The Soft Matter Physics Group @MerkleInstitute led by Ulli Steiner.

Joined September 2017
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AMI Physics retweeted
11 May 2025
Congratulations to our newest @MerkleInstitute Dr., Cristina Prado Martinez (@Cris_WO_H, @AMI_Physics), for successfully defending her #PhD thesis, "Improving Copolymer-based Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries - Cellulose Reinforcement and Surface Engineering". Well done!
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AMI Physics retweeted
26 May 2025
Congrats to our newest @MerkleInstitute Dr., Viola Bauernfeind (@AMI_Physics), who has successfully defended her thesis "Exploring the Role of Disorder in Photonic Architectures in Longhorn Beetles". Well done and good luck with your next career steps! #physics #bioinspired
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AMI Physics retweeted
7 Apr 2025
Just out in the Journal of Polymer Science: a fresh article from @AMI_Physics and colleagues at the University of Stuttgart - Nanoporous Redox-Active Miktoarm Block Copolymer Templates onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #openaccess #research #polymers
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AMI Physics retweeted
5 Feb 2025
The call for abstracts for EUPOC 2025 - the EUropean POlymer Conference "MacroLight" (May 11-15, 2025) is now open. Join @AMI_Physics in Bertinoro, Italy, for this great event! aim.it/eupoc2025
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AMI Physics retweeted
18 Mar 2025
New @MerkleInstitute publication from @AMI_Physics and @AMI_PolyChemMat groups and colleagues in Italy!
New #openaccess @NCCRbioinspired article in the journal Nanoscale (@RoySocChem) from @AMI_PolyChemMat, @AMI_Physics (@unifr), and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia- One-pot synthesis of photonic microparticles doped with light-emitting quantum dots pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti…
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AMI Physics retweeted
16 Jan 2025
Coming up today @ 11:00 @MerkleInstitute: student seminars on macrophage-nanoparticle Interactions (Henry Lee, @AMIBioNano) and plasmonic double networks (Cédric Schumacher, @AMI_Physics). ami.swiss/en/seminars-news-e… #research #hybrid
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Beautiful work showcasing remote chirality transfer on low-dimensional #perovskites with broad implications!🧪Congratulations @ChoiseEfrc!🙌🏼 It has been a pleasure to highlight such an inspiring research @NatureChemistry with @GhewaAlsabeh & @MengqiongZ- exciting perspectives🧬🔸
News & views on our recent Nature Chemistry paper by Jovana V. Milić et. al. nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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AMI Physics retweeted
19 Dec 2024
Congratulations to @AMIBioNano's Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser (@brothenrut), who has been elected to the @SNSF Research Council! Read all the details here: ami.swiss/en/seminars-news-e… #research #funding
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AMI Physics retweeted
17 Dec 2024
Innovation: Two @MerkleInstitute projects have been awarded @SNSF Spark grants: @WederChristoph (@AMI_PolyChemMat) will investigate elastic liquid metal gels, while @DoderoAndrea (@AMI_Physics) will develop innovative #laser #materials ami.swiss/en/seminars-news-e…
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AMI Physics retweeted
9 Dec 2024
Come join us @MerkleInstitute (@unifr) to take part in an exciting European #research project! @AMIBioNano's @brothenrut has an opening for a #PhD student to assess the effects of low and zero-carbon fuels in lung-cell cultures. All the details here: bit.ly/AMI_open_positions
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Check out this fun and interesting research opportunity with our @MerkleInstitute neighbours! #internships #SwissResearch #AcademicTwitter
1 Dec 2024
Join us for one of the many projects available @MerkleInstitute @unifr. This is a great opportunity to get some hands-on experience in our labs with real-world, cutting-edge #research! #internships #summerexperience
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AMI Physics retweeted
If you're curious about how this beautiful beetle helps create complex nonlinear (SHG) photonic crystals, join me tomorrow at 8.30 am in room 208 on Hynes Level 2. #F24MRS @MerkleInstitute @NCCRbioinspired @AMI_Physics
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AMI Physics retweeted
4 Dec 2024
Coming up tomorrow @ 11:00 @MerkleInstitute @unifr - #seminar with Rachel Evans (@Cambridge_Uni): Photon conversion #materials for #photovoltaic & #imaging technologies ami.swiss/en/seminars-news-e… #research #materialsscience
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Shoutout to @DerekKiebala for spearheading this @NCCRbioinspired collaboration with @hes_so @StephenSchrettl and @CelineCalvino
3 Dec 2024
New @AMI_PolyChemMat paper just out, in collaboration with iPrint (@hes_so): multimaterial, mechanochromic #polymer films with pre-programmed stiffness profiles, made via #inkjet #printing of polymer inks containing a mechanochromic additive. link.springer.com/article/10…
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AMI Physics retweeted
1 Dec 2024
Join us for one of the many projects available @MerkleInstitute @unifr. This is a great opportunity to get some hands-on experience in our labs with real-world, cutting-edge #research! #internships #summerexperience
Once again, @NCCRbioinspired is happy to announce the annual open call for applications to its ever-popular Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program. Applications are open between December 1, 2024, and January 20, 2025. Get all the details here: bit.ly/URI_2025
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It was a fantastic experience to combine my passions for art and science in this project. Many thanks to all those who supported us on this journey. My and Claudia Christen's exhibit is on display @MerkleInstitute until 8th December - come and check it out!
11 Nov 2024
Our NanoARTs evening @MerkleInstitute on November 8 was a great success. A big shout-out to our 3 exceptional artist-scientist tandems for their amazing work! Many thanks to everyone who helped out and to all of you who could make it! #ProHelvetia #outreach #arts #science
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AMI Physics retweeted
13 Nov 2024
Coming up tomorrow @MerkleInstitute @ 11:00 : #seminar with Laura Hendriks (HEIA-FR) - The when of colour: tailored radiocarbon analysis of natural organic #dyes and #pigments in #heritage science ami.swiss/en/seminars-news-e… #research
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AMI Physics retweeted
The #NanoARTS program by Pro Helvetia & @MerkleInstitute launched in 2022, paired artists & scientists like Prof. Alke Fink and designer Ivo Goette, who presented “Bigger Picture” last Friday. Missed it? Join our upcoming #VR workshop!
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AMI Physics retweeted
8 Nov 2024
Final preparations for the NanoARTS exhibition @MerkleInstitute @unifr are done! Kicking off events in a few minutes - come and meet our 3 art-science tandems! #arts #science #PorHelvetia ami.swiss/en/education/nanoa…
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Glad to meet the network built through winter schools and PhD again at @Falling_Walls @FW_FST @VignoliniLab and @AMI_Physics @MerkleInstitute ! @Bruns_Lab only missing you!
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