(Video) The Training Centre for the Advanced Analysis of Structures, featuring a valuable instrument, the X-ray diffractometer XRD, has recently been opened at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. It was acquired through the European project Hidden phases in 2D quantum materials (HIP-2D-QM). This is a project from the prestigious ERA Chair program of the European Union, which researchers from the Centre for Solid State Physics and New Materials at the Institute of Physics won last year. With the help of the new XRD instrument, researchers can record atomic and molecular structures in a way that has not been possible in Serbia so far. We spoke with Dr Jelena Pešić from the Centre for Solid State Physics and New Materials at the Institute of Physics Belgrade about the manner in which the diffractometer works, what the hidden phases in 2D quantum materials are and how the new training centre will contribute to the research community in Serbia and the region.
AUTHORS: Marija Đurić, Slobodan Bubnjević, Jovana Nikolić
RECORDING AND EDITING: Aleksandar Mijailović
PRODUCTION: Institute of Physics Belgrade, 2026
A Glance at Physics is a video series of the Institute of Physics Belgrade that illustrates projects and research conducted at the Institute in brief episodes.