Congratulations to Simon, all co-authors, Robert Robert Katzschmann and Rob for publishing their paper "Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites" in Soft Matter! 🎉What happens if you add highly swelling particles to tough matrices? pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

A quick look back at last week's NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials annual center conference in #Charmey. It was great to meet again for two days of talks, presentations, and discussions about exciting #research. Thanks to everyone who attended!

Huge part of the SoftLiv family is going to go to ISMC 2022! Z niecierpliwością czekamy na Ciebie, Poznań! 🇵🇱 Watch out for our presentations, here's a🧵of our line-up:

Yanxia Feng Yanxia Feng will show her poster about "What's soft, tough and highly swelling?" Hydroelastomers! What happens if you embed highly swelling hydrogel particles inside tough, water-​permeable, elastomeric matrices? (spoiler🚨: great mechanics) pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

A swell idea: hydroelastomers, new soft and tough #composites - fresh NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials article in Soft Matter from SMaL, @SoftLiv_ETH, and colleagues ETH Zürich and EPFL pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art… #research

Looking forward to it!

Hydroelastomers: soft, tough, highly swelling composites led by Simon Moser, Yanxia Feng, Oncay Yasa, Stefanie Heyden, Michael Kessler, Esther Amstad Esther Amstad, Eric R. Dufresne, Robert K. Katzschmann and Robert W. Style doi.org/10.1039/D2SM00…

We went out for lab retreat! We had great science discussions with Laura Alvarez and Sofia Magkiriadou Uni Fribourg (huge 🙏 for coming to you two!) and lots of fun with indoor and outdoor games.

Our NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials 2023 summer #undergraduate #research program is now open for applications. Come and join us in #Switzerland, and make the most of this great opportunity! For more details on how to apply, please read here bit.ly/URI_2023 #summerofscience

Interested in helping us launch our new lab at Cornell University Cornell Engineering ? 🔬😎🔧 You can apply for a post-doctoral position here: cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5d…