News & Events

June 2013

Our research about Living surfaces, i.e. polymer sandwiches that incorporate functional living organisms, was covered in an article by the US magazine Science News for Kids (SNK), a publication of the 'Society for Science & the Public (SSP)'.

Link to the magazine article: Wanted: 'Smart' cleaners. 

Link to the latest research article (Gerber et al., 2012).

May 2013

SOLA 2013: The FML Runners reached the sensational 126th final rank out of 878 teams! This is the best classification the FML team ever had! 

Link to the pictures and single rankings

April 2013

New spin-off founded. Novamem Advanced Separations makes dialysis fast and easy! 

March 2013

The paper of Daniela Paunescu et al. was accepted and published by 'Angewandte Chemie International Edition'. Besides the publication also a cover page proposal for the corresponding journal issue was accepted! 

Article:

'Protection and Deprotection of DNA—High-Temperature Stability of Nucleic Acid Barcodes for Polymer Labeling'
Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 15, 4269 - 4272

Scientific coverage:

• Highlighted in Nature, 495, 285 (2013): Protecting DNA in silica 'amber'

Media coverage:

• BBC - UK - Apr. 1, 2013
  

February 2013

23^rd - 24^th February: EU-ITN network Mag(NET)icFUN kick-off meeting in Barcelona. Click here for details.

January 2013

10^th January: Snow shoe hiking lab event on the wonderful Alp Sellamatt located in the Toggenburg region (East Switzerland). Click here for the best pictures!

December 2012

Genuine-ID, which is part of the FML spin-off Turbobeads under the lead of Robert Grass, has developed a "paternity test" to detect forged products based on DNA-containing SiO₂-nanoparticles.

Read the corresponding articles in:

• 20 Minuten (5^th Dec 2012)
• ETH Life (5^th Dec 2012)

November 2012

The paper of Lukas Gerber about the "Incorporation of penicillin-producing fungi into living materials to provide chemically active and antibiotic-releasing surfaces" (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 11293–11296 (2012)) is featured in the December issue of Nature Chemistry as 'Research Highlight'! Link

October 2012

Now published online and additionally featured on the cover of the Oct. 9 issue of the journal Advanced Materials, the publication of Aline Rotzetter et al.:

'Thermoresponsive Polymer Induced Sweating Surfaces as an Efficient Way to Passively Cool Buildings' 
Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 5352–5356

Scientific coverage:

• Highlighted in Nature, 480, 180 (2012): 'Hydrogel makes buildings sweat'
• Featured in RSC Chemistry World, September 2012: 'Sweaty buildings cool themselves'
  

Media coverage:

• Discovery News - USA - Oct. 2, 2012
  
• 20 Minuten - Switzerland - Oct. 2, 2012
  
• Schweizer Fernsehen, Tagesschau - Switzerland - Oct. 2, 2012
• ETH Life - Switzerland - Oct. 2, 2012
  

August 2012

Covered on the 'News and Views' page from Nature Nanotechnology:
'Persistence of engineered nanoparticles in a municipal solid-waste incineration plant'
Link

May 2012

New publication about 'Persistence of engineered nanoparticles in a municipal solid-waste incineration plant' now online as an advanced online publication in Nature Nanotechnology
Link

May 2012

ICB meets ICB on May 23rd! Please register now!
Registration

March 2012

Featured in RSC Chemistry World, News, March 2012:
Phosphate starvation as an antimicrobial strategy: the controllable toxicity of lanthanum oxide nanoparticles.
Link

February 2012

Newsletter der Universität Zürich berichtet über magnetische Nanopartikel zur Blutreinigung- Dr. Inge Herrmann gab dazu Auskunft.
Link

February 2012

The Swiss television show “Einstein” aired a documentation about an alternative approach to treat deep carious lesions with advanced particles based on the so called “Bioglass”.

Link

January 2012

The publication 'Incorporating microorganisms into polymer layers provides bio-inspired functional living materials' by Gerber et. al. was featured in Science as Editors' Choice.
Science, 335, 6066 (2012)

January 2012

Featured on the cover in the Jan. 3 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America:
Incorporating microorganisms into polymer layers provides bioinspired functional living materials.

PNAS Publication

Media Coverage

• Discover Magazine - USA - Jan., 2012
• Discovery News - USA - Jan. 6, 2012
• Membrana.ru - Russia - Jan. 10, 2012
• Pavlo News - Ukraine - Jan. 11, 2012
• Scix - Italy - Jan. 9, 2012
• feelGreen.de - Germany - Dec. 30, 2011
• Scientias.nl - Holland - Jan. 10, 2012
• Physorg.com - England - Jan. 9, 2012
• The Globe and Mail - Canada - Jan. 03, 2012
• Engadget - Germany - Dec. 25, 2011
• Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait - Dec. 22, 2011
• Hamburger Abendblatt - Germany - Dec. 22, 2011
• Krone - Austria- Dec. 22, 2011
• Wienerzeitung - Austria - Dec. 22, 2011
• ETH Life - Switzerland - Dec. 22, 2011
• Schweizer Fernsehen, Tagesschau - Switzerland - Dec. 22, 2011
• Laborpraxis - Germany - Dec. 22, 2011
• Schweizerbauer - Switzerland - Dec. 22, 2011
• NPR, The Salt - USA - Jan. 05, 2012
• Blick am Abend - Switzerland - Dec. 22, 2011
  
  

November 2011

New spin-off from ETH Zurich and University Zurich, Center for Dental Medicine.
SMARTODONT develops novel materials for dental applications.

October 2011

ICB meets ICB!
ICB meeting on the 5th October 6pm.

September 2011

Congratulation!
Christoph Kellenberger won the Alan Cussens Memorial Award 2011 at the European Aerosol Conference in Manchester (UK).

Mai 2011

3sat berichtet über Nano-Magnete räumen Gifte aus dem Blut- Dr. Inge Herrmann gab dazu Auskunft.
Link

Mai 2011

Swiss Society for Biomaterials (SSB) Konferenz in Yverdon les Bains:
Nora Hild und Oleksandr Stepuk gewinnen den SSB Annual Meeting Student Award.

Link

April 2011

3. April im Bayerischen Fernsehen:
Nano-Medizin: Kleine Teilchen mit großer Wirkung

Link

March 2011

'Teure Infektionen bei Zahnimplantaten': Artikel/ Interview Tagesanzeiger- Dirk Mohn gab dazu Auskunft.

Link zum Artikel

Link zum Interview

Februar 2011

ICB meets ICB!
ICB meeting on the 21st February 6pm.

Januar 2011

Quadrant Award 2011

Dr. Norman Lüchinger won the 2nd Price of the Quadrant Award.

Dr. Norman Lüchinger is currently in charge for the materials development at Nanograde, a spin-off company of the ETH which he co-founded during his PhD.

Press Release

Januar 2011

Die Klasse 2.D1 aus Gambach besuchte die ETH und nahm den Nano-Forschungspreis entgegen.
Fotos

November 2010

Herzliche Gratulation

Die Klasse 2.D1 aus Gambach hat den Nano-Forschungspreis gewonnen und wird im Januar die ETH besuchen.

Oktober 2010

Interview im Radio Köln Campus
Dr. Alexander Schätz gab Auskunft über Nanopartikel und deren Anwendungsgebiete.
Link zum Interview

September 2010

«Chancen und Risiken der Nanotechnologie»

Schaffhauser Nachrichten interviewt Wendelin Stark zum Thema Chancen und Risiken der Nanotechnologie.
Link zum Artikel

September 2010

ILMAC
An der ILMAC, der grossen Industriemesse für die Pharma-, Chemie- und Biotech-Branche in Basel, diskutierten Fachleute über die Zukunft von Plastik und Kunststoffen.
Link zur SRDRS Sendung

September 2010

Nanomagnets in Finnland
Link 

September 2010

Preisausschreiben für Mittelschulen
Das Functional Materials Laboratory der ETH Zürich hat einen Nano-Forschungspreis für Mittelschüler ausgeschrieben. Einsendeschluss ist der 24. September 2010.

Nanoforschungspreis Flyer

September 2010

ETH Zurich Industry Day

Das Functional Materials Laboratory der ETH Zürich wird am Industry Day teilnehmen.

Industry Day

August 2010

Japan – ETH Symposium

Besuch aus Japan anlässlich eines zweitägigen Symposiums sowie eines kulturellen Austauschs.

Dr. Ko Higashitani (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Univ)
Dr. Jun Oshitani (Associate Professor, Okayama Univ)
Dr. Shitaro Morisada (Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Tech)
Dr. Hiroyuki Shinto (Lecturer, Kyoto Univ)
Dr. Shuji Fujii (Associate Professor, Osaka Institute of Tech)
Dr. Kenji Iimura (Associate Professor, Univ. of Hyogo)
Dr. Satoshi Watanabe (Assistant Professor, Kyoto Univ)
Dr. Naoyuki Ishida (Researcher, Advanced Industrial Science & Tech)
Dr. Tanoue (Associate Professor, Yamaguchi Univ)
Dr. Kenichi Kurumada (Professor, Fukushima National College of Technology)
Dr. Tetsuya Yamamoto (Assistant Professor, Hiroshima Univ)
Dr. Yasushige Mori (Professor, Doshisha Univ)
Dr. Cathy McNamee (Assistant Professor, Shinshu Univ)
Dr. Keizo Nakagawa (Lecturer, Tokushima Univ)

Foto: Ausflug

Juli 2010

Spotlight on Nanowerk: Nanomagnets remove pathogens from blood

Artikel

Juni 2010

Knochenwolle
20 Minuten berichtet über 'die schnellere Heilung dank der Knochenwolle', die in der Gruppe Stark (FML ETH Zürich) entwickelt wurde.

Artikel 20 Minuten

Mai 2010

International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers: 2nd poster price

Roland Fuhrer von der Gruppe Stark (FML, ETH)  gewann den zweiten Posterpreis an der 'International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers' in Rostock, Deutschland.

Mai 2010

Neue Toxizität Studie

Nanopartikel Cytoxizität hängt von der intracellulären Löslichkeit ab.

Publikation:Nanoparticle cytotoxicity depends on intracellular solubility: Comparison of stabilized copper metal and degradable copper oxide nanoparticles

October 2009

A New Attraction:A few chemical companies are combining chemistry and magnetics

Article in C&EN discussing magnetic separation and featuring TurboBeads.

August 2009

Danaergeschenk für Mikroben

Der deutsche Radiosender "Deutschlandfunk" bringt einen Bericht über die hochwirksamen antimikrobiellen Oberflächen, die in der Gruppe Stark (FML ETH Zürich) entwickelt wurden.

Sendung als Text und MP3

January 2009

Folienbeschichtung als Bakterienkiller:

In der Sendung "Einstein" des Schweizer Fernsehens erscheint ein Bericht über die antibakteriellen Nanopartikel, die am FML entwickelt wurden. Die Erfindung, die zur Zeit schon grosstechnisch umgesetzt wird, wird ausgehend vom Herstellungsprozess der Nanopartikel über die Weiterverarbeitung bis hin zum Endprodukt vorgestellt.
Video

December 2008

Nanotechnologie: BAG und BAFU lancieren Vorsorgeraster für Industrie und Forschung

Bern, 03.12.2008 - Ein Vorsorgeraster für synthetische Nanomaterialien soll Industrie und Gewerbe ein strukturiertes Vorgehen zum Erkennen möglicher Risiken im Umgang mit synthetischen Nanomaterialien ermöglichen. Nach einer Testphase von einem Jahr soll der Vorsorgeraster aufgrund der Erfahrungen optimiert und den Bedürfnissen der Anwender angepasst werden.

September 2008

Prof. Stark was Co-chair of the 2nd International Conference on Nanotoxicology (Zurich).

August 2008

High media response from the highly self-sterilizing surfaces published by Loher et al. (ETH media release, foodnavigator). The new polymer surfaces are supposed to be applied in food packaging, hospitals, sanitary facilities, conveyor belts and more. 

see scientific reference:

S. Loher, O. D. Schneider, T. Maienfisch, S. Bokorny, W. J. Stark, Microorganism-Triggered Release of Silver Nanoparticles from Biodegradable Oxide Carriers allows Preparation of Self-Sterilizing Polymer Surfaces, Small, (2008),
DOI: 10.1002/SMLL.200800047

feature article in Materials Views (June)

The functional nanoparticles used in the self-sterilizing surfaces can be ordered from the company Nanograde LLC (www.nanograde.net)

July 2008

New ETH-spinoff Nanograde GmbH was officially founded on July 10. The new startup company intends to provide customized nanoparticles to R&D worldwide.

May 2008

Prof. Stark on 'Radio svizzera' (discussione di nanotecnologia). Discussion about nanotechnology.

MP3-files: Part 1, Part 2

April 2008

The federal council of Switzerland (Bundesrat) has authorized the action plan "Synthetic Nanomaterials". The basework was developed in parts by Prof. Stark (C. Meili, M. Widmer, F.  Husmann, P. Gehr, F. Blank, M. Riediker, K. Schmid, L. Limbach, W. Stark, Synthetische Nanomaterialien: Risikobeurteilung und Risikomanagement. Grundlagenbericht zum Aktionsplan. Umwelt-Wissen Nr. 0721. Bundesamt für Umwelt und Bundesamt für Gesundheit, Bern. 284 S. (2007).
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March 2008

Top paper in Environmental Science & Technology about Nanoparticle exposures:

“Exposure of Engineered Nanoparticles to Human Lung Epithelial Cells: Influence of Chemical Composition and Catalytic Activity on Oxidative Stress” by Ludwig K. Limbach, Robert N. Grass, and Wendelin J. Stark, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich); and Peter Wick, Pius Manser, and Arie Bruinink, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), 2007, 41 (11), 4158–4163.

November 2007

The first FML brochure entitled "Market Oriented Research" is now available online.
It includes general information on the group as well as research interests and more.
download

October 2007

FML has launched a blog, please visit http://fml-live.blogspot.com for more News and Podcasts!

Licensing opportunity for the implant material "Bone Cotton Wool", published on websites of ETH transfer and Swiss Association of Technology Transfer Professionals (swiTT).

Synthetische Nanomaterialien: Risikobeurteilung und Risikomanagement. Grundlagenbericht zum Aktionsplan. Umwelt-Wissen Nr. 0721. Bundesamt für Umwelt und Bundesamt für Gesundheit, Bern.
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September 2007

Oral and poster presentations of FML research at 2 international conferences:
European Aerosol Conference 2007 in Salzburg, Austria
European Society for Biomaterials 2007 in Brighton, UK

Feature article on publication about nano-Portland cement by Halim et al. in Nanotechnology:
nanotechweb.org
nanowerk.com

Feature article on magnetic separation technology appearing on nanowerk.com

July 2007

FML social event: Fishing at the Wägitaler See with Urs Krebs, our fishing instructor

June 2007

Oral and poster presentations at the 2nd MRC Graduate Symposium at ETH Zurich

May 2007

Incorporation of ETH-spinoff Turbobeads GmbH using technology based on nanomagnets.

April 2007

New publication by Limbach et al. on cellular oxidative stress caused by catalytic activities of nanoparticles in the journal Environmental Science and Technology
See Publications

This article is also covered in the "science news" section of the journal.
Read the news article

April 2007

Nanomagnets - covalently functionalized carbon coated cobalt

Air, acid and heat resistant metallic nanomagnets have been covalently functionalized and offer a new platform for magnetic chemistry.

Published by Grass et al. in Angewandte Chemie, see publications.

March 2007

Partec/POWTECH

Oral and poster presentations at Partec, the International Congress on Particle Technology in Nuremberg, Germany.
Visit our stand at the POWTECH, Halle 8/8-415 - more information