The figure shows the magnetic state above the surface by means of its (simplified) wave function (green wavy line), which penetrates beneath the graphene (dark grey small spheres) to the magnetic iron (blue spheres). Electrons (small yellow spheres) ‘tunnel’ from the magnetic scanning probe tip into this state. The green arrows indicate the electron spin, a quantum mechanical property of electrons related to the magnetic properties.<address>© ACS – Schlenhoff Group</address>
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New possibilities for scanning tunnelling microscopy

Prof. Anika Schlenhoff and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Maciej Bazarnik from the Department of Physics have succeeded for the first time in using spin-polarised scanning tunnelling microscopy to image structural and magnetic properties that lie beneath the surface of a layered system of 2D graphene and iron.

Excellent research

Over 600 professors and more than 5.100 academic employees research and teach within 15 faculties. The Clusters of Excellence "Religion and Politics" and "Mathematics Münster" bring researchers together from different faculties and sub-disciplines of the University. Aside from these, the University of Münster supports cutting-edge research in a number of internationally renowned fields, such as medicine, chemistry, physics and battery reserach as well as evolutionary science.

Cloud of figures on the research profile of the University of Münster
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Prizes and awards
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Prizes and awards

The University of Münster is home to ten Leibniz Prize winners. The University's excellent research quality is further underscored by twenty ERC Grants (Starting, Consolidator and Advanced) and six Max Planck Research Awards. The University also confers its own highly lucrative awards for outstanding achievement in research, teaching and academics.

Open Science
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Open Science

The University of Münster is committed to the principles of open science. Research transparency and reliability are essential criteria for good scientific practice and a basic prerequisite for the creation of publicly accessible and sound knowledge in all scientific disciplines.

Research at Münster University

A new image video presents the research profile of the University of Münster. In around three and a half minutes, the audience gets to know different areas of research - from basic research to application-oriented projects, the complex challenges of the 21st century that scientists are working on are presented.