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Alexandra Imre with the opponents of the PhD defense
© Stefan Uttenthaler

Alexandra Imre successfully defended her dissertation “Computational Methods for Surface Structure Optimization in LEED I(V)” and was awarded the best…

On TV and Radio: How a rock binds CO₂
© Michael Schmid & Andrea Conti, TU Wien

The greenhouse gas CO₂ is the main cause for the looming climate catastrophe. Giada Franceschi explains in the News of Austria's public broadcaster…

scientists in the lab
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Sometimes geometry determines what is chemically possible: As TU Wien has now shown, tiny irregularities can completely change the chemical behavior…

Woman working on scientific equipment
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A remarkable mineralogical mechanism has now been demonstrated at TU Wien: with the help of water, certain minerals can convert CO₂ into solid…

Nail Barama and Florian Libisch
© Florian Libisch

Nail Barama was awarded a best poster prize at the annual workshop of the doctoral college TUD, for his poster “Advanced IRAS Analysis of CO…

scientist in a dark room, partially illuminated by a red light source, in front of a vacuum chamber
© TU Wien

How silver iodide seeds ice: TU Wien researchers uncover how a tiny crystal triggers ice formation at the atomic level

Margareta Wagner
© Matthias Heisler

In a grand ceremony, Margareta Wagner was honored with a Best Teacher Award of the TU Wien. She is the only awardee among the members of the faculty…

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Two awards go to the IAP! Anna Niggas (E134-03) and David Rath (E134-05) were honored for their dissertations.

Giada Franceschi
© Stefan Uttenthaler

The Austrian Science Fund FWF Has approved the project "Surface reactivity of silicates at the atomic level (SURREAL)" headed by Dr. Giada Franceschi.…

Three Prize winners at the Cluster Meeting 2025
© Alexander Imre

At the 2025 Cluster Meeting in Prague, three prizes were awarded to members of the Surface Physics group, to Andrea Conti, Johanna Hütner and David…