The surface physics group of Prof. J. Osterwalder has expertise in:

• Photoemission spectroscopy, new developments and its application to investigate structural, electronic and magnetic properties of surfaces.
• Angle-resolved photoemission, in particular photoelectron diffraction, holography, Fermi surface mapping.
• Preparation and characterization of atomic and molecular monolayers and of nanostructures based on vicinal crystal surfaces
• Discovery of the h-BN nanomesh

The state-of-the-art equipment of the laboratory allows in-situ preparation of samples and analysis by:

• STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy)
• Photoemission
• Femtosecond laser system for time-resolved photoemission
• Electron diffraction
• Spin-resolved photoemission (Swiss Light Source synchrotron radiation facility)