Luxem News

Claudia Schrama presented  the talk “Imaging Functionality of Nanomaterials with Ultrafast EUV/soft X-Ray Microscopy” at the Materials for Sustainable Development Conference - Structural Foundations of Nanomaterials Properties which took place in Barcelon, Spain, 23-27 March 2026. We are very grateful to the organizing committee for the opportunity of communicating our results to the materials science community.

Congratulations to Federico Bertelli for successfully defending his M.Sc. dissertation entitled “Harnessing nonlinear optics with ultrafast lasers in material processing and ultrafast electron diffraction”!

LUXEM is grateful to SESO Thales for the support and the collaboration in our ERC projects and for featuring ERC funded research in their company brochure. Tailored figure error optics mark a disruptive advance in illumination function quality and stability, improving throughput in EUV ultrafast nanometrology. Find out more

Prof. Mancini invited speaker to the Spin Dynamics session at the 2026 GRC on Ultrafast Phenomena in Cooperative Systems, which took place in Pomona CA (USA) on February 8-13, 2026. We thank the organizers for the opportunity to consolidate our collaboration network and to present our work on "Selective Tailoring of Transient States in Photodoped Spinel Co3O4", which was recently accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc (2026). Find out more

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11th, our COST Action NEXT “An international network for Non-linear Extreme ultraviolet to hard X-ray Techniques” organized a special event that explores the journey from scientific excellence to institutional leadership, discussing the roles of women who are shaping the strategic future of European science. Find out more

We are grateful to the organizers for the invitation to the 15th Ringberg workshop on Science with FELs which took place on 1-4 February 2026 at the Ringberg Castle (D). At the workshop, Antonio presented a talk on “OAM Ptychography at the FERMI seeded Free Electron Laser”. Find out more

Prof. Giulia Fulvia Mancini has won the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant with the project: "Ultrafast, High-resolution, X-ray Microscopy for Nanometrology: Single-shot Hyperspectral Ptychography in a Compact and Cost-effective Device (STUNNED)". The ERC PoC recognizes business ideas with high potential for scientific and technological innovation that can have a significant impact on the European economic and social system. STUNNED is the second ERC PoC awarded to LUXEM, following HYPER, expanding purpose and impact of the ERC StG ULTRAIMAGE project directed by Prof. Mancini at LUXEM. It was selected among the many proposals received by the ERC to [...]

Edoardo Baldini, Assistant Professor in Physics at the University of Texas at Austin, gave a seminar entitled “Nonlinear Coupled Magnonics” and visited LUXEM facilities. We thank him for the exciting discussions and for our fruitful collaboration! Find out more

We thank Dr. Daniele Mammoli, Scientific Officer at the ERC Executive Agency assigned to pur projects ERC-StG ULTRAIMAGE and ERC-PoC HYPER, for the excitement expressed toward our activities at LUXEM, for the visit to our Laboratories, and for productive discussions with the LUXEM Team on December 18, 2025.

Prof. Mancini is grateful to Elsevier for the invitation and excited to contribute to the organization of a rapid and efficient editorial process, and in maintaining the high standards of Chemical Physics. Find out more