Welcome to the Nanolino Lab at the Department of Physics, University of Basel!
Our research interest focuses on Scanning Probe microscopy and surface science. We are studying 2D materials and molecular systems with atomic force microscopy and scanning tuneling microscopy in ultra high vacuum at room and cryogenic temperatures. We are interested in their tribological, electronic and quantum properties. We also have some instrumental development of force microscopy activity.
Open positions
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News from us
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New article in Small
In our work by Scherb et al., we showed that the thermoresponse of 2D supramolecular assemblies can be controlled via the length variation of alkyl chains involved in intermolecular interactions. Our supramolecular assemblies are formed…
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Anniversary celebration
We celebrated 35 remarkable years of scientific excellence of Prof. Ernst Meyer in Department of Physics, University of Basel.
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New article in Physical Review Letters
In our work on single, double and triple jumps in atomic friction and its influence on the velocity dependence, Yiming Song, Yin Wang and coworkers observed that double and triple jumps occur more often at higher velocity, which leads to a…
New Master Student
Welcome to Nicolo Lopopolo for his master degree intership. He will investigate tungsten and boron thin films for fusion application.New PhD position
We have a new PhD position PhD position for a student in Plasma / Thin Films / Surface Science interactions for magnetic nuclear fusion devices.
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New article in nature comm
The work from Outhmane Chahib et al. is published in Nature Communications. Pentamers of phosphorous on Ag(111) were observed by nc-AFM. The charge transfer was determined by field emission resonances (Gundlach resonances) as well as Kelvin…
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New Thematic Issue for BJNano
We are pleased to announce that for this year's nc-AFM 2024 in Montreal, we are again offering the opportunity to submit your scientific results to a peer-reviewed thematic issue titled "At the cutting edge of atomic force microscopy" with…
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NCCR SPIN Master’s Fellowship
The project aim is to characterize the semiconducting Si, Ge and Ge/Si core-shell nanowires for future implementation into devices. The measurements are performed by means of Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) and oscillating contact…
New Master student
Dimitrios Tripkis joined us for a master project. He will work on High-resolution imaging of polymeric chains and bio-polymers by low-temperature atomic force microscopy.