Center for Photon Science Seminar Series

The goal of the Center for Photon Science seminar series is to foster scientific exchange between the research groups at SLS, the SwissFel, the LXN, the LNQ and external research groups. Talks cover topics related to research with X-rays, including results of novel experiments and new instruments. As the seminar series is intended to spark discussions and exchange between PSI and non-PSI research groups, presentations about current scientific questions where using X-rays might be an option are also welcome.

The Center for Photon Science Seminars take place 1st and 3rd Tuesday of month at 11:00 WBGB/019, coffee at 11:00, talk at 11:15.

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
16.12.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
02.12.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
18.11.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
04.11.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
21.10.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
07.10.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
16.09.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
02.09.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
17.06.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.06.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
20.05.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
06.05.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
15.04.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
01.04.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
18.03.2025Photon Science SeminarAdvances on Efficient Multi-GPU Packages for X-ray Imaging with Extreme DataDr. Paola Cunha Ferraz, LNLS, Brazil 
04.03.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
18.02.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d. t.b.d. 
04.02.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
21.01.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
07.01.2025Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
17.12.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.12.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
19.11.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
05.11.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
15.10.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
01.10.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
17.09.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.09.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
18.06.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
04.06.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
21.05.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
7.05.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
16.04.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
2.04.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
19.03.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
5.03.2024Photon Science SeminarTomographic and data processing at Sirius Dr. E. Miqueles, Brazilian Synchroron Light Laboratory, Brazil 
20.02.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
6.02.2024Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
18.01.2024Photon Science SeminarBeyond strength: Multifunctional Nano-Architected materials for sustainable developmentDr. Matias Kagias, Lund University, Sweden 
DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
19.12.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
05.12.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
21.11.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
7.11.2023Photon Science SeminarAcoustofluidic techniques for ultrafast mixing and on-demand droplet injectionTuncay Alan, Monash University, Australiaabstract 
17.10.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
3.10.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
19.09.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
5.09.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
11.07.2023Photon Science SeminarQuench dynamics of strongly correlated systemsProf. Maria Carolina Oliveira Aguiar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 
20.06.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
06.06.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
16.05.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
30.05.2023Photon Science SeminarAtoms to applications and the future of electronicsProf. A.F.J. Levi, University of Southern California, U.S.A.abstract 
18.04.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
4.04.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
21.03.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
7.03.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
21.02.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
7.02.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
17.01.2023Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 

Seminar Series in 2022

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
06.12.2022Photon Science SeminarTwisting the Night Away with X-rayProf. Ian McNaulty, Lund University, Sweden 
15.11.2022Photon Science SeminarProbing orbital properties of 2D materials using novel dichroisms in ARPESDr. Samuel Beaulieu, Université de Bordeaux, France 
18.10.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
04.10.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
20.09.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
06.09.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
23.08.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
21.06.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
07.06.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
17.05.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.05.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
19.04.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
05.04.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
15.03.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
01.03.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
15.02.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
01.02.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
18.01.2022Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 

Seminar Series in 2021

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
14.12.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
23.11.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
09.11.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
26.10.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
12.10.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
28.09.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
14.09.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
22.06.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
08.06.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
25.05.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
11.05.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
27.04.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
13.04.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
30.03.2021Photon Science SeminarELI ALPS – The next generation of attosecond sourcesKatalin Varju, Laser Institute ELI-ALPS, Hungary 
16.03.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
02.03.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
16.02.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
02.02.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
19.01.2021Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 

Seminar Series in 2020

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
08.12.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
17.11.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
03.11.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
20.10.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
06.10.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
15.09.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
01.09.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
16.06.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
02.06.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
19.05.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Prof. Dr. Dominik Schaniel, Université de Lorraine, France 
05.05.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
21.04.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
07.04.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
17.03.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.03.2020Photon Science SeminarAn NMR toolbox to study the surface of nanocrystals - Enabling superconducting, memristive and catalytic applicationsProf. Jonathan De Roo, Universität Baselabstract 
18.02.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
04.02.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
21.01.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.  
07.01.2020Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 

Seminar Series in 2019

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
17.12.2019Photon Science SeminarOperando photoemission studies of field effect in 2D materialsDr. Neil Wilson, Warwick University, United Kingdom 
03.12.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
19.11.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.dDr. Anton Jesche, Augsburg University, Germany 
05.11.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
15.10.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
01.10.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.dt.b.d. 
17.09.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.09.2019Photon Science SeminarHydroborates as solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteriesDr. Arndt Remhof, Empaabstract 
18.06.2019Photon Science SeminarHard X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy at  PETRAIII: electronic structure, operando devices, and catalysisDr. Christoph Schlueterabstract 
04.06.2019Photon Science SeminarImplementing new control parameters to the photoemission spectroscopyProf. Yeong Kwan Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea 
21.05.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
07.05.2019Photon Science SeminarUsing Landau Zener tunneling to overcome the trilemma of magnetic data recordingProf. Fabian Nattererabstract 
16.04.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
02.04.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Dr. Frank Scholze, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany 
19.03.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.dProf. J. P. Toennies, Max Planck Institute Goettingen, Germany 
05.03.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Dr. Mengning Liang, SLAC, USA 
19.02.2019Photon Science SeminarExploiting brilliance at SPring-8 to improve the performance of semiconductor devicesDr. Yasuhiko Imai, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Japanabstract 
05.02.2019Photon Science SeminarAblation of carbon-phenolic materials in hypersonic flowsProf. Francesco Panerai,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.abstract 
15.01.2019Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 

Seminar Series in 2018

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract
18.12.2018Photon Science SeminarIntroducing Topological Quantum Chemistry for materials searchProf. Maia Garcia Vergniory of University of the Basque Country and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastian, Spainabstract
04.12.2018Photon Science SeminarTopological states in transition-metal dichalcogenidesProf. Philip King, University of St. Andrews
20.11.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
06.11.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
16.10.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d
02.10.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
18.09.2018Photon Science SeminarThe signature of electron-boson interactions in ARPES spectra: predictive many-body calculations of lattice polarons and plasmon polaronsProf. Feliciano Guistino, University of Oxford,UK
04.09.2018Photon Science SeminarMicroplastic in the terrestrial environmentProf. Moritz Bigalke, Universität Bern, Switzerlandabstract
19.06.2018Photon Science SeminarElectronic properties of nickelate-based heterostructuresMarta Gibert, University of Geneva, Switzerlandabstract
05.06.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
15.05.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Dr. Johan Chang, Zurich University, Switzerland
17.04.2018Photon Science SeminarUsing Landau Zener tunneling to overcome the trilemma of magnetic data recordingProf. Fabian Natterer, University of Zurich
03.04.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
20.03.2018Photon Science SeminarDesigning with spins: towards reconfigurable nano-magnonics based on patterned spin-texturesDr. Edoardo Albisetti, Technical University of Milanoabstract
06.03.2018Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
20.02.2018Photon Science SeminarRedox flexibility in mixed valence photomagnetic Fe4Co4 cages : solution and solid-state studiesProf. Rodrigue Lescouëzec, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, Franceabstract
06.02.2018Photon Science SeminarInvestigating Solid/Liquid Interfaces with Ambient Pressure Hard X-ray Photoelectron SpectroscopyDr. Marco Favaro, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlinabstract
16.01.2018Photon Science SeminarFocal Molography: A new method for the in-situ analysis of molecular interactions in biological samplesDr. Ch. Fattinger, Hoffmann - La Roche, Basel, Switzerlandabstract

Seminar Series in 2017

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
19.12.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d 
05.12.2017Photon Science SeminarElectronic structure of all-oxides heterojunctions probed by photoemission spectroscopiesDr. Giovanni Drera, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italyabstract
21.11.2017Photon Science SeminarHigh pressure, anomalous line shapes and precision phonon spectroscopy using inelastic x-ray scatteringDr. Frank Weber, Karlsruhe Institut of Technologyabstract
07.11.2017Photon Science SeminarOn-surface synthesis of single-molecule magnetsDr. Katharina Diller, EPFLabstract
17.10.2017Photon Science SeminarElectronic and ionic conduction in oxide heterostructuresProf. Nini Pryds, TU Denmarkabstract
03.10.2017Photon Science SeminarPublishing in Nature CommunicationsDr. Zachary Lapin, Editor Nature Communicationsabstract
19.09.2017Photon Science SeminarInvestigating Solid/Liquid Interfaces with Ambient Pressure Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy - cancelledDr. Marco Favaro, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlinabstract
05.09.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
20.06.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
06.06.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
16.05.2017Photon Science SeminarSpin-orbital reorganization by orbital doping and topological phases in transition metal oxidesDr. Mario Cuoco, Universita di Salerno, Italyabstract
02.05.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
18.04.2017Photon Science SeminarMagnetism catches the wave; Direct imaging of magneto dynamic modes induced by strain wavesDr. Michael Foerster, ALBA Synchrotronabstract
04.04.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.
21.03.2017Photon Science SeminarThe ESRF Upgrade Programme: Phase-I and EBS projectMichael Krisch, ESRFabstract
07.03.2017Photon Science SeminarSpin orbit coupling and magnetism for room temperature applicationsProf. Christos Panagopoulosabstract
21.02.2017Photon Science SeminarIntrinsic conduction mechanism in polymer nanofibersProf. Yung-Woo Parkabstract
07.02.2017Photon Science SeminarIn-situ Studies of the Reactivity of Model Catalysts: Surface Chemistry from flat surfaces to nanoparticlesProf. Christian Papp
17.01.2017Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d.

Seminar Series in 2016

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract 
16.12.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
09.12.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
02.12.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
25.11.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
18.11.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
11.11.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Prof. Frank Lechermann, Hamburg University 
07.11.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
04.11.2016Photon Science SeminarEnhancing superconductivity in FeSe thin films using oxide substrates phononsProf. Steven Johnston, University of Tennessee, USAabstract 
28.10.2016Photon Science SeminarUsing drops to structure materialsProf. Dr. Esther Amstad, EPFLabstract 
21.10.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
14.10.2016Photon Science SeminarNon-symmorphic route to nodal semimetalsDr. Tomas Bzdusek, ETH Zurichabstract 
07.10.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
30.09.2016Photon Science SeminarSpin injection and spin-charge conversion in LaAlO3/SrTiO3Dr. Manuel Bibes, CNRS/Thales, Franceabstract 
23.09.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
16.09.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Dr. Marina Mueller, Forschungszentrum Juelich 
09.09.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
02.09.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
24.06.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.Prof. Fabio Miletto Granozio, Complesso Universitario, Naples, Italy 
17.06.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
10.06.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
03.06.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
27.05.2016Photon Science SeminarRealization of a vertical topological p-n junction in epitaxial Sb2Te3/Bi2Te3 heterostructuresDr. Lukasz Plucinski, Forschungszentrum Juelichabstract
20.05.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
17.05.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
13.05.2016Photon Science SeminarQuantum matter and mesoscopic effects in a common old metalDr. Yeong-Ah Sohabstract 
06.05.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
29.04.2016Photon Science SeminarLooking for a realization of the excitonic insulator phase in low dimensional crystalsDr. Claude Monney, University of Zurichabstract 
22.04.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
08.04.2016Photon Science SeminarSurface-confined coordination chemistryProf. Mario Ruben, KIT Karlsruhe, Germanyabstract 
  
01.04.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
25.03.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d. 
18.03.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
16.03.2016Extra Photon Science SeminarThe Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National LaboratoryProf. Stephen Streiffer, APS, USAabstract 
11.03.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
10.03.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
26.02.2016Photon Science SeminarFrom a Crazy Idea to a New Semiconductor for PhotovoltaicsProf. Klaus Attenkofer, NSLS II, USAabstract 
19.02.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
12.02.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
05.02.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
29.01.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
22.01.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  
15.01.2016Photon Science Seminart.b.d.t.b.d. 
08.01.2016Colloquium (PSI internal)  

Seminar Series in 2015

Date

Type of Event

Title

Speaker

abstract

18.12.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

11.12.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Reflection zone plate optics for ultra-fast X-ray spectrometers and monochromators

Prof. Alexei Erko, HZB Berlin

abstract

4.12.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 
 

27.11.2015

Photon Science Seminar

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20.11.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

13.11.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

6.11.2015

Photon Science Seminar

BaTiO3: More than a prototypical ferroelectric

Dr. Stefan Förster, Universität Halle-Wittenberg

abstract

 

30.10.2015

Photon Science Seminar

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Dr. Tobias Kampfrath, Fritz Haber Institut, Berlin

23.10.2015

Photon Science Seminar

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Prof. Jean-Philippe Perrillat, University of Lyon

16.10.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

9.10.2015

Photon Science Seminar

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Prof. Jasquelin Pena, University Lausanne

2.10.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 
 

25.9.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Microfluidic methods for on-demand manipulation and ejection of picolitre volume droplets

Dr. Tuncay Alan, Monash University

abstract

18.9.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

11.9.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Study of electronic and structural dynamics by means of time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy and diffraction

Dr. Matthias Hengsberger, University Zürich

abstract

4.9.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

28.8.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Support for Instrumentation for Materials Research at the US National Science Foundation

Dr. Guebre X. Tessema, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA

abstract

 

1st of July - 27st of August SUMMER BREAK

 

26.6.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Intra-atomic exchange in ultrafast magnetism – the Gd puzzle

Prof. Martin Weinelt, FU Berlin

abstract

19.6.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 

5.6.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

 
 

29.5.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

  

22.5.2015

Colloquium (PSI internal)

  

8.5.2015

Colloquium

  
 

24.4.2015

Colloquium

  

17.4.2015

Colloquium

 
 

27.3.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Soft matter at and beyond the limits of soft x-ray microscopy

Prof. Rainer Fink, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

abstract

20.3.2015

Colloquium

 

12.3.2015

Colloquium

 

6.3.2015

Photon Science Seminar

Quantum Phases and Criticality in Model Magnets

Prof. Christian Ruegg, PSI

abstract

 

27.2.2015

Photon Science Seminar

SLS 2.0.

Dr. Andreas Streun, PSI

abstract

20.2.2015

Colloquium

 

13.2.2015

Colloquium

  
 

30.1.2015

Colloquium

  

Seminar Series in 2014

Date

Type of Event

Title

Speaker

abstract

 

28.11.2014

Photon Science Seminar

Birefringence, polarization and charge ordering effects in resonant x-ray diffraction

Dr. Yves Joly, Institut Neel, Grenoble

abstract

21.11.2014

Photon Science Seminar

Droplet microfluidics

Dr. Ch. Riekel, ESRF

abstract

 

31.10.2014

Photon Seminar

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Dr. Jasper van Thor, Imperial College London

 

26.9.2014

Photon Seminar

Nanomagnetism in the Light of Coherent X-Rays

Prof. Stefan Eisebitt, TU Berlin

abstract

12.9.2014

Photon Science Seminar

Photoinduced Electron and Proton Trnasfer with Metal Complexes and Organic Molecules

Prof. Oliver Wenger, University of Basel

abstract

1st of July - 31st of August SUMMER BREAK

27.6.2014

Photon Science Seminar

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering: an "almost" perfect probe of collective excitations in transition metal oxides

Dr. Krzysztof Wohlfeld, Stanford Univeristy

abstract

13.6.2014

Photon Seminar

Tuning Catalyst’s Performance via Optimizing Particle Size, Composition and Support: The Role of in Situ Techniques in Catalysis Studies

Dr. Stefan Vajda, Argonne National Laboratory

abstract

 

23.5.2014

Photon Science Seminar

The effect of high pressure on molecular magnetism

Dr. Alessandro Prescimone, University of Basel

abstract

 
 

28.3.2014

Photon Science Seminar

A 1-D Imaging RIXS Spectrometer for Ultra-fast Phenomena and Nonlinear Science at European XFEL

Prof. Joseph Nordgren, University Uppsala

abstract

14.3.2014

Photon Seminar

Microscopy is more informative without lenses: ptychography with X-rays, visible light, and electrons

Prof. John Rodenburg, University of Sheffield (UK)

abstract

 

28.2.2014

Photon Science Seminar

X-Ray studies of biological matter – from micro-SAXS to nano-imaging

Prof. Sarah Köster, Georg-August-University Göttingen

abstract

21.2.2014

Photon Science Seminar

Magnetic domain walls in cylindrical nanowires – Towards 3D storage media?

Dr. Olivier Fruchart, Institut NEEL (Univ. Grenoble - Alpes, CNRS)

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31.1.2014

Photon Science Seminar

Ultra-Low Vertical Beam Size Measurements at SLS

Dr. Angela Saa Hernandez, PSI

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Seminar Series in 2013

Date

Type of Event

Title

Speaker

abstract

13.12.2013

SLS Science Seminar

Interfacial chemistry of surfaces under ambient humidity studied using XPS

Dr. Hendrik Bluhm, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

abstract

 

29.11.2013

SLS Seminar

Time-Resolved Characterization of Metastability during Phase Transformations in Metallic Multilayers Induced by Ultrafast Heating

Dr. Karsten Woll, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

abstract

15.11.2013

SLS Seminar

Where Are the Electrons? Charge Transfer and Dissociation from a Femtosecond Electronic-structure Perspective

Dr. Philippe Wernet, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

abstract

8.11.2013

SLS Seminar

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25.10.2013

SLS Seminar

Aperiodic „quasi“- crystals and their electronic structure

Prof. Horn, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Berlin

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20.9.2013

SLS Seminar

Seeing is believing - Novel in situ techniques for studies of model catalysts

Johan Gustafson, Lund University

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13.9.2013

SLS Seminar

How to Enhance the Flexibility of Optical Imaging and Trapping with Miniature Liquid-Crystal Displays

Prof. Monika Ritsch-Marte, Medizinische Universität Insbruck, Austria

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6th of July - 31st of August SUMMER BREAK

14.6.2013

SLS Seminar

Resonant Inelastic Soft X-ray Scattering with Vibrational Resolution

Dr. Jan-Erik Rubensson, University Uppsala

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31.5.2013

SLS Seminar

Self-Assembly of Globular Proteins into Amyloid Fibrils: Structure, Physical Properties and Functions

Prof. Raffaele Mezzenga, ETH Zurich

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3.5.2013

SLS Seminar

Controlling the behavior of complex oxides via epitaxial constraints: polymorphic phase transitions and octahedral tilts

Dr. Hans M. Christen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)

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19.4.2013

SLS Seminar

Development of radiation detectors with high Z material

Prof. Dr. Michael Fiederle, FMF Freiburg

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5.4.2013

SLS Seminar

All things bright and beautiful: photonics in biological systems

Prof. Peter Vukusic, University of Exeter, U.K.

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15.3.2013

SLS Seminar

Moire' structure or nanomesh: the case of graphene and h-BN epitaxially grown on transition metals

Dr. Marcella Iannuzzi, University f Zürich

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1.3.2013

SLS Seminar

Soft x-ray characterisation of organic semiconductor devices

Dr. Chris McNeill, Monash University, Melboure Australia

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15.2.2013

SLS Seminar

   
 

1.2.2013 LOCATION: PSI AUDITORIUM

SLS Seminar

Uranium biomineralization by subsurface microbes

Prof. Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, EPFL Lausanne

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18.1.2013

SLS Seminar

Cellular materials: from liquid foams to epithelial tissues.

Dr. Francoir Graner, CNRS et Université Paris 7

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Seminar Series in 2012

DateType of EventTitleSpeakerabstract
7.12.SLS SeminarNanodomains in Ferroelectric SuperlatticesDr. Pavlo Zubko (University of Geneva)abstract
23.11.SLS SeminarDisorder in the machine: the crucial role of defects in ferroelectric switching, and roughness and electrical conduction of domain wallsDr. Patrycja Paruch (University of Geneva)abstract
9.11.SLS SeminarOperando XAFS Studies of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts in Liquid-Phase Hydrogenation Reactions up to 200°C and 50 barDr. John Fulton (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)abstract

Contact

Dr. Camelia Borca
WLGA/211
Paul Scherrer Institute PSI

+41 56 310 54 78
camelia.borca@psi.ch