News list from us

phosphorene

/ Research

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…
ncafm bjnano

/ Events, Info, Other

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…
offer master

/ Studies

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…
Dimitrios

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.
youpeng

/ Doctorate/PhD, People

New PhD Student

Welcome to Youpeng Wang that started a PhD thesis with us. He will work on plasma surface interactions. Enjoy the PhD journey !
Malik

/ News

New PhD student

Welcome to Malik Al Na'abi that started a PhD thesis with us. He will work on scanning probe microscopy on 2D materials. Enjoy the PhD journey !
fd

/ Doctorate/PhD

PhD Defense

Congratulation to Dr. Fabien Sanchez for his PhD thesis defense: "Nanostructuring of transition metal induced by neutral gas and low-energy ion irradiation".
Tomas

/ Doctorate/PhD

New PhD student

We welcome a new PhD, Tomás Sousa. He will work with us on Plasma, thin films and surface science interactions for magnetic nuclear fusion devices.
urs

Death of Urs Gysin

We are sad to announce the passing of Dr. phil. nat. Urs Gysin 12.02.1970 – 19.5.2023   He was permanent researcher in our group and realized wonderful scanning probe microscopes, such as the pendulum AFM and the large area ultrahigh…

New Website

Here is our new webpage. We hope this will be more entertaining to follow our work.