Scientific Highlights Titel Datum Year Year201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008 Month MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 15 August 2019 Observing solid-state batteries during deformation Energy and Environment Matter and Material Industrial co-operation Research Using Synchrotron Light PSI researchers have observed mechanical processes in solid-state batteries with unprecedented precision. Using X-ray tomography at the Swiss Light Source SLS, they discovered how fissures inside the batteries propagate. These insights can help to make batteries for electric cars or smartphones safer and more efficient. 12 July 2019 Weyl fermions discovered in another class of materials Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light A particular variety of particles, the so-called Weyl fermions, had previously only been detected in certain non-magnetic materials. But now researchers at PSI have experimentally proved their existence for the first time in a specific paramagnetic material. 4 July 2019 Molecular energy machine as a movie star Media Releases Biology SwissFEL Large Research Facilities Research Using Synchrotron Light Using the Swiss Light Source SLS, PSI researchers have recorded a molecular energy machine in action and thus revealed how energy production at cell membranes works. For this purpose, they developed a new investigative method that could make the analysis of cellular processes significantly more effective than before. 1 July 2019 First demonstration of a Germanium laser Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institut and ETH Zürich, with colleagues from CEA Grenoble, have demonstrated and characterized a technology that, for the first time, yields lasing from strained elemental Germanium. This achievement underlines PSI’s leading role in the development of Silicon-compatible laser light sources. 25 June 2019 PSI School for Master Degree Students - Introducing Photons, Neutrons and Muons for Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science From 17 – 21 June 2019 the Neutron and Muon Division (NUM) and the Photon Science Division (PSD) of PSI hosted 18 Master Degree students of physics, chemistry, materials and interdisciplinary science, as well as nuclear engineering to provide an introduction to the characterization of materials with large scale facilities like SINQ, SμS, SLS and SwissFEL. The course taught a basic understanding of how photons, neutrons and muons interact with matter, and how this knowledge can be used to solve specific problems in materials research. Details of the program can be found at http://indico.psi.ch/event/PSImasterschool 25 June 2019 First serial femtosecond crystallography experiment using SwissFEL’s large bandwidth X-ray pulses The typical mode of operation at XFEL facilities uses the so-called self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) process to generate the short, bright X-ray pulses. This mode of operation is stochastic in nature, causing some variance in intensity and spectrum on a shot-to-shot basis, which makes certain types of crystallographic measurements much more challenging. 4 June 2019 New material with magnetic shape memory Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light PSI researchers have developed a material whose shape memory is activated through magnetism. Application areas for this new kind of composite material include, for example, medicine, space flight, electronics, and robotics. 7 May 2019 New material also reveals new quasiparticles Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light Researchers at PSI have investigated a novel crystalline material at the Swiss Light Source SLS that exhibits electronic properties never seen before. Among other things, they were able to detect a new type of quasiparticle: so-called Rarita-Schwinger fermions. 1 April 2019 HERCULES school 2019 at SLS In the week of April 1-5 PSI welcomes 20 PhD students and postdocs taking part in the European HERCULES 2019 school on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation. They will attend lectures and perform two days of practical courses at several beam lines of the Swiss Light Source. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next page ›› Last page Last » Sidebar Contact Photon Science Division Paul Scherrer Institut WSLA/116 5232 Villigen-PSI Switzerland Head of Division Prof. Dr. Gabriel Aeppli +41 56 310 4232gabriel.aeppli@psi.ch Personal Assistant to Prof AeppliPSD-Administration Elizabeth Härdi-Bianchi +41 56 310 4377elizabeth.haerdi-bianchi@psi.chpsd-admin@psi.ch Assistant Photon Science Division (PSD) Jessica Suberg +41 56 310 2346jessica.suberg@psi.chpsd-admin@psi.ch Laboratories LSB LSC LSF LMN LAP LNO Facilities Swiss X-ray Free Electron Laser (SwissFEL) Swiss Light Source (SLS) LMN Clean Room
15 August 2019 Observing solid-state batteries during deformation Energy and Environment Matter and Material Industrial co-operation Research Using Synchrotron Light PSI researchers have observed mechanical processes in solid-state batteries with unprecedented precision. Using X-ray tomography at the Swiss Light Source SLS, they discovered how fissures inside the batteries propagate. These insights can help to make batteries for electric cars or smartphones safer and more efficient.
12 July 2019 Weyl fermions discovered in another class of materials Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light A particular variety of particles, the so-called Weyl fermions, had previously only been detected in certain non-magnetic materials. But now researchers at PSI have experimentally proved their existence for the first time in a specific paramagnetic material.
4 July 2019 Molecular energy machine as a movie star Media Releases Biology SwissFEL Large Research Facilities Research Using Synchrotron Light Using the Swiss Light Source SLS, PSI researchers have recorded a molecular energy machine in action and thus revealed how energy production at cell membranes works. For this purpose, they developed a new investigative method that could make the analysis of cellular processes significantly more effective than before.
1 July 2019 First demonstration of a Germanium laser Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institut and ETH Zürich, with colleagues from CEA Grenoble, have demonstrated and characterized a technology that, for the first time, yields lasing from strained elemental Germanium. This achievement underlines PSI’s leading role in the development of Silicon-compatible laser light sources.
25 June 2019 PSI School for Master Degree Students - Introducing Photons, Neutrons and Muons for Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science From 17 – 21 June 2019 the Neutron and Muon Division (NUM) and the Photon Science Division (PSD) of PSI hosted 18 Master Degree students of physics, chemistry, materials and interdisciplinary science, as well as nuclear engineering to provide an introduction to the characterization of materials with large scale facilities like SINQ, SμS, SLS and SwissFEL. The course taught a basic understanding of how photons, neutrons and muons interact with matter, and how this knowledge can be used to solve specific problems in materials research. Details of the program can be found at http://indico.psi.ch/event/PSImasterschool
25 June 2019 First serial femtosecond crystallography experiment using SwissFEL’s large bandwidth X-ray pulses The typical mode of operation at XFEL facilities uses the so-called self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) process to generate the short, bright X-ray pulses. This mode of operation is stochastic in nature, causing some variance in intensity and spectrum on a shot-to-shot basis, which makes certain types of crystallographic measurements much more challenging.
4 June 2019 New material with magnetic shape memory Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light PSI researchers have developed a material whose shape memory is activated through magnetism. Application areas for this new kind of composite material include, for example, medicine, space flight, electronics, and robotics.
7 May 2019 New material also reveals new quasiparticles Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light Researchers at PSI have investigated a novel crystalline material at the Swiss Light Source SLS that exhibits electronic properties never seen before. Among other things, they were able to detect a new type of quasiparticle: so-called Rarita-Schwinger fermions.
1 April 2019 HERCULES school 2019 at SLS In the week of April 1-5 PSI welcomes 20 PhD students and postdocs taking part in the European HERCULES 2019 school on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation. They will attend lectures and perform two days of practical courses at several beam lines of the Swiss Light Source.
