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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…
/ 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…
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.
/ 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 !
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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 !