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6 April 2021|Internal

FAQ on the coronavirus and its impact on Universität Hamburg

Das Hauptgebäude der Universtität Hamburg.

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How are examinations currently taking place? What rules are in place for working from home? You will find answers to the most important questions on...

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2 April 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Researchers identify promising candidates for COVID drugs

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An international team of researchers, which on behalf of Universität Hamburg is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Betzel and Prof. Dr. Arwen...

23 March 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Call accepted

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Prof. Dr. Tim Wehling has accepted the call to the W3 professorship "Computational Theory of Condensed Matter" at the Cluster of Excellence "CUI...

17 March 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Seeing protein crystals in a different light

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An international team of researchers among others from the Max Planck institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, the University of...

10 March 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Mental health webinars: how to better cope with the pandemic

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The pandemic is putting a strain on the mental health of many. To provide support in the situation, the Cluster offers two webinars on mental health...

10 March 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Perspectives of synchrotron radiation in biology

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What could be done with X-rays, in particular synchrotron radiation, for biologically motivated experiments? What are the opportunities and...

11 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Call accepted

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Dr. Ralf Riedinger has accepted the call to the W1-TT-W2 professorship on “Experimentalphysik mit dem Schwerpunkt Quantenoptik" / "Experimental...

10 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter

Network against the coronavirus

Three-dimensional visualization of the coronavirus

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Since the end of 2020, structural biologist Dr. Andrea Thorn and her team have been strengthening the diverse Corona research at Universität Hamburg...

10 February 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Quantum beats for zeptosecond timing

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Quantum systems will be crucial to future technologies. However, in order to use such systems in practical applications, it is necessary to control...

9 February 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Long live superconductivity! Short flashes of light with sustaining impact

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Superconductivity – the ability of a material to transmit an electric current without loss – is a quantum effect that, despite years of research, is...

9 February 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Switching nanolight on and off

Illustration of an optically excited gas

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An international research team involving the Theory department of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter has developed a...

2 February 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Twisted van der Waals materials as a new platform to realize exotic matter

Visualisierung verdrehter Van der Waals-Materialien.

Photo: Jörg Harms / MPSD

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, the RWTH Aachen University and the Flatiron Institute, Columbia...

26 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Electron refrigerator: Ultrafast cooling mechanism discovered in novel plasma

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Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” have achieved a breakthrough: They created a completely new type of...

22 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

A new natural platform for realizing flat-band quantum phenomena and topological states

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Electrons in solids can have only certain energies, called bands. In recent years, it was shown experimentally that the range of energies allowed for...

21 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

New method for atomic-scale mapping of magnetic nanostructures

STM tip and rendered view of a scanning tunneling microscopy image

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Scientists from the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics at Universität Hamburg have invented a new experimental method for...

18 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Clocking the movement of electrons inside an atom

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Scientists dramatically enhance the achievable resolution at free-electron lasers with a new technique, which has been published in Nature Physics...

15 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Nanomaterials from a 3D X-ray perspective

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A new X-ray technique can be used to produce high resolution images of nanocrystals in real time as they are growing, something that has not been done...

14 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

'Moiré metrology' - a new tool to map the interaction between atomically thin layers

Illustration of the "Moiré-Metrology" with STM topography and modelling

Photo: Dorri Halbertal

When two atomically thin layers of a material are stacked and twisted slightly on top of one another, they can develop radically different properties...

13 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

Kicking atoms induces transparency

Artistic impression of vibrationally-induced transparency

All photo-electronic devices work on the basis that the materials inside them absorb, transmit and reflect light. Understanding the photo properties...

5 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights

A clear path to better insights into biomolecules

$Illustration of the 3D diffraction pattern of octahedral nanoparticles$

Photo: Kartik Ayyer / Jörg Harms

An international team of scientists, led by Kartik Ayyer from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter has obtained some of...

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FAQ on the coronavirus and its impact on Universität Hamburg

Researchers identify promising candidates for COVID drugs

Call accepted

Seeing protein crystals in a different light

Mental health webinars: how to better cope with the pandemic

Perspectives of synchrotron radiation in biology

Call accepted

Network against the coronavirus

Quantum beats for zeptosecond timing

Long live superconductivity! Short flashes of light with sustaining impact

Switching nanolight on and off

Twisted van der Waals materials as a new platform to realize exotic matter

Electron refrigerator: Ultrafast cooling mechanism discovered in novel plasma

A new natural platform for realizing flat-band quantum phenomena and topological states

New method for atomic-scale mapping of magnetic nanostructures

Clocking the movement of electrons inside an atom

Nanomaterials from a 3D X-ray perspective

'Moiré metrology' - a new tool to map the interaction between atomically thin layers

Kicking atoms induces transparency

A clear path to better insights into biomolecules

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