• Metamaterial undermines 250-year-old construction principles

    Researchers from the Mechanical Metamaterials group have demonstrated how a rubber beam subjected to less pressure bends faster.This behaviour defies our expectations and appears to undermine the centuries-old bending laws.

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  • Veni grant for Corentin Coulais

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded a Veni grant to Corentin Coulais for his proposal on Aperiodic Mechanical Metamaterials. Coulais is postdoc in the group Mechanical Metamaterials. In …

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  • Huib Bakker interim director of AMOLF

    Huib Bakker has been appointed as interim director of AMOLF as of September 1st 2015. Bakker knows AMOLF well; he carried out his doctorate research at AMOLF and since 2003 …

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  • Designer Matter Workshop

    From June 22nd until June 24th the new research field of Designer Matter organized a workshop at AMOLF bringing together exciting work in the physics, engineering and design communities. The …

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  • SOLARDAM – Amsterdam solar energy initiative started

    The solar energy research network SOLARDAM has received its first research grant.The 1 M€ grant from the Amsterdam Academic Alliance (AAA) enables collaborative research between AMOLF, UvA, VU, and ECN …

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  • The molecular radio: tuning in to the signal of molecules

    Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF have developed an ultrasensitive technique to study the rapid motions of molecules in materials that are just a few molecules thick. The new technique allows …

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  • De moleculaire radio: afstemmen op het signaal van moleculen

    Onderzoekers van het FOM-instituut AMOLF hebben een ultragevoelige techniek ontwikkeld waarmee ze de razendsnelle bewegingen van moleculen kunnen bestuderen in materialen die slechts een paar moleculen dik zijn. Nu het …

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  • Nanoparticle coating eliminates reflection from glass

    Reflection of light off glass surfaces is a problem occurring in everyday life, and hinders the performance of solar panels, smart phone and tablet displays. Researchers from FOM institute AMOLF …

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  • FOM, NWO-ALW and Unilever jointly investigate the physical behaviour of everyday products

    On the 1st of June, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), NWO Earth and Life Sciences (ALW) and Unilever will start a strategic joint research programme into understanding …

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  • FOM, NWO-ALW en Unilever onderzoeken samen het fysische gedrag van alledaagse producten

    De Stichting FOM, NWO Aard- en Levenswetenschappen (ALW) en Unilever starten per 1 juni een gezamenlijk onderzoeksprogramma dat inzicht zal geven in hybride zachte materialen. De drie partijen zijn de …

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