CTFM lab at FAU
@ctfm-lab.bsky.social
Chair 'Chemistry of Thin Film Materials' led by Julien Bachmann at the University of Erlangen in Germany.
We explore nanostructured surfaces, thin coatings and materials chemistry for energy conversion.
https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/ctfm-chair
We explore nanostructured surfaces, thin coatings and materials chemistry for energy conversion.
https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/ctfm-chair
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
#PhDlife #chemsky #materialssky
tinyurl.com/35p87kty
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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
#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
#ALDep #3Dprinting
tinyurl.com/47nkju44
tinyurl.com/4tkz6eyb
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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
#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...
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...
Solution ALD of (CH3NH3)(PbI3) Perovskite Thin Films Yields Functional Quality and Stability Superior to Classical Processing
Chemically controlled deposition of the prototypical hybrid halide perovskite methylammonium triiodoplumbate(II), MAPI, is demonstrated in layer by layer fashion from the solution phase. Theoretical ....
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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...
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!
Thank you Abir for your work building an automated #catalysis testing platform!
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#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!
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
Thanks to the team for preparing & engaging with the public!
#ChemSky #outreach #ChemPrint
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
'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
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
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
More than 20% of chemistry researchers have deliberately added information they believe to be incorrect into their manuscripts during the peer review process, in order to get their papers published. cen.acs.org/policy/publi...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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
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...
For #diversity, for #science: #resist!
www.reuters.com/world/us/mit...
www.reuters.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Proud of my alma mater @mit.edu!
For #diversity, for #science: #resist!
www.reuters.com/world/us/mit...
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
#ChemPrint
October 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@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
#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
Looking forward to some exciting #ALDep and #pv #research together!
#ChemPrint
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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
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
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
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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
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.
#immigration, #diversity, #exchange for the greatest benefit to mankind.
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Scientists would say that the signal is beyond five sigma:
#immigration, #diversity, #exchange for the greatest benefit to mankind.
#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'.
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/...
#chemsky #materialsky
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ultrafast Dynamics of Complete Sb2S3 Solar Cells Unveiled via a Bifacial Architecture
Highly transparent, bifacial solar cells using a ZnO layer and indium tin oxide (ITO) are developed, enabling transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) measurements. These bifacial cells show photovolt...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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'.
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/...
#chemsky #materialsky
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ultrafast Dynamics of Complete Sb2S3 Solar Cells Unveiled via a Bifacial Architecture
Highly transparent, bifacial solar cells using a ZnO layer and indium tin oxide (ITO) are developed, enabling transient absorption spectroscopy (TAS) measurements. These bifacial cells show photovolt...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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/...
#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
Amazing #teamwork!
#labels #safety #chemsky
September 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by CTFM lab at FAU
“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
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“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
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Reposted by CTFM lab at FAU
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
[Gift Link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Congratulations @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social alum Joschka, who was awarded the Master title today! And thank you to the band "Free Radicals" (featuring our Vice President People and Dean of Science) for providing the #music!
#chemsky
#chemsky
July 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Congratulations @fau.de @ctfm-lab.bsky.social alum Joschka, who was awarded the Master title today! And thank you to the band "Free Radicals" (featuring our Vice President People and Dean of Science) for providing the #music!
#chemsky
#chemsky
Our own @kimiaha.bsky.social @ctfm-lab.bsky.social @fau.de has received another poster award, this time at the Warwick Atomic Layer Processing Workshop, presenting her Atomic-Layer Additive Manufacturing (ALAM) results!
#ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #ChemPrint
@rsc.org @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #ChemPrint
@rsc.org @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Our own @kimiaha.bsky.social @ctfm-lab.bsky.social @fau.de has received another poster award, this time at the Warwick Atomic Layer Processing Workshop, presenting her Atomic-Layer Additive Manufacturing (ALAM) results!
#ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #ChemPrint
@rsc.org @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#ALDep #chemsky #materialssky #ChemPrint
@rsc.org @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
#ChemPrint web site is up! Still to be complemented with data as we gear up for our start in October, it already features information on the #research program, #chemjobs, and #publications!
#chemsky #materialssky #solar
@fau.de @solarfau.bsky.social
Check it out:
www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu
#chemsky #materialssky #solar
@fau.de @solarfau.bsky.social
Check it out:
www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu
ChemPrint
Welcome to the homepage of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) / Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 1719 ‘Next-generation printed semiconductors: Atomic-level engineering via molecular surface…
www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu
July 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#ChemPrint web site is up! Still to be complemented with data as we gear up for our start in October, it already features information on the #research program, #chemjobs, and #publications!
#chemsky #materialssky #solar
@fau.de @solarfau.bsky.social
Check it out:
www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu
#chemsky #materialssky #solar
@fau.de @solarfau.bsky.social
Check it out:
www.sfb1719.research.fau.eu
Come #work with us on atomic layer deposition and #solar cells in our awesome coordinated #research center #ChemPrint newly funded at @fau.de!
#chemsky #chemjobs #jobs #science #materialsky #ALDep #PhDlife #photovoltaics
#chemsky #chemjobs #jobs #science #materialsky #ALDep #PhDlife #photovoltaics
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Come #work with us on atomic layer deposition and #solar cells in our awesome coordinated #research center #ChemPrint newly funded at @fau.de!
#chemsky #chemjobs #jobs #science #materialsky #ALDep #PhDlife #photovoltaics
#chemsky #chemjobs #jobs #science #materialsky #ALDep #PhDlife #photovoltaics
#Immigrants contribute extraordinarily to the societies that they integrate, advancing #science & arts, starting companies & creating jobs.
Among many others, Moungi Bawendi & the #research community of my alma mater @mitchemistry.bsky.social provide a perfect example!
#chemsky #materialsky #tunisia
Among many others, Moungi Bawendi & the #research community of my alma mater @mitchemistry.bsky.social provide a perfect example!
#chemsky #materialsky #tunisia
Congratulations to Professor Moungi Bawendi, who was named one of the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s 2025 Class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans in recognition of his contributions, which “have enriched our society and helped to strengthen our democracy.”
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-ne...
July 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#Immigrants contribute extraordinarily to the societies that they integrate, advancing #science & arts, starting companies & creating jobs.
Among many others, Moungi Bawendi & the #research community of my alma mater @mitchemistry.bsky.social provide a perfect example!
#chemsky #materialsky #tunisia
Among many others, Moungi Bawendi & the #research community of my alma mater @mitchemistry.bsky.social provide a perfect example!
#chemsky #materialsky #tunisia
Congrats @dubelab.bsky.social, @guldi-group.bsky.social, and Carolin Müller and their groups at @fau.de!
How does Near-Infrared-Photoswitching work? Our newest research delivers an ultrafast molecular movie of the all-red-light photoswitch peri-Anthracenethioindigo (PAT) in action! Aided by excited state theory, its mechanism of motion is fully revealed.
June 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Congrats @dubelab.bsky.social, @guldi-group.bsky.social, and Carolin Müller and their groups at @fau.de!
Reposted by CTFM lab at FAU
Zwei ERC Advanced Grants für Forschende der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät! Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova (Physik) und Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder (Chemie) erhalten je 2,5 Mio. Euro Förderung für ihre Projekte zu Quantenlicht und unedlen Metallen.
Mehr Infos: www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/17/z...
Mehr Infos: www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/17/z...
Zwei ERC Advanced Grants für Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova und Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder
Ein erneuter Beweis für die Forschungsstärke am Wissenschaftsstandort Erlangen-Nürnberg: Zwei Forschende der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) sind jetzt mit jeweils einem der…
www.nat.fau.de
June 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Zwei ERC Advanced Grants für Forschende der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät! Prof. Dr. Maria Chekhova (Physik) und Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Harder (Chemie) erhalten je 2,5 Mio. Euro Förderung für ihre Projekte zu Quantenlicht und unedlen Metallen.
Mehr Infos: www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/17/z...
Mehr Infos: www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/17/z...
Reposted by CTFM lab at FAU
Der Antrag für den neuen Sonderforschungsbereich "ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation" war erfolgreich! @ctfm-lab.bsky.social
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
Neuer SFB: ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation
Im neuen Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 1719 „ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation: Ingenieurskunst auf atomarer Ebene mittels molekularer Oberflächenchemie“ untersuchen…
www.nat.fau.de
June 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Der Antrag für den neuen Sonderforschungsbereich "ChemPrint – Gedruckte Halbleiter der nächsten Generation" war erfolgreich! @ctfm-lab.bsky.social
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...
www.nat.fau.de/2025/06/04/n...