| 25th October
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New Paper published in NanoscaleOur latest paper on metastable GeSn alloy nanostructures was published in RSC's journal Nanoscale. The electronic properties of NWs have been investigated in close collaboration with A. Lugstein's group.The paper is entitled: 'Electrical Characterization and Examination of Temperature-Induced Degradation of Metastable Ge0.81Sn0.19 Nanowires' |
| 1st October
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Move to Stuttgart (interim Professorship)Sven started an interim professorship for "Chemical Material Synthesis" at Stuttgart University (Inst. of Materials Science). |
| 31th August
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New Paper accepted in J. Appl. Phys. DA collaborative paper with Michael Huth's group from Frankfurt has been accepted for publication in J. Appl. Phys. D.The paper is entitled: 'Binary Mn-Si nanostructures prepared by focused electron beam induced deposition from the precursor SiH3Mn(CO)5'. |
| 4th July
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E-MRS Graduate Student Award highlighted on TU Wien homepageMichael S. Seifner won a Graduate Student Award from the European Materials Society (E-MRS) for his work on metastable, Ge-based semiconductor material.The two awards to TU students (a second one received our close collaborator M. Sistani from the Inst. of Solid State Electronics) have been highlighted here 
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| 20th June
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Paper accepted in ACS Applied Nano MaterialsA collaborative paper with Ivo Utke's group from EMPA in Switzerland has been accepted for publication. The paper entitled ´Magneto-electrical transport improvements of postgrowth annealed iron-cobalt nanocomposites: a possible route for future room-temperature spintronics´ can be downloaded here:Link to the paper |
| 19th June
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Invited Lecture at E-MRS ConferenceMichael gave an invited lecture on "Upper Limits of Sn Incorporation in Anisotropic Ge1-xSnx Nanostructures" at the E-MRS conference in Strasbourg, France. |
| 5th June
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Invited Lecture at CIMTEC ConferenceSven gave an invited lecture on "Low-temperature Synthesis of Metastable Materials with Anisotropic Morphology" and chaired a session at the CIMTEC conference in Perugia, Italy. |
| 30th May
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Institute Seminar Contribution ("Focus Materials Chemistry")Ivan Zivadinovic presented the results of his MSc project on temperature-dependence on Ga-supported Ge nanowire growth. |
| 2nd May
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New Paper published in Chemical MonthlyOur paper entitled "Solution-based Low Temperature Synthesis of Germanium Nanorods and Nanowires" has been accepted for publication in Monatshefte für Chemie- Chemical Monthly. Link to the paper |
| 18th April
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Paper online in Scientific ReportsA collaborative paper with Michael Huth's group from Goethe-University Frankfurt has been published. The paper entitled ´Direct-write of free-form building blocks for artificial magnetic 3D lattices´ can be downloaded here:Link to the paper |
| 07th March 2018
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Seminar at the Ångström LaboratoriesSven gave a talk in the inorganic chemistry seminar series entitled: "Metalorganic Precursors in Material Synthesis: From Hyperdoping and Metastable Materials Composition to Integration Issues"Very interesting to see the facilities and to chat with Swedish colleagues. Many thanks to Gunnar Westin and Mats Bomann for the invitation. |
| 06th March 2018
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Our Research on Metastable Materials HighlightedA general description / layman summary of our latest two articles on Ga and Sn incorporation in Ge has been published on several platforms:TU Wien Presseaussendung: Nanostrukturen aus bisher unmöglichem Material Zeitschriftenartikel in "der standard": Neue Methode verhilft zu bisher unmöglichem Material Des Weiteren auf folgenden Internetportalen: Chemie.de ; myscience.at ; pro-physik.de ; ScienceDaily.com ; eurekalert.org ; phys.org ; tu-austria.at ; moneycab.com ; extremnews.com ;  
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| 27th February 2018
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New Paper accepted in ACS SensorsOur paper entitled "Site-specific growth and in situ integration of different nanowire material networks on a single chip: towards a nanowire-based electronic nose for gas detection" has been accepted for publication in ACS Sensors.The paper can be downloaded here: Link to the Paper |
| 27th February 2018
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Paper published in ACS NanoOur paper entitled "Direct Synthesis of Hyperdoped Germanium Nanowires" has been published in ACS Nano. The article is open access. Link to the Paper
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| 14th February 2018
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Paper online in Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.A collaborative paper with with colleagues from Goethe University Frankfurt, Johns Hopkins University and University of Iceland has been published in Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.. The paper entitled "Electron interactions with the heteronuclear carbonyl precursor H2FeRu3(CO)13 and comparison with HFeCo3(CO)12: from fundamental gas phase and surface science studies to focused electron beam induced deposition" can be downloaded here: Link to the Paper |
| 8th February 2018
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Paper online in JPC CA collaborative paper with colleagues of Johns Hopkins University and University of Iceland has been published in Journal of Physical Chemistry. The paper entitled "Electron Induced Surface Reactions of HFeCo3(CO)12, a Bimetallic Precursor for Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition (FEBID)" can be downloaded here: Link to the PaperThe study was highlighted on the COVER 
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| 8th February 2018
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Award ceremony highlighted in Nachrichten aus der ChemieMichael Seifner received the certificate for his "Diploma Thesis Award" from the GÖCH at the Chemietage Meeting in Salzburg (26.09.2017). All in all an interesting meeting with this bonus for Michael. |
| 26. Nov.- 01. Dec 2017
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5 Contributions at MRS Fall Meeting 2017 in BostonMichael presented a talk on GeSn alloy growth and thermal behaviour. In addition, Sven gave three talks related to low temperature growth of metastable Ge-based semiconductors and nanowire-based sensors.Moreover, Sven presented our research on "Direct Deposition of Nanowires for Environmental Monitoring" in a student sympossium "International Summit of the MRS University Chapters on Sustainability and Nanotechnology”. 
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| 7th November 2017
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New Paper OnlineOur study on the growth and thermal stability of Ge/Sn nanorods entitled "Pushing the composition limit of anisotropic Ge1−xSnx nanostructures and determination of their thermal stability" has been published in Chemistry of Materials. Well done to Michael and the other co-authors. Link to the paper |
| 26th September 2017
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Best MSc thesis AwardMichael received an award from the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH) for his outstanding MSc thesis. Well done Michael! |
