Papers

We recently published the manuscript titled "3D analysis of equally X-ray attenuating mineralogical phases utilizing a correlative tomographic workflow across multiple length scales" in the journal Powder Technology demonstrating an interdisciplinary collaboration between the IMN and the groups of P...

Our nanowire experts Dr. Lilian Vogl, Dr. Peter Schweizer (now both at EMPA, Thun Switzerland), and Peter Denninger from the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research headed by Prof. Spiecker recently published their work about gold nanowires provided by Gunther Richter from the Max Planck Inst...

Taming radiation effects during in situ studies in liquid phases is a major challenge for investigations with ionizing radiation, such as electrons or X-rays. In a recent work published in Advanced Science, researchers of FAU (IMN, CENEM, LEB, ICSP, LKO), Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Re...

Crystals are not necessarily hard and resistant but also occur in soft matter when weakly bound molecules arrange in a regular order. Such organic crystals are widespread in pharmaceuticals products, but also occur as tiny nanocrystals in the active layer of organic solar cells. Here, the organic na...

Emerging functional materials for applications in photonics, plasmonics, and mechanics can be created by assembling smaller particles into defined structures. Among various assembly strategies, spherical confinement (e.g. in drying emulsion droplets) to guide the self-assembly process is gaining inc...

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...

In a joint effort across 4 GRK subprojects involving 10 GRK members, CENEM’s strength of combining different (scattering) probes revealed fascinating structural, chemical as well as mechanical properties of supersaturated and highly faceted Ni-Au nanoparticles equilibrated by solid-state dewetting o...

Our work entitled “Hydrogenated Anatase TiO2 Single Crystals: Defects Formation and Structural Changes as Microscopic Origin for Co-Catalyst Free Photocatalytic H2 Evolution Activity” was just published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A (DOI: 10.1039/D1TA04809K). The photocatalytic activity t...

The paper ”Early stages of high-temperature oxidation of Ni- and Co-base model superalloys: A comparative study using rapid thermal annealing and advanced electron microscopy” by Dorota Kubacka, Martin Weisser and Erdmann Spiecker has recently been published in Corrosion Science. Congratulations! In...

The article “Effect of size and shape on the elastic modulus of metal nanowires” by Lilian Vogl, Peter Schweizer, Gunther Richter and Erdmann Spiecker has recently been published in MRS Advances. Congratulations, Lili and Peter! The IMN researchers make use of the resonance vibration of metal nanowi...