Matilda Backholm
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
T304 Dept. Applied Physics
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+358503087488
Honors and awards
Nominated for the Mary Keyes Award for Outstanding Leadership and Service to McMaster University
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Living Matter
Jan 2014
Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Grant
Granted funding (personal grants)
Living Matter
Jan 2017
The McMaster University School of Graduate Studies International Excellence Award
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Living Matter
Jan 2014
The McMaster University School of Graduate Studies International Excellence Award
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Living Matter
Jan 2012
The Ruth and Nils-Erik Stenbäck Prize for career accomplishments in science
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Living Matter
Jan 2017
Hannu Koskinen’s best presentation award at the Finnish Physics Days
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Living Matter
Jan 2019
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Väisälä Starting Grant
Granted funding (personal grants)
Living Matter
Jan 2023
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation grant
Granted funding (personal grants)
Living Matter
Jan 2023
Research Council of Finland Research Fellowship
Granted funding (personal grants)
Living Matter
Jan 2023
ERC StG
Granted funding (personal grants)
Living Matter
Jan 2023
Research groups
- Living Matter, Assistant Professor
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
Light-triggered Time-Programmed Self-adhesion in Low-Hysteresis Hydrogels
Henri Savolainen, Matilda Backholm, Olli Ikkala, Hang Zhang
2024
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Probing surface wetting across multiple force, length and time scales
Dan Daniel, Maja Vuckovac, Matilda Backholm, Mika Latikka, Rahul Karyappa, Xue Qi Koh, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Nikodem Tomczak, Robin H.A. Ras
2023
Communications Physics
Droplet slipperiness despite surface heterogeneity at molecular scale
Sakari Lepikko, Ygor Morais Jaques, Muhammad Junaid, Matilda Backholm, Jouko Lahtinen, Jaakko Julin, Ville Jokinen, Timo Sajavaara, Maria Sammalkorpi, Adam Foster, Robin Ras
2023
Nature Chemistry
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
Force-Based Wetting Characterization of Stochastic Superhydrophobic Coatings at Nanonewton Sensitivity
Matti J. Hokkanen, Matilda Backholm, Maja Vuckovac, Quan Zhou, Robin H.A. Ras
2021
Advanced Materials
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
Ferrofluid Microdroplet Splitting for Population-Based Microfluidics and Interfacial Tensiometry
Mika Latikka, Matilda Backholm, Avijit Baidya, Alberto Ballesio, Amandine Serve, Grégory Beaune, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Thalappil Pradeep, Robin H.A. Ras
2020
Advanced Science
Viscosity-enhanced droplet motion in sealed superhydrophobic capillaries
Maja Vuckovac, Matilda Backholm, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Robin H.A. Ras
2020
Science Advances
Micropipette force sensors for in vivo force measurements on single cells and multicellular microorganisms
Matilda Backholm, Oliver Bäumchen
2019
Nature Protocols