Grill Lab
@grilllab.bsky.social
We do single-molecule chemistry at the University of Graz #unigraz
Follow our work and what we read about in #journalclub
This profile is managed by the group members 🤝
Website: https://nano-lab.uni-graz.at/en/
Follow our work and what we read about in #journalclub
This profile is managed by the group members 🤝
Website: https://nano-lab.uni-graz.at/en/
We had some tasty „Glühwein“ before our Christmas dinner in downtown Graz - chilly!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We had some tasty „Glühwein“ before our Christmas dinner in downtown Graz - chilly!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Thanks to Martin Švec (www.fzu.cz/en/people/mg...) from the Czech Academy of Sciences who gave a fantastic seminar about his research on photophysics with SPM - impressive experiments!
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thanks to Martin Švec (www.fzu.cz/en/people/mg...) from the Czech Academy of Sciences who gave a fantastic seminar about his research on photophysics with SPM - impressive experiments!
We welcome Sana Younis to the group, who recently started her PhD.
She is from Pakistan and holds an MPhil in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, where she worked on developing and optimizing electrochemical sensors.
Glad to have you with us, Sana!
She is from Pakistan and holds an MPhil in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, where she worked on developing and optimizing electrochemical sensors.
Glad to have you with us, Sana!
December 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We welcome Sana Younis to the group, who recently started her PhD.
She is from Pakistan and holds an MPhil in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, where she worked on developing and optimizing electrochemical sensors.
Glad to have you with us, Sana!
She is from Pakistan and holds an MPhil in Physical Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, where she worked on developing and optimizing electrochemical sensors.
Glad to have you with us, Sana!
#journalclub
Prof. Leonhard Grill shared a paper which introduces ULEPD—a photoelectron diffraction method with ~100 fs resolution. It’s ideal for ultrathin heterosystems and reveals both structural and electronic dynamics via trARPES.
Read via: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.226201
Prof. Leonhard Grill shared a paper which introduces ULEPD—a photoelectron diffraction method with ~100 fs resolution. It’s ideal for ultrathin heterosystems and reveals both structural and electronic dynamics via trARPES.
Read via: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.226201
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#journalclub
Prof. Leonhard Grill shared a paper which introduces ULEPD—a photoelectron diffraction method with ~100 fs resolution. It’s ideal for ultrathin heterosystems and reveals both structural and electronic dynamics via trARPES.
Read via: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.226201
Prof. Leonhard Grill shared a paper which introduces ULEPD—a photoelectron diffraction method with ~100 fs resolution. It’s ideal for ultrathin heterosystems and reveals both structural and electronic dynamics via trARPES.
Read via: doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.226201
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
#seminar
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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
#seminar
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
Thank you for the interesting talk!
#seminar
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
Thank you for the interesting talk!
#seminar
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
#seminar
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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
#seminar
#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
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
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#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
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
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
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
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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)!
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
August 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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)!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
What a pleasant collaboration with the groups of Leo Gross (IBM Zurich) and Friedrich Esch (TU Munich)!
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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
August 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no - Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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
August 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
We have a position with permanent perspective available in our group!
August 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We have a position with permanent perspective available in our group!
#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...
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...
July 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#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...
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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🎉 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
🎉 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
July 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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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
🎉 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
🎓 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
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
July 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🎓 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
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
#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!
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!
June 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#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!
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!
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“ 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
June 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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“ 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
#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
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
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#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
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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Aaand now we also have a Post-Doc position on Biobased Butenolides as Acrylate Replacement for Coatings!
www.benferinga.com/vacancies/
www.benferinga.com/vacancies/
May 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Aaand now we also have a Post-Doc position on Biobased Butenolides as Acrylate Replacement for Coatings!
www.benferinga.com/vacancies/
www.benferinga.com/vacancies/
#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....
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....
May 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#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....
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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"Sometimes good can come from a path redirected." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4kCjozZ
May 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Sometimes good can come from a path redirected." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4kCjozZ
#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
👩💻 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
May 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#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
👩💻 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 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
May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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 🧪
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"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
From sports to baking, scientists shared scientific skills with #NextGenSci that could be applied outside of academia: scim.ag/4mk5Avy #WorldBakingDay
May 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"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
From sports to baking, scientists shared scientific skills with #NextGenSci that could be applied outside of academia: scim.ag/4mk5Avy #WorldBakingDay