Olli Ikkala
Aalto Distinguished Professor
              
            Aalto Distinguished Professor
                T304 Dept. Applied Physics
              Full researcher profile
                
              Email
                olli.ikkala@aalto.fi
              Phone number
                +358504100454
              Honors and awards
Finnish Science Award
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2023
      
      
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques
      Les Palmes académiques peuvent être accordées aux étrangers et aux Français résidant à l'étranger qui contribuent activement à l'expansion de la culture française dans le monde. Il faut avoir trente-cinq ans révolus pour être nommé chevalier.
    
    
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Nov 2018
      
      
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award
      The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of Germany in recognition of their lifetime's research achievements. Recipients are "academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge academic achievements in the future
    
    
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Nov 2019
      
      
IUPAC Conference Lecture 2013-2014 at Université de Montréal, Canada, March 12, 2014
          
        Award or honor granted for a specific work
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2014
      
      
The 2008 Aggarwal Lecture, Cornell University (USA), May 20-21, 2008
          
        Award or honor granted for a specific work
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2008
      
      
The Order of the White Rose of Finland, Knight of First Class from President of Finland
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2010
      
      
Awarded Center of Excellency of Academy of Finland 2014-2019 (PI)
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2014
      
      
Academy professor of Academy of Finland 2012-2016
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2012
      
      
Academy professor of Academy of Finland 2005-2010
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2005
      
      
ERC Advanced Grant 2017-2021
          
        Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
      
              
        Department of Applied Physics
      
              
        Jan 2017
      
      
Research groups
- Molecular Materials, Senior Advisor
Publications
            
        Maria Heilala, Rita Turpin, Nikolaos Pahimanolis, None Nonappa, Olli Ikkala, Juha Klefström, Pauliina M. Munne
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
      
      
            
        Xichen Hu, Xianhu Liu, Olli Ikkala, Bo Peng
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Small Structures
      
      
            
        Xichen Hu, Xianhu Liu, Quan Xu, Olli Ikkala, Bo Peng
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        ACS Materials Letters
      
      
            
        Jiahui Kang, Jan Kloppenburg, Jiali Sheng, Zhenyu Xu, Kristoffer Meinander, Hua Jiang, Zhong Peng Lv, Esko I. Kauppinen, Qiang Zhang, Xi Chen, Milla Vikberg, Olli Ikkala, Miguel A. Caro, Bo Peng
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        ACS Catalysis
      
      
            
        Chen Liang, Volodymyr Dudko, Olena Khoruzhenko, Xiaodan Hong, Zhong-Peng Lv, Isabell Tunn, Muhammad Umer, Jaakko Timonen, Markus Linder, Josef Breu, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Nature Materials
      
      
            
        Zhen Lin, Xiaoqi Cui, Xiaodan Hong, Olli Ikkala, Bo Peng
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Small
      
      
            
        Sebastian Loescher, Chen Liang, Remi Plamont, Josef Breu, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Soft Matter
      
      
            
        Henri Savolainen, Negar Hosseiniyan, Mario Piedrahita-Bello, Olli Ikkala
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Nature Communications
      
      
            
        Meng Shen, Shengwu Deng, Haotian Pi, Zheng Ren, Yue Zhu, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang, Chuanxiang Qin, Si Cheng
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Small Structures
      
      
            
        Jiali Sheng, Jiahui Kang, Pan Jiang, Kristoffer Meinander, Xiaodan Hong, Hua Jiang, Olli Ikkala, Hannu Pekka Komsa, Bo Peng, Zhong Peng Lv
      
              
        2025
      
                  
        Small
      
      
 
           
           
           
           
           
          