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Morton M. Traum Student Award for Johanna Hütner

08. November 2024

Johanna Hütner's poster on ice nucleation on silver iodide was honored as best student presentation at the 70th International Symposium of the AVS!

Two PhD theses successfully defended!

02. October 2024

Erik Rheinfrank and David Rath defending their PhD theses — © Hermann Rheinfrank & Nail Barama

Erik Rheinfrank and David Rath have successfully defended their PhD theses – both with distinction!

Three peaks on one day

26. September 2024

The Surface Physics Group at the summit of the Sonnwendstein — © Panukorn Sombut

The Surface Physics Group demonstrates fitness by hiking three peaks on one day.

Best poster prize for Paul Haidegger

25. September 2024

The award-winning poster of Paul Haidegger — © Alexander Imre & Paul Haidegger

At the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society, the poster of Paul Haidegger, Alex Imre, other members of the ViPErLEED team, and…

The insulator unraveled

12. September 2024

Group picture in the lab. From the left: Jan Balajka, Andrea Conti, Ulrike Diebold, Johanna Irina Hütner, Michael Schmid, David Kugler — © TU Wien

Scientists at the TU Wien and the University of Vienna have uncovered the detailed structure of the aluminum oxide surface, a challenge that has…

Best Poster at the NanoCAT Summer School

24. July 2024

Nail Barama revieves the Best Poster prize — © Kristyna Lyzbicka

At the NanoCAT Summer School in Praha, Nail Barama was awarded the Best Poster prize for his poster on IR Spectroscopy of adsorbed CO.

Our PLD-Team gets stronger: Sarah Tobisch

22. July 2024

Sarah at the PLD machine — © Moritz Eder

Sarah Tobisch starts as a PhD student in the Surface Physics Group.

The ViPErLEED project goes online

17. July 2024

Symbolic view of the ViPErLEED project — © Michael Schmid/IAP

After more than four years of development, two major parts of the ViPErLEED project were published: Data extraction and calculation of…

500 Visitors at the Long Night of Research

24. May 2024

The Team at the 'Longh Night of Research'

The Surface Physics Group, in collaboration with colleagues in the special Research programme TACO, was presenting science to the public at the Long…

The rock that creates clouds

08. January 2024

a cloud and a piece of feldspar, and a schematic of its atomic structure

Feldspar is very common in rocks. As atmospheric dust, this mineral contributes efficiently to cloud formation. Researchers at TU Wien have now…

Franz Viehböck Young Investigator Award 2023

15. December 2023

Alexander Syböck wins the Franz Viehböck Young Investigator Award 2023. Julia Linert, Alexander Redl and Anezka Majkova each receive an appreciation…

Two awards at one conference

10. November 2023

Alexander Imre and Panukorn Sombut at the awards session — © Jiri Pavelec & Alexander Imre

Honors for two presentations of the Surface Physics Group at the 2023 AVS Symposium: Panukorn Sombut was awarded the Graduate Student Presentation…

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