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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you to Christoph Heil from the TU Graz (@tugraz.bsky.social) for showing us how they use supercomputers to predict promising high Tc superconductors!

#seminar

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · 8d

One week ago Peter Woitke from the Space Research Institute (@iwf-oeaw.bsky.social) introduced us to how they use modern astronomical observations to model the evolution of protoplanetary disks.

Thank you for the interesting talk!

#seminar

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks to Peter Jacobson (@spmqt.bsky.social) from the University of Queensland for visiting and showing us his team's exciting research on the epitaxial growth of hyperdoped Ga:Ge superconductors. #SPMQT_Lab

#seminar

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · 29d

#seminar

Thank you to Vladimir Starostin (@unituebingen.bsky.social) for showing us how to solve the Inverse Problem in scattering physics by using Machine Learning.

#MachineLearning #X-rayScattering #GravitationalWaves

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Sep 23

We welcome Asma Khizar to the group who recently started her PhD.

She is from Pakistan and has a Master's in Applied Physics from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, and worked on optimizing electrode materials for hybrid supercacitors.

Welcome Asma! 🙂

#STM #PhD

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Aug 29

Check out our new paper on the tip-induced dissociation of azide groups to create nitrine, which just appeared in ACS Nano:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
What a pleasant collaboration with the groups of Leo Gross (IBM Zurich) and Friedrich Esch (TU Munich)!

Tip-Induced Nitrene Generation

We generated trinitreno-s-heptazine, a small molecule featuring three nitrene centers, by tip-induced chemistry from the precursor 2,5,8-triazido-s-heptazine on bilayer NaCl on Au(111). The precursor’...

pubs.acs.org

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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · Aug 27

RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no - Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no

In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.

www.nature.com

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thanks to Chun-Liang Lin from NYCU University Taiwan (scholar.nycu.edu.tw/en/persons/chun-liang-lin) for visiting our labs and his interesting talk in our seminar! #seminar

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Aug 19

We have a position with permanent perspective available in our group!

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Jul 17

#journalclub

Today’s discussion focused on: How stacked-perovskite photodetectors overcome CMOS limitations to enable next-gen imaging performance?

Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Jul 14

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🎉 Please welcome our new PhD student, Nikita Osipov! 👋

He completed his Master’s at Lomonosov Moscow State University, where he worked on photoswitchable complexes with paramagnetic metals based on spiropyrans.

We’re excited to have him on board! 🚀

#PhDLife #SurfaceScience #STM

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎓 Today, Leopold Widmer presented his bachelor thesis!

His research explores how STM tips expand under continuous-wave (CW) laser illumination in the ambient STM junction — a fascinating intersection of optics and nanotechnology.
Well done, Leopold! 👏🔬💡 #BachelorThesis #Nanotech #STM

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Jun 20

#seminar

One week ago Ulrich Höfer (@unimarburg.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social) came to Graz to present us time-resolved photoemission and how it allows to track electron motion in momentum space on ultrafast time scales.

Thank you for this inspiring talk!

Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Jun 13

Check out our new paper available on ArXiv:
„Tip-induced nitrene generation“ by L.-A. Lieske et al.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.04741
a collaboration with IBM Zurich and TU Munich

We generated trinitreno-s-heptazine, a small molecule featuring three nitrene centers, by tip-induced chemistry

#STM #AFM #DFT

Tip-induced nitrene generation

We generated trinitreno-s-heptazine, a small molecule featuring three nitrene centers, by tip-induced chemistry from the precursor 2,5,8-triazido-s-heptazine on bilayer NaCl on Au(111). The precursor'...

arxiv.org

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · Jun 12

#seminar

Thanks to Gaurab Ganguly @univie.ac.at for recently sharing his group's progress on theoretical methods to better understand the storage and release of energy by photoexcited molecules

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Feringa Lab @feringalab.bsky.social · May 15

Aaand now we also have a Post-Doc position on Biobased Butenolides as Acrylate Replacement for Coatings!

www.benferinga.com/vacancies/

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · May 26

#seminar

Thank you to Professor Jan Řezáč @iocbprague.bsky.social‬ for sharing the progress his group is making toward combining #quantumchemistry ⚛️ and #machinelearning 🤖 to model protein-ligand interactions 👨🏻‍🔬

Check out his paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 26

"Sometimes good can come from a path redirected." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4kCjozZ

An illustration of a woman hanging from a parachute made of words. The headline says: As a laid off postdoc, I turned to a side hustle—and found a new career

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · May 22

#journalclub

👩‍💻 Have you ever created a #neuralnetwork 🧠 using ChatGPT? 🤖

Prof. Kowarik gave us a tutorial 👨‍🏫 on how this can be done! #AI #coding

Check out his course @uni-graz.at: 646.511 AI / Machine Learning for Data Analysis

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 19

Nature has launched its seventh global survey of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral students, which will probe graduate students’ views about their goals and challenges, and their experiences of their studies so far. Survey runs until June 11. #Academicsky 🧪

PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you

Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.

go.nature.com

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 17

"As it turns out, pharmaceutical compounding translates well to the art of baking. … After all, cooking is chemistry."

From sports to baking, scientists shared scientific skills with #NextGenSci that could be applied outside of academia: scim.ag/4mk5Avy #WorldBakingDay

A scientist with multiple arms holding a duster, a baby, an oar, and a cake. There are multiple items in the background, including books, a clock, and other scientific equipment.

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · May 15

#journalclub

Switching site selectivity ⚗️

Prof. Boese shared a paper where strong coupling of specific vibrational modes to an optical cavity greatly affected reaction outcome: the disfavored product became favored inside the cavity!

Check it out at @science.org: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · May 13

#research

Do your PhD in our group! 🧑‍🔬

Experiment with molecular motors and switches using #STM and #AFM 🔬

Study electrical and chemical properties using #PES 🔆

Teach the next generation of students 👩‍🏫 #YoungMinds

Deadline: 29/05/2025

Apply @universityofgraz.bsky.social: jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs

Opening for a PhD position within our group. Application deadline by May 29, 2025.

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Grill Lab @grilllab.bsky.social · May 12

#literaturereview

Today Paul presented a literature summary on the state-of-the-art of the field of #ultrafastSTM 🔬⏱️

If you're curious about where Paul's research is headed, check out nano-lab.uni-graz.at/en/amos-proj...

#amosproject

@universityofgraz.bsky.social

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