The NanoPhysics Lab (NPL)
initiated its activities in 2001, and has steadily
grown in terms of equipment and personnel ever
since. In the context of experimental surface
science, we study structural, electronic, magnetic
and chemical properties of in-situ and ex-situ grown
nanostructures. NPL aims at exploring relevant but
yet-widely-unknown phenomena taking place at the
surface of solid materials, such as the atomic-level
control of on-surface chemical reactions and
catalysis, the bottom-up fabrication of 1D or 2D
functional materials, and also the growth of novel
layered materials with potential application in
state-of-the-art technology devices.
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The NPL holds some of the
most modern and complete set of surface-sensitive
techniques and instrumentation, combined in a
variety of multi-technique ultra-high-vacuum setups,
and distributed in five different laboratory rooms.
The group gathers permanent and non-permanent
members of all renowned research institutions in San
Sebastian, such as the Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the University
of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), the Donostia
International Physics Center (DIPC) and the
Ikerbasque Foundation.
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