Category: Publication

3.10.2024

Our new paper about azobenzene isomerisation in polymer thin films for hymidity sensing is out!

6 SPM people at once authored the paper and the biggest contributions are made by Sami Vesamäki and SPM alumnus Matti Virkki! The paper is also a collaboration with Prof Markus Linder within LIBER Centre of Excellence.

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9.7.2024

Our fresh review paper about photoswitching via indirect excitation in Chemical Science is out!

Sometimes a detour is the way to find a new exciting research direction and publish a review on it in Chemical Science.

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3.4.2024

A perspective paper about life-inspired materials written by LIBER PIs is available online!

Collaborative perspective article of 8 principal investigators of Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER) Center of Excellence has been published in Advanced Functional Materials.

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29.1.2024

Cells respond quickly to small light-induced micro-environment movements

Researchers provided mechanistic understanding on how cells respond to rapid nanoscale light-induced material dynamics and deformations.

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29.11.2023

Check out our new article in Advanced Functional Materials on shape programming and reversible actuation of LCEs

In the article we use shape memory effect for shape programming of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) photoactuators. Supramolecular hydrogen-bond crosslinks introduced into the material enhance the mechanical properties of the LCE and endow it with the shape memory function while maintaining the ability to undergo reversible photothermal actuation under mild temperature stimulation.

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26.11.2023

Check out our new paper about superposition of multiple gratings on azobenzene thin films

We use the potential of surface patterning on azobenzene thin films to fabricate reconfigurable diffractive optical elements (DOEs).

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21.9.2023

New paper in Science about photoswitches under confinement is out!

A deep-sea fish inspired researchers to develop supramolecular light-driven machinery

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15.9.2023

Check out our new paper in Angewandte Chemie about Self-Healable Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators

The liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with incorporated halogen bond crosslinks exhibit excellent self-healing properties without destroying the liquid crystalline alignment and allow for dynamic shape programming and corresponding soft robotic demonstrations.

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8.8.2023

Meet our fresh review article about liquid crystal networks in water in Advanced Materials journal

The article discusses challenges LCNs face in widespread adaptation to aquatic soft robotic applications and suggests possible paths forward for their successful use in aquatic environments.

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13.5.2023

Please check out our new paer on hydrogel-based laser improved via a host-guest complexation!

Do you want to know how supramolecular guest-host complexation helps in improving the performance of hydrogel-based dye lasers? Ask Matias Paatelainen!

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20.4.2023

Meet our fresh paper about Incoherent-Light-Powered, Omnidirectional Self-Oscillator!

Yasaman Nemati published her first paper in Advanced Intelligent Systems. Congratulations!

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23.2.2023

Check out our new paper on photoswitching of indigos in polymer thin films in Chemical Science

Can red-light photoswitching of indigos take place in polymers alike in solution? YES! Read from the fresh Chemical Science paper or ask Kim.

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28.11.2022

A life-inspired material system dynamically adjusts to its environment

SPM researchers in collaboration with Aalto University have developed a synthetic system that responds to environmental changes in the same way as living organisms, using a feedback loop to maintain its internal conditions.

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5.9.2021

Researchers know how to bend molecules indirectly with safe red light

Researchers at Tampere University developed an approach to switch the molecules called azobenzenes from one geometrical state to another with red or near-infrared light without their direct excitation. This approach enables low energy switching that can give new tools to work with soft robotics and activate drugs with light.

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26.1.2021

Our research on azobenzene-based surface topography to guide cell confinement and migration has been published in Nature.

Our group members Chiara Fedele, Mari Isomäki, and Arri Priimägi in collaboration with the groups of Teemu Ihalainen (Cellular Biophysics group) and Soile Nymark (Biophysics of the Eye group) at Tampere University have established that light can be used to control cellular behaviour by light induced surface topography changes.

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29.5.2019

Review on Azo&Bio Interface published in Advanced Optical Materials - congrats Chiara!

Yet another nice paper with the teams of Chris Barrett and Atsushi Shishido, thanks for the long-lasting collaboration. And what a team formed by Victoria Chang and Chiara Fedele - the bosses could just sit back and relax!

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