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Photon Science Division (PSD)

Research into extremely small structures at the molecular and atomic level leads to discoveries which are closely related to material properties as we know them on a larger scale, such as their strength, electrical conductivity or magnetisation. The best material or structure for any particular application will only be found if we understand the relationship between the microscopic and the macroscopic. As a result, there are many and varied uses for this research, e.g. for new types of materials and surfaces, for modern technologies, for biology and medicine, and for the environmentally-acceptable use of energy.

The Paul Scherrer Institut also researches the composition of materials and surface structures for use in fuel cells and innovative types of batteries. In addition, synchrotron light will provide insights into microscopic damage to materials and into the complex structure of bio-molecules which will, for example, make the targeted manufacture of new pharmaceuticals possible.

Objects with dimensions of thousandths of millionths of a meter are known as nanostructures. This minuteness will revolutionise every area of our technological world, whether in information transfer and data storage, or in sensors for biology, medicine and ecology. For example, specialists at PSI are working together on interdisciplinary projects to develop biosensors, artificial noses and optical electronics.

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21 January 2021
COVID call

Priority access call for work on combating COVID-19 continues

On January 30th, 2020, the WHO declared the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. It declared that there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the newly identified virus and its possible future evolution as well as to contain the spread; to develop precise diagnostics and treatment, and to improve the public health response and patient care.

The COVID priority access call continues and is still open in 2021.

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18 January 2021
Artistic_depiction_of_the_experiment

Clocking the movement of electrons inside an atom

Scientists pioneer an approach called self-referenced streaking, clocking Auger electrons with sub-femtosecond resolution. The breakthrough will unlock the broader potential for attosecond time resolution at X-ray free-electron lasers

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21 December 2020
Christian Rüegg

PSI equips the Swiss Light Source SLS for the future

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

Green light for SLS 2.0: The planned upgrade of the Swiss Light Source SLS can proceed; the funding is provided for within the framework of the ERI Dispatch for 2021-2024, which has been approved.

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Photon Science Division
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5232 Villigen-PSI
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Head of Division
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Aeppli
+41 56 310 4232
gabriel.aeppli@psi.ch


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PSD-Administration
Elizabeth Bianchi
+41 56 310 4377
elizabeth.bianchi@psi.ch
psd-admin@psi.ch


Assistant Photon Science Division (PSD)
Jessica Suberg
+41 56 310 2346
jessica.suberg@psi.ch
psd-admin@psi.ch

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