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Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory

Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory

Our interdisciplinary team gathers physicists, materials scientists, (bio-) chemists, and engineers focusing on bringing novel materials to devices. We are interested in understanding the fundamental electronic, optoelectronic, thermal and ionic transport processes involved in atomically-precise nanostructures and low-dimensional materials. The heterogeneous integration of novel nanomaterials requires custom-made methods for nanoscale patterning and interfaces nanostructuring. Overall, we strive to master the chain of competences leading from designer materials with tailored quantum properties to devices with targeted application in information & quantum technology, energy conversion & storage as well as biochemical sensing & diagnostics.

Research

Quantum Devices

Nanoelectronics and Nano-Optics

Nanomaterials Spectroscopy and Imaging

Biosensing and Functional Surfaces

Technical Expertise

Reliability Center

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Engineering Group

Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory

Recent publications

A CMOS‐compatible fabrication approach for high‐performance perovskite photodetector arrays

Wu, E., Tsarev, S., Proniakova, D., Liu, X., Bachmann, D., Yakunin, S., Kovalenko M.V. & Shorubalko, I.

Advanced Optical Materials. (2025).

https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202402979

Living fiber dispersions from mycelium as a new sustainable platform for advanced materials

Sinha, A., Greca, L. G., Kummer, N., Wobill, C., Reyes, C., Fischer, P., Campioni S. & Nyström, G.

Advanced Materials. (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202418464

The accuracy of measuring confined fluid properties using white light interferometry.

Góra, M., Schütz, U., Hack, E., Zhang, P., & Heuberger, M.

Review of Scientific Instruments, 96(3), 035109 (11 pp.). (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0245879

Transport and magnetic properties of Magnéli phase tungsten oxide WO2.90 prepared by spark plasma sintering

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Dadiani, T., Tchabukiani, T., Jishiashvili, D., Daraselia, D., Japaridze, D., La Mattina, F., & Shengelaya, A.

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 38(1), 58 (7 pp.). (2025).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-025-06900-3

The role of precursor coverage in the synthesis and substrate transfer of graphene nanoribbons

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Darawish, R., Braun, O., Müllen, K., Calame, M., Ruffieux, P., Fasel, R., & Borin Barin, G.

Nanoscale Advances. (2025).

https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NA00017C

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