A research team from the Department of Materials Science at FAU and CENEM has made a significant step forward in understanding how platinum single atoms (Pt SAs) behave under thermal conditions on titanium dioxide (TiO₂) surfaces—crucial knowledge for advancing photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Th...
IMN/CENEM researchers recently published their study on the “Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces” in Acta Materialia (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120531). The work was carried out in close colla...
IMN/CENEM is proud to announce the publication of a collaborative study entitled "Microscopic mechanism of the L1₂–D0₁₉ phase transformation in a Co-base single crystal superalloy" in Acta Materialia! This study offers novel insights into the atomic-level processes governing an often-observed phase ...
In collaboration with WW1 and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the Institute of Micro and Nanostructure Research (IMN)/CENEM is proud to announce two paper contributions to the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys, taking place from September 8th-12th, 2024, in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania (USA). Both...
The classical way to study defects in crystalline materials is transmission electron microscopy (TEM). But do we always need this expensive and sophisticated instrument? IMN/CENEM scientists have now demonstrated that the much more widespread and affordable scanning electron microscope (SEM) can be ...
In collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Data Science, IMN/CENEM researchers developed a new compressed sensing method that uses mathematical optimization to improve the quality of 3D reconstructions in nanotomography of homogeneous materials. The work was performed in the framework o...
We are pleased to announce the recent publication of the paper "Structural evolution of GaOx- shell and intermetallic phases in Ga-Pt SCALMS" by S. Carl, J. Will, B. Apeleo Zubiri, E. Spiecker and colleagues in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
Propane dehydrogenation (PDH) has attracted...
In a milestone study, CENEM and IMN scientists have demonstrated a novel technique that uncovers the three-dimensional structures of nanomaterials, including those made of light elements that have eluded detection until now. This advance, which utilizes ptychographic electron tomography, showcases a...
The paper “Influence of Au alloying on solid state dewetting kinetics and texture evolution of Ag and Ni thin films” by Martin Dierner, Johannes Will, Michael Landes, Christian Volland, Robert Branscheid, Tobias Zech, Tobias Unruh and Erdmann Spiecker has just been published in the Journal of Surfac...
The "Olympics" microscopy, the 20th International Microscopy Congress (IMC20), took place last 10-15.September in Busan, South Korea, after being postponed by a year due to the pandemic. Over 3,000 people attended the grand event. We have met long-lost colleagues and friends during this congress and...
