Schwarz, T.; Hsu, Y.-L.; Dumont, M.; Garcia-Giner, V.; Jung, C.; Porter, A.; Gault, B.: Atom Probe Tomography - a new approach to provide new insights into the interfacial reaction at the liquid-solid interface on the atomic scale. Institute Seminar FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Materials Science, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (2025)
Schwarz, T.: Improvement in data quality of biominerals by in-situ metallic coating of APT specimens. Atom Probe Tomography & Microscopy (APT&M) 2025, Chennai, India (2025)
Schwarz, T.: Atom Probe Tomography - the ability to analyse materials with 3D compositional mapping at near atomic resolution. Seminar Frauenhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Dresden, Germany (2025)
Schwarz, T.: Atom probe tomography - a new approach to understand corrosion mechanisms at liquid-solid interface on the near-atomic scale. Institute for Bulidng Materials Seminar, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (2025)
Schwarz, T.; Hsu, Y.-L.; Dumont, M.; Garcia-Giner, V.; Jung, C.; Porter, A.; Gault, B.: Atom probe tomography – a new technique to understand biominerals/materials on the atomic scale. 8th BioMAT 2025 - Symposium on Biomaterials and Related Areas, Weimar, Germany (2025)
Schwarz, T.: Cryo-APT opens up new possibilities in materials analysis. From the atom to the bulk: Materials characterization with CAMECA, Gatan, and EDAX user-day, Weiterstadt, Germany (2025)
Woods, E.; Aota, L. S.; Schwarz, T.; Kim, S.-H.; Douglas, J. O.; Singh, M. P.; Gault, B.: In-situ cryogenic protective layers and metal coatings in cryogenic FIB. IMC20 - 20th International Microscopy Congress - Pre-congress workshop, Cryogenic Atom Probe Tomography, Busan, South Korea (2023)
Schwarz, T.: Atom probe tomography: from water to complex liquids to the application of studying liquid-solid interfaces at the near atomic level. APT&M 23, Leuven, Belgium (2023)
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