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The paper "Unraveling the Complex Nanomorphology of Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Multimodal Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy" by Dr. Stefanie Rechberger and colleagues has recently been published in Solar RRL. In this paper, the successful discrimination and spatial mapping of the act...

FAU scientists develop method for cleaning surfaces at the nanoscale A team of scientists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method for surfaces on the nanoscale. The technique successfully removes even the tiniest contaminants down...

The paper “A versatile diffraction technique in SEM” by Peter Schweizer, Peter Denninger, Christian Dolle and Erdmann Spiecker is recently published in Ultramicroscopy. This work demonstrates a novel setup for transmission diffraction in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and its applications. Us...

The PhD defence of Ms. Nadine Schrenker took place on 13. Mar. 2020. With her systematic work “In situ Microscopy Study on the Mechanical Integrity of Flexible Silver Nanowire Electrodes”, she has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. Her PhD work has been focused on the study of mechanical properties ...

The annual institute workshop (and CENEM Workshop) took place in Bad Windsheim during 17-20. Feb. This year, a record total number of 31 members attended the workshop. Official Bachelor and Master defense talk as well as extended presentations by our motivated colleagues provided very good overview ...

We just receive the great news from the DFG: all the three SFB (English: Collaborative Research Center, CRC) projects we participated are granted! Thank all who contributed in one way or another! Let's set sail for scientific exploration in in the years to come.  

A paper by Malte Lenz, Janis Wirth, and colleagues, entitled "Correlative Nano‐Computed Tomography and Focused Ion‐Beam Sectioning: A Case Study on a Co‐Base Superalloy Oxide Scale" was recently published in Advanced Engineering Materials. In this work, a correlative tomography approach combining...

The Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts (StMWK) annually awards five prizes for outstanding university degrees or doctorates to engineering students at Bavarian universities. The prizes are endowed with 2,000 euros each. The award honors the impressive achievements of female students in...

A collaborative "Highly Effective Propane Dehydrogenation Using Ga−Rh Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions" has been recently published in ACS Catalysis. This work was contributed by a team of scientist in Erlangen including Chemists, Experimental/Theoretical Physcists, Materials Sc...