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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · 5d

Double doctoral celebration ⚛️🧪

Congrats to Dr. Marco Lozano and Dr. Alejandro Jimenez who both successfully defended their theses on many-body calculations and on-surface synthesis, respectively, in the past two weeks 🎉🎓🧑‍💻🔬

We wish them both all their best for their future endeavours in Spain!

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 27

Can you see molecular orbitals? Or are they really transitions? ⚛️ 🧪

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we urge for caution when interpreting STS experiments - particularly for polyradical open-shell molecules 🧲 👨‍💻 🔬

@fzuavcr.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

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pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 24

It was a pleasure to have Stefano Trivini visit us from @nanogune.bsky.social earlier this year - thanks for helping us learn about superconductivity in the lab and showing us some wicked serves on the tennis court ⚛️ 🧪 🎾

Looking forward to collaborating again soon 🤝

The experimental team at Nanosurf lab + Stefano Trivini gathered on the tennis court at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 22

3 is the magic number 🧪 ⚛️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we synthesise and examine a spin 3/2 ferromagnetic trimer featuring three delocalised pi-electrons ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ 🧲

@nanogune.bsky.social @ciqus.bsky.social @diegopena.bsky.social @dipcehu.bsky.social

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Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón @inmadivulga.bsky.social · Jul 8

🔜 16 de julio: seminario INMA con Benjamin Lowe, del Instituto de Física de la Academia Checa de Ciencias (Praga).
Charla, "Tuning electronic correlations at oxide interfaces"
ℹ inma.unizar-csic.es/agenda-event...
@unizar.es @aragoncsic.bsky.social #MCIU #AEI
@sommalliance.bsky.social

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 7

PhDone! ⚛️ 🧪

Congrats to Dr. Federico Frezza who successfully defended his thesis on light-induced chemical reactions on surfaces 💡🎓 🔬

We're sad that Fede's time with us will soon come to an end, but we wish him the very best for his next position in Florence 🍕 🍝 @maleminore.bsky.social

Dr. Federico Frezza presenting his PhD defence with powerpoint presentation in the background.

Fede celebrating with a BBQ among colleagues in the garden of our institute.

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 3

📣 Complex spin texture in a 2D MOF on-surface ⬆️ ⬇️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we enhance magnetic functionality of MOFs by demonstrating strong π–d coupling between radical ligands and Co atoms 🧲 ⚛️ 🧪

@maleminore.bsky.social @fzuavcr.bsky.social @um.es

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STM image of 2D MOF with schematic illustrating magnetic coupling between Co atoms and radical ligands.

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jul 2

What better way to be welcomed to Prague for our new postdoc Federico Villalobos than a face-to-face with legendary Czech climber Adam Ondra 🧗‍♂️

Fede joins us having completed his PhD in @universidadgranada.bsky.social ⚛️🧪 Welcome Fede 🎉

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jun 4

📢 Recently published in ACS Nano, we characterise a new 2D magnetic material CoCl2 🧲 We discuss the material's in-plane ferromagnetism, and in-gap states at the CoCl2-Au(111) interface 🔬 🧪 ⚛️

@csic.es @www.unizar.es‬ @nanogune.bsky.social @cfmdonostia.bsky.social‬

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doi.org/10.1021/acsn...

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hi, our page is for the nanosurf lab group with PI Pavel Jelinek. Could we be added to the science and chemistry feeds please?
nanosurf.fzu.cz
scholar.google.com/citations?us...

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nanosurf lab Reserach

nanosurf.fzu.cz

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hi, our page is for the nanosurf lab group with PI Pavel Jelinek. Could we be added to the science and physics feeds please?
nanosurf.fzu.cz
scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Nanosurf Lab

nanosurf lab Reserach

nanosurf.fzu.cz

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Jun 3

What's up doc? 🐰 We're happy to share the good news that Qifan Chen successfully defended his thesis becoming our group's latest doctor! 🎓

In Qifan's thesis, he shed light on on-surface reaction mechanisms using hybrid QM/MM methods⚛️🧑‍💻 Congrats Qif and all the best for the future!

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Mar 14

We're heading to the DPG spring meeting in Regensburg next week! Come and say hi to Manish, Pavel, Diego, and Marco at their talks 👨‍💻📽️

Full program www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2025/co...

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you Rémy!

Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Mar 11

📢 Bringing to light a new surface reaction💡

We imaged a stable, surface-supported nitrene synthesized through azide photolysis on Au(111) ⚡

with @grilllab.bsky.social

Read more on @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

we report the formation of a stable, surface-supported dinitrene achieved through the photolysis of a diazide precursor on an Au(111) metal substrate. We combine high-resolution scanning probe techniques with theoretical calculations, providing the first real-space imaging of a metal nitrene adsorbed on a surface and exploring the associated photoreaction mechanism.

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Mar 5

What's the only thing better than one triangulene? Two triangulenes!
◀️🟰▶️ Check out our latest work just published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social with @imdeananociencia.bsky.social 🔬 We look into the influence of dihedral angles on magnetic coupling 🧲

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Triangulene dimers linked by one or two para-biphenyl units were synthesized on Au(111). STM, non-contact AFM, and scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements reveal an open-shell singlet magnetic exchange coupling for Dimer 1 (ES-T=15 mV), influenced by the dihedral angles of the two para-biphenyl units. Dimers 2′ with an ES-T=6.6 mV were obtained from a more flexible precursor equipped with one para-biphenyl linker.

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Feb 26

In our latest research on @chemistryeurope.bsky.social we monitor an on-surface chemical reaction in real time ⏱️ using Low-Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM) 🔬
In collaboration with Jan Čechal group at CEITEC - Brno

🔗 Read more: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Chemical reaction scheme - LEEM allows to monitor the surface in real time

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Feb 7

📣 Check out our latest work on @materchemfront.bsky.social @roysocchem.bsky.social
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/qm/d4qm00866a

We achieve the first intramolecular hydroamination & cyclization of alkynes on Au(111) under UHV 🧪 STM + nc-AFM + DFT 🔬

Chemical sketch and ncAFM images of the hydroamination & cyclization of alkynes

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Feb 5

Interested in using nickelocene tip as a spin sensor? 🧲
Check out our how-to guide for theory & experiment 💻🔬 Python code available!

Out now on @ioppublishing.bsky.social
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-648X/ad9c08

Scheme of a nickelocene molecule attached to the STM tip

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚀 New research! We combine on-surface synthesis & coordination chemistry to investigate π-electron magnetic porphyrins on Au(111) 🔬🧲
Check it out on @angewandtechemie.bsky.social #openacces 👇
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202420572

STM investigation of magnetic porphyrins

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Christmas! 🎄 From Nanosurf lab and the atomic deer 🦌

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Dec 14

This was also Ana's farewell party after 3 years in our group as a postdoc AND emoji specialist for @nanosurflab.bsky.social tweets 👩🏻‍🔬 Good luck for your future adventures, you will be missed!

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Dec 14

...and of course proper Czech beer 🍻 visiting a local family brewery

Tasting fresh beer directly from the tank

Guided visit to a local brewery. Martin was the Czech-English traslator

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Nanosurf Lab @nanosurflab.bsky.social · Dec 14

We are back from our group retreat in the beautiful Liblice palace 🏰 thanks to our guests for their contributions! We had 3 days of great science...

Talk from Guillame Schull (IPCMS, France)

Group dinner in one of the rooms of the Liblice palace

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