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🔬 Our 2024 Annual Report: Another year of scientific excellence and innovation at the Adolphe Merkle Institute! We're thrilled to share highlights from our latest report, showcasing remarkable advances across our research groups: 🧬 BioNanomaterials: Groundbreaking studies on diesel exhaust particle interactions with lungs and pioneering methods for tracking nutrient survival through digestive processes 📦 Polymer Chemistry & Materials: Development of sustainable cellulose-based nanocomposites for packaging applications ⚡ Smart Energy Materials: Engineering breakthrough perovskite solar cells with enhanced adaptive photochromic layers 🔧 Mechanoresponsive Materials: Innovation in visualizing mechanical stress in plastics and rubbers at the molecular level 💧 BioPhysics: Investigation of nature-inspired ultra-thin membranes for water treatment and medical device applications 🌈 Soft Matter Physics: Expanding understanding of biological photonic structures through slime mold coloration studies 👥 Team Growth: We welcomed Dr. Ana Marques as our new Technology Transfer Manager and confirmed Professor Hanjo Limbach's appointment as Chair of Food Science and Technology 🎨 NanoARTS Success: Our collaboration with Pro Helvetia culminated in an inspiring exhibition featuring artworks from three professor/artist tandems Want to know more? Click on this link https://lnkd.in/eMKq68Wv or check out the pdf below. Université de Fribourg - Universität Freiburg Research Promotion Service - Unifr Unifr – Faculty of Science and Medicine #nanoscience #research #materialsscience #innovation #physics #biology #health #biophysics #chemistry #polymers #sustainability #nanotechnology #energy