EPFL feature on Cécile Hébert

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LSME director Prof. CĂ©cile HĂ©bert is interviewed in this profile that currently features on EPFL’s homepage. CĂ©cile, who was recently awarded the prize for best physics teacher at EPFL, discusses her career and research, and her novel approaches to teaching physics to EPFL’s bachelors and masters students.

Special guest at LSME

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We are very pleased to welcome Dr Juan Carlos Idrobo from the Center for Nanophase Materials Science at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for a two day visit. Dr Idrobo has been invited to present a seminar in the Quantum Science and Condensed Matter series, where he gives “A Glimpse into Electron Microscopy in the (…)

Teaching award for LSME director!

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Congratulations to LSME director Prof. CĂ©cile HĂ©bert for being awarded the 2019 prize of best teacher in the Physics Section at the recent “Magistrale” Graduation Day!

Poster prize at Microscopy Conference 2019!

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Congratulations to LSME PhD student Hui Chen, who received a Best Poster Award for Materials Science at the recent Microscopy Conference 2019 in Berlin. At the conference, Chen presented a poster on her ongoing research into improved STEM hyperspectral data segmentation and quantification entitled “STEM EDS/(EELS) for Deep-Mantle Rock Assemblages Analyses Assisted by Machine Learning”.

New in Nano Letters: Electronic Structure-Dependent Surface Plasmon Resonance in Single Au–Fe Nanoalloys

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The prospect of creating nanoparticles with a combination of plasmonic and magnetic properties – so-called “magneto–plasmonics” – is interesting for potential applications from nanomedicine to plasmon-enhanced catalysis. In this new paper published in Nano Letters, we use correlative electron energy-loss spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to relate the plasmonic properties of individual Au-Fe nanoparticles (…)