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This can be extended to resolve nanostructure orientation voxel-by-voxel in three dimensions in a method called SAXS tensor tomography, which we implement in our open-source software package Mumott. In this presentation, I will show how this approach, and its continued development, can be applied across different material systems.<br>\r\nFor injection-molded polymer packaging, SAXS imaging has resolved the layered anisotropic nanostructure important for its mechanical properties, and, combined with industrial processing simulations, the structure formation during thermal processing. Another example is bone, where resolving structure requires both three-dimensional information and sufficient sampling to capture biological variability. Combining 2D and 3D SAXS imaging, we studied regional differences in the human femoral neck, an anatomical site relevant to hip fractures, and, at higher resolution, resolved alternating chirality between neighboring lamellae within individual osteons, a structural feature proposed on mechanical grounds over a century ago.<br>\r\nThese examples illustrate how tensor tomography, extended beyond X-ray scattering to wide-angle diffraction and visible-light polarimetry, provides a route to resolving hierarchical structure across a wide range of material systems.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nBio:<strong> </strong>Marianne Liebi studied food science at ETH Zurich, where she also completed her PhD in 2013, followed by postdoctoral research at the Paul Scherrer Institute and MAX IV Laboratory, Lund. In 2017, she started her own research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, and was appointed in 2021 as tenure-track Assistant Professor at EPFL, where she heads the Laboratory for X-ray Characterization of Materials (cam-X) within the Institute of Materials, in a joint position with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Her research develops advanced X-ray and optical imaging techniques, centered on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in 2D and 3D, to resolve the hierarchical structure of materials ranging from fiber composites to pharmaceutical formulations and bone.</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-10-05T09:26:03", "last_modification_date": "2026-10-05T10:29:57", "link_label": "Website", "link_url": "https://www.psi.ch/de/lsc/people/marianne-liebi", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "BM 5202", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202", "url_online_room": "https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63884474245", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Marianne Liebi, EPFL STI IMX CAM-X", "organizer": "Prof. Michele Ceriotti", "contact": "Prof. Michele Ceriotti", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/122060/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/314/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72538, "title": "IMX Colloquium - Unravelling how atomic motion takes place in molecules and materials", "slug": "imx-colloquium-unravelling-how-atomic-motion-tak-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-colloquium-unravelling-how-atomic-motion-tak-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33789/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33789/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33789/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-12-07", "end_date": "2026-12-07", "start_time": "13:15:00", "end_time": "14:15:00", "description": "", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-08T11:44:57", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-08T11:45:30", "link_label": "Website", "link_url": "https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/mr2102", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MXF 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/1/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Mariana Rossi, University of Cambridge, UK", "organizer": "Prof. Gregor Jotzu, Prof. Esther Amstad & Prof. Fabien Sorin", "contact": "Prof. Gregor Jotzu, Prof. Esther Amstad & Prof. Fabien Sorin", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121739/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/314/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72685, "title": "IMX Colloquium - Towards life-inspired soft matter dynamics and functionalities", "slug": "imx-colloquium-towards-life-inspired-soft-matter-d", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-colloquium-towards-life-inspired-soft-matter-d", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33987/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33987/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33987/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-12", "end_date": "2026-10-12", "start_time": "13:15:00", "end_time": "14:15:00", "description": "<p>Biological systems have already paved several routes for bioinspired materials, e.g., for structural colours, wetting, adhesion, and mechanical properties. They have largely involved equilibrium or kinetically trapped properties. By contrast, biological systems allowing multifunctional properties are characteristically dissipatively and dynamically adaptive and incorporate homeostatic feedback mechanisms to regulate the dynamic states. They also typically use signal transduction to mediate the signal from the sensory elements to the responsive sites, unlike the classic man-made stimuli responsive materials. These concept suggest avenues towards more complex life-like functions in soft matter. Herein, optically driven hydrogel systems are presented to drive homeostatically controlled thermal oscillations and to mediate signal transduction via thermal intermediate signalling (1). On the other hand, biological magnetoreception in elasmobranch organisms involves electromagnetic induction (EMI) and suggests avenues for bioinspired electrical signal transductions. We show magnetic profile recognition of translocated magnetically encoded soft matter objects using electrical intermediate signaling by EMI and decoding the magnetic information with machine learning (2). Combination of high stiffness and promoted dynamics for self-healing has turned challenging to combine. Self-healing hydrogels, still combining high tensile stiffness close to that of skin were shown by using polymers upon nanoconfinement in 2D-nanosheet layered confinements (3). Finally, we show trainable actuations in bilayer gel actuators (4). Ever more complex responses can be created, such as mimicking the Pavlovian classical conditioning (5), all paving ways for growingly life-like functions for soft robotics and interfacing with biology.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n1. H. Zhang, H. Zeng, A. Eklund, H. Guo, A. Priimagi, O. Ikkala, Feedback-controlled hydrogels with homeostatic oscillations and dissipative signal transduction, <em>Nat. Nano</em>, <strong>17</strong>, 1303 (2022).<br>\r\n2. Z. Miao, X. Hu, K. Liu, S. Hu, G. Yan, H. Tan, O. Ikkala, Z. P. Lv, B. Peng, Bioinspired sensory transduction for magnetic profile recognition and encryption, <em>Adv. Mat.</em> <strong>38</strong> e15994 (2026).<br>\r\n3. C. Liang, V. Dudko, O. Khoruzhenko, X. Hong, Z.-P. Lv, J. Breu, O. Ikkala, H. Zhang, Stiff and self-healing hydrogels by polymer entanglements in co-planar nanoconfinement, <em>Nat. Mater.</em> <strong>24</strong>, 599 (2025).<br>\r\n4. S. Hu, Y. Fang, C. Liang, M. Turunen, O. Ikkala, H. Zhang, Thermally trainable dual network hydrogels, <em>Nat. Commun.</em>, <strong>14</strong>, 3717 (2023).<br>\r\n5. H. Zhang, H. Zeng, A. Priimagi, O. Ikkala, Programmable responsive hydrogels with classical conditioning algorithm, <em>Nat. Commun.</em>, <strong>10</strong>, 3267 (2019).</p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-28T09:13:29", "last_modification_date": "2026-10-06T10:29:12", "link_label": "", "link_url": "", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MXF 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Olli Ikkala, Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics, Espoo, Finland", "organizer": "Prof. Gregor Jotzu, Prof. Esther Amstad & Prof. Fabien Sorin", "contact": "Prof. Gregor Jotzu, Prof. Esther Amstad & Prof. Fabien Sorin", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121946/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/5/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/9/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/314/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72565, "title": "IMX Colloquium - Does H2O transmute to H2O2 or HO• + H• at the Air–Water Interface of Microscale Droplets / Bubbles?", "slug": "imx-colloquium-does-h2o-transmute-to-h2o2-or-ho--2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-colloquium-does-h2o-transmute-to-h2o2-or-ho--2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33816/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33816/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33816/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-10-26", "end_date": "2026-10-26", "start_time": "13:15:00", "end_time": "14:15:00", "description": "<p>Recent reports claim that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is spontaneously generated – without external energy input or catalyst – at the air–water interface of microdroplets1, bubbles2, and soap films3. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this phenomenon, including: (i) ultrahigh instantaneous electric fields at the air–water interface driving HO− à HO• + e− radicals from hydroxide ions; (ii) water’s comproportionation into H2O•+ and H2O•−; and (iii) partial dehydration of interfacial H+ and HO− followed by radical formation. In contrast, our laboratory experiments reveal that H2O2 formation is due to the reduction of dissolved O2 at water– solid interfaces, i.e., with no role for the air–water interface beyond O2 mass transport4-6. Based on these findings, I will present four diagnostic criteria against which any existing or future mechanistic proposal should be assessed. Our approach reconciles the claims of spontaneous H2O2 formation within established physical chemistry and extends naturally to other claims of anomalous microdroplet reactivity. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nReferences:<br>\r\n(1) Mehrgardi, M. A.; Mofidfar, M.; Zare, R. N. Sprayed Water Microdroplets Are Able to Generate Hydrogen Peroxide Spontaneously. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144 (17), 7606-7609. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02890.<br>\r\n(2) Nami-Ana, S. F.; Mehrgardi, M. A.; Mofidfar, M.; Zare, R. N. Sustained Regeneration of Hydrogen Peroxide at the Water-Gas Interface of Electrogenerated Microbubbles on an Electrode Surface. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146 (46), 31945-31949. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11422 From NLM PubMed-not-MEDLINE.<br>\r\n(3) Eldeeb, A. M.; Berbille, A.; Dick, J. E. No Microdroplets? No Problem. Soap Films Amplify the Interface and Produce Hydrogen Peroxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147 (37), 33325-33329. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c05887.<br>\r\n(4) Eatoo, M. A.; Mishra, H. Busting the myth of spontaneous formation of H2O2 at the air-water interface: contributions of the liquid-solid interface and dissolved oxygen exposed. Chemical Science 2024, 15 (9), 3093-3103. DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06534k From NLM PubMed-not-MEDLINE.<br>\r\n(5) Eatoo, M. A.; Wehbe, N.; Kharbatia, N.; Guo, X.; Mishra, H. Why do some metal ions spontaneously form nanoparticles in water microdroplets? Disentangling the contributions of the air-water interface and bulk redox chemistry. Chemical Science 2025, 16 (3), 1115-1125. DOI: 10.1039/d4sc03217a From NLM PubMed-not-MEDLINE.<br>\r\n(6) Eatoo, M. A.; Mishra, H. Disentangling the Roles of Dissolved Oxygen, Common Salts, and pH on Spontaneous Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Water: No O2, No H2O2. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147 (39), 35392-35400. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09028.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPapers:<br>\r\n- <a href=\"https://pubs.rsc.org/sc/article/15/9/3093/828007/Busting-the-myth-of-spontaneous-formation-of-H2O2\">Busting the myth of spontaneous formation of H2O2 at the air–water interface: contributions of the liquid–solid interface and dissolved oxygen exposed</a> <br>\r\n- <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c09028\">Disentangling the Roles of Dissolved Oxygen, Common Salts, and pH on Spontaneous Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Water: No O2, No H2O2</a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nBio: Himanshu Mishra is a scientist-entrepreneur from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His team has significantly contributed to resolving scientific debates surrounding the spontaneous H2O2 formation in water microdroplets, the electrification at water-hydrophobe interfaces, and liquid–solid adhesion forces. Mishra’s team has also pioneered Carbosoil™ technology to transform desert soils for sustainable greening, food production, and carbon sequestration. His start-up Terraxy is now scaling up Carbosoil™ production to advance sustainability projects in the Middle East and beyond. Mishra’s efforts have been featured by the World Economic Forum, Geneva Inventions, and CNN (LINK).<br>\r\n </p>", "image_description": "", "creation_date": "2026-09-14T09:02:26", "last_modification_date": "2026-09-14T10:31:03", "link_label": "Website", "link_url": "https://interfaciallab.kaust.edu.sa/people/detail/himanshu-mishra-ph.d", "canceled": "False", "cancel_reason": "", "place_and_room": "MXF 1", "url_place_and_room": "https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MXF%201", "url_online_room": "", "spoken_languages": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/spoken_languages/2/?format=api" ], "speaker": "Prof. Himanshu Mishra, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia", "organizer": "Prof. Gregor Jotzu, Prof. Esther Amstad & Prof. Fabien Sorin", "contact": "Prof. Gregor Jotzu, Prof. Esther Amstad & Prof. Fabien Sorin", "is_internal": "False", "theme": "", "vulgarization": { "id": 1, "fr_label": "Tout public", "en_label": "General public" }, "registration": { "id": 3, "fr_label": "Entrée libre", "en_label": "Free" }, "keywords": "", "file": null, "icalendar_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/export/121776/", "category": { "id": 1, "code": "CONF", "fr_label": "Conférences - Séminaires", "en_label": "Conferences - Seminars", "activated": true }, "academic_calendar_category": null, "domains": [], "mementos": [ "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/8/?format=api", "https://memento.epfl.ch/api/v1/mementos/314/?format=api" ] }, { "id": 72571, "title": "IMX Colloquium - Designer Quantum Materials from Carbon", "slug": "imx-colloquium-designer-quantum-materials-from-c-2", "event_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-colloquium-designer-quantum-materials-from-c-2", "visual_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33820/200x112.jpg", "visual_large_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33820/720x405.jpg", "visual_maxsize_url": "https://memento.epfl.ch/image/33820/max-size.jpg", "lang": "en", "start_date": "2026-11-09", "end_date": "2026-11-09", "start_time": "13:15:00", "end_time": "14:15:00", "description": "<p>Atomically precise carbon nanostructures offer a new route to quantum systems built from the bottom up. By combining molecular design, on-surface synthesis and scanning probe microscopy, we can control atomic structure, electronic states and magnetic interactions within the same platform.<br>\r\nIn this talk, I will follow the path from bottom-up synthesized graphene nanoribbons [1,2] to open-shell nanographenes [3] and designer quantum spin systems [4]. I will discuss how atomic structure can determine electronic topology and how molecular spins can be coupled into well-defined quantum chains. Recent examples include Haldane chains [4], alternating-exchange spin chains [5] and antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains [6], where collective and fractional excitations can be probed directly at the atomic scale.<br>\r\nMore broadly, this work illustrates a materials-science strategy in which structure, functionality and interactions are programmed at the level of molecular building blocks. Rather than optimizing properties in an existing material, the aim is to design the material and its quantum behavior together. Atomically precise carbon nanostructures therefore provide a model platform for exploring how synthesis, structure and emergent functionality can be linked in a predictive way, with implications for the future design of low-dimensional electronic, magnetic and quantum materials.\r\n</p><ol>\r\n\t<li>J. Cai, P. Ruffieux, R. Jaafar, <em>et al.</em>, <em>Nature</em> <strong>466</strong>, 470–473 (2010).</li>\r\n\t<li>F. Xiang, Y. Gu, A. Kinikar, <em>et al.</em>, <em>Nat. Chem</em>. <strong>17</strong>, 1356–1363 (2025).</li>\r\n\t<li>S. Mishra, D. Beyer, K. Eimre, <em>et al</em>., <em>Nat. </em><em>Nanotechnol</em>. <strong>15</strong>, 22–28 (2020).</li>\r\n\t<li>S. Mishra, G. Catarina, F. Wu, <em>et al</em>., <em>Nature</em> <strong>598</strong>, 287–292 (2021).</li>\r\n\t<li>C. Zhao, G. Catarina, J.-J. Zhang, <em>et al</em>., <em>Nat. </em><em>Nanotechnol</em>. <strong>19</strong>, 1789-1795<strong> </strong>(2024).</li>\r\n\t<li>C. Zhao, L. Yang, J. C. G. Henriques, <em>et al</em>., <em>Nat. Mater.</em> <strong>24,</strong> 722–727 (2025).</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nBio: Roman Fasel is a leading scientist in the field of atomically precise carbon nanostructures and surface-based quantum materials. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Fribourg in 1996 and then carried out postdoctoral research at La Trobe University in Melbourne and the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin before joining Empa. Today, he heads Empa’s nanotech@surfaces Laboratory and is Adjunct Professor at the University of Bern. 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Gerstner, Dr J. M. 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The approach is reliable and well understood, but it is also labor-intensive, requiring extensive linearization, controller interpolation, and lengthy re-tuning whenever the airframe or mission profile changes while its classical stability and performance guarantees hold only under restrictive assumptions.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n(Incremental) Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion — (I)NDI — emerged as an attractive alternative, first as full-state NDI in the 1980s–90s and later, in its incremental form, replacing much (though not all) of the reliance on an accurate onboard model with direct sensor feedback of angular acceleration. The result is a simple, largely envelope-independent control structure that (almost) eliminates the scheduling and interpolation burden. The price, however, is the loss of the a priori robustness guarantees that gain-scheduled designs, however cumbersome, were built to provide. Robust control theory, born in the same timeframe as NDI, offers exactly those guarantees, but has traditionally lived in a separate, frequency-domain world from INDI's incremental, time-domain philosophy.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis talk shows how the two could be brought closer or even work together. We present hybrid INDI architectures combining a sensor-based and a model-based inversion core and paired with an outer loop tuned via structured synthesis therefore combining the advantages of both worlds. We then generalize this bridge through a formal duality between (I)NDI and quasi-LPV control, unifying robust analysis and synthesis across both worlds and clarifying exactly where INDI's modularity is paid for in achievable robustness. These results are validated across various aerospace applications such as aircraft, space launchers and drones.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<strong>Biography</strong><br>\r\n<br>\r\nDr. Spilios Theodoulis is an associate professor in the Aerospace GNC cluster within the Control & Simulation (C&S) section, at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE) of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Before joining TU Delft, he spent fourteen years at the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL), where he was Deputy Head of the GNC department. He is the founder of the Aerospace dynamics and RObust Control (AEROCON) research group along with its advanced projects branch—the ∞-Lab, and also an adjunct professor at the University of Strasbourg, University of Paris-Saclay and Cranfield University teaching tensor-based flight dynamics and automatic (flight) control. He has been involved in the research and development of both civilian and defense projects with EU government agencies, industry and academia in the field of GNC for more than 20 years.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHis research interests focus on two complementary fields. First, <em>modeling and flight dynamics</em> of complex aerospace systems, including uncertainty modeling and linear/nonlinear-parameter-varying dynamics. Second, (multivariable) <em>stability and</em> <em>control</em> systems spanning from robust/nonlinear control and analysis to control theory-inspired guidance algorithms. The algorithms developed are showcased in several classes of systems (including the facilities of the AE C&S section such as SIMONA, PH-LAB, etc.) such as civil and fighter aircraft, rotorcraft, drones, hypersonic vehicles, space launchers, as well as guided systems. He maintains active collaborations with leading research institutes, including ONERA, DLR, NLR, TNO, NASA, and ESA-ESTEC; academic partners such as ISAE-SUPAERO, Cranfield University, and NYU Abu Dhabi; and industrial partners including Dassault Aviation, Airbus Defence & Space, MBDA, Indra Deimos, PLD Space, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, and others.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nHe is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Class of 2023), co-recipient of both <em>1-Star</em> and <em>2-Star Innovation Awards</em> (2019) from MBDA, and his students have received (some) distinctions, including the best PhD award in the area of systems and control from the University of Strasbourg (2017). 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