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A research team from the Department of Materials Science at FAU and CENEM has made a significant step forward in understanding how platinum single atoms (Pt SAs) behave under thermal conditions on titanium dioxide (TiO₂) surfaces—crucial knowledge for advancing photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Th...

From April 1–4, 2025, over 30 members of the Institute of Micro and Nanostructure Research (IMN) gathered in the picturesque village of Kleedorf for the annual IMN retreat. Organized with great care and energy by Benni, Irene, Lena, and Jenny, the retreat brought together all PostDocs, PhD candidate...

IMN/CENEM researchers recently published their study on the “Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces” in Acta Materialia (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120531). The work was carried out in close colla...

IMN/CENEM is proud to announce the publication of a collaborative study entitled "Microscopic mechanism of the L1₂–D0₁₉ phase transformation in a Co-base single crystal superalloy" in Acta Materialia! This study offers novel insights into the atomic-level processes governing an often-observed phase ...

IMN/CENEM is delighted to announce that a new high-resolution SEM/STEM instrument is enhancing the electron microscopy facility and expanding CENEM’s research capabilities. The microscope, a GEMINI SEM 560 from Carl Zeiss Microscopy, was funded within the framework of a DFG proposal for major res...

The World Market Leader Innovation Day 2024 with the topic AI and future-oriented technologies was hosted by FAU and took place on September 18, 2024, at Heinrich-Lades-Halle, Erlangen. The event brings together representatives from politics, business, science, and society and features numerous pane...

In collaboration with WW1 and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the Institute of Micro and Nanostructure Research (IMN)/CENEM is proud to announce two paper contributions to the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys, taking place from September 8th-12th, 2024, in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania (USA). Both...

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Philipp Pelz, a member of the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research (IMN)/CENEM at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and leader of the ECLIPSE Lab, has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for h...

A team of delegations from the Institute of Micro and Nanostructure Research (IMN)/CENEM made its mark at the European Microscopy Congress (EMC 2024), one of the world's largest and most prestigious microscopy exhibitions from 25-30. August 2024. Held every four years, EMC combines advancements in m...