News 2013

May 14, 2013 | EmpaNews 40 published
Many chemical reactions and chemical processes take place on surfaces or within boundary layers. In order to understand this, the layers must be analyzed in as much detail as possible. We show, how Empa examines...
Apr 29, 2013 | Innovation award for textile to prevent bedsores
Empa, in conjunction with the company Schoeller Medical AG and the Swiss ParaplegicCentre, has won the Innovation Prize at the international Techtextil trade fair. The award went to the jointly developed sheet for...
29 avr. 2013 | L’Empa invite des cadres dirigeants pour un échange d’idées
Cette nouvelle série de manifestation de l’Empa a débuté avec succès: le 23 avril, plus de 70 cadres dirigeants de l’industrie suisse se sont réunis pour mener avec les dirigeants de l’Empa une discussion sur le thème de...
Apr 19, 2013 | Joining Technologies and Corrosion Lab
"Joining Technology and Corrosion" laboratory since February 2012. Among other things, his team deals with solder connections, corrosion, local electrochemistry and the design of functional alloys, surfaces and boundary...