NanoNet+ Annual Workshop 2026

The Annual Workshop of the (former) International Helmholtz Research School (IHRS) for Nanolectronic Networks (NanoNet) and the Department of Nanoelectronics of HZDR took place at the Jugendherberge Schöneck between September 16th-18th, 2026.
The workshop was organized in collaboration with Dr. Stephan Winnerl (Dept. Spectroscopy, HZDR) and Prof. Vojislav Krstic (Applied Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg). This workshop is part of a continious series since 13 years starting with the first workshop of the IHRS NanoNet in 2013.
The topics of the workshop were Novel Materials and emergent exotic electronic states and phenomena.

Schöneck 2026

Participants 2026

More Impressions from the NanoNet+ workshop 2026 in Schöneck can be found in the Picture Gallery.

Invited Speakers

• Dr. Michele Amato (Universite Paris Saclay, FR, www) - Crystal phase engineering of hexagonal-diamond group-IV nanowires: optical absorption and doping properties
• Prof. David Caroll (Wake Forrest Univ, Nano and Quantum Technologies Lab (NanoteQ), NC, US, www) - Title tba.
• Dr. Otakar Frank (Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry (CAS), Prague, CZ, www) - Novel physicochemical phenomena in graphene revealed by microdroplet in-situ Raman spectroelectrochemistry
• Dr. Fabian Mooshammer (Univ Regensburg, www) - Broadband mid-infrared waveforms for nanoscale field‑resolved spectroscopy in ultra‑high vacuum
• Dr. Tommaso Venanzi (TU Dresden, www) - Ultrafast terahertz manipulation of exciton complexes in 2D semiconductors
• Dr. Patryk Kusch (FU Berlin, www) - Nanoscale Optoelectronic Characterization of ACPS: Probing the Indirect Bandgap and Excitonic States via Resonant Raman and Near-Field Microscopy
• Dr. Mateusz Wosko (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland, www) - Perspectives and limitations of growing Sc-alloyed group-III nitride layers by MOVPE

Contributed Talks [Agenda]

will be given by doctoral researchers (PhD students), postdocs, members of the organizing groups, as well as national and international guests.

• Attenberger, Simon (FAU Erlangen) - Raman response of monolayer graphene upon varying TCNE adsorption
• Chennur, Madhuri (HZDR) - Electrical Characterization of Ion Beam Irradiated Monolayer MoS2 Heterostructure
• Dimakis, Emmanouil (HZDR) - Semiconductor nanowires: a flexible platform for quantum heterostructures
• Kaliappan P., A (FAU Erlangen) - Study of Electronic Properties of Nano-Scaled Topological Insulators
• Kielar, Charlotte (HZDR) - From DNA Nano-Surfaces to DNA machines
• Kolesnik-Gray, Maria (FAU Erlangen) - Quantum geometry in industry-grade semiconductors: Nonreciprocal magnetotransport phenomena in 4H-SiC nanoribbons and nanowires (keynote)
• Nematian, Narges (HZDR) - Laser- and polarisation-dependent Raman study of single crystal and monolayer WSe2
• Pashkin, Alexej (HZDR) - Nonlinear terahertz response of free charge carriers in semiconductors
• Puddu, Alessandro (HZDR) - Scalable Quantum Photonics: Electrically Driven Single-Photon Sources at Telecommunication Wavelengths
• Sahu, Satyam (CAS Prague) - Visualizing CrSBr Anisotropy with Kelvin-Probe Force Microscopy
• Strobel, Carsten (TU Dresden) - Vertical graphene-based transistors for photodetection and RF electronics
• Winnerl, Stephan (HZDR) - Low-energy photocurrent spectroscopy on 2D materials

Posters [List of Posters]

Poster presentations are highly appreciated. A poster session will be organized on the first day and the posters will be on display for discussions during the entire workshop. Please contact us.

Student Award

The Student Award recognizes the best presentation by a young scientist. It consists of a glass trophy for the winner, a certificate, and a voucher of 50/40/30 EUR for the first/second/third prize. Many thanks to the HZDR Friends’ Association for sponsoring the vouchers. The trophy was sponsored privately by the NanoNet coordinator.
The winner of the First Prize is Simon Attenberger from FAU Erlangen, the Second Prize went to Alessandro Puddu from HZDR (as in 2025), the Third Prize to Madhuri Chennur from HZDR, also as in 2025 - Congratulations.
Next in the rankings were Louis Stein from HZDR and Chan Tar Soe from CAS Prague, who had just two and three points fewer than Madhuri, respectively. The 2026 trophy and the winner Simon Attenberger from FAU Erlangen.

Program, Abstracts, and Transport

The Agenda is available here (PDF).
The complete Abstract Booklet can be downloaded here (5,2 MB).
Printed copies will be provided at the conference venue.
Please consider the environment before printing.
The scientific program will start after lunch on Day 1, and will run until Day 3 lunch time. It will include invited talks, contributed talks, and one poster session on Day 1.
Invited talks are scheduled for 35+10 minutes,
Contributed talks for 20+5 minutes.
Posters will be on display the whole time. Format should be A0 in portrait orientation.
The complete lists of Talks and Posters are available. At arrival, we recommend to take regional train (Deutsche Bahn, about 3.5h) from Dresden-Hauptbahnhof leaving every hour. Change to Schöneck(Vogtl) in Zwickau Hbf or Plauen Oberer Bhf. From Plauen there is a bus connection, too.
The youth hostel Schöneck is about 450m from station Schöneck(Vogtl), if you leave the train at station 'Schöneck(Vogtl) Ferienpark' you walk for 650m.
At departure, we will conclude after lunch at around 2 pm.
For individual travel, this might help: Route and time table from Dresden-Hbf to Schöneck @ Google-maps, Route and time table from Schöneck to Dresden-Plauen @ Google-maps.

Excursion

On the first day, we met for a small Walking Tour of about 1.5 km in front of the hostel at 6:00 pm. Afterwards the poster session with finger food dinner started. The youth hostel has served a very nice finger food bufet which was very well appriciated by the participants.
On the second day afternoon, we have visited the Vogtland Arena Ski Jumping Hill in Klingenthal. We took the regional train from 'Klingenthal, Ferienpark' station at 2:23 pm. sharp. Then we took the bus in Klingenthal, which left the station right in front of us. But it returned after an urgent phone call. So we could join a guided tour at 3 pm. After the tour we have enjoyed the summer alpine coaster to return to the starting point at the hill foot. The departure was at 4:30 pm. (!! sharp) by a bus of 'Herolds Reisen' in front of the entrance. The entrance fee and guided tour costs were privately sponsored by the NanoNet coordinator Dr. Peter Zahn, as the HZDR administration does not cover "social activities" at scientific events.

Workshop Venue: Jugendherberge Schöneck and places to visit

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This workshop is organized by the (former) International Helmholtz Research School for Nanoelectronic Networks (IHRS NanoNet) and the Department Nanoelectronics at HZDR in collaboration with the Department Spectroscopy at HZDR, and the chair for Applied Physics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.