Seminars

Thomas Kuhn's work "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" (1962), which is still frequently cited, was particularly influential in the humanities, but is now also receiving considerable attention from natural scientists, who – unlike historians of science and philosophers of science – in most cases do not critically discuss Kuhn's theses. [more]

Plasmon-induced chemical reactions offer highly efficient energy transfer, yet their complex mechanisms often hinder rational catalyst design. In this context, a single-molecule-level approach using scanning tunneling microscopy with light illumination (photon-STM) offers precise snapshots of the reaction progress, providing valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms[1,2,3]. [more]

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Building on the success of its inaugural edition in 2023, OPERANDO NANO INTERFACES (ONI) returns as a triennial international conference dedicated to revealing dynamic functional interfaces through operando and in situ characterization. Bringing together leading researchers advancing interface science through experiment, theory, and materials design, ONI provides a unique forum to advance atomic- and molecular-scale understanding of dynamic interfaces in catalysis, electrochemistry, batteries, and energy materials. [more]

Special Symposium for the 40th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize Award to Prof. Ernst Ruska for the Invention of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The transmission electron microscope is one of the most powerful analytical tools scientists have at their disposal for visualizing the structure and chemistry of both hard and soft materials. In 1986, the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Prof. Ernst Ruska, a former director at the Fritz Haber Institute, for his invention of the transmission electron microscope. [more]

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