09.03.2020 Simulations shed light on performance of perovskite solar cells Perovskite materials stand out as a promising alternative for today’s silicon-based solar cells, since they are...
06.02.2020 Quantum fluctuations stabilize high-temperature superconductors Supercomputers are indispensable in the research of superconductors, materials in which electricity flows without loss....
15.01.2020 Treasures found under pressure Some materials with useful properties only form at extreme conditions, like very high temperature and pressure. However,...
07.01.2020 Computationally designed materials for carbon capture An international team of chemical engineers conducted computational investigations and found materials that can capture...
06.09.2019 Nicola Spaldin awarded the Marcel Benoist Prize Nicola Spaldin, Professor of Materials Theory at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist for...
15.05.2019 A refined criterion for wear particle formation Whenever surfaces in contact slide relative to each other, they wear and emit particles. In a study published in...
15.04.2019 New biologically derived metal-organic framework mimics DNA Chemical engineers at EPFL have synthesized a biologically-derived metal-organic framework on which the hydrogen bonding...
21.01.2019 Transparent electronics research gains momentum Intensive research is being carried out on transparent electronics, a new area of study that represents the merging of...
06.09.2018 Supercomputer used to design nanoelectronics of the future For materials researchers, computer simulations stand alongside experiment and theory as an everyday tool in their work....
23.08.2018 Uncovering atomic movements in crystal Scientists can spend a long time in heated debates over tiny details – for example, how and whether atoms in a crystal...
15.03.2018 Fishing with simulations for two-dimensional materials Researchers from EPFL have developed a method to identify with simulations promising two-dimensional materials.
03.10.2017 Simulations improve the theoretical description of experiments probing elusive properties of water Scientists from EPF Lausanne have improved the theoretical description of complex non-linear optical measurements by...
18.05.2017 Using sunlight to produce energy from water Photosynthesis is one of the most common and fundamental life processes on Earth, and its complex sequence of events has...
31.05.2016 Simulating chemical evolution with "Piz Daint" Scientists have used ‘Piz Daint’ to simulate crucial steps in the formation of ammonia as a prebiotic molecule. Ammonia...
16.12.2015 Searching for materials with a supercomputer Supercomputers allow researchers to discover previously unknown materials and to predict their properties based on...
