In 2024, Aris Lafranca received Our honorary member Christoph Elizaveta Maksimova won the prize the prize for the best master’s Gerber was added to the list of for the best pitch as part of the thesis in nanosciences at the Clarivate Citation Laureates for “From Lab to Startup” workshop. University of Basel. his significant contributions to the nanosciences. Numerous opportunities for Coupling of nanowire and ions networking As part of a doctoral dissertation at the SNI PhD School, re- By organizing the Swiss NanoConvention, searchers combined a nanowire with cooled ions and specifi- the Annual Event and the NanoTec Apéro, cally set the ions in motion using mechanical vibrations of the the SNI team provided its members with nanowire. In the future, this could pave the way for the devel- numerous opportunities for interdisci- opment of hybrid quantum systems. plinary exchange across institutional Page 30 boundaries. Page 62 Friction depends on speed In 2024, the SNI Researchers from the SNI network showed that, on the nano- Method for detecting nanoparticles Annual Event meter scale, frictional forces depend on speed. in early life nutrition was again held Page 31 As part of the Nano-Argovia program, re- in the Canton searchers developed a technique for de- of Aargau. Ana- tecting nanoparticles in baby food. marija Nikoletić Strong spin-photon coupling Page 26 (right) received Researchers from the SNI network achieved strong coupling an award for the between an electron spin and a single photon. Normally, an best poster, and electron spin couples only weakly to photons. Nanocompartments for enzymatic Morris Degen Page 32 reactions (left) won the Scientists from the SNI network pre- prize for the sented novel nanoclusters inspired by the best talk. way natural cells interact in tissue. Page 27 Nanostructures for better implants As part of the Nano-Argovia program, re- searchers demonstrated how nanostruc- tured titanium surfaces (Ti2 spikes) can contribute to improved dental implants. Page 27 SNI Annual Report 2024 5