We celebrate the successful installation of a laster cutter (microPREP) for fast, clean, and efficient preparation of samples for microstructure characterization and failure analysis. It is suitable for preparation of metal, semiconductor, ceramic and compound materials from bulk, and greatly reduce...
Researchers in IMN has recently reported the direct observation of nucleation and propagation of basal plane dislocations in Nb2AlC, a member of MAX phases, using nanomechanical testing inside a transmission electron microscope.
MAX Phases (with M an early transition metal, A an A group element a...
The PhD defence of Ms. Manuela Göbelt took place on 19. May. 2017 in the Max-Plank-Institute for the Science of Light (MPL). With her great work on the study of silver nanowire based transparent electrode, under the support of GRK1896 and co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Erdmann Spiecker (WW9, FAU) and Pr...
High-resolution X-ray tomography reveals how butterflies form their iridescent wing scales
It has only been one year since the material scientists around Prof. Erdmann Spiecker from the Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg had been granted funding for...
A research article "A Novel Approach for Preparation and In Situ Tensile Testing of Silica Glass Membranes in the Transmission Electron Microscope" by our colleagues Mirza Mačković, Thomas Przybilla, Christel Dieker, Patrick Herre, Stefan Romeis, Hana Stara, Nadine Schrenker, Wolfgang Peukert and Er...
Our motivated, high productive colleague Dr.-Ing. Florian Niekiel is leaving us right after his PhD defense and decided to move back to his hometown in north Germany. Thank you very much for the times that we worked together, thank you for leaving us the legacy of your experience that is worth to te...
Research article "Correlative micro-diffraction and differential phase contrast study of mean inner potential and subtle beam-specimen interaction", by Mingjian Wu and Erdmann Spiecker, has been accepted for publication in the journal Ultramicroscopy.
Probing nanometer scale electrostatic (Coulom...
Our colleague Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri (born Winter) is leaving us after his research stay and successful defense of PhD work. As he said, he is "starting an exciting exploration into the new possibilities in career with his young family". We wish all the best to your future and hope to hear ...
The PhD defence of Mr. Florian Niekiel took place on 27. Jan. 2017. With his extraordinary work of "Solid-state Dewetting of Metallic Thin Films studied by Advanced in situ Eletron Mirosopy Tehniques", he has been awarded the title Dr.-Ing. with overall grade "summa cum laude".
Congratulation...
Research article "Local temperature measurement in TEM by parallel beam electron diffraction" by Florian Niekiel, Simon M. Kraschewski, Julian Müller, Benjamin Butz, and Erdmann Spiecker, has been accepted for publication in the journal Ultramicroscopy.
In this work the applicability of parallel ...
