News
Julkaisija 6/2011: Tietoa, älyä ja muistia paperille
25.11.2011: Defence of Thesis: Jie Duanmu, “Bio-composites based on cellulose fibers and potato starch modified with allylglycidyl ether”. Opponent Prof. Kristiina Oksman, Luleå Technical University
R. Österbacka gave an invited talk at the Photovoltaics at the nanoscale (NANOPV) European symposium, hasselt, Belgium http://www.uhasselt.be/UH/Nanopv/Nanopv-Welcome-and-introduction/Welcome-and-introduction.html
R. Österbacka gave an invited talk around “Paper Electronics” on ECME 2011 in Barcelona. http://www.ecme2011.com/
R. Österbacka gave an invited talk at International Conference “Advanced Optical Materials and Devices” (AOMM-7), Vilnius, Lithuania. http://www.pfi.lt/conf/aomd7/
FUNMAT ANNUAL SEMINAR 24.-25.8.
Defence of Thesis: F. Jansson, “Charge transport in disordered materials: Simulations, theory, and numerical modeling of hopping transport and electron-hole recombination”. Opponent Doc. Peter Bobbert, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. (Passed with great credit)
R. Österbacka gave a lecture at Jyväskylä International Summer school “Organic Solar Cells”
Defence of Thesis: Mia Ahokas defended her thesis “Enhancing performance of paper coatings by tailor-made plastic pigments”. As the opponent acted Prof. Patrick Gane, Aalto University, Helsinki.
R. Österbacka gave a short course lecture at LOPE-C on Solution processable Organic Electronic devices, Frankfurt, Germany http://www.lope-c.com/en/agenda/day/2011-06-28/
R. Österbacka gave a short course lecture at European Coating Seminar on Solution processable Organic Electronic devices
FunMat annual seminar 2011, 24-25.08.2011 Materials for the future
FunMat presenteras i Åbo Underrättelser. http://www.abounderrattelser.fi/news/2011/02/e-pappret-utmanar-lasplattan.html
News article in Turkulainen: http://www.turkulainen.fi/artikkeli/15227-turussa-kehitetty-alypaperi-valmis-lapimurtoon
Defence of Thesis: Saara Inkinen defended her thesis “Structural modification of Poly(lactid acid) by step-growth polymerization and stereocomplexation”. As the opponent acted Prof. Katja Loos, University of Groningen
R. Österbacka gave an invited talk at IMRE, A*Star, Singapore, Organic and Polymer Electronics Symposium 9-10.12.2010. “Effect of 2D delocalization on charge transport and recombination in bulk heterojunction solar cells”
Defence of Thesis: N. Kaihovirta defended his thesis Ion modulated organic transistors. As the opponent acted Prof. C. Daniel Frisbie, University of Minnesota.
Defence of Thesis: Mikael Järn defended his thesis “Influence of topography and surface chemistry on the wetting properties of TiO2-based ceramic coatings”. As the opponent acted Dr. Rossen Sedev, University of South Australia.
Defence of Thesis: Maiju Pykönen defended her thesis “Influence of plasma modification on surface properties and offset printability of coated paper”. As the opponent acted Dr. Wei Shen, Monash University, Australia.
Defence of Thesis: Joakim Järnström defended his thesis “Topography and wetting of pigment coated substrates”. As the opponent acted Dr. Gary Chinga Carrasco, Paper and Fibre Research Institute, Trondheim, Norway.
Defence of Thesis: Anders Sand defended his thesis “Microscopic simulation of pigment coating consolidation”. As the opponent acted Prof. Douglas Bousfield, University of Maine, USA.
FunMat in the press on Paper Electronics
The activities of FunMat has been recognized along the new field of paper electronics in Printed Electronics World: http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/paper_electronics_00002779.asp
Presentations from the ISAB meeting
The presentations from the international scientific advisory board meeting on the 17th of may are now available for download. See the links below.
Superparamagnetic silica-iron oxide nanocomposites , Jessica Rosenholm
Influence of surface nanostructure on wetting properties , Mika Lindén
Influence of Plasma Modification on Surface Properties and Printability of Coated Paper, Maiju Pykönen
Modification of Mesoporous Silica Particles with Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-b-ethylene oxide), Mikko Karesoja
ROLL-TO-ROLL PRINTED FUNCTIONAL DEVICES, Tapio Mäkelä
Hydrous Electrolyte Gated OFETs: Improved Device Stability by Adding Antioxidants, Nikolai Kaihovirta
Macrocycles for Sensors, Pernilla Sund
Excursion from water soluble polymers to hybrid nanomaterials, Heikki Tenhu
Effect of 2D delocalization on charge transport and recombination in bulk-heterojunction solar cells, Ronald Österbacka
Improving Printability of Functional Materials by Controlled Substrate Topography and Chemistry, Matti Toivakka & Jouko Peltonen
Symposium
Laboratory of Paper Coating and Converting to host European Coating Symposium 2011 on 8-10.6.2011.
Reports (updated 050510)
The annual reports and yearbooks for the FunMat consortium will all be made available online. Follow the links below:
Presentations from the Annual FunMat seminar
The Annual FunMat seminar was a great success, gathering over 100 participants from within and outside of the group. Below you can find links to some of the presentations.
