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Lara, welcome back!
We are excited to host Lara for a master thesis, starting today! The plans are ambitious, good luck for your experiments, Lara!
Maksym delivers two talks and a poster at ECIS2024
Over 700 scientists gathered for the annual ECIS2024 conference, hosted by the European Colloid & Interface Society. An amazing experience - new friends, sunny Copenhagen, and a wealth of new ideas in colloidal science!
Hanglin publishes his Master Thesis in Advanced Electronic Materials
Phase change memory devices are high-performance but costly to fabricate. Our paper explores drop-on-demand inkjet printing as a cost-effective alternative. We provide a guide to optimal printing parameters, examine structural properties, and demonstrate non-volatile, cyclable printed phase change memory devices.
Paper on Cu-Ge-Te nanoparticles in Chemistry of Materials
Our amide-promoted synthesis is amazingly universal! We used it to develop a full-fledged approach for Cu-Ge-Te nanoparticles. Various phases, unconventional phase-change properties, in-situ crystallization, and more in our recent Chemistry of Materials paper
Dhananjey defends his PhD thesis
We are extremely happy to have graduated Dhananjey from the CMD lab. Congratulations, Dr. Dhananjeya Kumaar! Wishing you immense success in applying your natural talents and the skills honed during your studies. Thank you for being a pioneer in everything! What a journey was it!
Warm welcome to Lara Perren
We welcome Lara to the CMD family! Lara reinforces the direction of intermetallic nanocrystals, working with low-melting bimetallic compositions and their phase-change properties.
Simon made it to Nature Communications
We are extremely happy to have published our intuitive model for amorphous tellurides materials! It explains structural dynamics, crystallization mechanism, ideal glass, and nanoscale effects in phase-change memory tellurides
New metamaterial guides vibrations along predefined paths
Researchers at ETH Zurich have structured a wafer-thin silicon membrane in such a manner that it can direct mechanical waves along specific paths. Such structures offer interesting opportunities for converting unwanted vibrations into usable energy or for processing mechanical signals.
Perfect randomness realised for the first time
Researchers at ETH Zurich have, for the first time, created certifiably perfect random numbers using a quantum experiment. These can be used, for instance, for encrypting messages.
“Our students learn to keep going after they make mistakes”
What if students were free to pursue their ideas without any pressure? That is precisely the approach that the ETH Student Project House has taken for the past decade. Director Lucie Rejman tells us about the results.
Underwater robot measures ice thickness
As part of the Polaris Focus Project, a team of ETH students is developing an autonomous underwater robot to accurately measure ice thickness from beneath the surface. The aim is to generate new data to support climate research.
Eleven professors appointed
At its meeting on 20 and 21 May 2026 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eleven professors. In addition, the ETH Board awarded three adjunct professorships and appointed one Professor of Practice.