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Seven-figure grant for researcher producing carbon fibre from wood
Michael Hummel, the recipient of the much sought-after ERC Starting Grant, knows that there is a great need for more affordable carbon fibre.
IonCell-F won the price in pitching
IonCell-F has won seed fund award at Innovation Day pitching organized by Climate-KIC Nordic.
Nanofiber scaffolds demonstrate new features in the behaviour of stem and cancer cells
A discovery in the field of biomaterials may open new frontiers in stem and cancer cell manipulation and associated advanced therapy development.
Professorship strengthens the cooperation of ABB and Aalto in Industrial Internet solutions
Dr. Iiro Harjunkoski has been appointed Adjunt Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering.
The rebirth of pulp
CHEMARTS brings together biomaterials and design students. Their encounters sprout ideas that can make the world a better place.
Fibres from textile waste to be turned into new attractive consumer products
Trash textiles are a valuable resource that should not be left untapped. Aalto and VTT are participating in an EU project called Trash-2-Cash.
Awarded method makes textile fibre from waste cotton
A greener textile industry requires expertise in chemistry, design and economy, stresses Herbert Sixta who leads the development of Ioncell-F.
Towards more efficient gene therapy by investigating interactions of polyelectrolytes
A recent thesis investigated the interactions of charged polymers in salt solution.
A maker of better materials
Professor Tanja Kallio develops ecological, safe and affordable materials for batteries and electrocatalysts.
A process revolutionising cotton recycling wins the H&M Global Change Award
The Ioncell-Fâ„¢ process adapted for the conversion of waste-cotton into new textile was awarded as one of five winners among 2,700 proposals.
Professor Metal
Mari Lundström wants to recover and reuse metals. She approaches her task with a steely resolve.
Critical catalyst materials research receives funding from Horizon 2020
The research aims to provide alternatives to critical metals used in certain chemical reactions and energy conversions.
Aalto University researchers successful in the competition for ERC funding
Aalto has succeeded exceedingly well in obtaining funding from the EU framework programme.
Luxury fibre from recycled cardboard
Prize-winning spinning method can reduce the environmental hazards of textile production.
Aalto University awarded The European Paper Recycling Award 2015
The Ioncell-F process is based on the use of a so-called ionic liquid to dissolve cellulosic waste material without the addition of toxic chemicals.
DNA-based nanodevices for molecular medicine
Self-assembled DNA nanostructures can be used in molecular-scale diagnostics and as smart drug-delivery vehicles.
It is all about water: thermal transitions in polyelectrolyte assemblies occur via a dehydration mechanism
Researchers have for the first time deduced the microscopic nature of the anomalous thermal transition that hydrated polyelectrolyte assemblies bear.
Helsinki Scientific Award to Professor Maarit Karppinen
Professor Maarit Karppinen is one of the leading researchers of functional oxide materials in the world.
Assistant Professor Mauri Kostiainen received Young Researcher Award
Kostiainen's work is dynamically new, creative and significant from the perspective of technological development.
Professor Orlando Rojas received 2015 Nanotechnology Division Technical Award and IMERYS Prize
TAPPI announced 2015 Nanotechnology Division Technical Award Winner