Examples of SNI research

We regularly describe research projects in our newsletter «SNI update» and in the Annual Reports. Here you find a selection of these contributions that provide an insight into research at the SNI.

Designed on the computer, produced in cells – Artificial enzymes open up completely new possibilities

Nanomedicine – Uniting medicine and technology

Magnetic or superconducting – Argovia Professor Martino Poggio uses special cantilevers to study a broad range of materials

Support for titular professors at the PSI – Work by two research groups under Thomas Jung leads to synergies

An undeserved reputation – Plastics offer great potential

The SNI supports PSI titular professors – Thomas Jung investigates silicon carbide

Successful interdisciplinary collaboration – Combined knowledge of cell biology and biofunctional polymers

Detailed information about vortices – Imaging of ultra-thin superconductors delivers key information

Insulator on the inside, conductor on the outside – Topological insulators are a key topic at the SNI

The SNI supports PSI titular professors Thomas Jung studies nanonetworks

Michel Kenzelmann researches materials with unusual magnetic properties

Roderick Lim researches the transport processes and mechanical properties of cells Promising applications form a key part of his research

Frithjof Nolting is a specialist in analyses using the Swiss Light Source

Martino Poggio studies nanowires These tiny wires with special properties have a variety of potential applications

Working as a team to track down single cells

A helping hand enables innovative ideas

Structure is everything

Sensing size and direction

Fathoming natural nanomachine

Solving riddles with the AFM

Trenches reduce electrical resistance

Studying the molecules in their natural environment

Use of findings for applications

Innovative biocatalysts

Fiber pigtail with photon source