🧪 An international team from the SNI network has succeeded in producing ultra-thin, ordered layers of metal-organic frameworks (#MOFs) at the interface between air and a liquid. They published their findings in “Small Structures”.
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@fhnw.ch @unibas.ch #MOF
🧪 Nanoscience for a better future – Our Annual Report is now online!
📌 Have a look at the diverse activities of the SNI's interdisciplinary research network in 2025:
sniunibas.relayto.com/e/annual-rep...
@unibas.ch @fhnw.ch @psi.ch @dbsse123.bsky.social @csem.ch #nanoscience #nanotechnology
Happy Birthday #AFM!
To celebrate the first description of the atomic force microscope (AFM) in Physical Review Letters, we spoke to our longstanding honorary member Christoph Gerber, who, together with Carl Quate and Gerd Binnig, invented this groundbreaking instrument.
@unibas.ch bit.ly/4raqCOm
🧪 Some bacteria are miniature masters of navigation: A built-in “compass” made of #magnetic #nanoparticles helps them to reliably find the optimal habitat. Researchers at the @unibas.ch have now unlocked the magnetic properties of individual #bacteria.
youtu.be/yUrNWTjdoS8
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Researchers from the SNI network have developed a new sensor system based on platinum #nanostructures that allows the optical differentiation of terpene enantiomers at the molecular level. Published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
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@unibas.ch #nanoscience
🦷 Better dental reconstructions thanks to optimized zirconia Researchers from the SNI network have published in "Ceramics International" key factors that significantly influence the surface and mechanical properties of dental zirconia. 🧪
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@unibas.ch @fhnw.ch
The University of Basel is taking on a co-lead role in National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) ‘Precision’, dedicated to cutting-edge research in high-precision measurements.
❄️ We look back on a very successful "Nanoscience in the Snow" winter school. A big thank you to all speakers and participants for their active and engaged contributions and congratulations to Alessandro on winning the Best Poster Award 👏!
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung... @unibas.ch
🧪Researchers from the SNI network have, for the first time, tracked energy flow in the #semiconductor #germanium with unprecedented accuracy using ultrafast laser spectroscopy.
@unibas.ch #UltrafastSpectroscopy #Nanoscience
youtu.be/LRHfHVK5ZL4
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Many thanks to all our members, partners, and followers for your work and interest in our #nanoscale #research. We wish you happy holidays and look forward to exciting new projects in 2026.
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/
@unibas.ch @fhnw.ch @psich.bsky.social #Nanoscience #Nanotechnology #Nanoimaging
🧪The December edition of SNI INSight is out now!
Featuring interviews about the Nobel Prizes, PhD milestones, funding updates, and much more.✨
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/outreach/...
@unibas.ch #nanoscience #nanotechnology
🧪A study led by the @unibas.ch found that nuclear pore complexes are not rigid structures but have dynamic, constantly moving interiors. This changes how we understand cellular transport and may influence research on diseases and therapies. @biozentrum.unibas.ch nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
Congratulations to the winners of the Nano Image Award 2025 and many thanks to all contributors!
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@unibas.ch @fhnw.ch
💡 When quantum light does work!
A team of physicists from the unibas.ch shows that light from #quantum systems isn’t just waste heat – it can carry useful #energy. A new theoretical framework for the #thermodynamics of #quantum systems.✨
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@rwth.bsky.social
Researchers from the SNIunibas network use a #diphtheria toxin domain to fuse lipid vesicles at neutral pH, achieving gentle, controlled membrane fusion for #bio-inspired technologies. More information at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@unibas.ch bas.ch @psich.bsky.social #nanoscience
Researchers from SNI network have developed innovative, extremely small, and robust magnetic field probes based on #SQUIDs that enable #high-resolution images of #nanoscale magnetic structures.
nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@unibas.ch #Magnetometry #ScanningMicroscopy
🌟What a bright day! 🌟
20 young female researchers dived into #physics, #quantum & #nanoscience during the Swiss "Zukunftstag". Thanks to all who made it shine!
@nanoscience.ch @unibas.ch #PhysicsDepartment #BaselQuantumCenter #Zukunftstag #STEM #GirlsinSTEM
At the Global Science Film Festival 2025, we presented our short film on the Type VI secretion system – the bacterial “nanoharpoon”. A glimpse into the fascinating world of microbial #nanoweapons!
youtu.be/7YV3SrJ1nBk
#ScienceCommunication #Microbiology @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch #nanoscience
A team from the SNI network has shown for the first time that lateral phase separation in #membranes can be controlled by a chemical reaction – a key step toward “smart” artificial vesicles.
More at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
#chemistry #nanoscience #Catalysis
@unibas.ch
What is the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)?
Have a look what the SNI means to some of our doctoral students.
youtu.be/lkDFlzzyc2M
#nanoscience #nanotechnology #Interdisciplinary #network #science #PhDSchool #GraduateSchool @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social @fhnw.ch
🎥 #SRF featured our #STEM promotion activity "MINT on the move". In the “Schweiz aktuell” program, SRF showed how we get children excited about science and technology - on a #SOB train ride!
👉nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/details/srf-beit...
@unibas.ch
Am 8. & 9. Oktober bringen wir wieder spannende Experimente in den Zug – von Basel nach Göschenen und wieder zurück.
Alle können mitmachen. Ihr benötigt nur ein Zugticket. Wir freuen uns auf euch!
Mehr unter: nanoscience.unibas.ch/de/news/deta...
#MINT #MINTUnterwegs #Wissenschaft @unibas.ch
Are you interested in one of the new #PhD School projects at the SNI? Then listen to what SNI doctoral students have to say about our PhD School:
youtu.be/v3cm3wSs98Y
New projects: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung...
@unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social @fhnw.ch
Congratulations to our new SNI member Prof. Tomasz Smoleński for receiving an ERC Starting Grant. We look forward to see more of his work about the surprising behavior of many interacting electrons.
▶️ Watch him explain his research: youtu.be/NRnFXdoG-lo
@unibas.ch ##ERCGrant #quantum #optpelectronic
In @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org, we show the control discharge using STM/AFM of tetrazapyrene radicals on Pb(111).
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @siemens-ring.bsky.social, @snsf.ch, @erc.europa.eu, @nanoscience.ch, @unibas.ch @nanolino-unibas.bsky.social @unibe.ch @uliaschauer.bsky.social
Researchers from the SNI network improved #acoustic #tweezers by combining a reusable sonic chip with a disposable #microfluidic chip, enabling more efficient, cost-effective experiments while reducing cross-contamination. 🧪
@unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social
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🎓 New PhD projects in #nanobiology, #nanochemistry & #nanophysics at the SNI PhD School! Apply now to join our #interdisciplinary community. 🧪
📌 Info: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung...
@unibas.ch @biozentrum.unibas.ch @eth-bsse.bsky.social
@psich.bsky.social @scisonja.bsky.social #nanoscience
A highly complex #Kagome network is self-assembled from a single molecular building block on metal surfaces (Ag(111), Au(111)) — despite the apparent simplicity of the molecule itself. 🧪
📌More at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social #selfassembly #sni #nanoscience
Quick! 💣💥
Dont miss to sign up for the "Spreng-Vorlesung"
@unibas.ch
– the explosive lecture for all ages! #TheMagicOfChemistry
🌐: St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 #Basel
⏰: Fri or Sat Sept 12 or 13, at 11am and 2pm each (=4 shows!)
RSVP: chemie.unibas.ch/en/sprengvor...
Rotating magnetic fields for more stable #qubits!
Researchers from the #SNI_Network have developed a method to better control and stabilize quantum states in semiconducting nanowires. A step forward for #QuantumComputing!
📄 Read more: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...
@unibas.ch #innovation
