The Adolphe Merkle Institute

The Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) is a leading independent nanoscience competence center at the University of Fribourg that focuses on interdisciplinary research (polymers, physics, biology, biophysics, and materials) and education in the domain of soft nanomaterials. Find out more about us here.

NEW ROLE

AMI professor joins national council

The Adolphe Merkle Institute’s Co-Chair of BioNanomaterials, Prof. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, is one of 15 new members elected to the Swiss National Science Foundation Research Council.

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SPARK OF INNOVATION

Funding for highly original research

Adolphe Merkle Institute researchers have secured two Spark grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to explore innovative materials with potentially transformative applications.

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X-RAY NANOTOMOGRAPHY

Unlocking the secrets of nanoscale networks

An international team of researchers, including from the Adolphe Merkle Institute, has used advanced imaging techniques to achieve a high-resolution, three-dimensional visualization of topological defects…

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BioPhysics (Mayer)
Smart Energy Materials (Milic)
Soft Matter Physics (Steiner)
Mechanoresponsive Materials (Clough)

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