IPN - LSEN Laboratoire de Science à l'Echelle Nanométrique   Laboratory of Nanoscale Science Prof. Dr. Klaus Kern

Research efforts in the Kern group are centered on nanometer-scale science and technology, primarily focussing on solid state phenomena that are determined by small dimensions and interfaces. Materials with controlled size, shape and dimension ranging from clusters of a few atoms to nanostructures with several hundred or thousand atoms to ultra thin films with nanometer thickness are studied. A central scientific goal is the detailed understanding of interactions and processes on the atomic and molecular scale. Novel methods for the characterization and control of processes on the nanometer scale as well as tools to manipulate and assemble nanoobjects are developed. Of particular interest are: fundamentals of epitaxial growth and self-organization phenomena, atomic scale fabrication and characterization of metal, semiconductor and molecular nanostructures, quantum electronic transport in nanostructures, atomic scale electron spectroscopy and optics on the nanometer scale. As surface phenomena play a key role in the understanding of nanosystems the structure, dynamics and reactivity of surfaces in contact with gaseous or liquid phases are also in the focus of interest.

The headquarter of the Kern group is at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany. Details on the entire research activities of the group can be found at :

Nanoscale Science Department 

at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research

Research Activities at IPN-EPFL

Molecular Engineering at Surfaces

Team at IPN-EPFL

Publications

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Institut de Physique des Nanostructures, Faculté des Sciences de Base
EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
CH-1015 Lausanne -Ecublens
Switzerland
Phone : +41 (0)21 69 33 320 / 324, Fax: +41 (0)21 69 33 604