Interested in computer vision methods to analyze large amounts of STM images? Have a look on our recent paper, just published in Surface Science! doi.org/10.1016/j.su...

Good start in the new year! Ken just got his JPC paper out, congratulations! If you are interested in how a rather simple electrospray setup can be used to deposit large molecules in a clean manner, have a look on pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

We had some tasty „Glühwein“ before our Christmas dinner in downtown Graz - chilly! Merry Christmas!

Thanks to Martin Švec (www.fzu.cz/en/people/mg...) from the Czech Academy of Sciences who gave a fantastic seminar about his research on photophysics with SPM - impressive experiments!

We welcome Sana Younis to the group, who recently started her PhD. She is from Pakistan and holds an MPhil in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, where she worked on developing and optimizing electrochemical sensors. Glad to have you with us, Sana!

#journalclub Prof. Leonhard Grill shared a paper which introduces ULEPD—a photoelectron diffraction method with ~100 fs resolution. It’s ideal for ultrathin heterosystems and reveals both structural and electronic dynamics via trARPES. Read via: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.226201

Thank you to Christoph Heil from the TU Graz (@tugraz.bsky.social) for showing us how they use supercomputers to predict promising high Tc superconductors! #seminar

One week ago Peter Woitke from the Space Research Institute (@iwf-oeaw.bsky.social) introduced us to how they use modern astronomical observations to model the evolution of protoplanetary disks. Thank you for the interesting talk! #seminar

Thanks to Peter Jacobson (@spmqt.bsky.social) from the University of Queensland for visiting and showing us his team's exciting research on the epitaxial growth of hyperdoped Ga:Ge superconductors. #SPMQT_Lab #seminar

#seminar Thank you to Vladimir Starostin (@unituebingen.bsky.social) for showing us how to solve the Inverse Problem in scattering physics by using Machine Learning. #MachineLearning #X-rayScattering #GravitationalWaves

We welcome Asma Khizar to the group who recently started her PhD. She is from Pakistan and has a Master's in Applied Physics from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, and worked on optimizing electrode materials for hybrid supercacitors. Welcome Asma! 🙂 #STM #PhD

Check out our new paper on the tip-induced dissociation of azide groups to create nitrine, which just appeared in ACS Nano: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... What a pleasant collaboration with the groups of Leo Gross (IBM Zurich) and Friedrich Esch (TU Munich)!

RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no - Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thanks to Chun-Liang Lin from NYCU University Taiwan (scholar.nycu.edu.tw/en/persons/chun-liang-lin) for visiting our labs and his interesting talk in our seminar! #seminar

We have a position with permanent perspective available in our group!

#journalclub Today’s discussion focused on: How stacked-perovskite photodetectors overcome CMOS limitations to enable next-gen imaging performance? Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

⸻ 🎉 Please welcome our new PhD student, Nikita Osipov! 👋 He completed his Master’s at Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he worked on photoswitchable complexes with paramagnetic metals based on spiropyrans. We’re excited to have him on board! 🚀 #PhDLife #SurfaceScience #STM

🎓 Today, Leopold Widmer presented his bachelor thesis! His research explores how STM tips expand under continuous-wave (CW) laser illumination in the ambient STM junction — a fascinating intersection of optics and nanotechnology. Well done, Leopold! 👏🔬💡 #BachelorThesis #Nanotech #STM

#seminar One week ago Ulrich Höfer (@unimarburg.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social) came to Graz to present us time-resolved photoemission and how it allows to track electron motion in momentum space on ultrafast time scales. Thank you for this inspiring talk!

Check out our new paper available on ArXiv: „Tip-induced nitrene generation“ by L.-A. Lieske et al. arxiv.org/abs/2506.04741 a collaboration with IBM Zurich and TU Munich We generated trinitreno-s-heptazine, a small molecule featuring three nitrene centers, by tip-induced chemistry #STM #AFM #DFT

#seminar Thanks to Gaurab Ganguly @univie.ac.at for recently sharing his group's progress on theoretical methods to better understand the storage and release of energy by photoexcited molecules

Aaand now we also have a Post-Doc position on Biobased Butenolides as Acrylate Replacement for Coatings! www.benferinga.com/vacancies/

#seminar Thank you to Professor Jan Řezáč @iocbprague.bsky.social‬ for sharing the progress his group is making toward combining #quantumchemistry ⚛️ and #machinelearning 🤖 to model protein-ligand interactions 👨🏻‍🔬 Check out his paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

"Sometimes good can come from a path redirected." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4kCjozZ

#journalclub 👩‍💻 Have you ever created a #neuralnetwork 🧠 using ChatGPT? 🤖 Prof. Kowarik gave us a tutorial 👨‍🏫 on how this can be done! #AI #coding Check out his course @uni-graz.at: 646.511 AI / Machine Learning for Data Analysis

Nature has launched its seventh global survey of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral students, which will probe graduate students’ views about their goals and challenges, and their experiences of their studies so far. Survey runs until June 11. #Academicsky 🧪

"As it turns out, pharmaceutical compounding translates well to the art of baking. … After all, cooking is chemistry." From sports to baking, scientists shared scientific skills with #NextGenSci that could be applied outside of academia: scim.ag/4mk5Avy #WorldBakingDay

#journalclub Switching site selectivity ⚗️ Prof. Boese shared a paper where strong coupling of specific vibrational modes to an optical cavity greatly affected reaction outcome: the disfavored product became favored inside the cavity! Check it out at @science.org: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

#research Do your PhD in our group! 🧑‍🔬 Experiment with molecular motors and switches using #STM and #AFM 🔬 Study electrical and chemical properties using #PES 🔆 Teach the next generation of students 👩‍🏫 #YoungMinds Deadline: 29/05/2025 Apply @universityofgraz.bsky.social: jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs

#literaturereview Today Paul presented a literature summary on the state-of-the-art of the field of #ultrafastSTM 🔬⏱️ If you're curious about where Paul's research is headed, check out nano-lab.uni-graz.at/en/amos-proj... #amosproject @universityofgraz.bsky.social

#seminar Thank you to Prof. Peter Saalfrank @unipotsdam.bsky.social giving us an enlightening 💡 presentation on light-driven processes in molecules!

#journalclub Do robot fruit flies 🤖 dream of electric oranges 🍊 ? Today we discussed an article where fruit flies are harnassed as "living microrobots", showing precise navigation, coordinated swarm 'writing', and controlled cargo transport! Check it out at @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

#seminar Thank you, Akitoshi Shiotari (@fhi-mpg.bsky.social), for the recent inspiring talk on plasmon-induced reactions in the STM junction! @natureportfolio.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #STM

Ambiguities in chemical nomenclature can lead to misinterpretations that impact everything from data integration and intellectual property disputes to regulatory compliance and product safety. That's why Iupac is working to standardise the definitions of a molecular machine, and you can help!

How does water behave at the interface of oil droplets? Today’s journal club is; www.nature.com/articles/s41... They showed developing Raman-MCR spectroscopy to isolate interfacial water signals in emulsions. Our colleagues compared this article in terms of different aspects.

Thank you to everyone who came to my poster session at the #DPGR25 @uniregensburg.bsky.social! 🙌 We had nice discussions and input on my work in @grilllab.bsky.social 💡 Only sad that I had no time to see the other posters 🥲 Previous paper @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social: www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/14...

Hello from the #DPGR25 @uniregensburg.bsky.social 👋 Come talk with us 🤗 Mon: imharaprasad.bsky.social - 7 pm in P4 Tue: Matthew - 11:30 am in H24 Ilias - 2:30 pm in H11 Ken - 6 pm in P2 Grant - 6 pm in P2 Paul - 6 pm in P2 @henriksiboni.bsky.social - 6 pm in P4 Wed: Bensu - 6 pm in P2 See you

Celebrating Dr. Shilpa Panchami Raj! 🎓✨ Huge congratulations to Shilpa Panchami Raj on successfully defending her PhD! Her dedication and hard work have been truly inspiring. We wish herall the best in her next chapter! 🥂🎉 #PhDDefense #Graduation #SuccessStory

Please welcome our master student Ève who is doing an internship with the ambient #STM 👩‍🔬 She usually studies at École Normale Supérieure in Paris, but you can meet her this March at the #DPG2025 Spring Meeting. Watch the full video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhXH... @uni-graz.at

#JournalClub #MolecularMotors Grant presenting an interesting molecular motors paper at the Journal Club 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you for a great workshop! 👏

#journalclub Electrochemistry is great for green chemistry, but how do you choose the right electrolyte? ⚡ You calculate 16 properties with DFT and then use principal component analysis to reduce the relevant dimensions to 3 💡 @unimainz.bsky.social @pubs.acs.org: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

#seminar Steven de Feyter (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) presenting his group's work on self-assembly at the solid-liquid interface 🔬 In 2020, they created a 2D molecular network and then deposited a different molecule in the cavities 💡 @pubs.acs.org: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #STM

#journalclub Do metals get harder when heated?! 🤯 Yes, if you use microbalistic impact testing to achieve strain rates >10^6 1/s. The authors (@mitofficial.bsky.social) explain that the hardening is caused by drag from hot phonons. Had you expected this? @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#JournalClub First-time recording of Ullmann polymerization using high speed STM at variable temperatures! 🎞️ They use DFT to show that Cu adatom diffusion is crucial. Watch their movie @pubs.acs.org: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... @universityofgraz.bsky.social @henriksiboni.bsky.social

Please welcome postdoc Haraprasad Mandal! 👨‍🔬 He did his PhD at CSIR-IICT followed by a postdoc at University of Michigan in quantum-entangled spectroscopy 🥼 He now works here on ultrafast spectroscopy combined with STM 🔬 Meet him this March at the DPG 🤝 Latest paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

We've put together a collection of the writers and editors who work on news, features, opinion and research at Nature magazine. Follow them all here: go.bsky.app/JARysRt 🧪

Please welcome our new PhD student Paul Schöngrunder 🥳 He did his master thesis with Ulrike Diebold (TU Wien) and now aims to study molecular motors at high resolution in space and time ⏳ Meet him at the DPG Spring Meeting 🙌 nano-lab.uni-graz.at/en/amos-proj... @universityofgraz.bsky.social

Thank you to Maximilian Skoda for presenting the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source in a very approachable way 👏 Neutron reflectometry is like seing the inside of a cake with cutting it 🍰 His group for instance studies the porosity of asymmetrical lipid bilayers 🦠 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! 🎆 To kick off the year, the candidates for our tenure track professorship will come next week to give a ½ hour lecture for students and a 1 hour research talk 👨‍🏫 But how do you identify a good professor? 🤔 @universityofgraz.bsky.social @henriksiboni.bsky.social