test - Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy

The Intistute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research together with CENEM own two transmission electron microscopes (TEM) with various TEM specimen holders, a scanning electron microscope / focused ion beam SEM/FIB Dualbeam System and a broadly equipped sample preparation laboratory. With the expertise of the staff and this equipment high-end research can be performed in the huge field of electron microscopy. Detailed information about the various TEMs, their accessories, the sample preparation as well as the FIB can be found below.

Transmission Electron Microscopes

FEI Titan Themis 300

The Titan Themis³ 300 is our high-end TEM providing high-resolution imaging as well as high performance analytical investigation capabilities. This double-aberration-corrected TEM corrects both the image and the probe forming system enabling high-resolution imaging in TEM as well as scanning TEM (STEM) mode resulting in resolution limits below 1 Å for both modes for all high tensions between 60 kV and 300 kV. The high brightness electron gun (X-FEG) equipped with a monochromator to improve the energy resolution in combination with a high-sensitivity SDD X-ray spectrometer (Super-X) and a high-resolution post-column energy filter (GIF Quantum) creates a high performance analytical instrument perfectly suited for the nanoanalytical characterization of all kinds of materials and devices. Energy filtered TEM (EFTEM) imaging, high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) as well as energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDXS) yield chemical, elemental as well as bonding information even down to the atomic scale. Additionally information about local band gaps and plasmonics are gained by monochromated low-loss EELS investigations. Furthermore the Titan Themis³ 300 is used to perform advanced in situ experiments using special TEM specimen holders. A further advanced method available at the Titan Themis³ 300 is electron tomography enabling the analytical characterization of materials and devices in 3 dimensions. This high-end analytical TEM is used to answer the most complex questions regarding materials science.

Manufacturer: FEI
Model: Titan Themis 300
Construction Year: 2014
Location: Erlangen
URL: https://www.em.tf.fau.de/research/equipment/fei-titan-themis-300/
Funding source: DFG / Exzellenzcluster (EXC)

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Apeleo Zubiri B., Wirth J., Drobek D., Englisch S., Przybilla T., Weissenberger T., Schwieger W., Spiecker E.:
Correlative Laboratory Nano-CT and 360° Electron Tomography of Macropore Structures in Hierarchical Zeolites
In: Advanced Materials Interfaces (2020)
ISSN: 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001154
Wirth J., Apeleo Zubiri B., Wu M., Englisch S., Drobek D., Taccardi N., Wasserscheid P., Spiecker E.:
Correlative 3D nanotomography and in situ transmission electron microscopy studies on supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions
European Microscopy Congress 2020
DOI: 10.22443/rms.emc2020.287
Bezold A., Volz N., Lenz M., Zenk C., Spiecker E., Mills MJ., Göken M., Neumeier S.:
Yielding behavior of a single-crystalline γ'-strengthened Co-Ti-Cr superalloy
In: Scripta Materialia 200 (2021), p. 113928
ISSN: 1359-6462
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.113928
Wu M., Harreiß C., Ophus C., Johnson M., Fink R., Spiecker E.:
Seeing structural evolution of organic molecular nano-crystallites using 4D scanning confocal electron diffraction (4D-SCED)
In: Nature Communications 13 (2022), Article No.: 2911
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30413-5
Ahmad R., Saddiqi NuH., Wu M., Prato M., Spiecker E., Peukert W., Distaso M.:
Phase evolution of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticles from in situ formed binary sulphides under solvothermal conditions
In: CrystEngComm (2021)
ISSN: 1466-8033
DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01566k
Hawly T., Streller F., Johnson M., Miguez Lago S., Hammer N., Hampel F., Vivod D., Zahn D., Kivala M., Branscheid R., Spiecker E., Fink R.:
Tailored solution‐based N‐heterotriangulene thin films: Unravelling the self‐assembly
In: ChemPhysChem (2021), Article No.: cphc.202100164
ISSN: 1439-4235
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100164
Dolle C., Schweizer P., Dasler D., Gsänger S., Maidl R., Abellán G., Hauke F., Meyer B., Hirsch A., Spiecker E.:
Atomically resolved TEM imaging of covalently functionalised graphene
In: npj 2D Materials and Applications 6 (2022)
ISSN: 2397-7132
DOI: 10.1038/s41699-022-00304-w
Kundrata I., Barr M., Tymek S., Döhler D., Hudec B., Brüner P., Vanko G., Precner M., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Plakhotnyuk M., Fröhlich K., Bachmann J.:
Additive Manufacturing in Atomic Layer Processing Mode
In: Small Methods (2022)
ISSN: 2366-9608
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101546
Krauß S., Seynstahl A., Tremmel S., Meyer B., Bitzek E., Göken M., Yokosawa T., Zubiri BA., Spiecker E., Merle B.:
Structural reorientation and compaction of porous MoS2 coatings during wear testing
In: Wear 500-501 (2022), Article No.: 204339
ISSN: 0043-1648
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2022.204339
Hagen S., Beck K., Kubacka D., Zschau HE., Galetz MC., Spiecker E., Virtanen S.:
Protective Alumina Scale Growth at 900 °C for a Ni- and Cr-Free Co-Base Model Alloy with γ/γ’-Microstructure: Synergistic Effects by Combining Shot-Peening and Halogenation
In: Oxidation of Metals (2021)
ISSN: 0030-770X
DOI: 10.1007/s11085-021-10087-y
Harsha S., Sharma RK., Dierner M., Baeumer C., Makhotkin I., Mul G., Ghigna P., Spiecker E., Will J., Altomare M.:
Dewetting of Pt Nanoparticles Boosts Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Due to Electronic Metal-Support Interaction
In: Advanced Functional Materials (2024)
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202403628
Wang Y., Chen J., Li R., Götz A., Drobek D., Przybilla T., Hübner S., Pelz P., Yang L., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Engel M., Ye X.:
Controlled Self-Assembly of Gold Nanotetrahedra into Quasicrystals and Complex Periodic Supracrystals
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (2023), p. 17902-17911
ISSN: 1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05299
Traore N., Uttinger M., Cardenas Lopez P., Drobek D., Gromotka L., Schmidt J., Walter J., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Peukert W.:
Green room temperature synthesis of silver-gold alloy nanoparticles
In: Nanoscale Advances (2023)
ISSN: 2516-0230
DOI: 10.1039/d2na00793b
Kubacka D., Eggeler Y., Volz N., Neumeier S., Spiecker E.:
Using Rapid Thermal Annealing for Studying Early Stages of High-Temperature Oxidation of Superalloys
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51834-9_74
Kizaloğlu Akbulut M., Harreiß C., Löffler M., Mayrhofer KJ., Schöbitz M., Bachmann J., Spiecker E., Hock R., Kryschi C.:
Facile one‑pot synthesis of water‑soluble fcc FePt3 alloy nanostructures
In: SN Applied Sciences (2020)
ISSN: 2523-3963
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-03544-x
Vogl L., Schweizer P., Richter G., Spiecker E.:
Effect of size and shape on the elastic modulus of metal nanowires
In: MRS Advances (2021)
ISSN: 2059-8521
DOI: 10.1557/s43580-021-00103-3
Qin L., Kubacka D., Spiecker E., Drautz R., Rogal J.:
Atomistic simulations of diffusion in γ′ -strengthened Co-based superalloys and its connection to selective alumina formation in early-stage oxidation
In: Physical Review Materials 7 (2023), Article No.: 013403
ISSN: 2475-9953
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.013403
Karpstein N., Lenz M., Bezold A., Zehl R., Wu M., Ludwig A., Laplanche G., Neumeier S., Spiecker E.:
Unambiguous Stacking Fault Analysis for Unraveling Shearing Mechanisms and Shear-Based Transformations in the L12-Ordered γ′ Phase
15th International Symposium on Superalloys, ISS 2024 (Champion, PA, USA, 8. September 2024 - 12. September 2024)
In: Jonathan Cormier, Ian Edmonds, Stephane Forsik, Paraskevas Kontis, Corey O’Connell, Timothy Smith, Akane Suzuki, Sammy Tin, Jian Zhang (ed.): Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys 2024
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63937-1_4
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-63937-1_4
Dong Y., Wang YK., Yuan F., Johnston A., Liu Y., Ma D., Choi MJ., Chen B., Chekini M., Baek SW., Sagar LK., Fan J., Hou Y., Wu M., Lee S., Sun B., Hoogland S., Quintero-Bermudez R., Ebe H., Todorovic P., Dinic F., Li P., Kung HT., Saidaminov M., Kumacheva E., Spiecker E., Liao LS., Voznyy O., Lu ZH., Sargent EH.:
Bipolar-shell resurfacing for blue LEDs based on strongly confined perovskite quantum dots
In: Nature Nanotechnology (2020)
ISSN: 1748-3387
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-0714-5
Papadopoulos I., Menon A., Plass F., Molina D., Harreiß C., Kahnt A., Spiecker E., Sastre-Santos A., Guldi DM.:
Efficient charge-transfer from diketopyrrolopyrroles to single-walled carbon nanotubes
In: Nanoscale (2021)
ISSN: 2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr03105h
Cardenas Lopez P., Uttinger M., Traore N., Khan H., Drobek D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Pflug L., Peukert W., Walter J.:
Multidimensional characterization of noble metal alloy nanoparticles by multiwavelength analytical ultracentrifugation
In: Nanoscale (2022)
ISSN: 2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02633c
Wittkämper H., Maisel S., Wu M., Frisch J., Wilks RG., Grabau M., Spiecker E., Bär M., Görling A., Steinrück HP., Papp C.:
Oxidation induced restructuring of Rh-Ga SCALMS model catalyst systems
In: Journal of Chemical Physics 153 (2020), p. 104702-
ISSN: 0021-9606
DOI: 10.1063/5.0021647
Herre P., Will J., Dierner M., Wang D., Yokosawa T., Zech T., Wu M., Przybilla T., Romeis S., Unruh T., Peukert W., Spiecker E.:
Rapid fabrication and interface structure of highly faceted epitaxial Ni-Au solid solution nanoparticles on sapphire
In: Acta Materialia 220 (2021), p. 117318
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117318
Bezold A., Vollhüter J., Karpstein N., Lenz M., Subramanyam AP., Zenk C., Hammerschmidt T., Spiecker E., Göken M., Neumeier S.:
Segregation-induced strength anomalies in complex single-crystalline superalloys
In: Communications Materials 5 (2024), Article No.: 8
ISSN: 2662-4443
DOI: 10.1038/s43246-024-00447-x
Michaud V., Pracht J., Schilfarth F., Damm C., Platzer B., Haines P., Harreiß C., Guldi DM., Spiecker E., Peukert W.:
Well-separated water-soluble carbon dots via gradient chromatography
In: Nanoscale (2021)
ISSN: 2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02562g
Pinna M., Wo Weng Wei A., Spanu D., Will J., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Recchia S., Schmuki P., Altomare M.:
Amorphous NiCu thin films sputtered on TiO2 nanotube arrays: a noble‐metal free photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution
In: ChemCatChem (2022)
ISSN: 1867-3880
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202201052
Wierzbicka E., Altomare M., Wu M., Liu N., Yokosawa T., Fehn D., Qin S., Meyer K., Unruh T., Spiecker E., Palmisano L., Bellardita M., Will J., Schmuki P.:
Reduced Grey Brookite for Noble Metal Free Photocatalytic H2 Evolution
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2020)
ISSN: 2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/D0TA09066B
Cao Y., Wähler T., Park H., Will J., Prihoda A., Moses Badlyan N., Fromm L., Yokosawa T., Wang B., Guldi DM., Görling A., Maultzsch J., Unruh T., Spiecker E., Halik M., Libuda J., Bachmann J.:
Area-Selective Growth of HfS(2)Thin Films via Atomic Layer Deposition at Low Temperature
In: Advanced Materials Interfaces 7 (2020), Article No.: ARTN 2001493
ISSN: 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001493
Wang Z., Traore N., Schikarski T., Stiegler L., Drobek D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Walter J., Peukert W., Pflug L., Segets D.:
Population balance modeling of InP quantum dots: Experimentally enabled global optimization to identify unknown material parameters
In: Chemical Engineering Science 281 (2023), Article No.: 119062
ISSN: 0009-2509
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2023.119062
Fritsch B., Wu M., Hutzler A., Zhou D., Spruit R., Vogl L., Will J., Pérez Garza H., März M., Jank M., Spiecker E.:
Sub-Kelvin thermometry for evaluating the local temperature stability within in situ TEM gas cells
In: Ultramicroscopy 235 (2022), p. 113494
ISSN: 0304-3991
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113494
URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab8a8c
Hwang I., Mazare AV., Will J., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Schmuki P.:
Inhibition of H-2 and O-2 Recombination: The Key to a Most Efficient Single-Atom Co-Catalyst for Photocatalytic H-2 Evolution from Plain Water
In: Advanced Functional Materials (2022)
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202207849
Markovskyi A., Gorbenko V., Yokosawa T., Will J., Spiecker E., Batentschuk M., Elia J., Fedorov A., Pakuła M., Kaczmarek M., Zorenko Y.:
Structural, luminescence and photoconversion properties of Lu3Al5O12:Ce single crystalline film phosphors for WLED application
In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2022), Article No.: 167159
ISSN: 0925-8388
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167159
Völkl A., Toutouly J., Drobek D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Klupp Taylor R.:
Gram-Scale Continuous Flow Synthesis of Silver-on-Silica Patchy Nanoparticles with Widely Tunable Resonances for Plasmonics Applications
In: ACS Applied Nano Materials 6 (2023), p. 10126-10137
ISSN: 2574-0970
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c00869
Markovskyi A., Gorbenko V., Zorenko T., Yokosawa T., Will J., Spiecker E., Batentschuk M., Elia J., Fedorov A., Zorenko Y.:
LPE growth of Tb3Al5O12:Ce single crystalline film converters for WLED application
In: CrystEngComm (2021)
ISSN: 1466-8033
DOI: 10.1039/d1ce00268f
Hawly T., Johnson M., Späth A., Nickles Jäkel H., Wu M., Spiecker E., Watts B., Nefedov A., Fink R.:
Exploring the Preparation Dependence of Crystalline 2D-Extended Ultrathin C8-BTBT-C8 Films
In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2022)
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00097
Weiss TP., Minguez-Bacho I., Zuccala E., Melchiorre M., Valle N., El Adib B., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Bachmann J., Dale PJ., Siebentritt S.:
Post-deposition annealing and interfacial atomic layer deposition buffer layers of Sb2Se3/CdS stacks for reduced interface recombination and increased open-circuit voltages
In: Progress in Photovoltaics (2022)
ISSN: 1062-7995
DOI: 10.1002/pip.3625
Wittkämper H., Hock R., Weißer M., Dallmann J., Vogel C., Raman N., Tacardi N., Haumann M., Wasserscheid P., Hsieh TE., Maisel S., Moritz M., Wichmann C., Frisch J., Gorgoi M., Wilks RG., Bär M., Wu M., Spiecker E., Görling A., Unruh T., Steinrück HP., Papp C.:
Isolated Rh atoms in dehydrogenation catalysis
In: Scientific Reports 13 (2023), p. 4458-
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31157-y
Sultan U., Götz A., Schlumberger C., Drobek D., Bleyer G., Walter T., Loewer E., Peuker UA., Thommes M., Spiecker E., Apeleo Zubiri B., Inayat A., Vogel N.:
From Meso to Macro: Controlling Hierarchical Porosity in Supraparticle Powders
In: Small (2023)
ISSN: 1613-6829
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300241
Vogl L., Kalancha V., Schweizer P., Denninger P., Wu M., Brabec C., Forberich K., Spiecker E.:
Influence of tin oxide decoration on the junction conductivity of silver nanowires
In: Nanotechnology 34 (2023), Article No.: 175706
ISSN: 1361-6528
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acb3ca
Friedrich B., Lyer S., Janko C., Unterweger H., Brox R., Cunningham S., Dutz S., Taccardi N., Bikker FJ., Hurle K., Sebald H., Lenz M., Spiecker E., Fester L., Hackstein H., Strauss R., Boccaccini AR., Bogdan C., Alexiou C., Tietze R.:
Scavenging of bacteria or bacterial products by magnetic particles functionalized with a broad-spectrum pathogen recognition receptor motif offers diagnostic and therapeutic applications
In: Acta Biomaterialia 141 (2022), p. 418-428
ISSN: 1742-7061
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.01.001
Börner F., Keith M., Fougerouse D., Macauley C., Felfer P., Yokosawa T., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E.:
Between defects and inclusions: The fate of tellurium in pyrite
In: Chemical Geology 635 (2023), p. 121633
ISSN: 0009-2541
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121633
Saksena A., Kubacka D., Gault B., Spiecker E., Kontis P.:
The effect of γ matrix channel width on the compositional evolution in a multi-component nickel-based superalloy
In: Scripta Materialia 219 (2022), Article No.: 114853
ISSN: 1359-6462
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2022.114853
Xu J., Späth A., Gruber W., Barabash A., Stadler P., Gubanov K., Wu M., Forberich K., Spiecker E., Fink RH., Unruh T., McCulloch I., Brabec C., Heumüller T.:
Tailoring doped organic nanoparticles as selective hole transporters for printed non-fullerene organic solar cells
In: Nano Energy 118 (2023), Article No.: 108956
ISSN: 2211-2855
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108956
Liu X., Yang B., Zhou X., Wu M., Spiecker E., Bachmann J., Hauke F., Hirsch A., Wei T.:
Synergistic Combination of Reductive Covalent Functionalization and Atomic Layer Deposition—Towards Spatially Defined Graphene-Organic-Inorganic Heterostructures
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2023)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314183
Kong M., Osvet A., Barabash A., Zhang K., Hu H., Elia J., Erban C., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Batentschuk M., Brabec C.:
AgIn5S8/ZnS Quantum Dots for Luminescent Down-Shifting and Anti-Reflective Layer in Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance
In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2023)
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11140
Frank U., Drobek D., Sánchez-Iglesias A., Wawra S., Nees N., Walter J., Pflug L., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Liz-Marzan LM., Peukert W.:
Determination of 2D Particle Size Distributions in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Colloids via Analytical Ultracentrifugation: Application to Gold Bipyramids.
In: ACS nano (2023)
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12257
Volz N., Zenk C., Karpstein N., Lenz M., Spiecker E., Göken M., Neumeier S.:
Creep properties and deformation mechanisms of single-crystalline gamma '-strengthened superalloys in dependence of the Co/Ni ratio
In: Philosophical Magazine (2021)
ISSN: 1478-6435
DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2021.2017051
Gromotka L., Biegel M., Damm C., Traore N., Drobek D., Spiecker E., Peukert W.:
Combined continuous nanoparticle synthesis with chromatographic size classification
In: Advanced Powder Technology 35 (2024), Article No.: 104294
ISSN: 0921-8831
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2023.104294
Navarro L., Thunemann AF., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Klinger D.:
Regioselective Seeded Polymerization in Block Copolymer Nanoparticles: Post-Assembly Control of Colloidal Features
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208084
Sytnyk M., Yousefi-Amin AA., Freund T., Prihoda A., Götz K., Unruh T., Harreiß C., Will J., Spiecker E., Levchuk J., Osvet A., Brabec C., Künecke U., Wellmann P., Volobuev VV., Korczak J., Szczerbakow A., Story T., Simbrunner C., Springholz G., Wechsler D., Lytken O., Lotter S., Kampmann F., Maultzsch J., Singh K., Voznyy O., Heiß W.:
Epitaxial Metal Halide Perovskites by Inkjet-Printing on Various Substrates
In: Advanced Functional Materials 30 (2020), Article No.: ARTN 2004612
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202004612
Weissenberger T., Leonhardt R., Apeleo Zubiri B., Pitínová-Štekrová M., Sheppard TL., Reiprich B., Bauer J., Dotzel R., Kahnt M., Schropp A., Schroer CG., Grunwaldt J., Casci JL., Čejka J., Spiecker E., Schwieger W.:
Synthesis and characterisation of hierarchically structured titanium silicalite-1 zeolites with large intracrystalline macropores
In: Chemistry - A European Journal (2019)
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903287
Sun R., Wang T., Fan Q., Wu M., Yang X., Wu X., Yu Y., Xia X., Cui F., Wan J., Lu X., Hao X., Jen AK., Spiecker E., Min J.:
18.2%-efficient ternary all-polymer organic solar cells with improved stability enabled by a chlorinated guest polymer acceptor
In: Joule 7 (2023), p. 221-237
ISSN: 2542-4351
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.12.007
Menon A., Papadopoulos I., Harreiß C., Mora-Fuentes JP., Cortizo-Lacalle D., Mateo-Alonso A., Spiecker E., Guldi DM.:
Collecting up to 115% of Singlet-Fission Products by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
In: Acs Nano (2020)
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03668
Eggeler Y., Kubacka D., Pichler P., Wu M., Spiecker E.:
Intrinsic nano-diffusion-couple for studying high temperature diffusion in multi-component superalloys
In: Scripta Materialia 192 (2021), p. 120-124
ISSN: 1359-6462
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.10.002
Vollhüter J., Bezold A., Karpstein N., Köbrich M., Spiecker E., Göken M., Neumeier S.:
Strain Rate-Dependent Anomalous Work Hardening of a Single-Crystalline CoNi-Base Superalloy
In: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science (2023)
ISSN: 1073-5623
DOI: 10.1007/s11661-023-06966-5
Esper JD., Zhuo Y., Barr M., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., de Ligny D., Bachmann J., Peukert W., Romeis S.:
Shape-anisotropic cobalt-germanium-borate glass flakes as novel Li-ion battery anodes
In: Powder Technology 363 (2020), p. 218-231
ISSN: 0032-5910
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2019.11.063
Butz B., Dolle C., Niekiel F., Weber K., Waldmann D., Weber HB., Meyer B., Spiecker E., Spiecker E.:
Dislocations in bilayer graphene
In: Nature 505 (2014), p. 533-537
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/nature12780
Lenz M., Wu M., Spiecker E.:
Segregation-assisted climb of Frank partial dislocations: An alternative route to superintrinsic stacking faults in L12-hardened superalloys
In: Acta Materialia 191 (2020), p. 270-279
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.03.056
Lin W., Greve C., Härtner S., Götz K., Walter J., Wu M., Rechberger S., Spiecker E., Busch S., Schmutzler T., Avadhut Y., Hartmann M., Unruh T., Peukert W., Segets D.:
Unraveling Complexity: A Strategy for the Characterization of Anisotropic Core Multishell Nanoparticles
In: Particle & Particle Systems Characterization (2020)
ISSN: 0934-0866
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.202000145
Fritsch B., Hutzler A., Wu M., Vogl L., Jank MPM., März M., Spiecker E.:
Evaluating local temperature changes during liquid cell transmission electron microscopy by in situ parallel beam electron diffraction
Virtual Early Career European Microscopy Congress 2020 (Kopenhagen, 24. November 2020 - 26. November 2020)
In: Proceedings of the European Microscopy Congress 2020 2021
DOI: 10.22443/rms.emc2020.253
URL: https://www.emc2020.eu/abstract/evaluating-local-temperature-changes-during-liquid-cell-transmission-electron-microscopy-by-emin-situnbspemparallel-beam-electron-diffraction.html
Du T., Qiu S., Zhou X., Le Corre VM., Wu M., Dong L., Peng Z., Zhao Y., Jang D., Spiecker E., Brabec C., Egelhaaf HJ.:
Efficient, stable, and fully printed carbon-electrode perovskite solar cells enabled by hole-transporting bilayers
In: Joule (2023)
ISSN: 2542-4351
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.06.005
Cha G., Hwang I., Hejazi S., Dobrota AS., Pašti IA., Osuagwu B., Kim H., Will J., Yokosawa T., Badura Z., Kment Š., Mohajernia S., Mazare AV., Skorodumova NV., Spiecker E., Schmuki P.:
As a single atom Pd outperforms Pt as the most active co-catalyst for photocatalytic H2 evolution
In: iScience 24 (2021), Article No.: 102938
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102938
Johnson M., Hawly T., Wu M., Spiecker E., Fink R.:
Structural characterization of alpha,omega-DH6T monolayer films grown at the liquid-liquid interface
In: Soft Matter (2021)
ISSN: 1744-683X
DOI: 10.1039/d1sm01072g
Anaya-Plaza E., Joseph J., Bauroth S., Wagner M., Dolle C., Sekita M., Gröhn F., Spiecker E., Clark T., de la Escosura A., Guldi DM., Torres T.:
Synergy of Electrostatic and π–π Interactions in the Realization of Nanoscale Artificial Photosynthetic Model Systems
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2020)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006014
Carl S., Will J., Madubuko N., Götz A., Przybilla T., Wu M., Raman N., Wirth J., Taccardi N., Apeleo Zubiri B., Haumann M., Wasserscheid P., Spiecker E.:
Structural Evolution of GaOx-Shell and Intermetallic Phases in Ga-Pt Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2024), p. 4711-4720
ISSN: 1948-7185
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03494
Hu H., Fehn D., Barr M., Harreiß C., Zhao Y., Meyer K., Brabec CJ., Osvet A., Brabec C.:
Enhanced Photostability of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals with Mn3+ Incorporation
In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 (2024), p. 17946-17953
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c03356
Dolle C., Oestreicher V., Ruiz AM., Kohring M., Garnes-Portolés F., Wu M., Sánchez-Santolino G., Seijas-Da Silva A., Alcaraz M., Eggeler YM., Spiecker E., Canet-Ferrer J., Leyva-Perez A., Weber HB., Varela M., Baldoví JJ., Abellán G.:
Hexagonal Hybrid Bismuthene by Molecular Interface Engineering
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (2023), p. 12487–12498
ISSN: 0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13036
Kalancha V., These A., Vogl L., Levchuk I., Zhou X., Barr M., Bruns M., Bachmann J., Virtanen S., Spiecker E., Osvet A., Brabec C., Forberich K.:
Overcoming Temperature-Induced Degradation of Silver Nanowire Electrodes by an Ag@SnOx Core-Shell Approach
In: Advanced Electronic Materials (2022)
ISSN: 2199-160X
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202100787
Clark SM., Colas B., Jacob DE., Neuefeind JC., Wang HW., Page KL., Soper AK., Schodder P., Duchstein P., Apeleo Zubiri B., Yokosawa T., Pipich V., Zahn D., Spiecker E., Wolf S.:
The nano- and meso-scale structure of amorphous calcium carbonate
In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022)
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10627-9
Hutzler A., Fritsch B., Branscheid R., Wu M., Jank M., Spiecker E.:
Direct Manipulation of Nanostructures Utilizing Donut-Shaped Potential Wells during Liquid-Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy
Virtual Early Career European Microscopy Congress 2020
DOI: 10.22443/rms.emc2020.158
Will J., Wierzbicka E., Wu M., Götz K., Yokosawa T., Liu N., Tesler A., Stiller M., Unruh T., Altomare M., Schmuki P., Spiecker E.:
Hydrogenated anatase TiO2 single crystals: defects formation and structural changes as microscopic origin of co-catalyst free photocatalytic H2 evolution activity
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2021)
ISSN: 2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/D1TA04809K
Niekiel F., Kraschewski S., Müller J., Butz B., Spiecker E.:
Local temperature measurement in TEM by parallel beam electron diffraction
In: Ultramicroscopy 176 (2017), p. 161-169
ISSN: 0304-3991
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.11.028
Liebig JP., Mackovic M., Spiecker E., Göken M., Merle B.:
Grain boundary mediated plasticity: A blessing for the ductility of metallic thin films?
In: Acta Materialia 215 (2021), Article No.: 117079
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117079
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645421004596/pdfft?isDTMRedir=true&download=true
Fritsch B., Zech T., Bruns M., Körner A., Khadivianazar S., Wu M., Zargar Talebi N., Virtanen S., Unruh T., Jank M., Spiecker E., Hutzler A.:
Radiolysis‐Driven Evolution of Gold Nanostructures – Model Verification by Scale Bridging In Situ Liquid‐Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy and X‐Ray Diffraction
In: Advanced Science 9 (2022), Article No.: 2202803
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202202803
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202202803
Vogl L., Schweizer P., Denninger P., Richter G., Spiecker E.:
Sensing Capabilities of Single Nanowires Studied with Correlative in Situ Light and Electron Microscopy
In: ACS nano (2022)
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04848
Fürk P., Mallick S., Rath T., Reinfelds M., Wu M., Spiecker E., Simic N., Haberfehlner G., Kothleitner G., Ressel B., Holler S., Schaubeder JB., Materna P., Amenitsch H., Trimmel G.:
The challenge with high permittivity acceptors in organic solar cells: a case study with Y-series derivatives
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2023)
ISSN: 2050-7526
DOI: 10.1039/d3tc01112g
Bezold A., Volz N., Lenz M., Karpstein N., Zenk C., Spiecker E., Göken M., Neumeier S.:
Quantification of the temperature-dependent evolution of defect structures in a CoNi-base superalloy
In: Acta Materialia 227 (2022), Article No.: 117702
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117702
Danisman B., Zhang GR., Baumunk AF., Yang J., Brummel O., Darge P., Dworschak D., Mayrhofer KJ., Libuda J., Zhou X., Wu M., Spiecker E., Ledendecker M., Etzold BJ.:
Increasing Activity of Trimetallic Oxygen Reduction PtNiMo/C Catalysts Through Initial Conditioning
In: ChemElectroChem (2024)
ISSN: 2196-0216
DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400070
Karpstein N., Lenz M., Bezold A., Wu M., Neumeier S., Spiecker E.:
Reliable identification of the complex or superlattice nature of intrinsic and extrinsic stacking faults in the L12 phase by high-resolution imaging
In: Acta Materialia 260 (2023), Article No.: 119284
ISSN: 1359-6454
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119284
Drobek D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Wirth J., Englisch S., Weissenberger T., Schwieger W., Spiecker E.:
Correlative 3D characterization of hierarchical zeolite structures linking nano X-ray tomography and 360° electron tomography
European Microscopy Congress 2020 (Virtual, 24. November 2020 - 26. November 2020)
DOI: 10.22443/rms.emc2020.859
Hagen S., Weiser M., Kubacka D., Spiecker E., Virtanen S.:
On the High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of a Ta-Containing Quaternary Co-Base Model Alloy System with γ/γ′-Microstructure - Influence of γ′-Volume Fraction, Surface State, and Heating Condition on Alumina Growth
In: Oxidation of Metals (2020)
ISSN: 0030-770X
DOI: 10.1007/s11085-020-10003-w
Lenz M., Wu M., He J., Makineni SK., Gault B., Raabe D., Neumeier S., Spiecker E.:
Atomic Structure and Chemical Composition of Planar Fault Structures in Co-Base Superalloys
14th International Symposium on Superalloys, Superalloys 2021 (Seven Springs, PA, 12. September 2021 - 16. September 2021)
In: Sammy Tin, Mark Hardy, Justin Clews, Jonathan Cormier, Qiang Feng, John Marcin, Chris O'Brien, Akane Suzuki (ed.): Minerals, Metals and Materials Series 2020
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51834-9_90
Vorlaufer N., Josten J., Carl S., Göbel E., Soegaard A., Taccardi N., Spiecker E., Felfer P.:
Preparation of atom probe tips from (nano)particles in dispersion using (di)electrophoresis and electroplating
In: Microscopy Research and Technique 87 (2023), p. 476-483
ISSN: 1059-910X
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24448
Sarcletti M., Park H., Wirth J., Englisch S., Eigen A., Drobek D., Vivod D., Friedrich B., Tietze R., Alexiou C., Zahn D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Halik M.:
The remediation of nano-/microplastics from water
In: Materials Today (2021)
ISSN: 1369-7021
DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2021.02.020
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702121000821
Liu N., Mohajernia S., Nguyen NT., Hejazi S., Plass F., Kahnt A., Yokosawa T., Osvet A., Spiecker E., Guldi DM., Schmuki P.:
Long-Living Holes in Grey Anatase TiO2 Enable Noble-Metal-Free and Sacrificial-Agent-Free Water Splitting
In: Chemsuschem (2020)
ISSN: 1864-5631
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001045
Harreiß C., Langner S., Wu M., Berlinghof M., Rechberger S., Will J., Conroy M., Bangert U., Unruh T., Brabec C., Spiecker E.:
Understanding and Controlling the Evolution of Nanomorphology and Crystallinity of Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Blends with Solvent Vapor Annealing
In: Solar RRL (2022)
ISSN: 2367-198X
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202200127
Dierner M., Will J., Landes M., Volland C., Branscheid R., Zech T., Unruh T., Spiecker E.:
Influence of Au alloying on solid state dewetting kinetics and texture evolution of Ag and Ni thin films
In: Surfaces and Interfaces 46 (2024), p. 104008
ISSN: 2468-0230
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104008
Schrenker N., Xie Z., Schweizer P., Moninger M., Werner F., Karpstein N., Mackovic M., Spyropoulos G., Göbelt M., Christiansen SH., Brabec C., Bitzek E., Spiecker E.:
Microscopic Deformation Modes and Impact of Network Anisotropy on the Mechanical and Electrical Performance of Five-fold Twinned Silver Nanowire Electrodes
In: ACS nano (2020), Article No.: acsnano.0c06480
ISSN: 1936-0851
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06480
Wang R., Jiang Y., Gruber W., He Y., Wu M., Weitz P., Zhang K., Lüer L., Forberich K., Unruh T., Spiecker E., Deibel C., Li N., Brabec C.:
Tailoring the Nature of Interface States in Efficient and Stable Bilayer Organic Solar Cells by a Transfer-Printing Technique
In: Advanced Materials Interfaces (2022)
ISSN: 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202200342
Elia J., Levchuk I., Hou Y., Matt G., These A., Zhao Y., Zhang J., Forberich K., Osvet A., Götz K., Prihoda A., Wu M., Harreiß C., Rechberger S., Will J., Unruh T., Spiecker E., Zorenko Y., Batentschuk M., Brabec C.:
Solution-Growth Liquid-Phase Epitaxy of CsPbBr3 on NaCl by Optimizing the Substrate Dissolution
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (2023), p. 22412-22424
ISSN: 1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06162
Hofer A., Taccardi N., Moritz M., Wichmann C., Hübner S., Drobek D., Engelhardt M., Papastavrou G., Spiecker E., Papp C., Wasserscheid P., Bachmann J.:
Preparation of geometrically highly controlled Ga particle arrays on quasi-planar nanostructured surfaces as a SCALMS model system
In: RSC Advances 13 (2023), p. 4011-4018
ISSN: 2046-2069
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA07585G
Hawly T., Johnson M., Zhao B., Wu M., Späth A., Streller F., Nickles Jäkel H., Halik M., Spiecker E., Watts B., Nefedov A., Fink R.:
Asymmetry Matters: Structure Elucidation and Application Potential of Solution-Processed Monoalkylated BTBT Thin Films
In: ACS Applied Electronic Materials 4 (2022), p. 5914-5921
ISSN: 2637-6113
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c01095
Hoffmeister D., Finger S., Fiedler L., Ma TC., Körner A., Zlatar M., Fritsch B., Bodnar KW., Carl S., Götz A., Zubiri BA., Will J., Spiecker E., Cherevko S., Freiberg A., Mayrhofer K., Thiele S., Hutzler A., van Pham C.:
Photodeposition-Based Synthesis of TiO2@IrOx Core–Shell Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis with Low Iridium Loading
In: Advanced Science (2024)
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402991
Fritsch B., Hutzler A., Wu M., Khadivianazar S., Vogl L., Jank MPM., März M., Spiecker E.:
Accessing local electron-beam induced temperature changes during in situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy
In: Nanoscale Advances 3 (2021), p. 2466 - 2474
ISSN: 2516-0230
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA01027H
URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/NA/D0NA01027H
Kubacka D., Weiser M., Spiecker E.:
Early stages of high-temperature oxidation of Ni- and Co-base model superalloys: A comparative study using rapid thermal annealing and advanced electron microscopy
In: Corrosion Science 191 (2021), Article No.: 109744
ISSN: 0010-938X
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2021.109744
Lu Y., Zhong H., Li J., Dominic AM., Hu Y., Gao Z., Jiao Y., Wu M., Qi H., Huang C., Wayment LJ., Kaiser U., Spiecker E., Weidinger IM., Zhang W., Feng X., Dong R.:
sp-Carbon Incorporated Conductive Metal-Organic Framework as Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208163
Wu M., Tafel A., Hommelhoff P., Spiecker E.:
Determination of 3D electrostatic field at an electron nano-emitter
In: Applied Physics Letters 114 (2019), p. 013101
ISSN: 0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/1.5055227
URL: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5055227
Rechberger S., Gasparini N., Singh R., Kim M., Chochos CL., Gregoriou VG., Cho K., Brabec C., Ameri T., Spiecker E.:
Unraveling the Complex Nanomorphology of Ternary Organic Solar Cells with Multimodal Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy
In: Solar RRL (2020)
ISSN: 2367-198X
DOI: 10.1002/solr.202000114
Schweizer P., Dolle C., Dasler D., Abellán G., Hauke F., Hirsch A., Spiecker E.:
Mechanical cleaning of graphene using in situ electron microscopy
In: Nature Communications 11 (2020), p. 1743-
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15255-3
Groppe P., Reichstein J., Carl S., Cuadrado Collados C., Niebuur BJ., Zhang K., Apeleo Zubiri B., Libuda J., Kraus T., Retzer T., Thommes M., Spiecker E., Wintzheimer S., Mandel K.:
Catalyst Supraparticles: Tuning the Structure of Spray-Dried Pt/SiO2 Supraparticles via Salt-Based Colloidal Manipulation to Control their Catalytic Performance
In: Small (2024)
ISSN: 1613-6829
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310813
Berlinghof M., Langner S., Harreiß C., Schmidt E., Siris R., Bertram F., Shen C., Will J., Schindler T., Prihoda A., Rechberger S., Duesberg G., Neder R., Spiecker E., Brabec C., Unruh T.:
Crystal-structure of active layers of small molecule organic photovoltaics before and after solvent vapor annealing
In: Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials 235 (2020), p. 15-28
ISSN: 2196-7105
DOI: 10.1515/zkri-2019-0055
Paschen T., Brückner L., Wu M., Spiecker E., Hommelhoff P.:
Highly Localized Optical Field Enhancement at Neon Ion Sputtered Tungsten Nanotips
In: Nano Letters (2023)
ISSN: 1530-6984
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01985
Traore N., Berthold M., Hartmann L., Schmul P., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Peukert W.:
Tailoring the Reaction Pathway for Control of Size and Composition of Silver-Gold Alloy Nanoparticles
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2024)
ISSN: 1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00321
URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00321
Büttner P., Scheler F., Pointer C., Döhler D., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., P. Boix P., Young ER., Minguez Bacho I., Bachmann J.:
ZnS Ultrathin Interfacial Layers for Optimizing Carrier Management in Sb2S3-based Photovoltaics
In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (2021), p. 11861–11868
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21365
URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.0c21365
Luo J., Liu B., Yin H., Zhou X., Wu M., Shi H., Zhang J., Elia J., Zhang K., Wu J., Xie Z., Liu C., Yuan J., Wan Z., Heumüller T., Lüer L., Spiecker E., Li N., Jia C., Brabec C., Zhao Y.:
Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime
In: Nature Communications 15 (2024), Article No.: 2002
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46145-7

SEM/FIB Dualbeam System

FEI Helios NanoLab 660

The FEI Helios NanoLab 660 dualbeam System combines ultra-high resolution SEM imaging with extremely precise FIB milling. Having 8 different detectors, the instrument is capable of resolving a large variety of signals like secondary electrons, x-rays, and secondary ions. Using the Ga-ion FIB material can be removed with nanometer precision to prepare site-specific cross-sections, TEM lamellae or structures for mechanical tests. Three different gas injection systems are available that can be used for different purposes. Carbon and Platinum can be deposited in order to protect a surface or to do circuit editing, while XeF₂ can be used for ion-less milling of certain materials. In addition Two micro-manipulators are available for lift-out procedures, sample transfers and mechanical or electrical probing.

Manufacturer: FEI
Model: Helios NanoLab660
Construction Year: 2013
Location: Erlangen
URL: https://www.em.tf.fau.de/research/equipment/helios-nanolab-660/
Funding source: DFG / Exzellenzcluster (EXC)

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Effect of size and shape on the elastic modulus of metal nanowires
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A Sustainable Method for Removal of the Full Range of Liquid and Solid Hydrocarbons from Water Including Up- and Recycling
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Low energy nano diffraction (LEND) – A versatile diffraction technique in SEM
In: Ultramicroscopy 213 (2020), Article No.: 112956
ISSN: 0304-3991
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2020.112956
Herre P., Will J., Dierner M., Wang D., Yokosawa T., Zech T., Wu M., Przybilla T., Romeis S., Unruh T., Peukert W., Spiecker E.:
Rapid fabrication and interface structure of highly faceted epitaxial Ni-Au solid solution nanoparticles on sapphire
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Wierzbicka E., Altomare M., Wu M., Liu N., Yokosawa T., Fehn D., Qin S., Meyer K., Unruh T., Spiecker E., Palmisano L., Bellardita M., Will J., Schmuki P.:
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Elia J., Levchuk I., Hou Y., Matt G., These A., Zhao Y., Zhang J., Forberich K., Osvet A., Götz K., Prihoda A., Wu M., Harreiß C., Rechberger S., Will J., Unruh T., Spiecker E., Zorenko Y., Batentschuk M., Brabec C.:
Solution-Growth Liquid-Phase Epitaxy of CsPbBr3 on NaCl by Optimizing the Substrate Dissolution
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (2023), p. 22412-22424
ISSN: 1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06162
Chen X., Denninger P., Stimpel-Lindner T., Spiecker E., Duesberg GS., Backes C., Knirsch K., Hirsch A.:
Defect Engineering of Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Disulfide
In: Chemistry - A European Journal (2020)
ISSN: 0947-6539
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000286
Hofer A., Taccardi N., Moritz M., Wichmann C., Hübner S., Drobek D., Engelhardt M., Papastavrou G., Spiecker E., Papp C., Wasserscheid P., Bachmann J.:
Preparation of geometrically highly controlled Ga particle arrays on quasi-planar nanostructured surfaces as a SCALMS model system
In: RSC Advances 13 (2023), p. 4011-4018
ISSN: 2046-2069
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA07585G
Hoffmeister D., Finger S., Fiedler L., Ma TC., Körner A., Zlatar M., Fritsch B., Bodnar KW., Carl S., Götz A., Zubiri BA., Will J., Spiecker E., Cherevko S., Freiberg A., Mayrhofer K., Thiele S., Hutzler A., van Pham C.:
Photodeposition-Based Synthesis of TiO2@IrOx Core–Shell Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis with Low Iridium Loading
In: Advanced Science (2024)
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402991
Rejek T., Schweizer P., Joch D., Portilla L., Spiecker E., Halik M.:
Buried Microphase Separation by Dynamic Interplay of Crystallization and Microphase Separation in Semicrystalline PEO-Rich PS-b-PEO Block Copolymer Thin Films
In: Macromolecules 53 (2020), p. 5604-5613
ISSN: 0024-9297
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b02760
Sytnyk M., Yousefi-Amin AA., Freund T., Prihoda A., Götz K., Unruh T., Harreiß C., Will J., Spiecker E., Levchuk J., Osvet A., Brabec C., Künecke U., Wellmann P., Volobuev VV., Korczak J., Szczerbakow A., Story T., Simbrunner C., Springholz G., Wechsler D., Lytken O., Lotter S., Kampmann F., Maultzsch J., Singh K., Voznyy O., Heiß W.:
Epitaxial Metal Halide Perovskites by Inkjet-Printing on Various Substrates
In: Advanced Functional Materials 30 (2020), Article No.: ARTN 2004612
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202004612
Kubacka D., Weiser M., Spiecker E.:
Early stages of high-temperature oxidation of Ni- and Co-base model superalloys: A comparative study using rapid thermal annealing and advanced electron microscopy
In: Corrosion Science 191 (2021), Article No.: 109744
ISSN: 0010-938X
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2021.109744
Schweizer P., Dolle C., Dasler D., Abellán G., Hauke F., Hirsch A., Spiecker E.:
Mechanical cleaning of graphene using in situ electron microscopy
In: Nature Communications 11 (2020), p. 1743-
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15255-3
Groppe P., Reichstein J., Carl S., Cuadrado Collados C., Niebuur BJ., Zhang K., Apeleo Zubiri B., Libuda J., Kraus T., Retzer T., Thommes M., Spiecker E., Wintzheimer S., Mandel K.:
Catalyst Supraparticles: Tuning the Structure of Spray-Dried Pt/SiO2 Supraparticles via Salt-Based Colloidal Manipulation to Control their Catalytic Performance
In: Small (2024)
ISSN: 1613-6829
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310813
Afify HA., Rehm V., Barabash A., These A., Zhang J., Osvet A., Schüßlbauer C., Thiel D., Ullrich T., Dierner M., Przybilla T., Will J., Spiecker E., Guldi DM., Brabec C., Heiß W.:
Shape-Controlled Solution-Epitaxial Perovskite Micro-Crystal Lasers Rivaling Vapor Deposited Ones
In: Advanced Functional Materials (2022)
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202206790
Büttner P., Scheler F., Pointer C., Döhler D., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., P. Boix P., Young ER., Minguez Bacho I., Bachmann J.:
ZnS Ultrathin Interfacial Layers for Optimizing Carrier Management in Sb2S3-based Photovoltaics
In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (2021), p. 11861–11868
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21365
URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.0c21365
Apeleo Zubiri B., Wirth J., Drobek D., Englisch S., Przybilla T., Weissenberger T., Schwieger W., Spiecker E.:
Correlative Laboratory Nano-CT and 360° Electron Tomography of Macropore Structures in Hierarchical Zeolites
In: Advanced Materials Interfaces (2020)
ISSN: 2196-7350
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202001154
Du T., Qiu S., Zhou X., Le Corre VM., Wu M., Dong L., Peng Z., Zhao Y., Jang D., Spiecker E., Brabec C., Egelhaaf HJ.:
Efficient, stable, and fully printed carbon-electrode perovskite solar cells enabled by hole-transporting bilayers
In: Joule (2023)
ISSN: 2542-4351
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.06.005
Carl S., Will J., Madubuko N., Götz A., Przybilla T., Wu M., Raman N., Wirth J., Taccardi N., Apeleo Zubiri B., Haumann M., Wasserscheid P., Spiecker E.:
Structural Evolution of GaOx-Shell and Intermetallic Phases in Ga-Pt Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2024), p. 4711-4720
ISSN: 1948-7185
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03494
Kundrata I., Barr M., Tymek S., Döhler D., Hudec B., Brüner P., Vanko G., Precner M., Yokosawa T., Spiecker E., Plakhotnyuk M., Fröhlich K., Bachmann J.:
Additive Manufacturing in Atomic Layer Processing Mode
In: Small Methods (2022)
ISSN: 2366-9608
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202101546
Keckstein P., Lotz L., Palmisano R., Hübner S., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Burghaus S., Beckmann M., Hoeffmann ., Dittrich R., Hein A., Lermann J.:
pH dependence of the decomposition behavior of urogynecological fixation materials
In: GEBURTSHILFE UND FRAUENHEILKUNDE, STUTTGART: 2022
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1756893
Krauß S., Seynstahl A., Tremmel S., Meyer B., Bitzek E., Göken M., Yokosawa T., Zubiri BA., Spiecker E., Merle B.:
Structural reorientation and compaction of porous MoS2 coatings during wear testing
In: Wear 500-501 (2022), Article No.: 204339
ISSN: 0043-1648
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2022.204339
Harsha S., Sharma RK., Dierner M., Baeumer C., Makhotkin I., Mul G., Ghigna P., Spiecker E., Will J., Altomare M.:
Dewetting of Pt Nanoparticles Boosts Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Due to Electronic Metal-Support Interaction
In: Advanced Functional Materials (2024)
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202403628
Wang Y., Chen J., Li R., Götz A., Drobek D., Przybilla T., Hübner S., Pelz P., Yang L., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Engel M., Ye X.:
Controlled Self-Assembly of Gold Nanotetrahedra into Quasicrystals and Complex Periodic Supracrystals
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (2023), p. 17902-17911
ISSN: 1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05299

X-ray Microscopy Facility

Zeiss Xradia 810 Ultra

Our Xradia Ultra is a high-end x-ray microscope (XRM) providing high-resolution imaging up to 50 nm as well as large field of view stacks made for 3 dimensional reconstructions. With advanced optics firstly established for synchrotron experiments, we obtain with this XRM equal resolutions for our laboratory. The rotating chromium anode source offers a quasi-monochromatic 5.4 keV x-ray beam due to condenser and Fresnel zone plate lens system. Common absorption imaging yield material mass contrast of small slices up to bulk specimen. In addition, the Xradia Ultra includes Zernike phase contrast visualization for porous or small mass-bandwidth samples as organic materials by edge enhancement. Furthermore, mechanic in situ experiments are enabled by a customized mounting stage for pressure, shear and strain stress. The high-end XRM closes the visualisation gap between Light and Electron Microscopy in a non-destructive way.

Manufacturer: Zeiss Carl Microscopy GmbH
Model: 3D-Röntgenmikroskop XRadia Ultra 810
Construction Year: 2017
Location: Erlangen
URL: https://www.em.tf.fau.de/research/equipment/zeiss-xradia-810-ultra/
Funding source: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

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Sarcletti M., Park H., Wirth J., Englisch S., Eigen A., Drobek D., Vivod D., Friedrich B., Tietze R., Alexiou C., Zahn D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Halik M.:
The remediation of nano-/microplastics from water
In: Materials Today (2021)
ISSN: 1369-7021
DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2021.02.020
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702121000821
Carl S., Will J., Madubuko N., Götz A., Przybilla T., Wu M., Raman N., Wirth J., Taccardi N., Apeleo Zubiri B., Haumann M., Wasserscheid P., Spiecker E.:
Structural Evolution of GaOx-Shell and Intermetallic Phases in Ga-Pt Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions
In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2024), p. 4711-4720
ISSN: 1948-7185
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03494
Groppe P., Reichstein J., Carl S., Cuadrado Collados C., Niebuur BJ., Zhang K., Apeleo Zubiri B., Libuda J., Kraus T., Retzer T., Thommes M., Spiecker E., Wintzheimer S., Mandel K.:
Catalyst Supraparticles: Tuning the Structure of Spray-Dried Pt/SiO2 Supraparticles via Salt-Based Colloidal Manipulation to Control their Catalytic Performance
In: Small (2024)
ISSN: 1613-6829
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310813
Wang J., Liu Y., Bleyer G., Peukert W., Görlitzer E., Englisch S., Przybilla T., Mbah Chrameh F., Engel M., Spiecker E., Imaz I., Maspoch D., Vogel N.:
Coloration in Supraparticles Assembled from Polyhedral Metal-Organic Framework Particles
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022)
ISSN: 1433-7851
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202117455
Fujiwara A., Wang J., Hiraide S., Götz A., Miyahara MT., Hartmann M., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Vogel N., Watanabe S.:
Fast Gas-Adsorption Kinetics in Supraparticle-Based MOF Packings with Hierarchical Porosity
In: Advanced Materials (2023)
ISSN: 0935-9648
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305980
Sultan U., Götz A., Schlumberger C., Drobek D., Bleyer G., Walter T., Loewer E., Peuker UA., Thommes M., Spiecker E., Apeleo Zubiri B., Inayat A., Vogel N.:
From Meso to Macro: Controlling Hierarchical Porosity in Supraparticle Powders
In: Small (2023)
ISSN: 1613-6829
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300241
Mbah CF., Wang J., Englisch S., Bommineni PK., Varela Rosales NR., Spiecker E., Vogel N., Engel M.:
Early-stage bifurcation of crystallization in a sphere
In: Nature Communications 14 (2023), Article No.: 5299
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41001-6
Wang Y., Chen J., Li R., Götz A., Drobek D., Przybilla T., Hübner S., Pelz P., Yang L., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Engel M., Ye X.:
Controlled Self-Assembly of Gold Nanotetrahedra into Quasicrystals and Complex Periodic Supracrystals
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (2023), p. 17902-17911
ISSN: 1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05299
Englisch S., Ditscherlein R., Kirstein T., Hansen L., Furat O., Drobek D., Leißner T., Apeleo Zubiri B., Weber AP., Schmidt V., Peuker UA., Spiecker E.:
3D analysis of equally X-ray attenuating mineralogical phases utilizing a correlative tomographic workflow across multiple length scales
In: Powder Technology 419 (2023), Article No.: 118343
ISSN: 0032-5910
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118343
Wirth J., Apeleo Zubiri B., Wu M., Englisch S., Drobek D., Taccardi N., Wasserscheid P., Spiecker E.:
Correlative 3D nanotomography and in situ transmission electron microscopy studies on supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions
European Microscopy Congress 2020
DOI: 10.22443/rms.emc2020.287
Hoffmeister D., Finger S., Fiedler L., Ma TC., Körner A., Zlatar M., Fritsch B., Bodnar KW., Carl S., Götz A., Zubiri BA., Will J., Spiecker E., Cherevko S., Freiberg A., Mayrhofer K., Thiele S., Hutzler A., van Pham C.:
Photodeposition-Based Synthesis of TiO2@IrOx Core–Shell Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis with Low Iridium Loading
In: Advanced Science (2024)
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402991
Drobek D., Apeleo Zubiri B., Wirth J., Englisch S., Weissenberger T., Schwieger W., Spiecker E.:
Correlative 3D characterization of hierarchical zeolite structures linking nano X-ray tomography and 360° electron tomography
European Microscopy Congress 2020 (Virtual, 24. November 2020 - 26. November 2020)
DOI: 10.22443/rms.emc2020.859
Zimmermann T., Madubuko N., Groppe P., Raczka T., Dünninger N., Taccardi N., Carl S., Apeleo Zubiri B., Spiecker E., Wasserscheid P., Mandel K., Haumann M., Wintzheimer S.:
Supraparticles on beads for supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions - the SCALMS suprabead concept
In: Materials Horizons (2023)
ISSN: 2051-6347
DOI: 10.1039/d3mh01020a