Publications

Publications (peer-review only)

* marks corresponding authorship

  1. Tim Hawly, Andreas Späth, Manuel Johnson, Fabian Streller, Benjamin Watts, Jörg Raabe, Rainer H. Fink
    Employing X-ray Spectromicroscopy for the Understanding of Anisotropy in Organic Thin Film Growth
    AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023, in press
  1. Andreas Späth*
    Progress in Soft X-Ray Nanolithography by Advanced Tools of Inventive Problem Solving
    AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023, in press
  1. Tim Hawly, Manuel Johnson, Baolin Zhao, Mingjian Wu, Andreas Späth, Fabian Streller, Hannah Nickles Jäkel, Marcus Halik, Erdmann Spiecker, Benjamin Watts, Alexei Nefedov, Rainer H. Fink
    Asymmetry matters: Structure elucidation and application potential of solution-processed monoalkylated BTBT thin films
    ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2022, 4(12), 5914 – 5921
    DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c01095
  1. Qing Wu, Karolina Soppa, Elisabeth Müller, Julian Müller, Michal Odstrcil, Esther Hsiao Rho Tsai, Andreas Späth, Mirko Holler, Manuel Guizar-Sicairos, Benjamin Butz, Rainer H. Fink, Benjamin Watts
    A modern look at a medieval bilayer metal leaf: nanotomography of Zwischgold
    Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 15165 – 15180
    DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03367d
     
    Pressemitteilung Paul-Scherrer-Institut / Press Release Paul-Scherrer-Institute:
    https://www.psi.ch/en/media/our-research/nanomaterial-from-the-middle-ages
  1. Kaicheng Zhang, Andreas Späth, Osbel Almora, Vincent M. Le Corre, Jonas Wortmann, Jiyun Zhang, Zhiqiang Xie, Anastasia Barabash, Maria S. Hammer, Thomas Heumüller, Jie Min, Rainer Fink, Larry Lüer, Ning Li, Christoph J. Brabec
    Suppressing Nonradiative Recombination in Lead–Tin Perovskite Solar Cells through Bulk and Surface Passivation to Reduce Open Circuit Voltage Losses
    ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7(10), 3235 – 3243
    DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01605
  1. Tim Hawly, Manuel Johnson, Andreas Späth, Hannah Nickles Jäkel, Mingjian Wu, Erdmann Spiecker, Benjamin Watts, Alexei Nefedov, Rainer H. Fink
    Exploring the preparation-dependence of crystalline 2D-extended ultrathin C8-BTBT-C8 films
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14(14), 16830 – 16838
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00097
  1. Andreas Späth*, Markus Meyer, Thomas Huthwelker, Camelia N. Borca, Karl Meßlinger, Manfred Bieber, Ludmilla L. Barkova, Rainer H. Fink
    X-ray microscopy reveals the outstanding craftsmanship of Siberian Iron Age textile dyers
    Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 5141 1 – 7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84747-z
    OPEN ACCESS
     
    Pressemitteilung FAU / Press Release FAU:
    https://www.fau.eu/2021/03/04/news/research/fermented-wool-is-the-answer/
     
    Pressemitteilung Paul-Scherrer-Institut / Press Release Paul-Scherrer-Institute:
    https://www.psi.ch/en/sls/phoenix/scientific-highlights/high-resolution-xrf-imaging-yields-insights-into-the-dyeing-0
     
    TV Report TRT World (Showcase, 29.03.2021):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilphr-Ux3Yg
     
    Artikel Neue Zürcher Zeitung / Article Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
    https://nzzas.nzz.ch/wissen/pazyryk-teppich-warum-er-noch-immer-leuchtet-wie-vor-2500-jahren-ld.1612315?reduced=true
  1. Benedikt Rösner, Simone Finizio, Frieder Koch, Florian Döring, Vitaliy A. Guzenko, Manuel Langer, Eugenie Kirk, Benjamin Watts, Markus Meyer, Joshua Loroña Ornelas, Andreas Späth, Stefan Stanescu, Sufal Swaraj, Rachid Belkhou, Takashi Ishikawa, Thomas F. Keller, Boris Gross, Martino Poggio, Rainer H. Fink, Jörg Raabe, Armin Kleibert, Christian David
    Soft x-ray microscopy with 7 nm resolution
    Optica, 2020, 7(11), 1602 – 1608
    DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.399885
    OPEN ACCESS
     
    Pressemitteilung FAU / Press Release FAU:
    https://www.fau.eu/2020/12/04/news/research/record-resolution-in-x-ray-microscopy/
     
    Pressemitteilung Paul-Scherrer-Institut / Press Release Paul-Scherrer-Institute:
    https://www.psi.ch/en/lmn/scientific-highlights/world-record-with-7-nm-resolution-in-scanning-soft-x-ray-microscopy
  1. Benedikt Rösner, Roberto Fallica, Manuel Johnson, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink, Yasin Ekinci, Christian David, Montaha H. Anjass, Carsten Streb
    Nanolithographic Top-Down Patterning of Polyoxovanadate-based Nanostructures with Switchable Electrical Resistivity
    ChemNanoMat, 2020, 6(11), 1620 – 1624
    DOI: 10.1002/cnma.202000425
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Katharina Witte, Andreas Späth, Simone Finizio, Claire Donnelly, Benjamin Watts, Blagoj Sarafimov, Michal Odstrcil, Manuel Guizar-Sicairos, Mirko Holler, Rainer H. Fink, Jörg Raabe
    From 2D STXM to 3D Imaging: Soft X-ray Laminography of Thin Specimens
    Nano Letters, 2020, 20, 1305 – 1314
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04782
  1. Andreas Späth*
    Additive Nano-Lithography with Focused Soft X-Rays: Basics, Challenges, and Opportunities
    Micromachines, 2019, 10 (12), 834 1 – 19
    DOI: 10.3390/mi10120834
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Limei Ma, Xiangzhi Zhang, Zijian Xu, Andreas Späth, Zhenjiang Xing, Tianxiao Sun, Renzhong Tai
    Three-dimensional focal stack imaging in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy with an improved reconstruction algorithm
    Optics Express, 2019, 27(5), 7787 – 7802
    DOI: 10.1364/OE.27.007787
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Chen Xie, Thomas Heumüller, Wolfgang Gruber, Xiaofeng Tang, Andrej Classen, Isabel Schuldes, Matthew Bidwell, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink, Tobias Unruh, Iain McCulloch, Ning Li, Christoph J. Brabec
    Overcoming efficiency and stability limits in water-processing nanoparticular organic photovoltaics by minimizing microstructure defects
    Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 5335 1 – 11
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07807-5
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Markus Meyer, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink
    Low Dose and Time Efficient Molar Fraction STXM Analysis for Binary Material Systems
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018, 24(S2), 472 – 473
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618014599
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Rainer H. Fink, Benedikt Rösner, Xiaoyan Du, Andreas Späth, Manuel Johnson, Tim Hawly, Benjamin Watts, Jörg Raabe, Luca Gregoratti, Matteo Amati
    In-operando soft X-ray microspectroscopy of organic electronics devices
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018, 24(S2), 424 – 425
    DOI: 10.1017/S143192761801437X
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Benedikt Rösner, Frieder Koch, Florian Döring, Vitaliy A. Guzenko, Markus Meyer, Joshua Loroña Ornelas, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink, Stefan Stanescu, Sufal Swaraj, Rachid Belkhou, Benjamin Watts, Jörg Raabe, Christian David
    7 nm Spatial Resolution in Soft X-ray Microscopy
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018, 24(S2), 270 – 271
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618013697
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Joshua Loroña Ornelas, Benedikt Rösner, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink
    STXM_deconv – a MATLAB script for the Deconvolution of STXM Images
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018, 24(S2), 120 – 121
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618012990
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Andreas Späth*, Florian Vollnhals, Fan Tu, Kevin C. Prince, Robert Richter, Jörg Raabe, Hubertus Marbach, Rainer H. Fink
    Focused soft X-ray beam induced deposition: recent advances to a novel approach for fabrication of metallic nanostructures
    Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2018, 24(S2), 114 – 115
    DOI: 10.1017/S1431927618012965
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Chen Xie, Xiaofeng Tang, Marvin Berlinghof, Stefan Langner, Shi Chen, Andreas Späth, Ning Li, Rainer H. Fink, Tobias Unruh, Christoph J. Brabec
    Robot based high throughput engineering of stable alcoholic polymer:fullerene nanoparticle inks for the eco-friendly processing of organic solar cells
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10(27), 23225 – 23234
    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03621
  1. Markus Meyer, Thomas Huthwelker, Camelia N. Borca, Manfred Bieber, Karl Meßlinger, Rainer H. Fink, Andreas Späth*
    In-situ spectroscopic analysis of the traditional dyeing pigment Turkey red inside textile matrix
    Journal of Instrumentation, 2018, 13, C03007
    DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/13/03/C03007
  1. Chen Xie, Andrej Classen, Andreas Späth, Xiaofeng Tang, Jie Min, Markus Meyer, Chaohong Zhang, Ning Li, Andres Osvet, Rainer H. Fink, Christoph J. Brabec
    Overcoming Microstructural Limitations in Water Processed Organic Solar Cells by Engineering Customized Nanoparticulate Inks
    Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1702857 1 – 10
    DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201702857
  1. Fan Tu, Andreas Späth, Martin Drost, Florian Vollnhals, Sandra Krick Calderón, Rainer H. Fink, Hubertus Marbach
    Exploring the fabrication of Co and Mn nanostructures with focused soft X-ray beam induced deposition
    Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2017, 35, 031601 1 – 7
    DOI: 10.1116/1.4979274
    FEATURED ARTICLE
  1. Markus Meyer, Camelia N. Borca, Thomas Huthwelker, Manfred Bieber, Karl Meßlinger, Rainer H. Fink, Andreas Späth*
    µ-XRF studies on the colour brilliance in ancient wool carpets
    Scanning, 2017, 2017, 6346212 1 – 7
    DOI: 10.1155/2017/6346212
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Andreas Späth*, Fan Tu, Florian Vollnhals, Martin Drost, Sandra Krick Calderón, Benjamin Watts, Rainer H. Fink, Hubertus Marbach
    Additive Fabrication of Nanostructures with Focused Soft X-Rays
    RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 98344 – 98349
    DOI: 10.1039/c6ra18214c
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Andreas Späth, Birgit Graf-Zeiler, Gaio Paradossi, Shivkumar Ghugare, Rainer H. Fink
    Quantitative X-ray microscopic analysis of individual thermoresponsive microgel particles in aqueous solution
    RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 98228 – 98233
    DOI: 10.1039/c6ra20142c
  1. Fan Tu, Martin Drost, Florian Vollnhals, Andreas Späth, Esther Carrasco, Rainer H. Fink, Hubertus Marbach
    On the magnetic properties of iron nanostructures fabricated via focused electron beam induced deposition and autocatalytic growth processes
    Nanotechnology, 2016, 27, 355302 1 – 11
    DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/35/355302
  1. Nina Zeilmann, Benedikt Rösner, Andreas Späth, Ute Schmidt, Rainer H. Fink
    Nanomorphology in thin films of acetamide end-functionalised quaterthiophene
    Thin Solid Films, 2015, 583, 108 – 114
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.03.066
  1. Andreas Späth, Markus Meyer, Sonja Semmler, Rainer H. Fink
    Microspectroscopic soft x-ray analysis of keratin based biofibers
    Micron, 2015, 70, 34 – 40
    DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.12.003
  1. Andreas Späth, Jörg Raabe, Rainer H. Fink
    Confocal STXM: Setup, alignment procedure and limitations
    Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2015, 22, 113 – 118
    DOI: 10.1107/S1600577514022322
  1. Andreas Späth, Benjamin Watts, Lutz-Thilo Wasserthal, Rainer H. Fink
    Quantitative study of contrast enhancement in soft x-ray micrographs of insect eyes by tissue selective mass loss
    Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2014, 21, 1153 – 1159
    DOI: 10.1107/S1600577514013940
  1. Florian Vollnhals, Martin Drost, Fan Tu, Esther Carrasco, Andreas Späth, Hans-Peter Steinrück, Rainer H. Fink, Hubertus Marbach
    Electron Beam Induced Decomposition and Autocatalytic Growth of Co(CO)3NO, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
    Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2014, 5, 1175 – 1185
    DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.5.129
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Andreas Späth, Simon Schöll, Christian Riess, Daniel Schmidtel, Gaio Paradossi, Jörg Raabe, Joachim Hornegger, Rainer H. Fink
    STXM goes 3D: Digital reconstruction of focal stacks as novel approach towards confocal soft x-ray microscopy
    Ultramicroscopy, 2014, 144, 19 – 25
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.04.004
    JOURNAL COVER
  1. George Tzvetkov, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink
    Soft X-ray induced damage in PVA-based membranes in water environment monitored by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2014, 103, 84 – 88
    DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.03.038
  1. Andreas Späth, Hideto Minami, Toyoko Suzuki, Rainer H. Fink
    Morphology changes of ionic liquid encapsulating polymer microcontainers upon x-ray irradiation
    RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 3272 – 3277
    DOI: 10.1039/c3ra45980b
    OPEN ACCESS
  1. Benedikt Rösner, Andreas Späth, Rainer H. Fink
    The role of solvation effects in the growth of TCNQ-based charge-transfer salts
    Journal of Crystal Growth, 2013, 380, 34 – 38
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.05.031