Insights into the energy landscape of a ‘memristive’ material

The electrical resistance of a nanoscale volume of germanium telluride fluctuates between different states. These states correspond to valleys in a high-dimensional energy landscape. The transition rates between the states reveal information about the nature of the energy barriers that separate them (symbolic illustration).
© Sebastian Walfort – AG Salinga

Findings from doctoral student Sebastian Walfort and Prof Martin Salinga’s team at the Institute of Materials Physics reveal the connection between electronic noise and thermodynamic properties.

Further information on this work, including the press release can be found here.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Awardee 2026

DFG honours Prof. Dr. Armido Studer for outstanding research
© Niklas Arndt

Prof. Dr. Armido Studer is awarded with the 2026 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his outstanding contributions to organic radical chemistry—especially for developing sustainable synthetic methods using organic radicals.

With Germany´s most prestigious research‑funding award, worth €2.5 million, the DFG recognises and honours excellent scientists for their extraordinary scientific achievements.

More information about this year’s prize can be found here (in German)!

Website of the Studer group.