IAP News Archive 2006-2010

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2010-Sep-10

• In its latest issue ITER newsline #145 reports on fusion research in the Atomic and Plasma Physics Group at IAP
  
  

2010-Jul-14

• At last weeks ECAMP10 conference in Salamanca, Spain Fritz Aumayr has been elected as the new chair of the AMOP (atomic, molecular and optical physics) division of the European Physical Society (EPS). In this function he will also be the international chair of the next ECAMP11 meeting to be held in Aarhus 2013. For more infos see the TU press release (in German)
  
  

2010-May-28

• In the Cathedral of Lund, in a grand ceremony, Peter Varga was conferred an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Lund, Sweden. The degree was awarded for his outstanding contributions to materials science on the atomic scale.
  
  

2010-May-14

• Newly appointed professor Ulrike Diebold has discovered that hydrogen bonding plays a key role in the diffusion of organic molecules across solid surfaces. By gaining and losing hydrogen atoms, catechol molecules rotate in a dance-like motion along the titanium rows of a TiO₂ surface. These results have been published in the prestigious journal Science [Li et al., Science 328, 882-884 (2010)]. The work was also featured in Chemical and Engineering News [C&EN 88, 29 (2010)].
  
  

2010-Feb-26

• Robert Ritter, PhD student in the Atomic and Plasma Physics Group has been awarded a prestigious DOC-Stipendium by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which will allow him to pursue his studies on nanostructure formation due to impact of slow highly charged ions for the next 2.5 years. Austrian Federal Minister of Science and Research Prof. Dr. Beatrix Karl handed over the certificate to him in a celebration on Feb.26, 2010 at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
  
  

2010-Jan-08

• The Atomic and Plasma Physics Group has produced a PR-movie Deep Impact - Highly Charged Ion Research at TU Wien, which is now online on YouTube.

2010-Jan-04

• Prof. Ulrike Diebold has moved from Tulane University (New Orleans, LA, USA) to TU Wien and started her position as full professor of surface science at our institute.

2009-Oct-01

• After 34 years of service our well known trade mark name “Institut für Allgemeine Physik” has been changed by the university administration to “Institut für Angewandte Physik” (Institute of Applied Physics). Our acronym (IAP), however, stays the same, as will the quality of our research and teaching.

2009-Sept-01

• The Computational Materials Science group moves to the Makartvilla, the former studio of painter Hans Makart and an architectural jewel, which is now a building of the TU Wien. The street address is Gußhausstraße 25-25a/134, 1040 Wien, Austria (see the map).

2009-June-01

• Ayman S. El-Said, post-doctoral researcher in the Atomic and Plasma Physics Group has been awarded a prestigious “Humboldt Research Fellowship” by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His fellowship will take him to Forschungszentrum Dresden in Rossendorf/Germany, where he will start his work in fall 2009. We wish him success for his future career and hope for fruitful collaborations.

2009-Mar-03

A major relaunch of the IAP/TU Wien webpages, replacing the decade-old design. You will still find a few legacy pages or pages under construction – sorry for the inconvenience!

We could not test everything with all web browsers. If you have problems with it or suggestions how to improve it, please send an email to Michael Schmid ([email address: lastname @ this server · enable javascript to see it]) or Wilhelm Hofer ([email address: lastname @ this server · enable javascript to see it]).

2008-Dec-01

• Ille C Gebeshuber leaves the Atomic and Plasma Physics Group of our institute and takes a new position as professor in a newly founded nanotechnology lab at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

2008-Oct-06

• In collaboration with Fronius International Corp. Herbert Störi und Johann Laimer from the Surface & Plasma Technology Group have developed a new portable plasma cutting system. See the press release.

2008-Jun-25

• The first Hannspeter Winter Prize of the TU Wien, named for the late head of our institute, was awarded to physicist Bianca Mladek. See the press release.

2008-Jun-16

• Fritz Aumayr and members of his Atomic and Plasma Physics Group demonstrate nanoscale modifications of surfaces by impact of slow highly charged ions. See the press release.

2007-Dec-14

• Michael Schmid is appointed member of the Junge Kurie ('Young Acedemy') of the Austrian Acedemy of Sciences.

2007-Jul-16

• By scanning tunneling microscopy Peter Varga und Michael Schmid and members of their Surface Physics Group have revealed the atomic structure of oxides used in catalysts. See the press release.

2006-Nov-21

• In the ultra-short laser lab (Wolfgang Husinsky, Atomic and Plasma Physics Group) the Darwin principle is applied to optimize material modification with lasers. See the press release.

2006-Nov-08

• We sadly report that the head of the Institute, Hannspeter Winter unexpectedly passed away. Read our
  Obituary (in German), learn about his
  Curriculum Vitae, or browse through his impressive
  List of Publications.
  Wikipedia entry, Obituary of TU Wien (in German)

2006-Jul-28

• The Surface Physics Group celebrates its 25^th publication in Physical Review Letters. Congratulations!
  The 25^th PRL isn't about silver; although one might expect this for a silver jubilee; oxidation of silver happened to be the topic of the 24^th PRL of this group.

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