A plasma gun, a pencil or an arc... what do you imagine under these terms? For us, they are innovative plasma technologies for surface treatment of materials that you won't find anywhere else in the world. The plasma chemistry lab at the DPPT and CEPLANT is full of these devices. We use them every day to modify the surfaces of materials to match the properties we want.

Sometimes plasma opens up secrets that no one expects to be revealed. Can you find plasma anywhere in nature, you ask? Of course, you can! You can find plasma in the aurora borealis, lightning or the sun's corona.

How thin is a thin layer? Where can it be found? What is it used for? How can it even be made?

Come and visit scientists from the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and CEPLANT and discover the secrets of plasma and find out how it can be used to make thin films.

The electron microscope can unravel many mysteries from the world unseen to the naked eye, whether they concern living or non-living nature or the work of humans.

Join us to see the surfaces of seemingly ordinary objects and products from our laboratories! You will learn, for example, what burns nettles, why water doesn't stick to the underside of leaves, why a paper towel is sometimes incredibly strong, whether the gold layer on a drill bit is real gold, or how to tell an original Baroque painting from a more recent copy.

Visible Light is just one member of a diverse team of electromagnetic detectives. They range in size from picometers to kilometers, and together they unravel the mysteries of the universe and the heart of matter. They can pass on their knowledge of the world to us. We just have to master the difficult language they sometimes speak, sometimes only whisper, or often only subtly hint. Come and meet these experts for yourself.

Do you like to compete? Don't forget your smartphone for Scientists' Night!

After a tour of the labs, you can put your knowledge to good use in a quiz for some nice prizes. The questions will cover what you will see with your own eyes: why electric discharges have different colors, how to cover even jagged objects with a thin layer of another material, how to change the wettability and non-wettability of surfaces, and how to image objects smaller than the wavelength of light.

The precise structure of the interiors of many cosmic objects remains shrouded in mystery. However, we have simulations that at least roughly determine what we can expect. Come to create your own model of one of the cosmic objects, and it's up to you whether you follow the recipe we propose or create your own. The condition, however, is that you drink your model! The provided ingredients will be non-alcoholic.

In astrophysics and space exploration, there's always something happening. We have prepared a compilation of the most intriguing recent events for you. Our colleagues and students will provide commentary to accompany the audiovisual program. Don't hesitate to ask them anything!

The greatest thinkers have devoted countless years to the search for the meaning of life. Would you like to join the ranks of those who have found it? But the journey to this knowledge is not an easy one, so prepare yourself for many tricky tasks and questions.