Activities

After the absence of a "real" conference since the pandemic, the first major conference in the field, Microscopy Conference (MC2023), took place in 26. Feb. to 2. Mar. in Darmstadt, Germany. Over 900 people attended the conference. We have met colleagues and friends there, and participated many talk...

The PhD defense of Mr. Birk Fritsch took place on 20. Feb. 2023, in the seminar room of the IZNF building. With his outstanding work “Quantification of electron beam-induced effects during in situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy“, he has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. with distinction...

During the Materials Science and Engineering Congress (MSE 2022) in Darmstadt from 27 to 29, September, Irene Kraus won the best poster award for her master project presented with the title "Investigation of the 3D reciprocal space using electron diffraction tomography". Congratulations, Iren...

At the summer festival of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, several prices of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering were awarded to outstanding BSc and PhD theses conducted at the IMN:   1. BSc Award: BSc Julian Kauth (Nanotechnology BSc) Title of thesis...

We are proud that the Alumni Symposium & Reunion of AG Electron Microscopy & Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research took place on 24th June 2022 and that so many alumni participated and made it a memorable event. Erdmann Spiecker and Mingjian Wu presented 14 years of Materials Micros...

In situ TEM investigations in environmental conditions are a powerful approach to analyze materials for catalysis, especially if you utilize dedicated MEMS heating systems to operate at elevated temperatures. However, how can we be certain that the heating devices achieve the required temperature at...

The formidable years ever since the pandemic has greatly affected the extent of academic exchange and driven us towards a new culture of online discussions. Despite many virtual events successfully held, few of them served as a platform for early career researchers and brought a broader community be...

The annual excursion of students of Q11 biophysics courses at Christian-Ernst-Gymnasium Erlangen (CEG-ER) to the chair for micro and nanostructure research at FAU was not feasible under the given circumstances. "If the CEG can't come to us, I'll come to the CEG" wrote Prof. Dr. Erdmann Spiecker ...

The PhD defence of Mr. Malte Lenz took place on 15. July. 2021, partly virtual (online) due to the current conditions. With his beautiful work “A Microscopic Study on the Structural and Chemical Constitution of Defects and Phases in Co-base Superalloys”, he has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. His...

We proudly welcome a new high-end TEM instrument to the IMN and CENEM. The new Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS) Spectra 200 has been installed from September until December 2020, and, since January 2021, it started its operation in the CENEM labs located at the building of Interdisciplinary Center for...