2015 Best Physics Doctoral Dissertation and Lecturer of the Year prizes awarded
The awards for doctoral dissertations are granted in recognition of research. This year a Lecturer of the Year prize was awarded for the first time.
Väisälä Award to Mika Sillanpää
Sillanpää was awarded for his research contributions. The award is worth 15 000 euro.
Graphene nanoribbons get metallic
Researchers at Aalto University have succeeded in experimentally realizing metallic graphene nanoribbons that are only 5 carbon atoms wide.
The route to high temperature superconductivity goes through the flat band
Room-temperature superconductors may become reality thanks to the counterintuitive properties of electrons in “flat bands”.
Presentation of professor: Päivi Törmä
At the moment, her work consists of research, administrative work, and supervising master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
Millennium Distinction awarded to Professor Sebastiaan van Dijken
The Distinction is granted to Finnish experts whose work is connected to the research field of the winners of the preceding Millennium Prize.
Emmi Ruokokoski:" Atom gases have multiple uses"
In her thesis, Ruokokoski studied the creation, stability and dynamics of different textures using various methods.
Aalto University researchers predicted existence of new quantum matter theoretically
The results are important in the search for new quantum states and possible use in future electronics applications.
ERC Advanced Grant funding for Professor Pertti Hakonen
Aalto University also given four other ERC grants.
When mediated by superconductivity, light pushes matter million times more
The finding paves a way for the studies of mechanical oscillations at the level of a single photon, the quantum of light.
Putting a new spin on plasmonics
Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects.
Quantum-mechanical monopoles discovered
Researchers at Aalto University and Amherst College, USA, have observed a point-like monopole in a quantum field itself for the first time.
INFERNOS - on a way towards more energy-efficient future
Successful INFERNOS-project introduces results that weren't supposed to be possible. The findings could lead towards more energy-efficient future.
Aalto’s first ERC Proof of Concept grant to Sebastiaan van Dijken
Professor Sebastiaan van Dijken received the grant for verification of the innovation potential of a new racetrack memory technology.
IOP Physics World: "Graphene quantum dots split Cooper pairs"
Research on graphene shows essential advancement to enable the development of new quantum information concepts.
Researchers observe new charge transport phenomenon
No fully corresponding phenomenon has been found in modern physics before.
The Demon That Betters the World
Recent achievements at nanotechnology could lead towards a more energy-efficient future.
The latest installation lectures available on video
Aalto University's newly tenured professors gave lectures on the pressing issues in their respective fields.
Electronics from the forest
The bioeconomy offers a sustainable alternative for many of today's oil-based products.
