Scientific Breakthrough

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06JUL 2022
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Providing a holistic understanding of radiation chemistry during in situ studies
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 Renewable Energy, and Fraunhofer IISB have made a step further towards this […]
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06JUL 2022
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Growth of organic nanocrystals revealed
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 nanocrystals constitute the key ingredient for conversion of […]
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06JUL 2022
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Nano-tomography elucidate internal structural order in MOF superaparticles
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 increasing interest. This hierarchical approach allows for the assembly of a finite number of particles into a […]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 increasing interest. This hierarchical approach allows for the assembly of a finite number of particles into a […]
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22DEC 2021
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Structure and properties of supersaturated Ni-Au nanoparticles revealed by GRK researchers
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 on sapphire. The results, which were recently published in Acta Materialia (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117318), include the impact of […]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 on sapphire. The results, which were recently published in Acta Materialia (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117318), include the impact of […]
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29NOV 2021
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Structural insight into hydrogenated TiO2, a sustainable and noble metal free approach for photocatalysis
Our CENEM & GRK 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 trend of the anatase epilayers is similar to that of anatase powders and brookite […]Our CENEM & GRK 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 trend of the anatase epilayers is similar to that of anatase powders and brookite […]
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14SEP 2021
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Size and shape matters
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 CENEM/IMN researchers make use of the resonance vibration of metal nanowires, which were provided by Gunther Richter from Max […]
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