
The Thin Films and Interfaces Group
Thin films are nowadays utilized in many applications, ranging from semiconductor devices to optical coatings and are even present in pharmaceuticals (polymers). This wide-spread application of films with thicknesses from atomic monolayers to microns is due to the developments of thin film deposition techniques. Thin films are also important for studies of materials with new and unique properties due to the possibility of tuning their crystallographic and morphological properties. The thin film approach, i.e. the presence of interfaces (to a substrate or the film surface) adds more degrees of freedom for influencing the properties of materials, e.g. by lattice strain or surface functionalization. For these fundamental studies of material properties large research facilities such as synchrotron radiation or neutron spallation sources are one of the keys that the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) provides. Read more TopPhD projects at the Thin Films and Interfaces Group
At present, we do not have open PhD positions available. As soon as we have details will be posted at our open position page. Other open positions are always published on the PSI Open Positions page.News
Upcoming Conference
2018 E-MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit
June 18-22, 2018Strasbourg, France
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19th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication
June 25-28, 2018Edinburgh, UK
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Upcoming Group Seminars
Novel Functionalities in Atomically Controlled Oxide Heterostructures by Pulsed Laser Deposition - AbstractSpeaker: Prof. Dr. Ing. Guus Rijnders Faculty of Science and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Date: Monday 7 May 2018 16:00
Room: OFLG/402, LMX SEMINAR
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Speaker: Hanu Arava
Date: Tuesday 8 May 2018 13:00
Room: OSGA/EG06, LMX
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Speaker: F. Haydous
Date: Monday 21 May 2018 16:00
Room: OFLG/402, TFI
Special interview with Prof. Thomas Lippert (PSI and Principle Investigator at I2CNER, Kyushu University) and Prof. Tatsumi Ishihara (Associate Director I2CNER, Kyushu University) on Current and Future Energy Research and Development in Europe: Perspectives from Switzerland, Germany and Japan. The interview is being published in the August 2017 issue of the Energy Outlook of the International Institut for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, I2CNER.

Most recent Paper
Aline Fluri, Daniele Pergolesi, Alexander Wokaun, and Thomas LippertStress generation and evolution in oxide heteroepitaxy
Phys. Rev. B 97, 124412 (2018)
Stress generation and evolution in oxide heteroepitaxy
Abstract:
Keywords: pulsed laser deposition; thin films; strain; simulations;
Facility: Thin Films and Interfaces, LMX, ETHZ, University of Kyushu
Reference: A. Fluri et al., Phys. Rev. B 97, 124412 (2018)
Read full article: [here]
Facility: Thin Films and Interfaces, LMX, ETHZ, University of Kyushu
Reference: A. Fluri et al., Phys. Rev. B 97, 124412 (2018)
Read full article: [here]