Scientists create new lead-free piezoelectric materials

EPFL researchers have discovered that gadolinium-doped cerium oxide, a compound they created in the lab, could be a promising alternative to certain piezoelectric materials: it has the same proprieties yet may be 100 times more effective. It’s also lead-free, unlike the best piezoelectric materials, which means that it could be employed in bio-compatible medical applications. ...
Marianne Liebi receives an award from the HZB association

Professor Marianne Liebi from the School of Engineering has been awarded the Innovation Prize for Synchrotron Radiation 2021 by the association of Friends of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB).Professor Marianne Liebi from the School of Engineering has been awarded the Innovation Prize for Synchrotron Radiation 2021 by the association of Friends of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). ...
Sylvie Roke and Aleksandra Radenovic Elected Fellow of the Optica

Professor Sylvie Roke, head of the Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP) at EPFL’s School of Engineering, and professor Aleksandra Radenovic, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology (LBEN), have been elected Fellow Member of the Optical Society (Optica) at the Society’s recent Board of Directors meeting (Click to read on)… ...