Highlights
Päivi Törmä appointed Academy Professor
The results of Törmä’s work are expected to pave the way to the development of room temperature superconductors.
Physics award to Jukka Pekola
Professor Jukka Pekola received the physics award of Prof. Theodor Homén at the annual celebration of The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letter.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship awarded to study flat-band superconductivity
This Fellowship was awarded to theoretically explore the concept of flat bands as a means to achieve high-temperature superconductivity.
Aalto University research project on quantum technology awarded a seven-figure grant
The European Research Council has awarded Docent Mikko Möttönen the two-million-euro Consolidator Grant for a five-year research project.
Presentation of professor: Sebastiaan van Dijken
Sebastiaan van Dijken is a Professor at the Department of Applied Physics and the leader of the Nanomagnetism and Spintronics research group.
Maxwell’s demon as a self-contained, information-powered refrigerator
Scientists created a nano-scale device that may facilitate the design of future computers, for example.
Born to be a physicist
As a child, Professor Mika Sillanpää used to devour books on particle physics and was a big fan of stars.
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.
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.
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.
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.