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The tension/compression asymmetries of materials, i.e., changing the mechanism loading directions while keeping all other parameters identical, is particularly interesting as it provides insight into the elementary defect mechanisms. In a recent work published in Acta Materialia (click here), resear...

Local electrostatic field at sharp field emission tips is key to answer fundamental questions of how the field interacts with these tips. Despite a long history of study, three-dimensional (3D) electrostatic fields at nanometer resolution around sharp tips have not been experimentally quantified. Si...

The PhD defence of Mr. Christian Dolle took place on 19. Dec. 2018. With his impressive work on “Low-voltage and in situ Electron Microscopy of Graphene and its Defects”, he has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. His thesis work has been focused on the study of defects (line defects and single-molec...

Self-assembly processes play an important role in nature and often result in complex structures, e.g. in chlorophyll or in living organisms. Compact clusters of elemental particles can be shown to be of practical relevance, and are found in atomic nuclei, nanoparticles or viruses.   Self-as...

The PhD defence of Mr. Thomas Przybilla took place on 10. Dec. 2018. With his systematic work of “Studying the structure and mechanical properties of nanoporous materials by advanced tomography and in situ mechanical testing”, he has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. His thesis work has been focuse...

In „Die Geschichte des Mikroskops - Als die Welt vergrößert wurde...“ Bayern 2 radio programme „radioWissen“ features the development of microscopy from the 16th century to modern applications in materials science and medicine. The story was broadcast on November 22. Prof. Erdmann Spiecker, h...

On 10.Oct and 13. Nov. 2018, IMN & CENEM has opened it's door welcoming Chinese delegation, as a part of their 30-days training program in Germany. The visiting and training programs were supported by MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) and SAFEA (State Administration of Forei...

The annual “CENEM Workshop on Advanced Electron and X-ray Microscopy Techniques” took place in Bad Rodach during 5-7. Nov. this year. Extended presentations by our motivated colleagues provided very good overview of our on-going research. Intense discussions have stimulated sparks in new research id...

Nadine Buchinger won the best poster award during the Materials Science and Engineering Congress (MSE) held between 26 and 28. Sep. 2018 at the Darmstadt University of Technology, with her outstanding contributions to the work of "investigating the 3D-structures of oxide layers of Co-base superalloy...

Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri from the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research (IMN, Prof. Erdmann Spiecker) and the Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) was awarded the “Best Oral Presentation Award” at the ”International Microscopy Congress (IMC19)” which took place in ...