/en/listing/192681/feed News listing en /en/news/bioinspired-colours-and-adaptable-materials-professor-olli-ikkalas-third-eu-project-builds-on-living Thu, 11 Apr 2024 05:19:16 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1040811 at /en Department of Applied Physics Professor Olli Ikkala received his third Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) on 11 April 2024. The funding amounts to €2.5 million and the project will run for five years. Research & Art Olli Ikkana in Otaniemi, photo by Lasse Lecklin. /en/news/olli-ikkala-and-esa-saarinen-found-a-common-thread-in-baroque-music-and-lecturing Thu, 11 Apr 2024 04:21:53 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1039671 at /en Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures. University Olli Ikkala ja Esa Saarinen /en/news/professor-olli-ikkala-receives-finnish-science-award Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:17:17 +0000 Minna Tiainen 921966 at /en Ministry of Education and Culture grants Olli Ikkala, Aalto Distinguished Professor of applied physics, significant national acknowledgement for his interdisciplinary career in materials research Awards and Recognition Olli Ikkala /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. Cooperation Research & Art CYBER_Aki-Pekka_Sinikoski010.jpg /en/news/ten-new-academy-projects-awarded-to-the-school-of-science Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:05:15 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 219471 at /en The projects will investigate questions from nuclear fusion, solar energy, bio inspired materials, and many more Research & Art The professors /en/news/liquid-crystal-polymer-learns-to-move-and-grab-objects Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:46:09 +0000 Anonymous 171341 at /en Researchers trained material the same way as Pavlov trained dogs. Research & Art Polymer film that bends when light is shone on it /en/news/learning-from-nature Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:57:34 +0000 Minna Hölttä 139441 at /en In his lab, Academy Professor Olli Ikkala is catching up with evolution’s lead in the manufacture of materials. The results of his work may be of crucial significance to an energy-scarce society. Aalto Magazine Research & Art Olli Ikkala /en/news/pavlovs-classical-conditioning-inspires-materials-scientists Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:42:40 +0000 Anonymous 138736 at /en Concepts of experimental psychology replicated in smart materials Press releases Test tube made to look like Pavlolv's dog /en/news/professor-olli-ikkala-wins-dutch-polymer-science-award Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:29:01 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 110371 at /en The annual PTN Medema Lecture award is granted to a renowned international polymer scientist Research & Art Olli Ikkala. /en/news/aalto-distinguished-professor-olli-ikkala-awarded-academic-knighthood-of-the-ordre-des-palmes Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:29:31 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 74046 at /en Professor Ikkala was recognised for his contributions to advancing scientific partnerships between France and Finland. Research & Art Image: Lasse Lecklin. /en/news/olli-ikkala-appointed-aalto-distinguished-professor Thu, 06 Sep 2018 04:33:00 +0000 Site Factory admin 53611 at /en Professor Olli Ikkala at the Department of Applied Physics has been appointed as Aalto Distinguished Professor. The title is awarded to Professors of exceptional academic merit. Awards and Recognition Research & Art Olli Ikkala (right) was appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor in the Opening Ceremony of the academic year by President Ilkka Niemelä (left). Photo: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University. /en/news/biomimicry-in-the-nordic-countries-working-paper-highlights-hyber-coe Fri, 20 Jul 2018 06:25:41 +0000 Site Factory admin 53096 at /en HYBER CoE is highlighted as a Finnish forerunner in biomimetics in a new Nordic Working Paper Research & Art Biomim /en/news/advanced-materials-highlights-finnish-materials-science Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:17:13 +0000 Site Factory admin 52846 at /en Advanced Materials, a premier journal in the field, has dedicated an issue to Finnish research, covering several articles from Aalto University. Research & Art Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) plays a significant role in the performance of numerous energy‐conversion devices. Image: Valeria Azovskaya /en/news/marie-sklodowska-curie-fellowship-to-hyber Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:19:14 +0000 Site Factory admin 50326 at /en Bo Peng received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Research & Art MSCA_fellow_Peng /en/news/nearly-5-million-euro-for-pioneering-biomimetics-and-quantum-technology-research Fri, 07 Apr 2017 03:23:27 +0000 Site Factory admin 45101 at /en Olli Ikkala has received a prized ERC Advanced Grant for the second time and Jukka Pekola for the first time. Press releases Research & Art /en/news/researchers-discover-self-assembling-2d-and-3d-materials-formed-by-tiny-gold-nanoclusters Fri, 13 Jan 2017 09:22:38 +0000 Site Factory admin 43631 at /en The free-standing two-dimensional nanosheets will bring opportunities towards new-generation functional materials. Research & Art