05.11.18 – Researchers at EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering have developed a photocatalytic system based on a material in the class of metal-organic frameworks. The system can be used to degrade pollutants present in water while simultaneously producing … Continue reading →
31.10.18 – Professor Majed Chergui has been voted a Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association. The American Crystallographic Association (ACA) is a non-profit, scientific organization of over 1,300 members in more than 35 countries. Founded in 1949, the ACA’s objective … Continue reading →
29.10.18 – EPFL scientists have developed a machine-learning approach that can be combined with experiments to determine, in record time, the location of atoms in powdered solids. Their method can be applied to complex molecules containing thousands of atoms and … Continue reading →
29.10.18 – EPFL researchers from Michael Grätzel’s lab show how stable, scalable, and efficient perovskite solar cells can be produced through molecular engineering of multifunctional molecular modulators and using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to investigate their role in double-cation pure-iodide perovskites. Published in Nature Communications. … Continue reading →
19.10.18 – Ydna Marie Questell-Santiago and Dr Amita Ummadisingu, researchers at EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), have won the first and second Clariant CleanTech Awards in 2018. Clariant is a speciality chemicals company headquartered in Basel and operating … Continue reading →
19.10.18 – Using silicon nitride microphotonic chips, EPFL scientists are now able to generate coherent ultrashort pulses with less than 10 milliwatt optical power, paving the way for compact and portable chip-based photonic devices for timing, metrology and spectroscopy. Ultrashort … Continue reading →
12.10.18 – A new study shows that the phase transitions of the exotic material molybdenum ditelluride – a candidate for future electronics – are more complex than previously thought. First-order phase transitions, wherein an amount of heat is lost or … Continue reading →
10.10.18 – Understanding and discovering materials in silico “For his computer-based search for low-dimensional materials with novel electronic and transport properties. He has predicted a novel topological insulator phase in quasi-one-dimensional bismuth iodide, and a robust Weyl semimetal phase in … Continue reading →
09.10.18 – EPFL chemists have demonstrated complete experimental control over a chemical reaction just above absolute zero. It is an understatement to say that chemical reactions take place everywhere and constantly. In both nature and the lab, chemistry is ubiquitous. … Continue reading →
08.10.18 – EPFL astrophysicists actively participated in the discovery of a very rare star, which is particularly old and metal-poor. As a messenger from the distant past, it will allow the scientists to learn more about the young Universe, right … Continue reading →