TU Hamburg
Institut für Material- und Röntgenphysik (M-2)
Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN)
Gebäude 600, Zimmer 260
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg
Germany
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TU Hamburg
Institut für Material- und Röntgenphysik (M-2)
Geb. K, Raum 3559
Denickestraße 15
21073 Hamburg
Germany
Phone
+49 (0) 40/42838-1829
News
12.09.2024 Article "Deformation dynamics of nanopores upon water imbibition" published in PNAS
Our article shows by a combination of experiments and computer simulations of water imbibition in nanopores that the competition between expansive, surface stress release at pore walls and negative, contractile Laplace pressures of nanoscale menisci lead to an unusual macroscopic behavior of the porous medium, which is generic for any liquid/nanoporous solid combination. The results allow one to quantify surface and Laplace stresses and to monitor nanoscale flow and infiltration states by relatively simple length measurements of the porous medium.
17.05.2024 - New publication: "Self-Assembly of Ionic Superdiscs in Nanopores"
Our study on discotic ionic liquid crystals has been published in ACS Nano - see also the DESY press release.
May 2024 - At this year's PSST conference in Brno (Czech Republic) Stella Gries received the prize for the talk of the day. Congratulations to her and also to Manfred May for the 2nd place in the best poster award of the conference!