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Why do different measurements of material properties sometimes give different results? A research team led by the TU Vienna has now found an important answer.

A highly charged Ion hitting a material consisting of several layers
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How can you perforate an atomic layer of material and leave the one underneath intact? Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) developed a technique for processing surfaces on an…

Noelia Barrabés

The chemist Noelia Barrabés from the TU Wien was awarded an Elise-Richter scholarship. She is conducting research in catalysis with ultra-small gold clusters.

Calcium fluoride is a crystalline insulator with a well defined surface. Therefore, it is ideally suited for manufacturing extremely small transistors.

For a long time, something important has been regularly neglected in electronics: If you want to make electronic components smaller and smaller, you also need the right…