Materials and Matter - News

Single atoms as catalysts

Gareth Parkinson (left) and Jakub Zdenek

Incorporating individual metal atoms into a surface in the right way allows their chemical behavior to be adapted. This makes new, better catalysts…

Slow electrons to combat cancer

Janine Schwestka

Ion therapy harnesses complex atomic effects to destroy cancer cells. Now, researchers at TU Wien have discovered a mechanism which makes this process…

3D-printed bones

Lab-Director Stefan Baudis (right) and Johannes Stögerer

A new Christian Doppler Laboratory has been opened at TU Wien where research will be carried out into how bone substitute implants can be made using…

Light from exotic particle states

[Translate to English:] Das Exzitonen-Team: Aday Molina Mendoza, Matthias Paur, Thomas Müller (v.l.n.r.)

A new type of light-emitting diode has been developed at TU Wien. Light is produced from the radiative decay of exciton complexes in layers of just a…