Research Highlights (2021)9 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSwitching nanolight on and offPhoto: Ella Maru StudioAn 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 HighlightsTwisted van der Waals materials as a new platform to realize exotic matterPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDResearchers 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 HighlightsElectron refrigerator: Ultrafast cooling mechanism discovered in novel plasmaPhoto: Mario GroßmannResearchers 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 HighlightsA new natural platform for realizing flat-band quantum phenomena and topological statesPhoto: Carmen Rubio-VerdúElectrons 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 HighlightsNew method for atomic-scale mapping of magnetic nanostructuresPhoto: UHH, Lucas SchneiderScientists from the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics at Universität Hamburg have invented a new experimental method for...18 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsClocking the movement of electrons inside an atomPhoto: Daniel Haynes / Jörg HarmsScientists 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 HighlightsNanomaterials from a 3D X-ray perspectivePhoto: DESY/SeyrichA 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 layersPhoto: Dorri HalbertalWhen 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 HighlightsKicking atoms induces transparencyPhoto: © University of Trieste / INSRLAll 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 HighlightsA clear path to better insights into biomoleculesPhoto: Kartik Ayyer / Jörg HarmsAn international team of scientists, led by Kartik Ayyer from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter has obtained some of...Previous articles
