We are proud to announce the publication of our paper “Revealing nanoscale plasticity of metallic nanosponges with correlative and scale-bridging 3D microscopy and modelling” in Communications Materials (Nature Portfolio). This study unveils the atomic-scale mechanisms that govern plastic deformatio...
Silver nanowire (AgNW) networks are among the most promising candidates to replace brittle indium tin oxide as transparent conductive electrodes in flexible devices such as solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and sensors. In a recent study published in ACS Nano, researchers from the Institute of Mic...
Researchers at the Institute of Micro and Nanostructure Research (IMN) and the Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), Chair of Experimental Physics, Institute for Crystallography and Structural Physics (ICSP) at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, have unveiled an unexpected coexistence of 2H a...
In a recent collaborative study, researchers from the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research (IMN) /CENEM and their partners have developed and implemented a comprehensive correlative tomography workflow to investigate complex, hierarchical particulate materials. The study combines 360° elec...
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...
