PNM Outreach

What are nanomaterials, how does the atomic structure influence their properties, and how can we measure and manipulate them in our research?These are a few of the questions we tried…

Nano world made large. Here in the Giga-indentation exhibit we show what our materials are madeout of and what holds the building blocks called atoms together, using a model of…

In this exhibit, we show how a chemical reaction works with the help of a simple marble run. For a chemical reaction to happen the reactants need to have enough…

Have you ever noticed beautiful wave patterns when stack multiple kitchen strainers or other types of mesh? Then you have already seen moiré patterns first hand. Here you will learn how we can create and measure such patterns at the atomic level in bilayer graphene.

Hallo Dimensions-Reisende!In der Wissenschaft untersuchen wir Dinge vom winzigkleinen, bis hin zum riesengroßen. Diese Größenordnungen sind so unvorstellbar zum Teil, dass wir uns schon gar nichts mehr darunter vorstellen können….

Jani Kotakoski, head of the PNM group, is featured in an episode of the German-language science podcast “Audimax” by Rudolphina, a science magazine of the University of Vienna, alongside chemist…

Kimmo Mustonen gave an interview in the research magazine Rudolphina about his research on 2D crystals in a graphene sandwich, the basis for exciting future materials. 2D crystals, e.g., synthesized…

Online simulation game makes graphene research available to the public The team of Toma Susi at the University of Vienna uses a state-of-the-art electron microscope, the UltraSTEM, to manipulate strongly…

The study of molecules via transmission electron microscopy is extremely challenging, because they tend to break apart under the intense electron irradiation required for imaging. In our recently published study,…