Our research concentrates on the following topics:

  • Ion-Surface Interaction: Electron Emission, Sputtering, Nanostructure Formation
  • Fusion Research: Fusion Plasma Diagnostics, Plasma-Wall Interaction, Plasma Edge Physics
  • Space Weathering: Space Weathering Phenomena, Surface Erosion on the Moon or the Planet Mercury due to Impact of Solar Wind Ions
  • Time4ions: Time-Resolved Ion Scattering, Ultrafast Processes
  • Biomimetics: Abstraction of Good Design from Living Nature
  • Electron Coincidence Spectroscopy:  Electron Spectroscopy and Scattering

 

For Students

We are always happy to welcome talented and interested students to join our group in the course of a Bachelor, project and/or Diploma thesis. To get more information about currently available topics, please contact us via email. If you specify which of our research topics you would be most interested in we will do our best to offer a relevant topic. 

There are some lectures held biyearly about our research topics:

 

News

two researchers in the lab
© David Rath, TU Wien, IAP

TU Wien (Vienna) has succeeded in generating laser-synchronised ion pulses with a duration of well under 500 picoseconds, which can be used to observe…