Dr. Daniela Täuber

Dr. Daniela Täuber

Heads the BioPOLIM Group working on anisotropy in microscopy imaging in Life and Materials Sciences

pintXsum

PintXsum investigates the Photo-INduced Thermal eXpansion of rough SUrface Morphologies and its impact on mid IR photo-induced force microscopy (PiF-IR). It brings together the theoretical expertise of Dr. David (IFTO/ACP) and the experimental work of Dr. Täuber (LIPHT/IPC) to quantify photo-induced local heating and modified tip-sample interaction due to the modification of the force field in PiF-IR. The interplay of local mechanical, thermal and optical changes in PiF-IR is studied. PintXsum received funding from 11/22 - 10/23 by the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in the context of the profillines LIGHT and LIFE.

Involved people: Daniela Täuber, Christin David (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Jesvin Joseph, Shohely T. Anindo, Sharon Xavi.

Publications from the project:

  • J. Joseph, L. Spantzel, M. Ali, D.M. Joseph, S. Unger, K. Reglinski, C. Krafft, A.-D. Müller, C. Eggeling, R. Heintzmann, M. Börsch, A.T. Press, D. Täuber: Nanoscale chemical characterization of secondary protein structure of F-Actin using mid-infrared photoinduced force microscopy (PiF-IR). Spectrochimica Acta part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 306, 123612, 2024.
  • S. Anindo, R. Heintzmann, D. Täuber, C. David: Photo-thermal Expansion of a nanostructured surface in Photo-induced Force Microscopy (PiFM), Nano-Scientific Forum Europe NSFE2023, Barcelona, Spain, September 2023. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.10065.92003.
  • Anindo, S. T.; Täuber, D.; David, C. Photothermal Expansion of Nanostructures in Photoinduced Force Microscopy. J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129 (9), 4517–4529.
  • M. Ali, S. Anindo, R. Schneider, C. David, D. Täuber: High-resolution photothermal imaging using mid-infrared photo-induced force microscopy - modeling and experiment, In META 2025 in Torremolinos; META Conference: Torremolinos, 174–175, 2025. ISSN: 2429-1390, META 2025.
  • James, A.; Ali, M.; Ye, Z.; Nhi, P. T. Y.; Xavi, S.; Huq, M. I.; Barua, S.; Luo, M.; Tsegazab, Y.; Elmanova, A.; Schneider, R.; Ustimenko, O.; Stanca, S.-E.; Diegel, M.; Dellith, A.; Hübner, U.; Krafft, C.; Finkelmeyer, S. J.; Hupfer, M. L.; Peneva, K.; Zeisberger, M.; David, C.; Presselt, M.; Täuber, D. Effect of Hybrid Field Coupling in Nanostructured Surfaces on Anisotropic Signal Detection in Nanoscale Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Methods. Faraday Discuss. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6FD00003G.
  • Täuber, D. Mid-Infrared Photo-Induced Force Microscopy (IR-PiFM/PiF-IR) -- Answers to Some Questions. arXiv May 3, 2026. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.01940.