2021 Materials Research Price for Young Investigators

Awarded to Prof. Sheng Xu, UC Dan Diego

Droplets Mimic Living Organisms

Researchers from the Soft and Living Materials group and their collaborators design a protein droplet system that is as active and as concentrated as the cytoplasm.

Palladium-Based Metallic Glass with High Thrombogenic Resistance

Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles from a Low-Energy Nanoemulsion

Manfred Fiebig awarded the 2022 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

Manfred Fiebig of the FERROIC group wins the 2022 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

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Studiengang Materialwissenschaft
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Advanced Materials Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum

Professors from D-MATL have curated a Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum on the topic of “Advanced Materials”. World experts are yearly contacted by the WEF to produce interactive maps on specific topics of societal and technological importance and to illustrate their global connectivity.

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ETH Sabbatical

CAS in Advanced Materials and Processes - A new training programme for industry.

The tailor-made continuing education programme CAS ETH in Advanced Materials and Processes (CAS ETH AMaP) individually and specifically promotes the competence profile of industry specialists. Ricola took the opportunity to send its employee Andrea Mannhart on a sabbatical to ETH Zurich. Her goal was to optimise the life cycle assessment of herbal extracts for candy production.

Events

Wednesday 01. Dec 16:30 - Materials Colloquium

Low-Dimensional Optoelectronics, Lukas Novotny; Six-axis multi-process additive manufacturing for implantable medical devices, Fergal Coulter; https://ethz.zoom.us/j/61014166756

Tuesday 07. Dec 15:00 - PhD Defense

Physical Characterization of Phase Separated Macromolecular Condensates , Mahdiye Ijavi, HCI J498

Thursday 09. Dec 15:30 - PhD Defense

Elastoviscoplatic interfaces and their role in the stability of multiphase materials , Alexandra Alicke, HCI J 2 and Zoom

Friday 10. Dec 15:00 - PhD Defense

X-ray Imaging of Spin-Wave Dynamics: From Ferromagnetic to Antiferromagnetic Systems, Sina Mayr, HCI J 2 and Zoom

Wednesday 15. Dec 15:00 - PhD Defense

Design considerations for Aerogels as 3D Gas Phase Photocatalysts , Murielle Schreck, Zoom

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News

Claudia Sigel Awarded 1st Prize at PeKo Ideas Competition

17.11.2021 | Awards

Claudi Sigel was awarded for her idea of a platform on which technical and administrative staff could offer each other internal continuing education courses.

Manfred Fiebig elected into the Mainz Chapter of the German Academy of Sciences and Literature

12.11.2021 | Awards

On 5 November, Manfred Fiebig became a corresponding member of the "Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz". The academy is an interregionally oriented association of personalities from the fields of science, literature and music. It is a place of dialogue that focuses on interdisciplinary exchange.

Prof. Sheng Xu, UC Dan Diego, 2021 Materials Research Price for Young Investigators

11.11.2021 | Awards

Prof. Xu has made important contributions to the field of flexible electronics. Most recently, he invented a wearable ultrasonic technology that allows noninvasive monitoring of tissue far below the skin surface. He also developed new growth methods for materials used in flexible high-performance electronics.

Veronica Michel Receives the ETH Medal for her Outstanding Master's Thesis

02.11.2021 | Awards

The Materials Theory group is very pleased to announce that Veronica Michel receives this award for her Master's thesis "Interplay between Ferroelectricity and Metallicity in BaTiO₃".

A protein droplet system that is as active and as concentrated as the cytoplasm

02.11.2021 | Publications

In their latest paper published on Nature Communications, researchers from the Soft and Living Materials group and their collaborators design a protein droplet system that is as active and as concentrated as the cytoplasm.

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Awards

Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin with Marcel Benoist Prizewinner Nicola Spaldin (Copyright: Daniel Rihs, picture taken on behalf of the SNSF)

Nicola Spaldin, head of Materials Theory group, has been awarded the Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist for her outstanding research into multiferroic materials. Read more

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