005.

  32.  

S. Berg, S. M. Troian
Princeton University
Hydrodynamic Drainage and Instabilities in Soap Films
Seminar at Shell Research in Rijswijk, Netherlands, April 15, 2005.

  33.  

S. Berg, S. M. Troian
Shell International B.V., Princeton University
Rising plumes, layering transitions and squeeze-out patterns in soap films invited talk
Symposium on Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Soft Condensed Matter, (SYNP 1.1)
Spring Meeting 2006 of the German Physical Society and EPS Condensed Matter division, Dresden, March 27-31, 2006.

  34.  

S. Berg, S. M. Troian
Shell International B.V., Princeton University
Rising plumes, layering transitions and squeeze-out patterns in soap films
Session M10c: Mechanics of New Materials for Everyday Life,
15th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, CO, USA, 25-30 June 2006.

  35.  

S. Berg
Brain Circulation - pro Ausland (invited speaker)
Karrierewege in Wissenschaft und Forschung, Oct 4 - 5, 2006, Berlin, Germany - program - organized by BMBF and DFG

  36.  

S. Berg
Marangoni-driven Spreading along Liquid-Liquid Interfaces as Transport Mechanism
Open workshop on reactive transport in subsurface two-phase flow, Oct 31, 2007, Shell Rijswijk

  37.  

S. Berg, A. W. Cense, J. P. Hofman, R.M.M. Smits
Flow in Porous Media with Slip Boundary Condition
SCA2007-13, Society of Core Analysts (SCA), 21. Annual Technical Symposium, Sept. 10 - 12, 2007, Calgary, Canada

  38.  

S. Berg
Marangoni-driven Spreading along Liquid-Liquid Interfaces
60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Session JP – Surface Tension Effect I, Salt Lake City, Nov 18-20, 2007.

  39.  

S. Berg, A. W. Cense, J. P. Hofman, R. M. M. Smits
Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media with Slip Boundary Condition
61th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Session ME – Porous Media I, San Antonio, Nov 23-25, 2008.

  40.  

S. Berg
Effects of Interfaces in Fluid Flow
Geotechnology Colloqium SPARKS, TU Delft, 21.04.2009

  41.  

S. Berg
Spreading at the liquid-liquid interface (presentation)
Summer School on Role of Interfacial Area in Two-Phase Flow and Transport in Porous Media , Utrecht, 19 - 24 July, 2009

  42.  

S. Berg, A. W. Cense
Effects at Interfaces in 2-Phase Flow (poster)
Summer School on Role of Interfacial Area in Two-Phase Flow and Transport in Porous Media , Utrecht, 19 - 24 July, 2009

  43.  

S. Berg, A. W. Cense, E. Jansen, K. Bakker
Shell International Exploration and Production
Direct Experimental Evidence of Wettability Modification by Low Salinity Flooding
SCA2009-12 Society of Core Analysts (SCA), 23. Annual Technical Symposium, Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 27th to 30th September 2009 - best paper award

  44.  

A. W. Cense, S. Berg
Shell International Exploration and Production
The Viscous-Capillary Paradox in 2-Phase Flow in Porous Media
SCA2009-13 Society of Core Analysts (SCA), 23. Annual Technical Symposium, Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 27th to 30th September 2009

  45.  

S. Berg
Shell International Exploration and Production
Fluid Flow in Porous Media
invited lecture 10th workshop in Graduiertenkolleg 1276: structure formation and transport in complex systems 21th to 24th September 2010

  46.  

S. Berg, J. Niessner, S. M. Hassanizadeh
Comparison of two-phase Darcy's law with a thermodynamically consistent approach
63th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Session CF – Porous Media II, Long Beach, Nov 21-23, 2010.

  47.  

S. Troian, S. Berg
The Saffman-Taylor Instability Without Walls
63th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Session AP – Nanofluids I, Long Beach, Nov 21-23, 2010.

  48.  

H. Ott, S. Berg, S. Oedai
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Displacement and Mass Transfer Between Saturated and Unsaturated CO2-Brine Systems in Sandstone
Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 13, EGU2011-4010, 2011, EGU General Assembly 2011

  49.  

H. Ott, S. Berg, S. Oedai
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Displacement and Mass Transfer Between Saturated and Unsaturated CO2-Brine Systems in Sandstone
TCCS-6 Conference , Trondheim, June 14-16 2011, Poster 156

  50.  

A. Georgiadis, S. Berg, G. Maitland, H. Ott
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

Pore-Scale micro-CT Imaging: Non-Wetting Phase Cluster Size Distribution as a Function of Interfacial Tension
TCCS-6 Conference, Trondheim, June 14-16 2011, Session F6 (Fluid Flow II).

  51.  

A. W. Cense, S. Berg, E. Jansen, K. Bakker
Direct Visualization of Designer Waterflooding in Model Experiments
SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19-21 July 2011, paper SPE 144936-PP

  52.  

S. Berg (invited speaker), A. Georgiadis, H. Ott
Non-wetting phase cluster size distribution in a micro-CT flow experiment- comparison to the Single-phase porosity based REV.
Dutch Interpore 2011 Mini Symposium on Porous media research in the Netherlands; theory, experiments, models and applications.

  53.  

H. Ott, S. Berg, S. Oedai
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Displacement and Mass Transfer of CO2-Brine Systems in Sandstone
International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA) held in Austin, Texas, USA, 18-21 September 2011 - paper SCA2011-05

  54.  

A. Georgiadis, S. Berg, G. Maitland, H. Ott
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

Pore-Scale micro-CT imaging: Non-wetting phase cluster size distribution during drainage and imbibition
International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA) held in Austin, Texas, USA, 18-21 September 2011 - paper SCA2011-59

  55.  

S. Berg
Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
How does oil flow through rock ?
Heidelberg University, Germany, Graduate Days 2011

 
Thesis, Competitions and Awards, Arts, Students
  1.  

S. Berg
Universität des Saarlandes
Versuchsführung und Informationsumfang der Brewsterwinkel-Spektroskopie im Vergleich zur Externen Reflexions-Absorptions-Spektroskopie
(Infrared Reflection Spectroscopy on Thin Organic Films: ERAS versus Brewster angle spectroscopies)
Diplomarbeit, Fachbereich Werkstoffwissenschaften, Technische Fakultät, Universität des Saarlandes, 1998, outline

 
  2.  

S. Berg
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
Kontaktmechanik mit Quarzresonatoren
(Contact Mechanics with Quartz Crystal Resonators)
Dissertation, Fachbereich Physik, Universität Mainz, 2002, PDF
Logos Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3-8325-0091-X

 
  3.  

S. Berg, E.A. Adelizzi, S.M. Troian
Princeton University
Falling Snow and Lava Plumes: Drainage of Soap Films
Gallery of Fluid Motion, winning contribution, APS meeting, Division of Fluid Dynamics, 11/2003

Arts of Science 20006, Princeton University, also available at Google Video
soap in motion
soap film hurricane

 
  4.  

S. Berg
Emmy Noether-Stipend of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for an independent research group on Thin liquid films
but did not accept the stipend due to very unclear career perspective in German academia

 
  5.  

S. Berg, N. Brussee, K. Ganga
Shell International Exploration and Production
Spreading between Fluids
Gallery of Fluid Motion, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, Nov 18-20, 2007.

 
  6.  

S. Berg, A. W. Cense, E. Jansen, K. Bakker
Shell International Exploration and Production / Technische Hogeschool Rijswijk
best paper award at the Society of Core Analysts 2009 annual meeting for paper SCA2009-12

 
Students
  1.  

K. Ganga
Haagse Hogeschool / Shell International Exploration and Production
Core Cleaning Study
Graduation Project (Bachelor), January 2007

 
  2.  

E. Jansen
Technische Hogeschool Rijswijk / Shell International Exploration and Production
Low salinity flooding - Model experiments on flat substrates
Graduation Project (Bachelor), November 2008

 
  3.  

K. Bakker
Technische Hogeschool Rijswijk / Shell International Exploration and Production
Designer water flooding - Influence of brine salinity on oil-wetness of clay
Graduation Project (Bachelor), June 2009

 
 
     

 

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