Research interests of the Quantum Nanophysics Group

... Quantum coherence and decoherence of molecules and nanoparticles

... Quantum-enhanced molecule metrology

... Quantum-refined molecule lithography

... New molecular beam methods & detectors

... Trapping & cooling of macromolecules and nanoparticles

QNP News Ticker

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  • The 2012 micrograph award by the Australien Microscopy & Microanalysis Research Facility was awarded to Thomas Juffmann. His picture "phthalocyanine quantum interference", showing three farfield interference patterns on top of each other, could win this year's prize in the category "novel microscopy".

  • Discover Magazine Top 100 Science News of 2011
    Molecular Interference among them
  • Sensitivity of a superconducting nanowire detector for single ions at low energy 
    article appears in Nanotechnology 23, 065501 (2012)
  • Propsoal for testing GRWP models in the UK press
    8.11.2011 Our paper on proposals for testing GRWP featured in the UK The Telegraph
  • Review: Quantum interference of clusters and molecules
    Rev. Mod. Phys. (2011) in press, arXiv:1109.5937
  • Embracing quantum metrology with wide arms
    Physics 4, 74 - Published September 19, 2011
  • Highly Fluorous Porphyrins as Model Compounds for Molecule Interferometry
    Eur. J. Org. Chem., Volume 2011, Issue 25, Pages: 4823 to 4833
    Highlighted by ChemistryViews,  ...
  • Scientific exchange grant
    July 21st: Philipp Haslinger has been awarded a scientific exchange grant by the University of Vienna to cooperate with Prof. Holger Müller, University of Berkeley, on atom interferometry.
  • Concept of an ionizing time-domain matter-wave interferometer
    July, 5th  2011: Published in New J. Phys. 13, 075002 (2011).
  • Schaumayer Prize
    June 2011: Sandra Eibenberger receives a Dr. Maria Schaumayer prize for women in science
  • ESF meeting on Casimir forces
    11-13.5.2011 European meeting with 20 participants from 7 countries, hosted by QNP
  • Proposal for a test of continous spontaneous localization in cluster interferometry
    27.4.2011 published in Phys. Rev. A 83, 043621 (2011).
  • Electric moments in molecule interferometry
    25.4.2011 published in New J. Phys. 13, 043033 (2011), chosen as 'IOP select'