Past News
2025
We also contributed to the success of the SHARPER project – the European Researchers’ Night, which brings together all the city’s institutions and research centers in the shared challenge of making complexity accessible to everyone.
1 October
Creating the Infinitely Small: When Science Meets the Public
Deborah presented our machine that produces the infinitely small, with exactly the number of atoms we want.

Andrea Berti gave a talk on the growth mechanisms and properties of FeS₂ monolayers with different characteristics.
26 September
Andrea at the AVS71
We were also present overseas at the 71st International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, which this year was held in September in Charlotte, North Carolina.

12 September
Una bella chiacchierata su RADIO CAPODISTRIA
Una bella e lunga chiacchierata insieme a Rosanna Bubola per "Calle degli Orti grandi" a parlare di Elettra e della nostra adorata ENAC, per trasmettere un po' l'amore in quel che facciamo e per quello che esploriamo.
(in italiano)

Andrea: one of those who truly love this work and always give their very best! Well done Andrea !
1 September
Proud of our PhD students !
Andrea is back from the ECOSS 38 Conference, which this year was held in Braga, Portugal, with a wonderful gift: the special recgnition of “Honorable Mention” for the seminar he gave, presenting our very latest results on FeS₂ growth.

27 July
Press Highlights
Our latest results, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, concerning the limitations in understanding the oxidation state of matter at the sub-nanometric scale, have also been highlighted in the Press in recent days.

20-25 July
ICESS-16 in Berkley: we are present !
In the vibrant and captivating atmosphere of Berkeley, the 16th edition of the ICESS conference took place, where Deborah Perco presented the results of our recent work published in JACS, dedicated to the study of the oxidation process of sub-nanometric clusters and entitled "Limitations in Determining Oxidation States in Condensed Matter at the Sub-Nanometric Scale"

22-27 June
Best Poster Award for Deborah
At the Cluster Meeting 2025 held in Prague, Deborah Perco was awarded the Best Poster Award. Another success for Deborah, who seems to have become a regular winner of best poster prizes at conferences!

14-16 May
"2D Materials Workshop at the Scuola Normale Superiore"
Set in the historic city of Pisa, Italy, at the prestigious Scuola Normale Superiore—a renowned center of academic excellence—and the scenic Domus Comeliana, overlooking the iconic Leaning Tower, Andrea Berti took part in the “2D Vision – Workshop on Innovative Microscopy and Spectroscopy of 2D and Related Materials” presenting our latest results on the growth of novel two-dimensional materials.

31 March - 31 May
ERASMUS experience in Graz
A wonderful training and research experience for Gabriele Coltrioli at the prestigious Institute of Physics of the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, under the expert and generous guidance of Francesco Presel. In the heat of Central Europe, liquid helium is always very cold!


