ÖPG-CMD Joint Meeting 2026

Session

ÖAW Young Academy

Sep 24, 2026, 10:30 AM

University of Graz

81. Molecular Assembly and Coupling on Surfaces: From Electrostatics to Heterocyclic Systems

Laerte Patera (Universität Innsbruck)

9/24/26, 10:30 AM

ÖAW - Young Academy

4) Invited talk

Understanding the intricate mechanisms governing molecular assembly and coupling on surfaces is essential for advancing surface chemistry and nanotechnology. Here, I will present an exploration of phenomena ranging from electrostatic interactions to the formation of heterocyclic systems, exploiting high-resolution scanning probe microscopy.
The first part will focus on dihydrogen bonding...

105. Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification

Scott Waitukaitis (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

9/24/26, 11:00 AM

ÖAW - Young Academy

4) Invited talk

Insulating oxides are among the most abundant solid materials in the universe. Of the many ways in which they influence natural phenomena, perhaps the most consequential is their capacity to transfer electrical charge during contact—which occurs even between samples of the same oxide—yet the symmetry-breaking parameter that causes this remains unidentified. Here we show that adventitious...

241. Molecules in fields and solids: topology, control, and many-body physics

Mikhail Lemeshko

9/24/26, 11:30 AM

ÖAW - Young Academy

4) Invited talk

I am going to tell you about new physical phenomena emerging in molecules interacting with fields, with one another, and with a solid-state environment.

First, I will show how topological physics can emerge even in a single diatomic molecule periodically driven by a laser pulse [1]. This paves the way to studying controllable topological physics in gas-phase experiments with small molecules...

603. Tuning magnetism in graphene moiré heterostructures by proximity-induced spin-orbit coupling

Hryhoriy Polshyn (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

9/24/26, 12:00 PM

ÖAW - Young Academy

4) Invited talk

Narrow bands in graphene moiré heterostructures can host magnetic electronic states in which electrons become spontaneously valley-polarized due to strong electronic interactions. These magnetic states include both gapped states at integer superlattice fillings that manifest the quantized anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), and metallic states that exhibit the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) at...