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Welcome to the website of the 2nd Institute of Physics A at RWTH Aachen University – home of the “2D Materials and Quantum Devices Group” and of phyphox.

Our Institute offers teaching in the field of experimental physics and conducts research on quantum devices based on graphene and two-dimensional (2D) materials. For more information on our research and teaching activities, please use the tabs below.

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    Research Activities of the 2D Materials and Quantum Devices Group
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    Teaching Activities of the 2nd Institute of Physics A
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    Nanostructured graphene devices, such as graphene quantum dots.
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    phyphox - A free App for "physical phone experiments".
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    Transport properties of high-mobility graphene boron nitride heterostructures.
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    Accessing nuclear and electron spins in ZnO via donor-bound excitons.
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    Spin-dynamics in time-resolved pump-probe experiments using ultra-short laser pulses.