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Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials

The Laboratory for Multifunctional Materials was established in 2007 in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich. We are an international team of chemists, physicists and materials scientists working on the wet-chemical synthesis of a broad range of functional materials for possible applications in energy storage and conversion, sensing, optics, and (photo)catalysis. In particular, we are specialized on the nonaqueous synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles.

The various research areas are supervised by the senior researchers in the group:

Prof. Dr. Markus Niederberger

Prof. Dr. Walter Caseri

Prof. Dr. Peter Johann Walde

Dr. Dipan Kundu

Dr. Alessandro Lauria

Multimat Highlights

15.11.2019

New paper by Xi

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Xi's work on stretchable Li-ion batteries is published in Advanced Materials.

15.11.2019

New paper by Haijian

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Our former group member Haijian publishes together with Markus his review on pseudocapacitive materials and non-aqueous hybrid capacitors in Nanoscale.

15.11.2019

New paper by Haijian

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The work of our former member Haijian about a new cathode material for fast Li-ion storage recently appeared in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

15.11.2019

New paper by Erlantz

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Our former guest Erlantz published his work on chiral nematic structures composed of black titania in Advanced Functional Materials.

15.11.2019

New paper by Long

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Our former member Long publishes his work on layered cobald hydrotalcite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 

15.11.2019

New paper by Marco

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Marco publishes his work about new poly(phenylene methylene)-based co-polymers for corrosion protection in Applied Science (MDPI).

26.09.2019

Xi's work featured on ETH news

Strechable battery

Xi's work on stretchable batteries was featured on the ETH news and attracted a lot of attention from newspapers, magazines and news channels. Congratulations!

10.09.2019

New paper by Christian

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Christian publishes in collaboration with our former guest Erlantz his work on cellulose based single ion conductors for Li-ion batteries in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

09.09.2019

New paper by Long

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Long published his work about Ta2O5 aerogels for Li+ and Na+ storage in Electrochimica Acta.

09.09.2019

PhD defense Xi

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Xi successfully defended his PhD on "Materials Development and Design Integration Towards a Stretchable Lithium-Ion Battery". Congratulations!

25.07.2019

PhD defense Haijian

Haijian

Haijian successfully defended his PhD on "Pseudocapacitive Materials for High-power Li+/Na+ Storage" - Congratulations!

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