Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF in collaboration with scientists from Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), Georgia Institute of Technology (US), KAUST (Saudi Arabia) and University of Heidelberg (Germany) have demonstrated …
Wim Noorduin starts new research group on Self-Organizing Matter
As of August 1st, Wim Noorduin has been appointed as AMOLF group leader. Noorduin is the second group leader hired in the Designer Matter group, a recently started line of …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
