Joint Winter School

The aim of this joint Winter School was to explore and discuss the impact and potential of the convergence of disciplines in nanotechnology:

• Sciences and Engineering (bottom-up, self-assembly with top-down, lithography)
• Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences 

The scientific program comprised pedagogical lectures and supervised hands-on experiments. Each PhD student had the opportunity to select two experiments from a range of different experiments on EM, AFM, Raman, etc. 

To foster scientific discussions between the participants, a poster session was organized. Excursions and sight-seeing in the Edmonton area (Elk Island, Lilly Lake Resort) stimulated further informal discussions and strengthened the ties between the scientists from Germany and Canada.