Empa - Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces

Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory

Our interdisciplinary team gathers physicists, materials scientists, (bio-) chemists, and engineers focusing on bringing novel materials to devices. We are interested in understanding the fundamental electronic, optoelectronic, thermal and ionic transport processes involved in atomically-precise nanostructures and low-dimensional materials. The heterogeneous integration of novel nanomaterials requires custom-made methods for nanoscale patterning and interfaces nanostructuring. Overall, we strive to master the chain of competences leading from designer materials with tailored quantum properties to devices with targeted application in information & quantum technology, energy conversion & storage as well as biochemical sensing & diagnostics.

Research

Quantum Devices

Nanoelectronics and Nano-Optics

Nanomaterials Spectroscopy and Imaging

Biosensing and Functional Surfaces

Technical Expertise

Reliability Center

Engineering Group

Prof. Dr. Michel Calame
Head of Laboratory

News

Aug 08, 2025 Welcome to the Team

We are pleased to welcome Guanting to our lab! With a background in physics and expertise in infrared spectroscopy, Guanting joins us from Empa, where his Ph.D. work focused on spectroscopic approaches for early diagnosis and biomarker detection in chronic wounds. We’re excited to have him as part of the team!

Jul 8, 2025 – Congrats Yanis & Silvio!

Well done to Yanis Strübi and Silvio Müller on completing your Physics Lab Technician apprenticeships and earning the Federal Vocational Baccalaureate! We’re proud of you and wish you all the best for what’s next.

Jun 20, 2025 Congratulations to Erfu!

Congratulations to Dr. Erfu Wu on successfully defending his PhD thesis on "Arrays of perovskite microphotodetectors for stacked color image sensors"!

Apr 01, 2025 Welcome to Angela!

We are delighted to welcome Angela Cocca, who is joining us as our new Laboratory Administrative Assistant. Her experience and enthusiasm will be a great asset to our daily work, and we’re excited to have her on board as a member of the team. Welcome, Angela :-)

Mar 01, 2025 Welcome, Michela!

We are pleased to welcome Michela Weber, an MSc. student from ETH Zurich, who will be joining us from 1. March to 31. August for her master’s project. Michaela will be investigating red blood cells after radioligand therapy using atomic force microscopy, a fascinating and impactful research topic at the intersection of medicine and nanotechnology. We look forward to her contributions!