Smart & Functional Materials: Under the Microscope Podcast Episodes

Over the years, Under the Microscope has hosted conversations with researchers working on smart and functional materials, from ferroelectrics and ceramics to polymers, soft matter and electronic materials. This page brings together 26 episodes with 15 researchers on Smart & Functional Materials, released between 2020 and 2023.

Smart materials & ferroelectrics

• Superpowers of Ferroelectrics ft. Ipek Efe
  Ipek Efe, ETH Zurich · 2023
• Breaking Barriers using Smart Materials with Yonatan Calahorra
  Yonatan Calahorra · 2022
• The Brilliance of Smart Materials with Eleonora D'Elia
  Eleonora D'Elia · 2020
• Wonderful World of Smart Materials with Chris Bowen
  Chris Bowen · 2020

Ceramics, glasses & materials under extreme conditions

• Space Travel, Heavy Ions, Electric Cars ft. Dimosthenis Katsis
  Dimosthenis Katsis, PowerAmerica · 2023
• High pressure and nanodiamonds ft. Jodie Bradby
  Jodie Bradby, The Australian National University · 2023
• Shattering a 10000-Year-Old Ceramic Recipe
  Claire Dancer, University of Warwick (WMG) · 2022
• Argon Through the Looking Glass with Rebecca Cummings
  Rebecca Cummings · 2022
• Punching Materials until they get Angry with Yolanda Manzanares
  Yolanda Manzanares · 2021

Polymers & soft matter

• Squishy Nanomaterials, their Interactions with Surfaces with Patrick Spicer
  Patrick Spicer · 2020
• Using & Abusing Smart Polymers with Thomas Swift
  Thomas Swift · 2020
• From Electron Transport to Production Line ft. Drew Evans
  Drew Evans · 2020

Electronic materials & phase transitions

• To Transition or to take a Break, That's the Question ft. Luis R. De Jesús
  Luis R. De Jesús · 2022
• Discoveries at the Interfaces with Ahmad R. Kirmani
  Ahmad R. Kirmani · 2021
• Defects Make Better Devices with Robert Karsthof
  Robert Karsthof · 2021