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Universal matter-wave interferometry & the foundations of physics
- Demonstrated quantum interference of atoms & molecules:
  C60 Fullerenes, Cs, Sr, PAHs, vitamins, macromolecules > 25 kDa, clusters of molecules, polypeptides, etc.
- Exploring new materials, complexity classes & internal dynamics in quantum interferometry:
  proteins, metal clusters, dielectric nanoparticles, etc.
- Quantitative experiments on inertial dephasing as well as collisional and thermal decoherence.
Cooling and quantum optomechanics
- Optical cooling to rotational quantum states.
- Trapping & cooling of nanobiological matter.
Enabling technologies for quantum experiments
- Sources of cold metallic, dielectric and biological nanomaterials.
- Coherent wave-front division technologies.
Quantum sensing
- Matter-wave assisted: force measurements with < 10-26 N sensitivity.
- Trapped nanorotors: torque & rotation sensing on the micron scale.
- Superconducting nanowires: mass spectrometry & molecule analysis.

Latest News

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08.01.2020

With January 1st 2020, SuperMaMa has started. This is a new research & innovation action with a total volume of nearly 3 Million Euros project,...

11.12.2019

...of the 21st Century Nanoscience Handbook. A comprehensive review of recent nanoscience.

10.12.2019

"Improved fullerene polarizability measurements" are now published at Phys. Rev. Res.

27.09.2019

The "Neutralization of Insulin by Photocleavage in High Vacuum " is published in Chem. Commun.

25.09.2019

Our expeirments on "Quantum superposition of molecules beyond 25 kDa" is published in Nature Physics!

02.05.2019

A pathfinder project on Quantum Detectors for Molecular Physics, together with Single Quantum from Delft, started!

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