What are the hot topics in research? What is Empa’s role in all this? Our research magazine EmpaNews provides answers to these questions with interviews, portraits and exciting reports from the lab.

Archive (a few older Editions)

EmpaNews Edition 2, 2007 (PDF-File, 1298 KB)

  • Events such as the NanoConvention are important
  • Using plasma against bacteria, odors and wounds
  • Virus-fishing with nano in drinking water
  • Preparing the ground for safe nanotechnology
  • Manipulation with unheard of precision
  • Nanocomponents for tomorrow’s computers and electronics
  • Service lab for «nanometer-accurate» surface analyses

 

EmpaNews Edition 2, 2006 (PDF-File, 1298 KB)

  • Mysterious metal alloys with great potential
  • Where there is light, there is alsoshadow
  • On the trail of the «Black Magic Dust»
  • How do human cells react to nanoparticles?
  • Metal coating makes fibers and textiles functional
  • Are new rules for dealing with nanoparticles necessary?
  • Clean thanks to nanoparticles

EmpaNews Edition 3, 2004 (PDF-File, 1298 KB)

  • On the trail of molecular self-assembly
  • Measuring forces in an ultra-high vacuum
  • Structured surfaces improve fibres and textiles
  • Fibres made from two components – for increased functionality
  • Dwarfs with undefined risks

 

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