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After spending more than one and a half years within our group, we had to say goodbye to Marta, who returns to her home institution, the Division of Surface Physics and Nanotechnology at Poznan University of Technology in Poland. During her postdoctoral stay in Münster, Marta dedicated a great deal of time and effort to measurements in the lab, achieving excellent results. She also made significant contributions to setting up the infrastructure of our newly renovated laboratories. Beside her experimental and scientific skills, her consistently friendly, polite, and helpful manner was highly appreciated by our group. We sincerely thank her for her commitment and wish her all the best for her future research and career.

We enjoyed a nice farewell afternoon with a delicious cake and farewell gifts. While Marta brightened up our everyday environment with some nice office plants, she had the honour of receiving the very first coffe cup with our group logo :)

We look forward to staying in close contact with you, Marta!

For this year’s team event, we teamed up for several games of laser tag. Equipped with vests and phasers, we chased each other through corridors, mixed into new teams each round, and discovered quite a few hidden talents in strategy and speed. After the action, we changed the scenery and enjoyed a relaxed dinner together.
We had a great time, and we’re already looking forward to the next event!

This year, we once again joined the IG1 Summer Games - this time teaming up with Harry Mönig’s group. Across challenges such as “Down Under,” “The Steady Hand,” and the “Wild West,” our team showed strong collaboration and commitment - including the successful milking of a (plastic) cow. Although we did not win the trophy, we enjoyed the event and had a great time together with all IG1 groups.
A big thank you to the organizers for putting together another fun and creative afternoon. We’re already looking forward to next year!

 

After a long planning and renovation phase, we were finally able to move into our newly refurbished and modernized laboratory rooms in the basement of IG1. 
 
The wait was worth it—here, we now have optimum conditions for our (SP-)STM/STS experiments in combination with our future optical setup. The laboratories feature low-noise high-precision air conditioning, sound-insulated doors, suspended ceilings, and sound-absorbing wall elements to reduce sound propagation. In addition, our laboratories provide pits with mechanically decoupled concrete foundations to place our STMs on it. Additional technical rooms for air conditioning units and noisy pumps, as well as measurement and control rooms directly adjacent to the STM laboratories complete our lab infrastructure.

A huge thank you goes to Maciej and Marta for their efforts in moving our equipment, especially our LT-STM, from our “exile” lab at the Center for Soft Nanoscience (SON) to our new facilities.
 

Thank you very much for visiting us at our posters during the BaMa Day and for all of your questions and your interest in our research. We enjoyed meeting you!

If you are looking for a Bachelor or Master project do not hesitate to contact us for further information and discussion of potential projects.
We also offer laboratory tours. If you are interested, please contact Prof. Schlenhoff by email.
 

To celebrate the end of summer, we played the city explorer game just in the city center of Münster. We learned some history and interesting facts about the city, discovered hidden gems of Münster, became artists for a moment, and on Rosenplatz we slowed down to get some rest and listen to a book read by our leader. After an exciting journey through Münster, we had dinner together and chatted as long as the last rays of sunshine would allow us.
We had a great time and completed many tasks from the list, but there is still much to discover!
 

To celebrate the start of the holidays, we took part in the IG1 Summer Games. Together with Prof. Krenner's group, we established a team that may not have won the games but certainly made itself memorable. We were not afraid of singing or hot wire, and what's more, our egg reached its destination intact!
We had a great time with the other IG1 groups and enjoyed the event very much. Many thanks to the organising team!
 

Following the successful completion of her dissertation at the Poznan University of Technology and the award of her doctorate with distinction, we are pleased to welcome Marta back to our research group. We wish you an exciting and successful post-doctoral stay in our group!