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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
AI and extended reality help to preserve built cultural heritage
ETH researchers have developed a digital co-pilot that helps to assess the conservation condition of historic sandstone buildings, thereby supporting their restoration. The 750-year-old Lausanne Cathedral serves as a case study.
"There was a real wave of women writing about architecture"
ETH Zurich Architectural historian Anne Hultzsch has researched how women wrote about architecture between 1700 and 1900. In this interview, she talks about her findings – and about the authors from housewives to princesses.
Microrobots finding their way
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a microrobot capable of transporting drugs to specific locations within the body, with the potential for use in hospitals in the near future.
Ursula Renold, why is the academic upper-secondary school route overrated?
For education expert Ursula Renold, a university degree is no longer a guarantee of a successful career. Those who still want to obtain one can confidently start their educational journey with dual vocational education and training program (VET).
“We need to make smarter use of existing infrastructure, rather than constantly expanding it”
How do spatial planners handle AI, regulation, biodiversity and housing shortages? In this interview, the program managers of the continuing education programme MAS in Spatial Development at ETH Zurich show why good planning begins with people.