Dr. Susan Biering (Associate Researcher)

Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics Bldg. 44, NZ Institute for Advanced Study Massey University (Albany Campus) Private Bag 102904 North Shore MSC, Auckland New Zealand Phone +64 9 414 0800 ext. 9772 Fax +64 9 443 9779 Email: S.B.Biering@massey.ac.nz

Research Interests

• Ab-initio modeling and density functional calculations of 1D, 2D and 3D systems
• Relativistic effects in the solid state: The structure and properties of mercury chalcogenides
• Materials at extreme conditions: High-pressure induced phase transitions in solids

Publications

• A comparative density functional study of the high-pressure phases of solid ZnX, CdX, and HgX (X = S, Se, and Te): Trends and relativistic effects
  S. Biering and P. Schwerdtfeger, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 034705 (2012)
  
  
• A comparative density functional study of the low pressure phases of solid ZnX, CdX and HgX. Trends and relativistic effects
  S. Biering and P. Schwerdtfeger, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 034504 (2012)
  
  
• High-pressure transitions in bulk mercury: A density functional study
  S. Biering and P. Schwerdtfeger, Theor. Chem. Acc. 130, 455-462 (2011)
  
  
• Solid-State Structure of Mercury Oxide: Relativistic Density Functional Calculations for the Group 12 Oxides ZnO, CdO, and HgO
  S. Biering, A. Hermann, J. Furthmüller, and P. Schwerdtfeger, J. Phys. Chem. A 113 (45), 12427-12432 (2009)
  
  
• A density functional approach to the adsorption of water on chlorine-terminated Si(111)
  S. Biering, A. Hermann, and W. G. Schmidt, Proceedings of the NZIC (New Zealand Institute of Chemistry) 2, 123-126 (2006)
  
  
• A density functional approach to the adsorption of water on chlorine-terminated Si(111)
  S. Biering, A. Hermann, and W. G. Schmidt, Lecture Series on Computer and Computational Sciences 7A-B, 865-868 (Brill VSP, 2006)
  
  
• Adsorption of water on chlorine terminated Si(111) from first principles: Substrate-induced ordering versus intermolecular interactions
  S. Biering, A. Hermann, and W. G. Schmidt, Phys. Rev. B 73 (23), 235429 (2006)
  (Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 14(2), 2006)
  
  
• Planar high-temperature superconducting dc-SQUID gradiometers for different applications
  P. Seidel, F. Schmidl, C. Becker, U. Springborn, S. Biering, V. Große, T. Förster, P. Lorenz, and R. Bechstein, Supercond. Sci. Technol 19 (3), 143-148 (2006)
  
  
• Thin Film Technology for HTSC Josephson Devices
  P. Seidel, F. Schmidl, H. Wald, M. Mans, K. Peiselt, U. Baldeweg, M. Beck, S. Biering, C. Becker, J. Uhlig, and V. Große, IEEE Trans. on Appl. Supercond. 15 (2), 161-164 (2005)