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The MMD research group is mapping the spaces between disciplines
The Multifunctional Materials Design research group (MMD) led by professor Jaana Vapaavuori focuses on experimental studies of soft materials, as well as inorganic-organic hybrids. The group’s ultimate goal is to combine multiple functionalities in the same material. Central to the group’s success are their efforts to stay open to ideas outside their own field, as well as the academic community itself.
Professor Lasse Murtomäki has been appointed Head of Department and Assistant Professor Antti Karttunen Vice Head
Professor Lasse Murtomäki has been appointed Head of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science at Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering as of 1.9.2022.
Honorary Doctor Anjana Devi seeks out new frontiers in inorganic materials chemistry
Anjana Devi is a researcher at the frontiers in the field of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology. Professor Devi is a world-leading scientist particularly concerning the precursor chemistry for ALD and CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) thin-film fabrication. In 2020, she was named an honorary doctor at Aalto.
Ascending Investigator Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation awarded to Maria Sammalkorpi for computational biosynthetic materials research
Senior Scientist Maria Sammalkorpi has been awarded the highly competed Ascending Investigator 2022 Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation for a total of ca 9 million DKK (1.2M€).
Metsä Group donates 160 000 euros ʵ University
The donation has been allocated to the field of technology within the framework of the Finnish government’s match funding campaign.
Master's student Akseli Rautakorpi: ”Chemistry plays a central role in solving our biggest societal problems"
Akseli Rautakorpi chose Chemistry and Materials Science as his Bachelor's major. Currently, Akseli is studying and working part-time as a member of a research team.
Multifunctional Materials Design: highlights of 2021 and aspirations for 2022
Overview of research group achievements and future plans
MMD pre-Xmas event 2021
Multifunctional Materials Design research group's end-of-the-year celebration
MMD Journal Club
Multifunctional Materials Design research group members present publications from high impact scientific journals
Assistant Professor Juha Siitonen always wanted to be a chemist
Juha Siitonen, Doctor of Philosophy, started his five-year fixed term as Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science on 1 January 2022. The field of the professorship is organic chemistry.
MMD Colloquium 2021
Series of online lectures by international guests at the Multifunctional Materials Design research group meetings
A new layer-by-layer built inorganic-organic material enables optical switching of magnetic properties
Materials chemists have developed a facile process for piling ultrathin inorganic and organic layers in a pre-designed manner into flexible room-temperature thin-film magnets, whose magnetic properties can be controlled with successive external light illuminations.
Understanding the nanostructure formation in block copolymer thin film
Recent MMD publications (Multifunctional Materials Design)
Textile integrable mechanochromic strain sensor based on the interplay of supramolecular interactions
Recent MMD publications (Multifunctional Materials Design)
Alumna of the Year 2021 Reetta Kaila has built a career that lives up to her values
Reetta Kaila, D.Sc. (Tech.), has been selected as the Alumna of the Year 2021 of the School of Chemical Engineering. Kaila, who is the Director of Sustainable Fuels and Environment at Wärtsilä Energy, is on a mission to reduce emissions and create a sustainable society.
Summer interns' projects in MMD group
Internships 2021 in Multifunctional Materials Design research group
Recent MMD Master's Thesis presentations
Recent Master's Thesis presentations in the Multifunctional Materials Design research group
MMD research group at the CHEM Research Day
Doctoral candidates and postdocs of the Multifunctional Materials Design research group presented their work via online posters at the internal networking event
