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, rich_text en Prof. Robin Ras elected as member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters /en/news/prof-robin-ras-elected-as-member-of-the-finnish-academy-of-science-and-letters Mon, 05 May 2025 05:35:17 +0000 Ville Heirola 1312756 at /en Membership of the Academy is awarded to scientists distinguished in their field. Ras is an internationally prominent researcher of surfaces and wetting. Honoured Research Soft Matter and Wetting hydrophobic materials physics Awards and Recognition Photo of Robin Ras Surface repelling different kinds of drops and fog lands Innovation Prize at Department of Applied Physics /en/news/surface-repelling-different-kinds-of-drops-and-fog-lands-innovation-prize-at-department-of-applied Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:26:04 +0000 Ville Heirola 1305209 at /en The team plans to find industrial partners for their environmentally friendly and scalable hydrophobic surface. Innovations Research Soft Matter and Wetting innovations material science physics start-ups Awards and Recognition A person with long, brown hair is holding a glass frame Physicists explain—and eliminate—unknown force dragging against water droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces /en/news/physicists-explain-and-eliminate-unknown-force-dragging-against-water-droplets-on-superhydrophobic Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:04:35 +0000 Gavin Pugh 1041626 at /en Aalto University researchers adapt a novel force measurement technique to uncover the previously unidentified physics at play at the thin air-film gap between water droplets and superhydrophobic surfaces. Innovations Research Department of Applied Physics Soft Matter and Wetting physics Press releases A glass needle probes a tiny droplet sitting on a black surface. Medical innovation makes early cancer diagnostics cheaper, faster, easier /en/news/medical-innovation-makes-early-cancer-diagnostics-cheaper-faster-easier Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:01:58 +0000 Gavin Pugh 977931 at /en Aalto University researcher makes two-pronged improvement on microbubble technology Entrepreneurship Research Department of Applied Physics OtaNano Soft Matter and Wetting cancers Research & Art A man in a white lab coat with blue gloves holds up a vial of clear liquid while standing in front of a large microscope. Researchers create the most water-repellent surface ever /en/news/researchers-create-the-most-water-repellent-surface-ever Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:13:45 +0000 Minna Tiainen 964396 at /en Revised method to create hydrophobic surfaces has implications for any technology where water meets a solid surface, from optics and microfluidics to cooking Innovations Research Technology and engineering Soft Matter and Wetting Press releases Research & Art Liukas pinta Coating bubbles with protein results in a highly stable contrast agent for medical use /en/news/coating-bubbles-with-protein-results-in-a-highly-stable-contrast-agent-for-medical-use Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:08:36 +0000 Ville Heirola 888571 at /en Researchers developed bubbles that are safe, highly stable, and function as contrast agent in medical applications. They could be used to diagnose, for example, cardiological issues, blood flow, and liver lesions. Research Technology and engineering Department of Applied Physics OtaNano Soft Matter and Wetting chemical engineering physics Press releases Research & Art Microscopic image of giant gas vesicles. Professor Matilda Backholm: Between the micro and the macro /en/news/professor-matilda-backholm-between-the-micro-and-the-macro Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:03:07 +0000 Ville Heirola 816826 at /en Driven by curiosity, new Department of Applied Physics professor Matilda Backholm studies the physics of the mesoscale. Aalto stories Materials and natural resources Technology and engineering University Soft Matter and Wetting Department of Applied Physics Department of Applied Physics physics interviews Appointments University Professor Matilda Backholm facing the camera A way to measure droplets on hydrophilic surfaces wins Innovation Prize at Department of Applied Physics /en/news/a-way-to-measure-droplets-on-hydrophilic-surfaces-wins-innovation-prize-at-department-of-applied Fri, 17 Jun 2022 06:31:02 +0000 Ville Heirola 656491 at /en Doctoral candidate Heikki Nurmi is awarded the Innovation Prize of the Department of Applied Physics for his invention that makes easier the measuring of droplets on hydrophilic surfaces. The invention paves the way for improved application of paints, coatings, and growth medium for bacteria on surfaces that are extremely prone to wetting. Innovations Technology and engineering Research Soft Matter and Wetting Department of Applied Physics innovations awards Research & Art Heikki Nurmi outdoors on a sunny day in a black shirt in front of a background of leaves and trees. School of Science researchers now involved in five Centres of Excellence /en/news/school-of-science-researchers-now-involved-in-five-centres-of-excellence Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:45:55 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 460866 at /en SCI researchers are partners in three new Centres of Excellence: Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials, Randomness and structures, and Virtual laboratory for molecular level atmospheric transformations. Health and wellbeing Technology and engineering Computational Electronic Structure Theory (CEST) InstituteQ Molecular Materials (Molmat) School of Chemical Engineering Soft Matter and Wetting excellence units materials mathematics quantum physics Cooperation Research & Art CYBER_Aki-Pekka_Sinikoski010.jpg New Academy projects will investigate drug development, superconductivity and emotional game experience /en/news/new-academy-projects-will-investigate-drug-development-superconductivity-and-emotional-game Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:11:30 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 370261 at /en There are altogether 12 new Academy of Finland projects at the Aalto School of Science. Funding was received from all the three Academy of Finland Research Councils: Biosciences, Health and the Environment, Culture and Society and Natural Sciences and Engineering. Research Academy of Finland -Research Council of Finland Computational Electronic Structure Theory (CEST) Soft Matter and Wetting Research & Art Department of Computer Science photo Matti Ahlgren New funding to commercialise high-tech liquid-repelling coatings /en/news/new-funding-to-commercialise-high-tech-liquid-repelling-coatings Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:28:45 +0000 Anonymous 269646 at /en New funding to get damage-resistant, liquid-repelling surfaces out of the laboratory and onto solar panels, skis, and more Innovations Materials and natural resources Technology and engineering Soft Matter and Wetting solar panels Cooperation Press releases Research & Art Taiteellinen kuva panssaroidusta superhydrofobisesta pinnasta, joka kestää iskuja ja hylkii nesteitä tehokkaasti. Kuva: Juha Juvonen. When honey flows faster than water /en/news/when-honey-flows-faster-than-water Fri, 16 Oct 2020 06:51:27 +0000 Anonymous 256011 at /en Physicists surprised to find that in specially coated tubes, the more viscous a liquid is, the faster it flows Research Technology and engineering 2D materials Soft Matter and Wetting material research material science materials new materials Press releases Droplet of honey in a superhydrophobic tube Major breakthrough in extremely water-repellent materials makes them durable enough for the real world /en/news/major-breakthrough-in-extremely-water-repellent-materials-makes-them-durable-enough-for-the-real Wed, 03 Jun 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 215431 at /en A new armour-plated superhydrophobic material has been developed for potential uses in medical equipment, solar panels and more Materials and natural resources Research Department of Applied Physics School of Science Soft Matter and Wetting hydrophobic materials material research Press releases Super hydrophobic surfaces by Juha Juvonen Are we at the limits of measuring water-repellent surfaces? /en/news/are-we-at-the-limits-of-measuring-water-repellent-surfaces Fri, 15 Mar 2019 06:33:31 +0000 Anonymous 88671 at /en As we develop extremely liquid-repellent surfaces, the errors in existing measurement techniques are getting too large. Research Soft Matter and Wetting Press releases Water droplet on a surface Anton Paar Research Award to Robin Ras and Quan Zhou /en/news/anton-paar-research-award-to-robin-ras-and-quan-zhou Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:09:16 +0000 Anonymous 88136 at /en Anton Paar Research Award to Robin Ras and Quan Zhou Research Department of Applied Physics Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation Soft Matter and Wetting Awards and Recognition Anton Paar Research Award to Robin Ras and Quan Zhou Dr. Maja Vuckovac receives 2018 Exerowa-Platikanov Award /en/news/dr-maja-vuckovac-receives-2018-exerowa-platikanov-award Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:52:29 +0000 Mirkka Jones 56426 at /en Dr. Vuckovac was granted the Exerowa-Platikanov Award for best oral presentation at the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) annual conference 2018 Research Department of Applied Physics Soft Matter and Wetting Research & Art Vuckovac_award Wetting of surfaces is surprisingly difficult to measure reliably /en/news/wetting-of-surfaces-is-surprisingly-difficult-to-measure-reliably Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:12:14 +0000 Site Factory admin 53061 at /en A group of researchers from Aalto University in Finland and Sun Yat-sen University in China provide a standardised approach to improve the accuracy and reliability of contact angle measurements of surfaces. Department of Applied Physics hydrophobic materials Soft Matter and Wetting Research & Art Image: Mika Latikka / Aalto University. New microscope sets a record for visualizing surface wetting properties /en/news/new-microscope-sets-a-record-for-visualizing-surface-wetting-properties Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:54:27 +0000 Site Factory admin 49001 at /en The microscope is 1000 times more precise than current techniques, allowing the creation of wetting maps as a new concept for hydrophobic surface characterization. Department of Applied Physics Soft Matter and Wetting Press releases Research & Art Microscope droplet probe on a butterfly wing Three Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher positions to HYBER CoE researchers /en/news/three-academy-of-finland-postdoctoral-researcher-positions-to-hyber-coe-researchers Tue, 16 May 2017 10:52:13 +0000 Site Factory admin 45726 at /en Matilda Backholm, Sesilja Aranko and Suvi Arola received funding from the Academy of Finland Department of Applied Physics Soft Matter and Wetting Research & Art Physicist Robin Ras receives 2 million euro ERC funding for research on non-wetting surfaces /en/news/physicist-robin-ras-receives-2-million-euro-erc-funding-for-research-on-non-wetting-surfaces Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05:38:31 +0000 Site Factory admin 43026 at /en In the future, new types of extremely non-wetting surfaces can be applied from everyday life to high-performance microfluidic devices. Soft Matter and Wetting physics Press releases Research & Art The ERC is funding for ground-breaking, cutting-edge research. Professor Robin Ras is excited to contribute to the rapidly growing field of science and technology of non-wetting surfaces. Photo Mikko Raskinen, Aalto University.