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scientific findings from surface research

Scientific publications make the IOM’s research findings visible and accessible. They provide insight into current issues, methods, and developments in surface research and document collaboration with national and international research partners.

  • Tombrink, Alexander and Semwal, Mohini and Maisuradze, Tamar and Mengele, Alexander Klaus and Straub, Daniel and Kuehne, Alexander J. C. and Rau, Sven and Kupfer, Stephan and Dietzek‐Ivanšić, Benjamin and Esser, Birgit

    A donor–acceptor photosensitizer-catalyst dyad for light-driven nicotinamide hydrogenation

    2026 ; Chemical Science ; Vol. 17 ; pp. 3012-3022 ; DOI: 10.1039/d5sc08675b

  • Hartkorn, Marco and Kampes, Robin and Müller, F. Max and Zedler, Linda and Edwards, Alison J. and Rohland, Philip and Mengele, Alexander K. and Zechel, Stefan and Hager, Martin D. and Dietzek-Ivanšić, Benjamin and Schmitt, Michael and Popp, Jürgen and Dogan, P. and Rau, Sven

    A water-soluble copolymer for storage and electron conversion in photocatalytic on-demand hydrogen evolution

    2026 ; Nature Communications ; Vol. 17 ; pp. 1141 ; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68342-2

  • Fischer, Joel and Gudmundsson, Jon Tomas and Rudolph, Martin and Raadu, Michal M. and Lundin, Daniel

    An ionisation region model of reactive high-power impulse magnetron sputtering of Ti in an Ar/N2 atmosphere

    2026 ; Plasma Sources Science and Technology ; Vol. 35 ; pp. 025024 ; DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ae426d

  • Liang, J. J. and Anders, Andre and Oh, Kyunghwan and Kalanov, Dmitry and Tsoutas, Kostadinos and McKenzie, David R. and Bilek, Marcela M M

    Burning voltage dynamics of cathodic arcs: theory and experiment

    2026 ; Plasma Sources Science and Technology ; Vol. 35 ; pp. 015011 ; DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/ae33f0

  • Scaranzin, Simone and Scortecci, Fabrizio and Bonelli, Elisa and Manzolillo, Luciano and Bartali, Marco and Avanzi, Francesco and Sestini, Leonardo and Dini, Federico and Cannelli, Federico and Cesari, Ugo and Marconcini, Francesco and Paganucci, Fabrizio and Becatti, Giulia and Saravia, Manuel Martín and Giammarinaro, Guido and Guidi, Carla and Bundesmann, Carsten and Scholze, Frank and Spemann, Daniel and Vial, Vanessa

    Characterization of a 20 kW dual channel Hall thruster “TANDEM” with different propellants (Xe, Kr, and Ar)

    2026 ; Journal of Electric Propulsion ; Vol. 5 ; pp. 27 ; DOI: 10.1007/s44205-026-00206-9

  • Frank, Samson and Müller, Heike and Zhang, Wei and Thelemann, Dennis and Arnold, Thomas and Bliedtner, Jens

    Characterization of subsurface damage in fused silica using non-destructive optical coherence tomography and a destructive approach by iterative plasma jet etching

    2026 ; Journal of the European Optical Society Rapid Publications ; Vol. 22 ; pp. 21 ; DOI: 10.1051/jeos/2026015

  • Kaur, Jaskiran and Rohdenburg, Markus and Zeitler, Kirsten and Liu, Judy K.Y. and Jenne, Carsten and Finze, Maik and Kenttämaa, Hilkka I. and Warneke, Jonas

    Chemical characterization of localized radicals in closo -borate anion derivatives

    2026 ; Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers ; Vol. 13 ; pp. 1013-1029 ; DOI: 10.1039/d5qi02163d

  • Sunil, Karthika S. and Chen, Hung-Ming and Kommula, Bramhaiah and El-Mashtoly, Samir F. and Otto, Felix and Diegel, Marco and Krafft, Christoph and Herrmann-Westendorf, Felix and Vashistha, Nikita and Dietzek-Ivanšić, Benjamin and Lin, Hao-Wu and Huang, Jer-Shing

    Chiroptical properties of bright chiral sulfur quantum dots with high-yield blue luminescence

    2026 ; Chemical Communications ; DOI: 10.1039/d6cc01635a

  • Elsner, Christian and Kupferer, Astrid and Knolle, Wolfgang and Mayr, Stefan Georg

    Electron beam and protease–induced modifications of ECM protein hydrogels: Collagen- and elastin-specific structural insights via fast green staining and fluorescence lifetime CLSM

    2026 ; Chemical Engineering Journal ; pp. 181446 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.181446

  • Leopold, Konrad and Schmidt, Martin and Breite, Daniel and Kupferer, Astrid and Went, Marco and Prager, Andrea and Mongen, Erin D. and Enke, Dirk and Schulze, Agnes

    Electron beam-assisted in-line protein immobilization during phase inversion of polyethersulfone hollow fiber membranes

    2026 ; Separation and Purification Technology ; Vol. 398 ; pp. 138110 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2026.138110