We are pleased to announce that for this year's nc-AFM 2024 in Montreal. we are again offering the opportunity to submit your scientific results to a peer-reviewed thematic issue titled "At the cutting edge of atomic force microscopy <beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/series/…>" #ncAFM

Check out our new study of phosphorus pentamers on Ag(111). Structures and charge distribution unveiled by STM/AFM, Appearing in Nature Communications. University of Basel Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Swiss National Science Foundation Ernst Meyer @PawlakRemy Chahib outhmane nature.com/articles/s4146…

Had an amazing week at the ncAFM 2024 McGill University Montréal (Canada) . Great to catch up on the latest from the community. Looking forward to next year in Japan. @PawlakRemy Akash Gupta Ernst Meyer #ncafm #atomicforcemicroscopy #NIMS #nanoscience #Japan

Featuring now in Editors’ Highlights- nature.com/ncomms/editors… nature Nature Communications Chahib outhmane @PawlakRemy Ernst Meyer Swiss National Science Foundation University of Basel

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨 The latest edition of a landmark book on Nanotribology is here! 📚✨ Thrilled to contribute a chapter on the chemical/molecular aspects of this cutting-edge field. Explore more below! 👇 doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…

We are looking for PhD candidate interested in experimental and numerical studies of plasma cleaning of the so-called first mirrors for future fusion facilities. fusenet.eu/position/phd-s…

Just published online in Physical Review Letters and Featured in Physics - Atomic Friction Defies Expectations. A nice collaboration with ICTP SISSA group of Prof. Erio Tosatti. physics.aps.org/articles/v17/s… Ernst Meyer University of Basel Swiss National Science Foundation European Research Council (ERC) Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)

We celebrated 35 remarkable years of scientific excellence of Prof. Ernst Meyer in Department of Physics, University of Basel. Ernst Meyer University of Basel Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Swiss National Science Foundation #Physics #atomicforcemicroscopy #scanningprobemicroscopy #nanoscience

In our recent work, we showed that the thermoresponse of 2D supramolecular assemblies can be controlled via the length variation of alkyl chains involved in intermolecular interactions. doi.org/10.1002/smll.2… Sebastian Scherb Antoine Hinaut @PawlakRemy Ernst Meyer Yiming Song

Philip Willke gives a beautiful talk at the Nano&Quantum Seminar about the ESR-STM, which is electron spin resonance experiments of single atoms and molecules with scanning tunneling microscopy. University of Basel Atomholics Lab (Philip Willke) Ernst Meyer

Check our new article published in Nature Communications . “Non-Amontons frictional behaviors of grain boundaries at layered material interfaces” by Yiming Song and co-workers. Ernst Meyer @PawlakRemy Shuyu Huang 黄书玉 Antoine Hinaut #universityofbasel

Congratulations to Dr Paul Hiret for his PhD defense: "Radiofrequency magnetized and unmagnetized plasma sheath/bulk properties and their influence on the erosion distribution". University of Basel Laurent Marot Ernst Meyer #plasma #unibas

The documentary "AFM - A Swiss success story with three letters and hundreds of applications" was shown in the the Cinema as part of Global Science Film Festival 2024. youtube.com/watch?si=lHtHZ… Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Ernst Meyer Shuyu Huang 黄书玉 Gema Navarro Antoine Hinaut #afm

Our latest study, explores a critical challenge in fusion technology: maintaining the optical performance of diagnostic first mirrors (FMs) under ITER-like plasma conditions. doi.org/10.1016/j.jnuc… #FusionEnergy #ITER #MaterialScience #SurfaceEngineering #unibas

How nanostructured titanium surfaces can improve dental implants? The interdisciplinary team investigated the viability of osteoblasts and fibroblasts and controlled how different bacterial strains colonize the modified surfaces. youtube.com/watch?v=9yRkvl… Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Fabien Sanchez

Check our new article published in ACS Nano “On-Surface synthesis and Characterization of Radical Spins in Kagome Graphene” by @PawlakRemy and co-workers. Ernst Meyer University of Basel Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Swiss National Science Foundation pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… #graphene #scanningprobemicroscopy #basel

New paper by Chao Li et al. in ACS Nano about radical molecules on Pb! We show YSR in-gap states of the radical molecules in dimers and chains. Swiss National Science Foundation Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) European Research Council (ERC) Werner Siemens-Stiftung Departement Physik der Universität Basel @PawlakRemy Ernst Meyer

Had an amazing week at TRNM XI in Levi, Finland! Great to share our work, catch up on 2D materials advances, and glimpse the stunning Aurora Borealis. Huge thanks to Atomic Scale Physics and all who made it memorable! @PawlakRemy Antoine Hinaut Shuyu Huang 黄书玉 Akash Gupta University of Basel

In our new article, we studied non covalent molecular wire formed on the Cu(111) surface. With submolecular resolution nc-AFM we studied structure and time evolution of the wires. Gema Navarro Antoine Hinaut Ernst Meyer #ncAFM pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

We use contact/non contact Atomic Force Microscopy to uncovers the nonlinear instability-driven energy dissipation in moiré superlattices. A step forward the understanding of nanoscale friction and energy loss of moiré-based devices. Shuyu Huang 黄书玉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…