Science-driven Engineering

The novel functionalities arising from our complex structures are exploited in specific applications to eventually translate our fundamental research into useful materials and designs in the areas of health, energy and smart structures. This results in a wide range of devices and products from artificial heart valves and scaffolds for tissue regeneration to adsorption heat pumps and architectured anodes for lithium ion batteries to substrates for stretchable electronics and self-healing bitumen for asphalt pavements.

The selected publications below provide examples of research projects under this thematic area:

external page J. Billaud, F. Bouville, T. Magrini, C. Villevieille, A.R. Studart, Magnetically aligned graphite electrodes for high-rate performance Li-ion batteries, Nature Energy, 1 16097 (2016).

external page E. Jeoffroy, D. Koulialias, S. Yoon, M.N. Partl, A.R. Studart, Iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetically-triggered healing of bituminous materials, Construction and Building Materials, 112 497-505 (2016).

external page J. Zürcher, X. Chen, B.R. Burg, S. Zimmermann, R. Straessle, A.R. Studart, T. Brunschwiler, Enhanced Percolating Thermal Underfills Achieved by Means of Nanoparticle Bridging Necks, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, PP (99) 1-11 (2016).

external page N. Münzenrieder, G. Cantarella, C. Vogt, L. Petti, L. Büthe, G.A. Salvatore, Y. Fang, R. Andri, Y. Lam, R. Libanori, D. Widner, A.R. Studart, G. Tröster, Stretchable and Conformable Oxide Thin-Film Electronics, Advanced Electronic Materials, 1 (3) 10.1002/aelm.201400038 (2015).

external page R. Gines, R. Libanori, A.R. Studart, A. Bergamini, M. Motavalli, P. Ermanni, Ceramic-polymer composites with improved dielectric and tribological properties for semi-active damping, Composites Part B-Engineering, 72 80-86 (2015).

external page D. Carnelli, R. Libanori, B. Feichtenschlager, L. Nicoleau, G. Albrecht, A.R. Studart, Cement-based composites reinforced with localized and magnetically oriented Al2O3 microplatelets, Cement and Concrete Research, 78 245-251 (2015).