Research Topics and Expertise - overview

Materials and Nanostructures

• Material type
  • Oxides
  • Semiconducting
  • Magnetic
  • Topological
  • Organic
  • Biomaterials
• Nanostructure type
  • 0D/dots, including nanoparticles
  • 1D/wires, tubes
  • 2D/sheets
  • Quantum heterostructures
    
  • Thin films  (incl. multilayers, organic, molecular)
  • Biomaterials

  • 3D materials
    

Static and dynamic characterization ​

• Basic characterization
  • Phase composition
  • Morphology
  • Chemical composition
  • Particle size analysis
  • 3D tomography
  • Elemental composition
• Atomic structure
  • Standard crystallography
  • Analysis of defects
  • Modulated structures
  • Magnetic structures
  • Charge density studies
  • Nanocrystallography
  • Submolecular resolution
  • Atomic-scale defects
• Mechanical properties
  • Stress-strain analysis
  • Microhardness
  • Local friction, adhesion
  • Piezoelectricity
• Electronic properties
  • Local conductivity
  • Local surface potential/work function
  • Transport in 1D molecular systems
• Magnetic properties
  • Magnetic configurations and domain structure
  • Magneto-optical hysteresis
  • Magnetotransport
  • Magnetization dynamics
  • Magnetic contrast on the atomic scale
  • Single-atom and molecule spin excitation
• Optical properties
  • Optical absorption
  • Optical reflectivity
  • Photoluminescence
  • Single-molecule photo- and electroluminescence
  • Time- and space-resolved transient absorption and reflectivity (also spatially-resolved)

Devices​

• Electronics
• Optoelectronics
• Spintronics
• ICT
• Sensors/transducers
• Actuators
• Microfluidics
• Biosensors
• Energy harvesting
• Integrated planar optics

Theoretical support

• Atomic-scale modelling
  • DFT modelling
  • Chemical reactions
  • Transport calculations
  • Symmetry analysis of crystals
  • Magnetic dynamics simulations
  • Empirical models
• Support for selected experimental techniques
  • TEM/SEM
  • Scanning probe microscopy
  • Diffraction methods
  • Nano-lithography