Scientific Highlights

2014 and earlier
Probing the spatial and momentum distribution of confined surface states in a metal coordination network.
Probing the spatial and momentum distribution of confined surface states in a metal coordination network.

Probing the spatial and momentum distribution of confined surface states in a metal coordination network.

02 September 2014. Chemical Communications
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03941F.
A time-dependent order parameter for ultrafast photoinduced phase transitions.
A time-dependent order parameter for ultrafast photoinduced phase transitions.

A time-dependent order parameter for ultrafast photoinduced phase transitions.

03 August 2014. Nature Materials
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4046.
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Direct Observation of Magnetic Metastability in Individual Iron Nanoparticles.
Direct Observation of Magnetic Metastability in Individual Iron Nanoparticles.

Direct Observation of Magnetic Metastability in Individual Iron Nanoparticles.

10 March 2014. Physcial Review Letters
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.107201.
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Observed live with x-ray laser: electricity controls magnetism.
Observed live with x-ray laser: electricity controls magnetism.

Observed live with x-ray laser: electricity controls magnetism.

6 March 2014. Science Express
DOI: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/03/05/science.1242862.
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Investigating magneto-chemical interactions at molecule-substrate interfaces by X-ray photoemission electron microscopy.
Investigating magneto-chemical interactions at molecule-substrate interfaces by X-ray photoemission electron microscopy.

Investigating magneto-chemical interactions at molecule-substrate interfaces by X-ray photoemission electron microscopy

2 December 2013. Chemical Communications
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47726F.
Single Domain Spin Manipulation by Electric Fields in Strain Coupled Artificial Multiferroic Nanostructures.
Single Domain Spin Manipulation by Electric Fields in Strain Coupled Artificial Multiferroic Nanostructures.

Single Domain Spin Manipulation by Electric Fields in Strain Coupled Artificial Multiferroic Nanostructures.

9 July 2013. Physical Review Letters
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.027204.
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SIM on the Cover of Physik Journal.
SIM on the Cover of Physik Journal.

SIM on the Cover of Physik Journal.

3 June 2013. Review Article about SIM Activities in Physik Journal
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Tiny Magnets as a Model System.
Tiny Magnets as a Model System.

Tiny Magnets as a Model System.

5 Mai 2013. Nature Physics Advance Online Publication
DOI: doi:10.1038/nphys2613.
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Using heat for storing data.
Using heat for storing data.

Using heat for storing data.

7 Februar 2012. Published in Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2613 .
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It works: Ultrafast magnetic processes observed «live» using an X-ray laser.
It works: Ultrafast magnetic processes observed «live» using an X-ray laser.

It works: Ultrafast magnetic processes observed «live» using an X-ray laser.

23 Januar 2012. Published in Physical Review Letters
DOI: 10.1126/PhysRevLett.108.037203.
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Electronic orbital currents flow around a torus as shown by the arrows.
Electronic orbital currents flow
around a torus as shown by the arrows.

Discovery of orbital currents in CuO by the RESOXS team.

11 April 2011. Published in Science magazine
DOI: 10.1126/science.1201061.
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Separated monopoles are connected by
Separated monopoles are connected by

Moving monopoles caught on camera.

17 Octobre 2010. Published in Nature Physics
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS1794.
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Spin spirals can be formed in nanoparticles of the right size..
Spin spirals can be formed in nanoparticles of the right size..

Revealing spin spirals in iron nanoparticles.

26 March 2010. Published in Physical Review Letters
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.127201.