New Publications

Light is an effective tool to probe the polarization and domain distribution in ferroelectric materials non-invasively. With the emergence of oxide electronics, there is now a strong demand to expand the role of light toward active control of the polarization. A research team led by Prof. Trassin and Prof. Fiebig at the ETH Zurich in the DMATL demonstrated the optical control of the ferroelectric polarization in prototypical epitaxial heterostructures.

The Laboratory of Polymeric Materials presents a new method of initiating and accelerating radical polymerizations.

The Laboratory of Polymeric Materials presents the photocatalytic depolymerization of polymers synthesized by ATRP.

Researchers from the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy developed an approach that utilizes two self-assembly processes in series to build an optical metamaterial with two distinct functional components: a disordered network and spherical nanoparticles.

Material surfaces encompass structural and chemical discontinuities that often lead to the loss of the property of interest in so-called dead layers. It is problematic in nanoscale oxide electronics, as it results in a thickness threshold required for the emergence of the materials functionality. An international team, led by Professors M. Trassin and M. Fiebig at D-MATL, reports a groundbreaking achievement: the stabilization of ultrathin ferroelectricity, right from the very first unit cell.

The Laboratory of Polymeric Materials presents the bulk depolymerization of polymers synthesized by either ATRP or RAFT polymerization.

The Laboratory of Polymeric Materials reports an unsual Atom Tranfer Radical Polymerization whereby oxygen favors the polymerization by forming superoxido species at room temperature.

In their latest work, Maxence Menétrey and co-workers from the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy present a novel approach for microstructure control in nanopillars synthesized by electrohydrodynamic redox 3D printing. Their Christmas-inspired picture was featured on the cover of the Christmas issue of Small.

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.