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Welcome to the NanoScience research group at the Fachbereich Physik of Universität Osnabrück!

Our research is focused on the characterisation and manipulation of dielectric surfaces and molecular nanostructures on dielectric surfaces. The main experimental method employed is dynamic scanning force microscopy operated in the non-contact mode (NC-AFM). Structural characterisation at the atomic scale is complemented by exploring surface electronic properties with metastable impact electron spectroscopy (MIES).   >>>


19.11.2009       New article published in Physical Review B
    Physical Review B 80 205421 "Cooperative mechanism for anchoring highly polar molecules at an ionic surface" >>>
 
23.09.2009       New article published in Journal of Applied Physics
    Journal of Applied Physics 106 063109 "Impurities in synthetic fluorite for deep ultraviolet optical applications" >>>
 
12.06.2009       New article published in Review of Scientific Instruments
    Review of Scientific Instruments 80 063703 "Concept for support and cleavage of brittle crystals" >>>
 
12.05.2009       New website online
    The group website has entirely been re-designed and updated. Some parts are still under construction. If you miss anything, let us know and check again later.
 
05.05.2009       New article published in Langmuir
    Langmuir 25 10764 "Evidence for Potassium Carbonate Crystallites on Air-Cleaved Mica Surfaces" >>>
 
30.03.2009   Understanding etch figures on fluorite
    Our publication on high resolution etch figures on CaF2(111) has been highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscience & Technology   >>>
 
19.03.2009       New article published in Journal of Applied Physics
    Journal of Applied Physics 105 064309 "High resolution study of etch figures on CaF2(111)" >>>
 
03.03.2009       New article published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 4909 "Stabilization of Zinc-Terminated ZnO(0001) by a Modified Surface Stoichiometry" >>>
 
15.01.2009       New article published in Nanotechnology
    Nanotechnology 20 065606 "Growth of ordered C60 islands on TiO2(110)" >>>
 
10.12.2008   Aiming at a spin quantum computer
    We received funding for a project entitled "spin quantum computing based on endohedral fullerenes with integrated single-spin read-out via nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond". The project is a cooperation between three research groups and will be funded for an initial period of three years by the VolkswagenStiftung in the framework of their program "integration of molecular components in functional macroscopic systems".   >>>