During her stay in Hamburg Professor Balke had the chance to visit various laboratories of the TUHH, including the Institute of Materials and X-Ray Physics (TUHH & DESY, Prof. Patrick Huber), the Institut für Atomistische Materialmodellierung in wässrigen Medien (TUHH, Prof. Alexander Schlaich), the Institute of Integrated Metallic Nanomaterial Systems (TUHH & Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Shan Shi) and the Institute of Materials Physics and Technology (TUHH, Jörg Weißmüller).