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Welcome to Jules!

Published:28.01.26 — Jules Vanaret has joined CIME team.

Welcome to Quentin and Gulnaz!

Published:18.12.24 — Quentin Hérat and Gulnaz Ganeeva have joined CIME team.

Inauguration of the New TEM at EPFL-Valais

Published:09.04.24 — EPFL-Valais and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Electron Microscopy of EPFL (CIME) inaugurate a new high-end Transmission Electron Microscope at the EPFL-Valais campus.

CIME Day 2023

Published:10.01.23 — CIME Day 2023. Update on CIME Equipment and Services. Poster Session

Welcome to David!

Published:22.11.22 — David Reyes has joined CIME team.

Emad Oveisi receives the Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Prize

Published:27.06.22 — The Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Foundation awarded its prize to Dr. Emad Oveisi, research and teaching associate at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Electron Microscopy of the School of Engineering.

Microscope reveals the secrets of a material's structure

Published:09.06.21 — EPFL scientists have made an important discovery about the structure of barium titanate, a material used in everyday objects. Their findings refute existing theories on the displacement of the material’s atoms. 

Imaging of magnetic fields at the nanoscale

Published:15.03.21 — Thanks to the technique developed by CIME scientist, Dr. Victor Boureau, magnetic induction fields can be mapped at the nanometric scale with high sensitivity using transmission electron microscopy.

Graphene filter makes carbon capture more efficient and cheaper

Published:03.03.21 — Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for carbon capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies. Congratulations to Emad for his contribution to this research, published in Science Advances.

Welcome to Jérémie!

Published:01.02.21 — Jérémie Bettex has joined CIME team. 

CIME Summer School on STEM | Postponed

Published:04.02.21 — CIME Summer School on STEM and Spectroscopy has been postponed to a later date due to the pandemic.

Welcome to Rita!

Published:01.12.20 — Rita Therisod has joined CIME team.

Welcome to Victor!

Published:15.11.19 — Victor Boureau has joined CIME scientific team.

Uranium reveals its true nature

Published:13.08.20 — EPFL scientists have made a significant discovery in how nanoscale minerals form naturally, including the way in which they transition from a soluble to a solid state. Their findings could be used to inform radioactive waste management. Congratulations to Barbora for her contribution to this work, published in Nature Communications.

Next-gen membranes for carbon capture

Published:26.07.19 — EPFL chemical engineers have developed a new class of high-performance membranes for carbon capture that greatly exceed current targets. Congratulations to Emad for his contribution to this work, published in Energy & Environmental Science.

A "sponge" that can get gold out of waste water

Published:08.11.18 — A material developed by EPFL scientists can rapidly extract trace amounts of gold from waste water, fresh water, ocean water, and even sewage sludge.  Congratulations to Emad for his contribution to this work, published in JACS.

Congratulations to Emad for his paper in Nature Communications!

Published:12.08.18 — Catalysts are mortal – they are born, they age, and they degrade with use. But what actually happens while they operate? (by Adam Weingarten @NatureComms) 

Emad Oveisi wins Microscopy Today Innovation Award

Published:08.08.18 — An extension to the breakthrough “tilt-less” 3D electron imaging technique, developed by EPFL researchers, has won a Microscopy Today Innovation Award.

An atom-thick graphene membrane for industrial gas separation

Published:16.07.18 — Chemical engineers at EPFL have demonstrated for the first time that an atom-thick graphene membrane can separate gas mixtures with a high-efficiency. The “ultimate” membrane is scalable, making it a breakthrough for industrial gas separation. Congratulations to Emad for his contribution to this work, published in Nature Communications.

Meteorite diamonds tell of a lost planet

Published:17.04.18 — Using transmission electron microscopy, EPFL scientists have examined a slice from a meteorite that contains large diamonds formed at high pressure. The study shows that the parent body from which the meteorite came was a planetary embryo of a size between Mercury to Mars. The discovery is published in Nature Communications.