Professor Olli Ikkala

Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Email: olli.ikkala@aalto.fi,

WWW: http://physics.aalto.fi/groups/molmat/

 

Field: Biomimetics and Self-assemblies for Functional Supramolecular Materials

 

Education

·      1983 Ph.D. Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Technical Physics (Low Temperature Laboratory).

·      1977 M.Sc. Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Technical Physics (Low Temperature Laboratory).

·      Studies of organ and piano at Sibelius Academy, Helsinki

 

Work experience

·      1984-1994 Research scientist, Neste Corporation, R&D Center (polymer composites and conducting polymers)

·      1994-1999: Research group leader, Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Engineering Physics, Espoo, Finland

·      1999- Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, now Aalto University, Department of Applied Physics, Espoo, Finland.

 

Visits

·      2007 (7 mo), CEA-Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, Structures et Propriétés d'Architectures Moléculaires, Laboratoire d'Electronique Moléculaire, Organique et Hybrid, Grenoble, France.

·      2015-2017: Part time visiting scientist, at Université Joseph Fourier/Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales/CEA –collaboration in Grenoble, France.

 

Awards and Merits (selected)

·      2012-2016, 2017-2021 ERC Adv. Grant

·      2005-2010, 2012-2016 Academy of Finland, Academy professor

·      2014-2019 PI of Academy of Finland Center of Excellence

·      2003 Elected for Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

·      2011 Elected for Technology Academy Finland

·      Fellow of the Finnish Physical Society

·      2010 Recipient of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, Knight of First Class from President of Finland

·      2002 Emanuel Merck Award

·      Named talks: 2008 Aggarwal Lecture, Cornell University, USA; 2014 IUPAC Conférence Lecture, Université de Montréal, Canada; 2018 Aldrich Lecture, University of Cambridge.

 

Selected articles

Hierarchical self-assemblies based on polymers and supramolecular interactions (hydrogen bonds, halogen bonds, ionic interactions, coordinations)

Functional Materials based on Self-Assembly of Polymeric Supramolecules, O. Ikkala,* G. ten Brinke,* Science, 295, 2407-2409 (2002).

Switching Supramolecular Polymeric Materials with Multiple Length Scales, J. Ruokolainen, R. Mäkinen, M. Torkkeli, T. Mäkelä, R. Serimaa, G. ten Brinke,* O. Ikkala,* Science, 280, 557-560 (1998).

Halogen-Bonded Mesogens Direct Polymer Self-Assemblies over Six Length Scales, N. Houbenov,* R. Milani, M. Poutanen, J. Haataja, V. Dichiarante, J. Sainio, J. Ruokolainen, G. Resnati, P. Metrangolo,* O. Ikkala,* Nat. Commun., 5, 4043 (2014).

Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Halogen-Bonded Block Copolymer Complexes into Upright Cylindrical Domains, R. Milani, N. Houbenov, F. Fernandez-Palacio, G. Cavallo, A. Luzio, J. Haataja, G. Giancane, M. Saccone, A. Priimagi, P. Metrangolo,* O. Ikkala,* Chem., 2, 417-426 (2017).

Photonic materials

Self-assembled polymeric solid films with temperature-induced large and reversible photonic-bandgap switching, S. Valkama, H. Kosonen, J. Ruokolainen, T. Haatainen, M. Torkkeli, R. Serimaa, G. ten Brinke,* O. Ikkala,* Nat. Mater., 3, 872-876 (2004).

Anomalous Diffusion Assisted Brightness in White Cellulose Nanofibril Membranes, M. S. Toivonen, O. D. Onelli, G. Jacucci, V. Lovikka, O. J. Rojas, O. Ikkala,* S. Vignolini*, Adv. Mat. 2018, in press.     

Biomimetic composites

Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast, Economic, and Green Pathways, A. Walther,* I. Bjurhager, J.-M. Malho, J. Ruokolainen, J. Pere,  L. Berglund, O. Ikkala,* Nano Letters, 10, 2742–2748, (2010).

Imaging Inelastic Fracture Processes in Biomimetic Nanocomposites and Nacre by Laser Speckle for Better Toughness, T. Verho, P. Karppinen, A. H. Gröschel, O Ikkala*, Adv. Sci., 1700635 (2017).

Molecular Engineering of Fracture Energy Dissipating Sacrificial Bonds Based on Cellulose Nanocrystal Nanocomposites, J. R. McKee, J. Huokuna, L. Martikainen, M. Karesoja, A. Nykänen, E. Kontturi, H. Tenhu, J. Ruokolainen and O. Ikkala, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 53, 5049-5053 (2014).

Nanocelluloses

Making flexible magnetic aerogels and stiff magnetic nanopaper using cellulose nanofibrils as templates, R. T. Olsson, M. A. S. Azizi Samir, G. Salazar-Alvarez, L. Belova, V. Ström, L. A. Berglund,* O. Ikkala,* J. Nogués,* U.W. Gedde, Nat. Nanotech., 5, 584-588 (2010).

Novel Materials through Assembly of Nanocelluloses, E. Kontturi, P. Laaksonen, M. Linder, Nonappa, A. H. Gröschel, O. J. Rojas, O. Ikkala,* Adv. Mat., 2018, in press.

Block copolymer self-assembly

Rational design of ABC triblock terpolymer solution nanostructures with controlled patch morphology, T. I. Löbling, O. Borisov, J. S. Haataja, O. Ikkala,* A. H. Gröschel,* A. H. E. Müller,* Nat. Commun., 7, 12097 (2016).

Polymersomes with asymmetric membranes and self-assembled superstructures using pentablock quintopolymers resolved by electron tomography, J. S. Haataja, N. Houbenov,* V. Aseyev, P. Fragouli, H. Iatrou, R. Sougrat, N. Hadjichristidis* and O. Ikkala*, Chem. Commun., 54, 1085 -1088 (2018).

Dissipative systems

Switchable Static and Dynamic Self-Assembly of Magnetic Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, J. V. I. Timonen,* M. Latikka, L. Leibler, R. H. A. Ras,* O. Ikkala,* Science 341, 253-257 (2013).