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PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu to head a newly opened research laboratory at the University of Bern
(CHIMIA article based on the university's media release)

Ein neues Projekt der Universitäten Bern und Basel soll helfen, komplexe Probleme mit Quantencomputer lösen zu können.
(BZ article based on the university's media release)

The University of Basel and the University of Bern are setting up a new research center to enable the construction of superconducting quantum units. The Werner Siemens Foundation is supporting the project with a total of CHF 15 million over the next eleven years.

High-precision molecular manipulation techniques are used to control the assembly of radical molecules (S=1/2) on a superconductor. Here we present a low-temperature STM and STS study of molecules hosting single electrons on superconducting Pb(111).

We use on-surface coordination chemistry to synthesize on Ag(111) and superconducting Pb(111) iron-based spin chains that reveal low-energy spin excitations.

Photoinduced Asymmetric Charge Trapping Stabilizes a Charge-Separated State

Thanks to the support of the Bernese entrepreneur Walter Inäbnit, the University of Bern is able to establish a new endowed lectureship. It is based at the newly opened W. Inäbnit Laboratory for Molecular Quantum Materials at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP). The purpose of this new lectureship is to develop new classes of materials which could potentially solve the problem of energy loss in electronics. The lectureship will be held by PD Dr. Shi-Xia Liu.

Die Videoreihe der UniBE Foundation beleuchtet in einem kurzen Videoformat Forscher:innen und ihre Visionen.
https://unibefoundation.ch/videos/science-speed-dating-mit-shia-xia-liu

Der UniBE Foundation Blog berichtet über innovativen Projekten und die Arbeit von Forscher:innen an der Universität Bern

A new hexadecanuclear nanocluster with a mixed-valence {Co₁₆} core has been prepared and fully characterized. Predominantly intracluster ferromagnetic exchange interactions were measured.

Hydrogen-bonded assemblies of N-doped heterocyclic triimidazole molecules on a Ag(111) substrate were investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) techniques. The LEED data are consistent with simulations based on a distinct overlayer on the Ag(111) lattice. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations support the experimental results.

We report the on-surface reaction on Ag(111) for the synthesis of two-dimensional N-doped graphene sheets possessing a honeycomb Kagome lattice. STM, AFM and DFT methods are applied to scrutinize the structural and electronic properties. We demonstrate the semiconducting character of the lattice and the emergence of Kagome flat bands near the Fermi level.

Nitrogen-Doped Porous Nanoribbons

A Golden Nano-Checkerboard

Heteroatom Effect on Quantum Interference in Molecular Junctions