2022

Manfred Fiebig and his group visualize ferroic states with the help of non-linear laser optics. Now the physicist and materials scientist is being honoured with the Stern-Gerlach Medal of the German Physical Society, their highest distinction in Experimental Physics.

Researchers in the Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces show a new atomic force microscopy method to image the full 3D shape of soft particles adsorbed at fluid interfaces.

Best Paper Prize 2022 - Martin Kröger (Computational Polymer Physics) receives award from the Journal of Physics A - Mathematical and Theoretical.

Researchers from the Laboratory for Multifunctional Ferroic Materials at the ETH Zurich, in Japan and in France have translated a domain pattern, a block of information, between magnetization and electric-polarization space. This quasi-instantaneous and reversible process is a transfer and not a mere duplication as it erases the information in the source state.

The 16th edition of the MaP Graduate Symposium took place on September 1st, 2022. The D-​MATL was again successfully represented this year, with several high-​​class talks and poster presentations. Many of the awards went to members of D-​MATL.

Dr. Sayantika Bhowal, postdoctoral researcher at the ETH Materials Theory group (D-​MATL), has been selected as one of the winners for the IXS2022 Early Career Scientist Awards. 

Nicholas Spencer (Emeritus Prof. of Surface Science and Technology, D-MATL) has been elected President of the International Tribology Council (ITC). The ITC’s objectives are to enable contact and communication between tribology societies worldwide, as well as encouraging the formation of new national tribology societies.

Nicola Spaldin, Professor of Materials Theory at the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich is pioneering the development of a new class of materials known as multiferroics. These could facilitate ground-breaking microelectronics applications, such as the building of ultra-fast data repositories or supersensitive sensors.

The farwell lecture of Prof. Dr. Nicholas Spencer, "Modifying Materials" is now available online on the ETH Video Portal.

On Sunday 19.06.2022, Lucio Isa, D-MATL Professor for Soft Materials and Interfaces (SMI) completed his first 70.3 Ironman race in Rapperswil (5:37:29) carrying his group with him from start to finish (well, a 3D-printed version of the SMI logo, to be more precise!). He wholeheartedly thanks neoprene, carbon fibers and ice, three of his favorite materials, for the support during the race.