Focus Nano: Miniature material design
Smaller isn’t always better in the world of nanomaterials. From a certain tininess, negative effects can outweigh the good. Prof. Ralf Spolenak of the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy and his team are thus looking for the optimum length scale for materials, where their properties improve before deteriorating again.
As these length scales are often in the nanorange, i.e. below 100 nanometres, but not always, the professor prefers the term "miniature" to "nano". His goal: "To achieve an advantage in miniature. ETH Globe 7/2013: English, Deutsch
- Ralf Spolenak
- Laboratory for Nanometallurgy
- ETH Globe 7/2013: English, Deutsch