News list from us
New article
Our work on the "Individual Assembly of Radical Molecules on Superconductors: Demonstrating Quantum Spin Behavior and Bistable Charge Rearrangement" by Chao Li et al. is accepted in ACS Nano. We show the charge (spin) state control in…
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New article
We have a new article published in ACS nano. On-Surface Synthesis and Characterization of Radical Spins in Kagome Graphene./ Doctorate/PhD
New PhD position
We have an open position for a PhD thesis in the group. The student will work in the field of Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (KPFM) and surface characterization. Performing high resolution KPFM measurements for surface characterization of…Nanostructures for better implants
We participated throught the SNI network iin this nvestigation on how nanostructured titanium surfaces can improve dental implants. Have a look.
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New Insights in Fusion Diagnostics!
Our latest study, "Morphological modification of Rh-C coatings upon low-energy Ar+ ion sputtering," explores a critical challenge in fusion technology: maintaining the optical performance of diagnostic first mirrors (FMs) under ITER-like…/ Events
Global Science Film Festival
The documentary "AFM - A Swiss success story with three letters and hundreds of applications" was shown in the the Cinema "Stadtkino" as part of Global Science Film Festival 2024.
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New article in Nature Communications
The paper “Non-Amontons frictional behaviors of grain boundaries at layered material interfaces” by Yiming Song and co-workers was published in Nature Communications.
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Colloquium Presentation from Katharina Franke
Katharina Franke from FU Berlin gave an inspiring colloquium's talk about "Opportunities from single magnetic adatoms on superconductors".
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PhD defense
Congratulation to Dr. Paul Hiret for his PhD thesis defense: "Radiofrequency magnetised and unmagnetised plasma sheath/bulk properties and their influence on the erosion distribution".