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Artistic view of the nanoparticle-in-groove plasmonic cavities. Credit: Nicolas Antille (http://www.nicolasantille.com)

Molecular device turns infrared into visible light

Research

Researchers at EPFL, China, Spain and the Netherlands have built a micro-device that uses vibrating molecules to transform invisible mid-infrared light into visible light. The breakthrough ushers in a new class of compact sensors for thermal imaging and chemical or biological analysis.

Atomic scale 2D defect in transition metal dichalcogenide. Credit: Edoardo Martino. Atomic structure model rendered using VESTA (https://jp-minerals.org/vesta/en/)

Quantum physics across dimensions: Unidirectional Kondo Scattering

Research

An international team led by EPFL scientists, has unveiled a unique quantum-mechanical interaction between electrons and topological defects in layered materials that has only been observed in engineered atomic thin layers. The phenomenon can be reproduced by the native defects of lab grown large crystals, making future investigation of Kondo systems and quantum electronic devices more accessible.

Jacques Dubochet with one of "his" Center's microscope. © UNIL / Fabrice Ducrest

At the Dubochet Center for imaging, atoms are made visible

Research

Fully operational for two weeks, the Dubochet Center for Imaging was presented to the press on November 22. The DCI houses the world’s most advanced cryo-electron microscopes, which promises considerable advances in biomedical research thanks to the precision of the images that these microscopes can obtain.

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CECAM-MARVEL Classics in molecular and materials modelling: Athanassios Panagiotopoulos and Dominic Tildesley

09-12-202109-12-2021

With: Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, Dominic Tildesley
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63427717174?pwd=YXpFeVA4STJpRHlEc1g0NE9Dc1kzQT09
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MARVEL December Junior Seminar

10-12-202110-12-2021

With: Kevin Jablonka (EPFL) & Stepan Tsirkin (UZH)
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