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What if ice could stick less to surfaces?
The paper “Icephobic Gradient Polymer Coatings Deposited via iCVD: A Novel Approach for Icing Control and Mitigation” by Gabriel Hernández Rodríguez, Mario Fratschko, Luca Stendardo, Carlo Antonini, Roland Resel, Anna Maria Coclite, which was published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, attracted the news attention! Follow the press release at the TU Graz Media Service
Anna goes back home!
From February 5th Anna was appointed as full professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Bari. The Department was declared excellent for the 5 years 2023-2027 by the Italian Government for the project QuaSiModO: Quantum Sensing and Modeling for One-Health. More updates on her research in this new-old environment will follow! Stay tuned…
TEDxVienna talk is now on TED channels!
Interested in Artificial skins? If yes, please take 10 minutes and watch this talk! Anna's TEDxVienna
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Gabriel wins the first place at the SciPrix 2023
With his photo titled “A cold, slow, and imminent fate" Gabriel won the first price of the scientific picture competition of TU Graz 2023.
In the picture, a drop of water is lying for more than 2 hours on a surface at -25°C. This was possible due to a nanometric anti-icing coating applied on the surface.
Find out more at www.surfice-itn.eu
Finalist for the AWS Phoenix award
Our project “Multisensitive smart skin” financed by the Austrian promotional bank (AWS) has been nominated among the finalists to be awarded for the 2023 Phoenix price for entrepreneurs! Follow the award ceremony at www.gruendungspreis-phoenix.at on October 3rd at 17:00.
Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2022!!!!
Our paper “Smart Core-Shell Nanostructures for Force, Humidity and Temperature Multi-Stimuli Responsiveness” was selected as editor’s pick and featured in the 'Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2022' virtual issue.
The Best of Advanced Materials Technologies 2022 presents the editors’ selection of outstanding articles published in 2022 by experts from all over the world. This collection covers a wide spectrum of topics, including soft robotics, wearable electronics, light emitters, energy harvesting and storage, tissue engineering, sensors, and many more. All articles will be free to read for a limited time.
Pint of Science - Graz 2023
On 24.3 our research on electronic skin was presented at the Pint of Science event “From Placenta to electronic skin: exploring the wonders of Medtech” Graz, Allee 11, which was held at Allee 11 in Graz. More info on the event can be found at https://pintofscience.at/event/from-placenta-to-electronic-skin-exploring-the-wonders-of-medtech
ERC Proof of Concept
May 2023 - The ERC Proof of Concept Grants give the possibility to test the exploitability of ideas born during one of the main ERC grants. Anna and her research group will use this opportunity to dive more into the Smart Skin device, find industrial partner and define a market strategy. More news at TU Graz media service or on local news papers, e.g. Der Standard.
Our research presented at “Der Ball der Technik 2023”
Important events require some … formal attire! It was the case for the latest Ball of TU Graz. Among other things, our research on electronic skin sensors was showcased. In the picture one can see Margherita holding the hand with the electronic skin sensors and Gabriel showing tattoo paper with printed electrodes for healthcare purposes.
Our paper highlighted in the “Women in Materials Science” virtual Issue!
The paper “Smart Core-Shell Nanostructures for Force, Humidity, and Temperature Multi-Stimuli Responsiveness” (https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202200246) will be included in a special collection hosted in Advanced Materials. With the words of the editorial team, the aim is “to draw attention to outstanding work within materials science and created under the lead of a female principal investigator. In this way, we would like to highlight the high impact research published in our top journals and to show that gender does not matter when it comes to great science.”
Our device is again on TV!
A short film was produced by P.M. Wissen and was broadcasted on Servus TV on 15.12.2022. If you miss it, the film is available also on the website https://www.pm-wissen.com/technik/v/aa-28wxj67pd2111/
TEDxVienna: Creating artificial skins
On October 8th, Anna was on stage at the Volkstheatre in Vienna, delivering a TED talk titled “Creating artificial skins”! The talk will be broadcasted on youTube early 2023. For the moment you can have a look at the highlights of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kpcblh1M_A&feature=youtu.be
Our device is on TV!
A TV Feature was produced by PULS-4 and will be broadcasted on their TV channel on 9.8.2022 at 19:15. If you miss it, the film is available also on the website https://www.puls4.com/tv/4lifechangers/staffel-6671231/4lifechangers-vom-09082022/hautnah-an-der-zukunft
Advanced Materials Technologies Frontispiece!
Our newest work on electronic skins embedded with temperature, humidity and pressure sensors was published and made it to the journal frontispiece! Congrats to Taher and all coauthors!! And many thanks to the European Research Council for the funds!
First artificial skin device
Our first artificial skin device was successfully built by Taher! You can read all about it in the paper on Advanced Materials Technologies! Thanks also to Barbara Stadlober (Joanneum research institute, Weiz) for the nice collaboration and the the ERC for the funds!
Student exchanges
This week we welcome a new visiting student Margherita Aghito from University of Milano Bicocca (Italy) and we wish all the best to Ville Lovikka from University of Helsinki (Finland) who was visiting us for the past two months! Each visit brings new questions, new visions and new challenges! We are very happy to host these exchanges!
Inventor certificates to Taher and Anna
TUGraz has awarded Taher and Anna with an inventor certificate, a bottle of wine and a cash prize (each!) for the disclosure of an invention titled “Combination of a piezoelectric and a hydrogel in core-shell structure, which is capable of temperature, humidity and pressure sensing” based on the results of the ERC project “SmartCore”.
WKO Scholarship awarded to Jasmin (December 2020)
The Master thesis of Jasmin on “Development of anti-sticking coating of micro- and nanostructured substrates prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition” has been awarded by the WKO-Steirermark for its applicability to industry.
Science Slam Presentation
On 24 Nov, Katrin presented her project on sweat sensor tattoo at the Science Slam Graz (Video). She was selected as the best presentation and participated also to the Science Slam Austria finals on 27.11!
Journal cover and Editor’s choice!
Fabian’s paper on “Applicability of Vapor-Deposited Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Thin Films in Ultrafast Humidity Sensors/Actuators” was chosen as Editor’s Choice and was accepted for the journal supplementary cover!
AVS Shop Note Award 2019
The Vacuum Technology Division of the American Vacuum Society (AVS), awarded the paper, Universal software for the real-time control of sequential processing techniques, Pilz, Tazreiter, Coclite, published on J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 37(6), Nov/Dec 2019, with the AVS Shop Notes prize for 2019.
Each year, the executive committee of the AVS Vacuum Technology Division awards this prize to the authors who published the best Shop Note in the Journals (A or B) of Vacuum Science & Technology.
14.1.2020 Katrin was also nominated among the “Köpfe des Jahres 2019” (“VIP” of the year 2019) in the category “Science and Economy” by the Kleine Zeitung (a Graz newspaper). The news item about her (see link below) was among the most voted in 2019!
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In collaboration with the Austrian UNESCO Commission (ÖUK) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) L’OREAL Österreich awards scholarships to young researchers. Katrin Unger was awarded a scholarship to develop PH sensors that are intended to be placed on the skin of a person with a temporary tattoo.
Fabian will spend 5 months (October2019-March 2020) at Drexel University, Philadelphia, in the group of Kenneth Lau to perform research on Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition for the synthesis of a composite material made of PEDOT and PSS spheres for piezoelectric applications.
Julian will spend 6 months (September 2019-March 2020) at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, in the group of Mark Losego to perform research on vapor phase infiltration.
Their research stays will be funded by the Marshall Plan.
WKO Scholarship awarded to Clarissa (November 2019)
The Master thesis of Clarissa on “Porosimetry set-up and study” has been awarded by the WKO-Steirermark for its applicability to industry.
Ein Ferienjob wie kein anderer
Hannah Kaspret verbrachte als FIT-Praktikantin den Sommer am Institut für Festkörperphysik der TU Graz und designte Blumenblätter aus Polydimenthylsiloxan, die auf Wasserdampf reagieren.
Start-up idea award to Anna (May 2018)
The Science Park Graz awarded Anna Maria Coclite within the Startup Idea Competition. Anna's idea was to create artificial skin that has similar temperature, pressure, and humidity perception as real skin. Together with the cash prize, she also got the opportunity to attend the Science Park Academy: a series of workshops to coach scientists in being entrepreneurs.
WKO Scholarship awarded to Sebastian (November 2018)
The Master thesis of Sebastian on “Development of humidity sensors based on hydrogels deposited by initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition” has been awarded by the WKO-Steirermark for its applicability to industry.
Marshall Plan Scholarship for Paul (February 2018)
Paul will spend 6 months at MIT in the group of Karen Gleason to perform research on Oxidative and initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition for the Synthesis of Sulfonated Polymer Electrolyte Membranes. His research stay will be funded by the Marshall Plan.
WKO Scholarship awarded to Paul
The Master thesis of Paul on “Designing actuator arrays based on thermo-responsive polymers by initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition” has been awarded by the WKO-Steirermark for its applicability to industry.
TEDxGraz talk on YouTube
Temperature, shapes, textures are only some of the things that can be felt with the sense of touch. How to recreate the cycle of information from the environment to the skin to an action mediated by the brain? Anna Maria Coclite will talk about how combining physics and chemistry can be used to create artificial skin for robots and humans.
ERC grant (Oct 2016)
Smart Core/shell nanorods arrays for artificial skin
IAAM Scientist Medal 2016 (Aug 2016)
Anna Maria Coclite won the IAAM Scientist Medal 2016, awarded by the International Association of Advanced Materials for her “notable and outstanding research in the Advanced Materials Science and Technology” (as written in the certificate). The award ceremony took place during the European Advanced Material Congress.
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Jul 2015)
Anna Maria Coclite was selected to participate to the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (as young scientist. The participation to this meeting is a one-time chance... unless you win a Nobel Prize!
WKO Scholarship awarded to Georg (Jan 2015)
Georg Urstöger won a scholarship from the Styrian Chamber of Commerce for his master thesis that has a strong bond to industrial research.
Marie Curie Fellowship awarded to Anna (May 2014)
Anna Maria Coclite was awarded a Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme. The fellowship funds top-class researchers from non-European Countries to work on projects in Europe.