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Väisälä Award to Mika Sillanpää

Sillanpää was awarded for his research contributions. The award is worth 15 000 euro.
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Graphene nanoribbons get metallic

Researchers at Aalto University have succeeded in experimentally realizing metallic graphene nanoribbons that are only 5 carbon atoms wide.
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Schematic of the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope on a graphene nanoribbon. Picture: Peter Liljeroth's team.

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”.
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The crystal is depicted as the ordered array of yellow and blue balls (atoms) in the figure. Electrons with an infinite apparent mass are also called electrons in flat bands. Superconductivity can occur if the electron waves centred around the single atoms spread widely enough to overlap significantly. Then, the electrons hop from one atom to the other through the region of overlap, and the flow of the supercurrent is ensured. Remarkably, a topological invariant of the electron waves, similar to the twis...

Presentation of professor: Päivi Törmä

At the moment, her work consists of research, administrative work, and supervising master’s theses and doctoral dissertations.
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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.
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Emmi Ruokokoski:" Atom gases have multiple uses"

In her thesis, Ruokokoski studied the creation, stability and dynamics of different textures using various methods.
Research & Art, Studies
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Emmi Ruokokoski

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.
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ERC Advanced Grant funding for Professor Pertti Hakonen

Aalto University also given four other ERC grants.
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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.
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Mechanical oscillations mediated by superconductivity

Putting a new spin on plasmonics

Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects.
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Magnetic nanoparticles arranged in arrays put a twist on light: depending on the distance between the nanoparticles, one frequency of light (visible to the human eye by its colour) resonates in one direction; in the other direction, light (induced by quantum effects in the magnetic material) is enhanced at a different wavelength.

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.
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Image of an experimentally created Bose–Einstein condensate containing the monopole (left) and the corresponding theoretical prediction (right). Brighter area has higher particle density and the different colors denote the internal spin state of the atoms. The monopole is located in the center of the condensate.

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.
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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.
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IOP Physics World: "Graphene quantum dots split Cooper pairs"

Research on graphene shows essential advancement to enable the development of new quantum information concepts.
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Researchers observe new charge transport phenomenon

No fully corresponding phenomenon has been found in modern physics before.
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Charge transport

The Demon That Betters the World

Recent achievements at nanotechnology could lead towards a more energy-efficient future.
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The latest installation lectures available on video

Aalto University's newly tenured professors gave lectures on the pressing issues in their respective fields.
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Electronics from the forest

The bioeconomy offers a sustainable alternative for many of today's oil-based products.
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Ioncell cellulose fibre is a more ecological alternative to cotton.