nanotech@surfaces Lab
@NanotechSurfLab
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Research group at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (@Empa_CH).
Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland
Joined May 2021
Today we are celebrating our annual CarboQuant Day with lots of interesting presenations and a keynote given by Arzhang Ardavan from the University of Oxford. 🚀Congrats to Yujeong Bae, Stepan Kovarik and Nils Krane for winning the 2025 CarboQuant Innovator Awards!🚀 @Empa_CH
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🔬 New in ACS Nano: Triangulene on TbAu₂ shows a strong, spatially modulated interaction with ferromagnetic magnetization (~20 mV Kondo splitting). ➡️ TbAu₂ = new platform for π-magnetic nanographenes. https://t.co/F4J0wAAEf2
@Empa_CH @acsnano
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Open-shell nanographenes have attracted significant attention due to their structurally tunable spin ground state. While most characterization has been conducted on weakly interacting substrates such...
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Empa researchers develop hybrid system of magnetically and electronically coupled "string lights" ➡️ Wide range of applications in molecular #electronics, from chemical #sensing to #quantumtechnologies. https://t.co/wNnDfF0wcU
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Our latest in Nature Chemistry💡: porphyrins wired to graphene nanoribbons. A hybrid system with tunable electronic, magnetic & optical properties — potential for sensors & quantum devices. 📖 https://t.co/8oANzrcpTW
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Congratulations to our PhD student, Laric Bobzien, for winning the 2025 EPS-QEOD / Young Minds Best Student Presentation Award! Laric works in our Terahertz lab, focusing on ultrafast scanning probe microscopy of atomic quantum emitters in 2D materials.
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Exciting plenary talk by our head of laboratory, @FaselRoman , today to kick off the STM'25 conference in Seoul!
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We are hiring! 📣 Exciting job offer for a Postdoc in the field of Atomic-Scale Quantum Magnetism! Apply here: https://t.co/BdvOOySusb
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The CarboQuant project at @Empa_CH is set to enter the next phase—thanks to a new, highly specialised laboratory. Researchers now have the capacity to study and manipulate the quantum magnetic states of their carbon materials with even greater precision. https://t.co/JdOMj7fdtq
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Das Projekt CarboQuant an der @Empa_CH kann quantenmagnetischen Zustände seiner Kohlenstoff-Materialien genauer denn je untersuchen und manipulieren. Möglich macht es ein neues, hochspezialisiertes Labor mit zwei topmodernen Rastertunnelmikroskopen. https://t.co/xoMgic13TH
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Now online: News & Views on the Article by @luyesun, Yuan Guo, Wenzhi Xiang & Wei Xu https://t.co/ZVRtxbRleC ($) Single molecule chemistry for cyclic carbon synthesis by Pascal Ruffieux @Empa_CH
https://t.co/1q9XQYE7P1 ($)
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Nature Synthesis - Single molecule chemistry leveraging scanning probe tip-based atom manipulation is used to create cyclic C6, a previously elusive carbon nanoring, shedding new light on the...
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📖 Nature Materials: https://t.co/3h7dgBrZ0c Collaboration between @Empa_CH @NanotechSurfLab , Switzerland, @International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal, and Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, Germany #QuantumMaterials #Nanoscience #HeisenbergChains
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"Quantum Lego": We engineered spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains by linking Olympicene nanographenes, unveiling their length-dependent spin excitations. With STM/IETS, we confirm gapless behavior in the thermodynamic limit & visualize spinon standing waves.
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SNSF consortium #PiMag project meeting with collaborators from Empa, @ETH_en & INL Portugal. Brainstorming on new ideas ⚡️🔬🧪 @snsf_ch @NanotechSurfLab @JuricekLab @Pascal04520190 @FaselRoman @jfrossier @UZH_Chemistry @PaulinePfister @irisrlandman @Pierre_Mty_ @JanBorstelmann
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Neues CarboQuant-Labor der Empa eröffnet, das dem #Kohlenstoff Quantumeffekte entlocken will. Dies könnte den Weg für nachhaltige #Quantentechnologien ebnen. Projekt unterstützt durch @WSS_Stiftung 🔗 https://t.co/Uy6l4xyJ3M
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New Empa lab, CarboQuant, set to harness #quantum effects from #carbon, opening the way for sustainable quantum technologies. Project supported by @WSS_Stiftung 🔗 https://t.co/Uy6l4xyJ3M
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In our latest work, we show a sub-exponential increase in charge-state lifetime of Se vacancies in WSe₂, from picoseconds in monolayers to nanoseconds in multilayers. Great collaboration with @PennStateMatSE ! https://t.co/yP8MHnzVsw
#2DMaterials #QuantumDefects #Optoelectronics
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Empa has opened the CarboQuant Lab, a cutting-edge hub exploring quantum effects in carbon. Supported by the @WSS_Stiftung and the @snsf_ch , CarboQuant aims to create a materials platform for carbon-based quantum technologies. @Empa_CH
#QuantumTechnologies #CarbonNanomaterials
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Das Projekt CarboQuant am @NanotechSurfLab der @Empa_CH erforscht quantenphysikalische Phänomene mittels Kohlenstoff-Nanostrukturen. Nun gelang ihm ein Durchbruch: Es hat eines der wichtigsten theoretischen Quantenmodelle exakt nachgebaut und getestet. https://t.co/1dBmkFtYY9
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In the CarboQuant project at @NanotechSurfLab researchers are using carbon nanostructures to study quantum physical phenomena. They’ve now achieved a breakthrough by precisely constructing and testing one of the most important theoretical quantum models. https://t.co/0V3TCI5OUL
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