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Floating thanks to sound waves
Researchers from the SNI network are investigating methods to keep particles in the air using sound waves (acoustic levitation) – for example for crystallographic studies of proteins. In a recent paper in Applied Physics Letters, they…/ News
Happy Holidays
We wish you Happy Holidays and a good start to a healthy, peaceful and fulfilling New Year. Thanks a lot to all members, partners and funders who contribute to unique network and make it possible that we can train excellent young…
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New approach in biosensor technology
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a novel coating of a polymer and carbon nanotubes that is suitable for coating miniaturized electrodes. Such electrodes, in which conductive nanomaterials are embedded in an anti-fouling…
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Unexpected speed-dependent friction
In the macro world, friction doesn’t depend on the speed at which two surfaces move past one another, but researchers from Basel and Tel Aviv have now observed precisely this effect in special graphene structures on a platinum surface. Due…
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SNI INSight December 2022
The December issue of SNI INSight is now online. You can find out more about the role that the exciting topic entanglement – which was a topic of this year’s physics Nobel laureates – plays in the SNI network. Some young researchers from…
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Nano Image Award 2022
We received a particularly large number of beautiful images this year and would like to thank everyone who participated in the contest. It was not easy to choose the three most beautiful images and we will try to use as many images as…
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Spin correlation between paired electrons demonstrated
Physicists at the University of Basel have experimentally demonstrated for the first time that there is a negative correlation between the two spins of an entangled pair of electrons from a superconductor. For their study, the researchers…
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Laser light of any wavelength
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a platform for the resonant enhancement for so-called nonlinear optical processes which could aid to produce laser light of any wavelength. They combine a wedge-shaped diamond membrane with…/ News, Research
Laser light of any wavelength
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a platform for the resonant enhancement for so-called nonlinear optical processes which could aid to produce laser light of any wavelength. They combine a wedge-shaped diamond membrane with…