Heikki Nurmi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
T304 Dept. Applied Physics
Full researcher profile
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Email
[email protected]
Honors and awards
Innovation Prize
Doctoral candidate Heikki Nurmi is awarded the Innovation Prize of the Department of Applied Physics for his invention that makes easier the measuring of droplets on hydrophilic surfaces. The invention paves the way for improved application of paints, coatings, and growth mediums for bacteria on surfaces that are extremely prone to wetting.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Applied Physics
Jan 2022
Research groups
- Soft Matter and Wetting, Postdoctoral Researcher
Publications
Toward vanishing droplet friction on repellent surfaces
Matilda Backholm, Tytti Kärki, Heikki Nurmi, Maja Vuckovac, Valtteri Turkki, Sakari Lepikko, Ville Jokinen, David Quéré, Jaakko Timonen, Robin Ras
2024
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Super-Droplet-Repellent Carbon-Based Printable Perovskite Solar Cells
Cuc Thi Kim Mai, Janne Halme, Heikki A. Nurmi, Aldeliane M. da Silva, Gabriela S. Lorite, David Martineau, Stéphanie Narbey, Naeimeh Mozaffari, Robin H.A. Ras, Syed Ghufran Hashmi, Maja Vuckovac
2024
Advanced Science
Predicting plastron thermodynamic stability for underwater superhydrophobicity
Alexander B. Tesler, Heikki A. Nurmi, Stefan Kolle, Lucia H. Prado, Bhuvaneshwari Karunakaran, Anca Mazare, Ina Erceg, Íris de Brito Soares, George Sarau, Silke Christiansen, Shane Stafslien, Jack Alvarenga, Joanna Aizenberg, Ben Fabry, Robin H.A. Ras, Wolfgang H. Goldmann
2024
Communications Materials
Long-term stability of aerophilic metallic surfaces underwater
Alexander B. Tesler, Stefan Kolle, Lucia H. Prado, Ingo Thievessen, David Böhringer, Matilda Backholm, Bhuvaneshwari Karunakaran, Heikki A. Nurmi, Mika Latikka, Lena Fischer, Shane Stafslien, Zoran M. Cenev, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Mark Bruns, Anca Mazare, Ulrich Lohbauer, Sannakaisa Virtanen, Ben Fabry, Patrik Schmuki, Robin H.A. Ras, Joanna Aizenberg, Wolfgang H. Goldmann
2023
Nature Materials
Oscillating droplet tribometer for sensitive and reliable wetting characterization of superhydrophobic surfaces
Muhammad Junaid, Heikki Nurmi, Mika Latikka, Maja Vuckovac, Robin Ras
2022
Droplet
Superhydrophobic Lubrication
Heikki A. Nurmi, Cunming Yu, Dmytro Toptunov, Robin H.A. Ras, Ville Jokinen
2022
Advanced Materials Interfaces
Superhydrophobic metrology and applications
Heikki A. Nurmi
2022
Water droplet friction and rolling dynamics on superhydrophobic surfaces
Matilda Backholm, Daniel Molpeceres, Maja Vuckovac, Heikki Nurmi, Matti Hokkanen, Ville Jokinen, Jaakko Timonen, Robin Ras
2020
Communications Materials