20 May 2024
WISE to launch WISE industry networking event
With the intention to make this an annual event we now introduce the meeting place for Swedish industry and the WISE community.
17 Aug 2023
Yury is one of our speakers at the Welcome Meeting conference, August 28-30.
Yury Gogotsi is a Distinguished University Professor and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Endowed Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He also serves as Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute.
He has received numerous awards for his research including the Ceramic Prize from the World Academy of Ceramics, the Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in the Chemistry of Materials, etc. He has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the World Academy of Ceramics, the European Academy of Sciences, and many professional societies. He holds honorary doctorates from several European Universities.
When are you planning to visit Sweden?
-My next visit to Sweden is planned for the end of August 2023, when I will be attending the WISE Welcome meeting. I’ll visit again in mid-November 2023 to serve as an official opponent on a Ph.D. defense at Linköping University. A longer visit is planned for 2024.
Are there any research activities planned?
-We have already published a couple of joint papers with my colleagues at Linköping University, who are European leaders in research on MXenes -a large and quickly growing family of two-dimensional carbides and nitrides that we discovered with my colleagues and students at Drexel University more than a decade ago. I look forward to expanding our highly productive collaboration with the WISE team members and I envision organizing a workshop on MXenes in Sweden. I hope to get a chance to visit all 6 universities involved in the WISE program.
Can you tell us about your own research?
-My research is currently focused on Mxenes, which are nanometer-thin 2D flakes with extreme strength, high electrical conductivity, and the ability to strongly interact with electromagnetic waves across the entire spectrum, from ultraviolet and visible light to radio waves. MXenes can potentially be used in applications ranging from photonics to cancer treatment, to shielding electronics from electromagnetic noise and protecting people from harmful strong fields to printable antennas and flexible/wearable electronics. In my lab, we work on discovering new MXenes and MAX phase precursors, decreasing the cost and improving the safety of MXene synthesis (looking for more sustainable manufacturing processes), exploring properties of MXenes, and developing applications (usually, in collaboration with experts in specific fields). We look forward to new exciting discoveries coming from our collaboration with Swedish researchers!
Could you share your thoughts on the challenges materials science faces to promote a sustainable society?
-Materials manufacturing is a major source of environmental pollution (think of the mining and steel industry) and this is a major challenge for us. Materials we produce for our needs also create waste and pollution (think of packaging and microplastics), if they are not degradable and cannot be recycled. By developing nanomaterials and miniaturizing devices, we can decrease the total volume of manufactured materials. By replacing toxic elements (for example, cadmium and lead) with more benign ones, such as titanium and zinc, we can minimize the negative impact on humans and the environment. Recycling and environmental degradability will be increasingly important and should be considered when developing new materials for a sustainable society. Materials are not a cause of the problem – they are a solution.
20 May 2024
With the intention to make this an annual event we now introduce the meeting place for Swedish industry and the WISE community.
17 May 2024
Michael Busch: On a mission to identify catalysts that replace environmentally harmful materials.
16 May 2024
Prior to joining WISE, Jessica Andersson gained valuable experience as a communications and PR consultant, working in the UK and Stockholm and Linköping. In 2022, Jessica began her journey with WISE as a Communications Officer.
14 May 2024
On 26–27 August it is time to welcome our new PhD students and Postdocs at the internal event, WISE Welcome Meeting 2024.
13 May 2024
WISE takes great pride in showcasing our distinguished researchers, and today, we are happy to introduce Professor Patric Jannasch from the Centre for Analysis and Synthesis at Lund University.
24 Apr 2024
Peter got his PhD degree in applied physics from Linköping university in the 90’s. After getting his degree he worked for 28 years in industry and at research institutes, mainly with thin film processes for electronic devices.
19 Apr 2024
In a scientific breakthrough, researchers have successfully produced a sheet of gold that is only one atomic layer thick: goldene. The discovery stems from a collaborative effort from Linköping University, including Professor Lars Hultman and Professor Johanna Rosén, both WISE researchers. Their findings are published in the journal Nature Synthesis.
19 Apr 2024
WISE will be investing up to 90 million SEK over the course of the entire program period (2022-2033) in the WISE Guest Professor program.
Picture taken by Peter Holgersson.
10 Apr 2024
WISE researcher, Maryna Pankratova, based at Uppsala University is organizing an engaging seminar series titled “Machine Learning meets Materials Science”. This initiative is connected to the WISE-WASP project call.
9 Apr 2024
Erica Zeglio: looking at ways to simplify and increase the sustainability of materials and fabrication processes for organic bioelectronics.
5 Apr 2024
Paula Sebastian Pasqual: a material scientist passionate about developing copper catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction.
2 Apr 2024
WISE takes pride in featuring our distinguished researchers, and this time we are happy to introduce Glib Baryshnikov, Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) at Linköping University.
20 Mar 2024
As the former chair of the WISE board and the current executive director of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Sara Mazur reflects on the achievements of WISE and contemplates the future challenges that lie ahead.
19 Mar 2024
The successful event took part at Clarion Hotel Post 14-15 March in Gothenburg and had an encouraging attendance from academia and industry with over 200 participants.
19 Mar 2024
-This conference is of special interest for WISE researchers that work with developing sustainable materials and materials for environmental remediation because the detection and characterisation of hazardous chemicals will be of focus here, explains Anneli Kruve, Associate Professor at Stockholm University and WISE researcher.
13 Mar 2024
Professor Anders Nilsson is one of the prominent speakers at the WISE Dialogue in Gothenburg, Sweden on 14-15 March. He recently returned from the United States, where he was honored with the Earle K. Plyler Prize from the American Physical Society for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics.
12 Mar 2024
Eva is the vice President of Materials & Package at Tetra Pak and will talk about material innovation and research.
11 Mar 2024
WISE is proud to announce the first Summer School on Additive Manufacturing. The school is organized by the WISE Additive Research and Technology Platform, involving all three nodes – Uppsala University, Chalmers University of Technology, and Linköping University.
7 Mar 2024
Linnea is the Manager for Sustainable Material Strategy within Volvo Cars’ Global Sustainability Team
6 Mar 2024
Originally from Germany, Associate Professor Ute Cappel has spent most of her academic career between the United Kingdom and Sweden. Now, she is back in Sweden and has recently started a new position as WISE Fellow at Uppsala University. Scheduled to present her research at the upcoming WISE Dialogue on March 14-15, Dr. Cappel brings a wealth of expertise on solar cells to the Dialogue.
27 Feb 2024
We are happy to introduce Annika Ölme, one of our speakers at the WISE Dialogue conference, March 14-15.
26 Feb 2024
The climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time and it is more urgent than ever to develop sustainable materials fast.
24 Feb 2024
The WISE Dialogue is well known for featuring distinguished speakers. Among the esteemed speakers at this year’s event is Dr. Andrea Taroni, Director of Submissions and Author Services at Springer Nature.
19 Feb 2024
WISE has recently announced the second call (ip2) for industrial PhD and postdoctoral research projects. We are now inviting industry representatives and principal investigators of the WISE partner universities to information webinars.
16 Feb 2024
On a mission to develop sustainable catalysts using synchrotron-based methods.
15 Feb 2024
In a recent article in the journal of Advanced Science, Erica Zeglio, a WISE Fellow at Stockholm University, alongside colleagues from the Royal Institute of technology and Stockholm University, achieved ground-breaking precision patterning of polymers at the microscale using high-throughput femtosecond direct laser writing.
13 Feb 2024
WISE is very proud to have outstanding professors participating in the program. In this occasion we are happy to introduce Assistant Professor Nara Kim at Linköping University.
Picture taken by Thor Balkhed at Linköping University.
13 Feb 2024
It is soon time for our second WISE Dialogue. This annual event is devoted to the WISE community, as well as representatives from industry and society, and will take place in Gothenburg on March 14-15.
12 Feb 2024
Tetra Pak and Lund University explore ways to reduce carbon footprint of packaging materials.
8 Feb 2024
In a recent Correspondence to Nature Materials, WISE-affiliated researchers urge scholars to expand the envelope of sustainability and circularity in Materials Science research with a systematic perspective.