CTFM lab at FAU

Why do I ride my #bike to work every day? That's why! #Erlangen #cycling #fall #sunrise @fau.de

I mean... If you have read Saint Exupéry's "Le Petit Prince", you have a whole different perspective on fitting XPS spectra! Can you unsee THIS, @metallacycle.bsky.social? #ChemSka #MaterialsSky

CTFM lab contributed to @fau.de's "Run against cancer" ("Lauf gegen Krebs") this Saturday! Groups of runners start onto the loop around the "Schlossgarten" every 30 minutes. Comment by one of us: It is like injecting electron bunches into the synchrotron ring... Is #NerdsWhoRun a good hashtag?

The CTFM lab at @fau.de welcome Reyhaneh Alborz as a new PhD student, who has joined our group from Amirkabir Univ. of Technology with a doctoral fellowship by the "Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft"! Reyhaneh develops solution-processible Pb-free #semiconductors. #solarcells #ChemSky #ChemPrint

The 5th Women in Science Erlangen symposium is a wrap! It has closed with the awards for posters and flash talks -- congratulations on the exciting science! We will hopefully see you again next year! @fau.de @spanlabfau.bsky.social @gdch.de #WomenInSTEM #chemistry #ChemSky

Excerpts from day 2 of the 2026 Women in Science symposium at @fau.de: Dr. Dandan Gao (@unimainz.bsky.social) & Prof. Jannika Lauth (@unituebingen.bsky.social, @unihannover.bsky.social) on #semiconductors, #surfaces, and what they can do in #energy #conversion. #WomenInSTEM #ChemPrint #ChemSky

Day 1 of @fau.de's 5th Women in Science symposium kicked off with a #ChemPrint themed session after the opener by @spanlabfau.bsky.social ! Shout out to the amazing team of students organizing this event -- and the outstanding women who presented! #WomenInSTEM #chemsky #materialssky #chemistry

The CTFM lab (with alums) was well represented at the 5 km / 10 km "Lauf in die Mönau" as @fau.de's team "Alchemie Athleten"! #FAUstark #movingknowledge

Can #hydrogen evolution be driven by a single-junction #solar cell if the complementary reaction oxidizes some waste such as urea instead of water? Not quite, yet. Looking for #catalysts... See our first forays in this direction in Maxi's new paper! pubs.rsc.org/cp/article/d... #ChemPrint

Get to know some of the most amazing young talents emerging in #Europe right now -- likely #science leaders tomorrow! The #ERCStG list is also a selection of the most cutting-edge '26 research topics Dear awardees, congrats -- enjoy the funding, make the best of it, & show us all what you've got!

"A robust & versatile synthesis of catalytically active Ga-based bimetallic nanoparticles w/ low size polydispersity" Marco's latest study published w/ support by partners in collaborative projects CLINT & #ChemPrint at @fau.de, HIERN & @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social! pubs.rsc.org/ma/article/d...

This is a friend of a friend's genAI policy for their research group and I think it is really simple and nice. "The Only Reason You'll Ever Need Not To Write With AI" (spoiler alert: it is to avoid plagerism!) #chemsky #chemchat www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

Good morning from IZNF at @fau.de ! Beautiful day to do some science!

Kimia submitted her #Master #thesis to @fau.de's program in Advanced #Materials & #Processes (@cbi-fau.bsky.social @matscifau.bsky.social)! Her presentation to the CTFM team highlighted her successes applying #ALDep to opto-electronic devices at #IMEC. Congratulations! #ChemSky #MaterialsSky

A founding figure of physical & theoretical #chemistry has left us, whose research also influenced inorganic chemistry & chemical biology. Julien talked about Rudy Marcus, his contributions to our #science, & experimental tests confirming his theory, in class at @fau.de on July 15... #chemsky

Graduation ceremony yesterday at @fau.de's #chemistry department! CTFM graduates Lara & Newsha received their M. Sc. diploma, Lara was also awarded a Zerweck #prize -- congrats!!! Music by the Free Radicals featuring chem profs. Hirsch (FAU VP People, sax) & Schatz (Dean of Science)! #chemsky

New article by Micah in @commsmat.nature.com: the first ever solar cell 3D-printed w/ atomic resolution! @fau.de collaboration w/ A. Devi @ IFW @tudresden.bsky.social #3Dprinting #ALDep #solarcells #atomicprocessing #processing #thinfilms #ChemSky #MaterialsSky #ChemPrint #CorMic rdcu.be/ftgD0

Two snapshots from your visit, Eline Hutter! Thank you for visiting @fau.de from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social and sharing your insight with us -- @spanlabfau.bsky.social @dubelab.bsky.social Danijela Gregurec, Carolin Müller, Alex Kozen, Julien Bachmann! #ChemPrint

Thank you so much Eline Hutter for visiting us at @fau.de & sharing your insight into mechanosynthesis, composition tuning, & physical properties of ionic halide #perovskites & related #semiconductors! Thank you Ingrid @spanlabfau.bsky.social, Janina Grosch, #ChemPrint & @gdch.de for your support!

Warning against dismantling #science and #research -- let us not let it happen! #chemsky

Featuring recent additions to the CTFM #team: Newsha (PhD student), Pascal, Nikita, Fabian (MSc theses), Sadegh, Melisa, Xinyao (MSc #research assistants) & Florencia (research module). Various #academic goals, six countries of origin, same passion for #materials #chemistry! #chemsky #materialssky

Congratulations to @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social alumnae Marina Günthert & Lena Mittmann (+ advisors C. Brabec, A. Crovetto & E. Stamate) on concluding their #PhD studies within 3 years and impressing their defense committees at @fau.de @matscifau.bsky.social & at DTU! #chemsky #materialssky

Dr. Janina Grosch has joined our Collaborative Research Center #ChemPrint as the new #scientific coordinator! She will be the anchor point between PIs, #doctoral #researchers, the @dfg.de and central units of @fau.de organizing #research, #training, #networking, #reporting, & more. Welcome Janina!

Congratulations to Fatemeh Delavar who represented @fau.de at EPFL & has just completed her MSc thesis in Sion! Thanks to the group @lfim-epfl.bsky.social for supporting her! Fatemeh will now join CTFM & #ChemPrint for her #PhD work at FAU. #chemsky #materials #carboncapture #surface #chemistry

Just in time for #pi day -- an anonymous participant of the #ChemPrint winter school came up with a very special #nerd joke: Probably the world's first atomic layer deposition (ALD) #meme! #ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #surface @fau.de

For the International Women's Day: Let us remember that on average #women still enjoy less rights & face more hurdles than men. Let us ensure that in our lab they can blossom! The contribution of women to CTFM #research proves the benefits of nurturing their talent. 🙏 #womeninSTEM @fau.de 👩‍🎓

Roles and expectations management -- a #ChemPrint #workshop led in small groups by @distinkt-dkc.bsky.social for our new #PhD #researchers to get started on the right foot! #PhDlife #graduate #training @fau.de @dfg.de www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu/

#Atomic-layer #additive #manufacturing (ALAM / DALP) of #semiconductors -- a demo by Yara, Syrine, Sonja & Micah w/ colleagues Latifa Bergaoui & Erdmann Spiecker (+group) published in #Chemistry #Africa! #ChemPrint #CorMic #ChemSky #MaterialsSky #materials #ALDep link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#Winter vibes at @fau.de's IZNF this morning... Great day to do some cool #science with the amazing @ctfm-lab.bsky.social #team! Thinking of those less fortunate than us who are left in the cold... Let us appreciate what we have and behave accordingly! #ChemSky #chemistry #materialssky #materials

If instead of gifting a #Nobel medal to a #dictator you want to save it from him, #chemistry provides the #solution: aqua regia! Note: potassium triiodide, KI3, obtained by dissolving iodine crystals into an aqueous KI solution, works too. #ChemSky #resist #gold www.npr.org/sections/kru...

Breakthrough of the year 2025: the unstoppable growth of #renewable #energy! #Solar energy is now often the cheapest source of electricity, in addition to being highly decentralized and flexible. www.science.org/content/arti...

#PhD #scientist open to #research #organization in a #diverse team? Come work w/ us at @fau.de & coordinate the activities of the graduate school & research projects of our Coordinated Research Center #ChemPrint! #chemjobs #chemsky #materialssky #jobs #academia www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/wissens...

Our #ChemPrint paper on solution #ALDep (sALD) of a halide #perovskite w stability & carrier lifetimes improved wrt state-of-the-art #processing is on the cover of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Check out the pivalates hovering over the #surface to deliver Pb ions. #ChemSky doi.org/10.1002/anie...

The @ctfm-lab.bsky.social lab at @fau.de welcome our newest doctoral candidate Mahtab Mortazavi, who joins the #ChemPrint team to investigate the #surface #chemistry of solution #ALDep! We look forward to seeing your exciting #research #results! #PhDlife #chemsky #materialssky tinyurl.com/35p87kty

Micah wowed the crowd at the Atomhagen workshop on atomic-level #processing organized by Atlant 3D Nanosystems in Copenhagen, presenting his MSc thesis, an atomic-layer #additive #manufacturing procedure for miniaturized #solar cells! #ALDep #3Dprinting tinyurl.com/47nkju44 tinyurl.com/4tkz6eyb

Just published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: Beautiful #ChemPrint collaboration btw. 8 @fau.de groups (@guldi-group.bsky.social & more) to establish 'solution #ALDep' (sALD) of halide #perovskites! We observe nucleation & growth #in-situ & demonstrate superior quality! doi.org/10.1002/anie...

#Congratulations Abir Ben Ouezdou, who defended at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées & Technologie (INSAT) in Tunis her diploma thesis on her #research performed at @fau.de's CTFM: she graduated w/ high honors! Thank you Abir for your work building an automated #catalysis testing platform!

'Long Night of Sciences' at @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social: #solar cells, #electrolysis & #atomic layer processing let children's eyes sparkle for the #materials #chemistry #research of #energy conversion! Thanks to the team for preparing & engaging with the public! #ChemSky #outreach #ChemPrint

True story: Paper: Electrolytic current scales linearly w/ length ℓ of cylindrical pore due to geometry Reviewers 1 & 3: Awesome! Rev. 2: Wrong, cylinder area scales w/ ℓ^2 Our rebuttal: Ahem, A = ℓ × π r^2 Adv. Mater. editor: Reject unless you add ℓ^2 Us: Nope DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2012.03.022

Proud of my alma mater @mit.edu! For #diversity, for #science: #resist! www.reuters.com/world/us/mit...

@fau.de's #Women in #Science symposium wrapped! 3 days of exciting science, shared experiences, eye-opening conversations. Humbling & thought-provoking for the cis, heterosexual, white male in the audience... Even mikes are designed for bald white men, less so for Black women with braids! #ChemPrint

We #welcome two new members of @fau.de's CTFM #team! Dr. Lynda Beddek is visiting for a month from Mouloud Mammeri University Tizi-Ouzou, and Dr. Mathilde Lambert has joined as a postdoc from @univ-amu.fr! Looking forward to some exciting #ALDep and #pv #research together! #ChemPrint

Our coordinated #research center (CRC) #ChemPrint funded by @dfg.de at @fau.de and @helmholtz.de is running! Project start: Oct. 1; 1st general assembly: Oct. 6, decision-making structure elected. Below: the team at this early stage. Stay tuned for exciting results! www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu

Scientists would say that the signal is beyond five sigma: #immigration, #diversity, #exchange for the greatest benefit to mankind.

Published online (early view) today, presented to the #European COST Action 'RenewPV' crowd in Julien's master class tomorrow! Still financed in part at @fau.de by our @erc.europa.eu project 'Solacylin'.

Transparent extremly thin absorber #solar cells enable super systematic ultrafast transient abs. #spectroscopy investigation of photoinduced dynamics in #semiconductors -- w/ @mitchemistry.bsky.social alum Liz Young at Lehigh! #chemsky #materialsky advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Big scare & spectacular save in #lab at CTFM this week: mislabeled oxygen & nitrogen lines caused diethylzinc fire in a glovebox. Perfect reaction by the team achieved containment inside the box, quick cleanup enables the start of rebuild <48 hr later! Amazing #teamwork! #labels #safety #chemsky

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

Et voila! Case proven. #solar