The Contact Dynamics group at ARCNL was featured at the 9th European Conference on Tribology (ECOTRIB 2025), held in the iconic main building at ETH Zürich. ARCNL postdoctoral researcher Dr.
In the world of surface topography, the roughness of a surface has long been characterized by a single number. But scientists around the world, including Bart Weber and Cyrian Leriche …
A group of physics bachelor students spent two weeks in group leader Bart Weber’s lab at ARCNL, to do a research project as part of their studies at the University …
Surfaces can start slipping more easily when pressed harder - a surprising discovery by researchers at the University of Amsterdam and ARCNL. Their work reveals how microscopic contact points behave …
Zhouping Lyu, ‘High-resolution Imaging Through a Multimode Fiber: From Raster-scanning to Compressive Sensing’ On December 11th, Zhouping defended her thesis at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Zhouping did her doctoral research in …
In July 2024, the Contact Dynamics Group proudly represented the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) at the prestigious Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Tribology. Recognized globally as one of …
One of the most critical challenges in high-end chip production is friction and wear. Two ARCNL research groups focus on understanding these processes: the Materials Theory and Modelling group and …
ARCNL group leaders Roland Bliem and Bart Weber each receive an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The projects granted are: - ‘SURPLAS: 'Resolving Surface Reactions in …
Feng-Chun Hsia and Bart Weber (ARCNL Contact Dynamics group) contributed to a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters. The paper about the role of water in friction processes was …
A collaboration of chemists and physicists have shed light on a crucial aspect of friction: how things begin to slide. Using fluorescence microscopy and dedicated fluorescent molecules, they were able …
