Emad Oveisi
Website: https://cime.epfl.ch
+41 21 695 82 26
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Expertise
- Aberration-corrected S/TEM
- Analytical SEM/TEM techniques
- Electron diffraction techniques
- Three-dimensional electron imaging
Mission
- Manage the electron microscopy platform at EPFL Valais Wallis, ensuring cutting-edge capabilities for researchers.
- Advise and support EPFL scientists with advanced microscopy techniques and services.
- Develop and apply novel microscopy methods to support research at EPFL.
- Teach and mentor students and researchers in electron microscopy.
- Contribute to and engage in EPFL’s academic and governance initiatives.
Current Work
- Micro-ED
- Electron imaging of beam-sensitive materials; 2D materials, MOFs, COFs, Zeolite
- 3D reconstruction from a limited number of EM datasets
Dr Emad Oveisi is a senior scientist at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Electron Microscopy (CIME), EPFL. Emad graduated with a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL in 2014 for a thesis on the "Three-Dimensional STEM Imaging of Dislocations" under the direction of Prof. Cécile Hébert. Post-doctoral research at the centre for electron microscopy gave him the opportunity to peruse cutting-edge research on one of the most modern aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopes. In 2022, Emad was promoted to the status of Research and Teaching Associate.
Since the inauguration of the Energypolis campus of EPFL in Sion, he has been the manager and reference scientist of the electron microscopy platform of EPFL-Valais, working with 12 research groups and more than 250 researchers. In addition to this core responsibility, he provides advanced microscopy consulting and service to EPFL scientists and assists their research to the highest level possible. Emad Oveisi's research focuses on the application and development of novel electron microscopy techniques, with emphasis on 3D imaging of crystal defects, as well as the precision measurement of materials properties using aberration-corrected S/TEM.
Emad Oveisi's pioneering work in the field of electron microscopy has earned him two prestigious awards: the Microscopy Innovation Award for his invention of the "Single-shot three-dimensional electron imaging" technique, which allows real-time 3D imaging of in situ dynamics, and the Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Prize for his important contributions to the development of electron microscopy techniques and his dedication to teaching.
In addition to the scientific work, Emad is actively involved in the academic and social life of EPFL. He is currently a member of the EPFL School Assembly. Since 2019, he has been an elected member of EPFL Teachers Council (CCE) and has also been elected as one of the four members of its Bureau. This role allows him to be exposed to new ideas and pedagogical challenges, as well as being involved in discussions with the Vice Presidency of Education (VPE) and other teaching organisations for defining teaching strategies at the EPFL. Emad also represents the teaching community in the Campuses Energy Commission (CECOM) and COVID-19 Operating Committee of EPFL.
Since the inauguration of the Energypolis campus of EPFL in Sion, he has been the manager and reference scientist of the electron microscopy platform of EPFL-Valais, working with 12 research groups and more than 250 researchers. In addition to this core responsibility, he provides advanced microscopy consulting and service to EPFL scientists and assists their research to the highest level possible. Emad Oveisi's research focuses on the application and development of novel electron microscopy techniques, with emphasis on 3D imaging of crystal defects, as well as the precision measurement of materials properties using aberration-corrected S/TEM.
Emad Oveisi's pioneering work in the field of electron microscopy has earned him two prestigious awards: the Microscopy Innovation Award for his invention of the "Single-shot three-dimensional electron imaging" technique, which allows real-time 3D imaging of in situ dynamics, and the Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Prize for his important contributions to the development of electron microscopy techniques and his dedication to teaching.
In addition to the scientific work, Emad is actively involved in the academic and social life of EPFL. He is currently a member of the EPFL School Assembly. Since 2019, he has been an elected member of EPFL Teachers Council (CCE) and has also been elected as one of the four members of its Bureau. This role allows him to be exposed to new ideas and pedagogical challenges, as well as being involved in discussions with the Vice Presidency of Education (VPE) and other teaching organisations for defining teaching strategies at the EPFL. Emad also represents the teaching community in the Campuses Energy Commission (CECOM) and COVID-19 Operating Committee of EPFL.
Education
PhD
| Materials Science and Engineering
2010 – 2014
EPFL
Directed by
Cécile Hébert
MSc
| Materials Science and Engineering2008 – 2008 University of Tehran
BSc
| Metallurgy and Materials Engineering2005 – 2005 University of Tehran
Awards
Microscopy Innovation Award
Cambridge University
2018
R&R Haenny Prize
Société Académique Vaudoise
2020
Research and Teaching Associate
School of Basic Sciences - EPFL
2022
Publications
A post-synthetic modification strategy for enhancing Pt adsorption efficiency in MOF/polymer composites
Chemical Science. 2024-05-10. DOI : 10.1039/d4sc00174e.Quantitative measurement and comparison of breakthroughs inside the gas diffusion layer using lattice Boltzmann method and computed tomography scan
Scientific Reports. 2024-04-26. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-60148-w.Hybrid oxide coatings generate stable Cu catalysts for CO2 electroreduction
Nature Materials. 2024-02-16. DOI : 10.1038/s41563-024-01819-x.Low-temperature non-equilibrium synthesis of anisotropic multimetallic nanosurface alloys for electrochemical CO2 reduction
Nature Synthesis. 2023-09-07. DOI : 10.1038/s44160-023-00387-3.N-Containing Carbons Derived from Microporous Coordination Polymers for Use in Post-Combustion Flue Gas Capture
Advanced Functional Materials. 2023-03-04. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202212283.Metal-organic framework-based oxygen carriers with antioxidant activity resulting from the incorporation of gold nanozymes
Biomaterials Science. 2023-02-07. DOI : 10.1039/d2bm01405j.3D reconstruction of curvilinear one-dimensional objects viewed in transmission electron microscopy
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9797.Tailoring Morphology and Elemental Distribution of Cu-In Nanocrystals via Galvanic Replacement
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2022-09-29. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.2c05792.3D vs. turbostratic: controlling metal-organic framework dimensionality via N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry
Chemical Science. 2022-05-11. DOI : 10.1039/d2sc01041k.3D reconstruction of curvilinear structures with stereo matching deep convolutional neural networks
Ultramicroscopy. 2022-04-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113460.Metallosupramolecular polymers as precursors for platinum nanocomposites
Polymer Chemistry. 2022-03-07. DOI : 10.1039/d2py00071g.Revealing the Surface Chemistry for CO2 Hydrogenation on Cu/CeO2–x Using Near-Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2021-10-12. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.1c02146.Prussian Blue Analogue-Sodium-Vanadium Hexacyanoferrate as a Cathode Material for Na-Ion Batteries
Acs Applied Energy Materials. 2021-09-27. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.1c01832.Bottom-up synthesis of graphene films hosting atom-thick molecular-sieving apertures
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2021-09-14. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2022201118.Structure-aware Multi-view 3D Reconstruction of Dislocations in TEM with Message Passing Neural Networks
Joint Meeting of Dreiländertagung & Multinational Congress on Microscopy (Microscopy Conference 2021), Digital, August 22-26, 2021.Lamellar carbon-aluminosilicate nanocomposites with macroscopic orientation
Nanoscale. 2021-07-02. DOI : 10.1039/d1nr00807b.Dynamics and healing behavior of metallosupramolecular polymers
Science Advances. 2021-04-01. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.abe4154.Millisecond lattice gasification for high-density CO2- and O2-sieving nanopores in single-layer graphene
Science Advances. 2021-02-24. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.abf0116.Soft-probe-scanning electrochemical microscopy reveals electrochemical surface reactivity of E. coli biofilms
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2021-02-16. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2021.129669.Atomic scale symmetry and polar nanoclusters in the paraelectric phase of ferroelectric materials
Nature Communications. 2021. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-23600-3.A metal-organic framework/polymer derived catalyst containing single-atom nickel species for electrocatalysis
Chemical Science. 2020-10-28. DOI : 10.1039/d0sc04512h.Interfacial Effect between Aluminum-Based Complex Hydrides and Nickel-Containing Porous Carbon Sheets
Acs Applied Energy Materials. 2020-10-26. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.0c01262.Nanocrystals as Precursors in Solid-State Reactions for Size- and Shape-Controlled Polyelemental Nanomaterials
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020-09-16. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c06556.Preparation of Highly Porous Metal-Organic Framework Beads for Metal Extraction from Liquid Streams
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020-08-05. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c02371.Structure-Property Relationships of Microphase-Separated Metallosupramolecular Polymers
Macromolecules. 2020-07-14. DOI : 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00876.Proton-transfer-induced 3D/2D hybrid perovskites suppress ion migration and reduce luminance overshoot
Nature Communications. 2020-07-06. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-020-17072-0.Inkjet-Printed TiO2/Fullerene Composite Films for Planar Perovskite Solar Cells
Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2020-05-07. DOI : 10.1002/hlca.202000044.Oxidative Print Light Synthesis Thin Film Deposition of Prussian Blue
ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 2020-03-11. DOI : 10.1021/acsaelm.9b00854.Imaging Catalysis: Operando Investigation of the CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction Dynamics by Means of Infrared Thermography
Acs Catalysis. 2020-02-07. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.9b04475.Efficient reductive amination of HMF with well dispersed Pd nanoparticles immobilized in a porous MOF/polymer composite
Green Chemistry. 2020-01-21. DOI : 10.1039/c9gc03140e.Spatially Resolved Production of Platinum Nanoparticles in Metallosupramolecular Polymers
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020-01-08. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.9b10685.Large-scale synthesis of crystalline g-C3N4 nanosheets and high-temperature H-2 sieving from assembled films
Science Advances. 2020-01-01. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.aay9851.Sodium chromium hexacyanoferrate as a potential cathode material for aqueous sodium-ion batteries
Chemical Communications. 2019-12-18. DOI : 10.1039/c9cc06350a.Discovery of a self-healing catalyst for the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2019-11-07. DOI : 10.1039/c9ta02123j.Preserving Porosity of Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks through the Introduction of Polymer Guests
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2019-08-07. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.9b05967.Print-Light-Synthesis of Ni and NiFe-nanoscale catalysts for oxygen evolution
ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019-08-06. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.9b00957.High-permeance polymer-functionalized single-layer graphene membranes that surpass the postcombustion carbon capture target
Energy & Environmental Science. 2019-07-26. DOI : 10.1039/C9EE01238A.Synthesis of Cu/CeO2-x Nanocrystalline Heterodimers with Interfacial Active Sites To Promote CO2 Electroreduction
Acs Catalysis. 2019-06-01. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.9b00010.Stable perovskite solar cells using tin acetylacetonate based electron transporting layers
Energy & Environmental Science. 2019-06-01. DOI : 10.1039/c9ee00453j.A new post-synthetic polymerization strategy makes metal-organic frameworks more stable
Chemical Science. 2019-05-07. DOI : 10.1039/c9sc00135b.Insights into image contrast from dislocations in ADF-STEM
Ultramicroscopy. 2019-05-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.ultramic.2019.02.004.Auto-passivation of crystal defects in hybrid imidazolium/methylammonium lead iodide films by fumigation with methylamine affords high efficiency perovskite solar cells
Nano Energy. 2019-04-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.01.027.Hard Phase Crystallization Directs the Phase Segregation of Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Polymers
Macromolecules. 2019-03-12. DOI : 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02502.The role of malachite nanorods for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to C-2 hydrocarbons
Electrochimica Acta. 2019-02-20. DOI : 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.11.124.Structural Sensitivities in Bimetallic Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Revealed by Ag-Cu Nanodimers
Journal of The American Chemical Society. 2019-02-13. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.8b12381.Inkjet-Printed Mesoporous TiO2 and Perovskite Layers for High Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Energy Technology. 2019-02-01. DOI : 10.1002/ente.201800905.Rapid, Selective Extraction of Trace Amounts of Gold from Complex Water Mixtures with a Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)/Polymer Composite
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2018-12-05. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.8b09555.A large planetary body inferred from diamond inclusions in a ureilite meteorite
Nature Communications. 2018-12-01. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-03808-6.Potential-induced nanoclustering of metallic catalysts during electrochemical CO2 reduction
Nature Communications. 2018-12-01. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-05544-3.Single-layer graphene membranes by crack-free transfer for gas mixture separation
Nature Communications. 2018-12-01. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-04904-3.Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Co3S4 Hollow Nanoboxes for the Selective Reduction of Nitroarenes
ChemSusChem. 2018-09-21. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201801641.Stimuli-responsive Pt(0)-containing metallosupramolecular polymers
2018-08-19. 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, MA, Aug 19-23, 2018.Selective growth of layered perovskites for stable and efficient photovoltaics
Energy and Environmental Science. 2018-08-04. DOI : 10.1039/c7ee03513f.A Facile Preparative Route of Nanoscale Perovskites over Mesoporous Metal Oxide Films and Their Applications to Photosensitizers and Light Emitters
Advanced Functional Materials. 2018-08-01. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201803801.Trash into Treasure: δ-FAPbI3 Polymorph Stabilized MAPbI3 Perovskite with Power Conversion Efficiency beyond 21%
Advanced Materials. 2018-05-29. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201707143.Selective and Stable Electroreduction of CO2 to CO at the Copper/Indium Interface
ACS Catalysis. 2018-05-11. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.7b04457.Rapid, Selective Heavy Metal Removal from Water by a Metal-Organic Framework/Polydopamine Composite
ACS Central Science. 2018-03-28. DOI : 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00605.MOF-Derived Cobalt Phosphide/Carbon Nanocubes for Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Anilines
Chemistry - A European Journal. 2018-03-20. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201705400.Intercalation makes the difference with TiS2: Boosting electrocatalytic water oxidation activity through Co intercalation
Journal of Materials Research. 2018-03-14. DOI : 10.1557/jmr.2017.431.Mixed-phase MOF-derived Titanium Dioxide for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution: The Impact of the Templated Morphology
ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2018. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.8b01445.Inkjet-printed mesoporous TiO2 and perovskite layers for high efficiency perovskite solar cells
ChemRxiv. 2018-10-29. DOI : 10.26434/chemrxiv.7127066.v1.Rapid inkjet printing of high catalytic activity Co3O4 /N-rGO layers for oxygen reduction reaction
Applied Catalysis A: General. 2018-06-20. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcata.2018.06.026.Tilt-less 3-D electron imaging and reconstruction of complex curvilinear structures
Scientific Reports. 2017. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-017-07537-6.Stereo-vision three-dimensional reconstruction of curvilinear structures imaged with a TEM
Ultramicroscopy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.08.010.On the ADF-STEM dislocation contrast
2017. Microscopy Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.Strontium Migration at the GDC-YSZ Interface of Solid Oxide Cells in SOFC and SOEC Modes
ECS Transactions. 2017. DOI : 10.1149/07801.3297ecst.Three-dimensional electron imaging and reconstruction of dislocations from a single acquisition
2017. Microscopy Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland.Computer Vision Techniques Applied to the Reconstruction of the 3-D Structure of Dislocations
2017. Microscopy & Microanalysis, St Louis, MO, USA, 2017. p. 102-103. DOI : 10.1017/S1431927617001192.Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Stable and Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
Advanced Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201606555.CsPbBr3 QD/AlOx inorganic nanocomposites with exceptional stability in water, light and heat
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201703703.Post-test Analysis on a Solid Oxide Cell Stack Operated for 10,700 Hours in Steam Electrolysis Mode
Fuel Cells. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/fuce.201600194.Enhanced charge collection with passivation of the tin oxide layer in planar perovskite solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/c7ta04128d.Three-dimensional electron imaging of dislocations from a single sample tilt
2016. The 16th European Microscopy Congress 2016, Lyon, France, 28 August - 2 September, 2016. DOI : 10.1002/9783527808465.PbI2–HMPA Complex Pretreatment for Highly Reproducible and Efficient CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.6b08347.High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Environmental Stability Based on Amphiphile-Modified CH3NH3PbI3
Advanced Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201505255.Three-Dimensional STEM Imaging of Dislocations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6476.Structure and electronic properties of AlCrOxN1-x thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering
Thin Solid Films. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.07.066.Functional carbon nanosheets prepared from hexayne amphiphile monolayers at room temperature
Nature Chemistry. 2014. DOI : 10.1038/nchem.1939.Corona protein composition and cytotoxicity evaluation of ultra-small zeolites synthesized from template free precursor suspensions
Toxicology Research. 2013. DOI : 10.1039/c3tx50023c.Nanoprecipitates in single-crystal molybdenum-alloy nanopillars detected by TEM and atom probe tomography
Scripta Materialia. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.03.013.Slip in directionally solidified Mo-alloy micropillars - Part I: Nominally dislocation-free pillars
Acta Materialia. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.actamat.2012.02.043.Past EPFL PhD Students
Courses
Lectures as well as hands-on trainings concerning different STEM imaging and spectroscopy techniques. Fundamentals of STEM, basic and advanced STEM imaging (ABF, ADF, iDPC, and 4D STEM), aberration-corrected STEM imaging and simulation, acquisition and analysis of EELS and EDX data.
Transmission electron microscopy and diffraction (a)
This intensive course is intended for researchers who envisage using transmission electron microscopy to study materials samples or to help them interpret TEM data in publications. It presents basics of TEM instrumentation, imaging, electron diffraction, specimen preparation and high-resolution TEM.
Scanning electron microscopy techniques (b)
This intensive course is intended for researchers who envisage to use scanning electron microscopy techniques for their research or who want to understand how to interpret SEM images and analytical results presented in scientific publications.
Transmission electron microscopy and diffraction (b)
This intensive course is intended for researchers who envisage using transmission electron microscopy to study materials samples or to help them interpret TEM data in publications. It presents basics of TEM instrumentation, imaging, electron diffraction, specimen preparation and high-resolution TEM.
CCMX Summer School - Characterisation of Materials
This course will present an overview of the different materials characterisation techniques available to materials scientists, engineers in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, microtechnology or physics.
Scanning electron microscopy techniques (a)
This intensive course is intended for researchers who envisage to use scanning electron microscopy techniques for their research or who want to understand how to interpret SEM images and analytical results presented in scientific publications.
Scanning and Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy
This intensive course discusses advanced TEM techniques such as: scanning TEM; analytical TEM using EELS and EDX; aberration corrected imaging; and image simulation. It is intended for researchers who have taken the introductory TEM course MSE-637 or who have a good background in conventional TEM.
Advanced Solid State and Surface Characterization
State-of-the-art surface/thin film characterization methods of polycrystalline/nano/amorphous materials. Selected topics from thin film X-ray diffraction (GIWAXS, GISAXS, PDF), electronic and optical spectroscopy (XPS, AES, SERS, TERS), scanning probe and electron microscopy (STM, AFM, HRTEM, SEM).