Prof. Dr. Achim Ecker

Work at ZHAW

Position

Programme Director Chemistry, Head Section of Industrial Chemistry

Focus

Industrial Chemistry

Teaching

Lecturer of Industrial and Inorganic Chemistry

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7758-7039

Projects

• ParticlePAT4Mills: Next-generation wet grinding technology with integrated real-time particle size measurement as process analysis technology / Project leader / ongoing
• Natural Malagasy Plant Dyes / Project leader / completed
• Local Colours – Industrial Natural Dyeing based on plant dyes from waste / Project leader / completed
• Process Analytical Technologies for Industrial Nanoparticle Production / Project leader / completed
• Novel membrane integrated Buss Loop Reactor for process intensification / Deputy project leader / completed
• Local bioColours / Project leader / completed
• Optimizing Synthesis of Zeolites by means of Photon Density Wave Spectroscopy / Project leader / completed
• True Color Pigments für Textilien / Project leader / completed
• novoSUN / Project leader / completed
• True Color Pigments / Project leader / completed
• Long-term stability of embedded ZeoFRET composites / Deputy project leader / completed
• Intelligent sensor-based assistance system for retail / Project leader / completed
• Papersave Swiss procedure against ink corrosion / Co-project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Edenafanambinantsoa, S. E. A., Andriamanantena, M., Andriamihaja, T. F., Ratsimbazafy, T. A., Schutzbach, C., Ramanoelina, P., Ecker, A., & Fawbush, F. R. (2024). Alternative mordants for wool dyeing using leaves of Punica granatum and Lantana camara. International Journal of Engineering, Sciences and Technologies, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.70961/fwur5382
• Walther, F., Ecker, A., Brühwiler, D., & Bornand, M. (2024). The synthesis of a large stokes-shift dye and intercalation into the nanochannels of zeolite L. Materials, 17(22), 5669. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17225669
• Pauli, O., Ecker, A., Cruz-Izquierdo, A., Basso, A., & Serban, S. (2022). Visualizing hydrophobic and hydrophilic enzyme interactions during immobilization by means of infrared microscopy. Catalysts, 12(9), 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12090989
• Häne, J., Brühwiler, D., Ecker, A., & Hass, R. (2019). Real-time inline monitoring of zeolite synthesis by Photon Density Wave spectroscopy. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 288(109580). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109580
• Woodtli, P., Giger, S., Müller, P., Sägesser, L., Zucchetto, N., Reber, M., Ecker, A., & Brühwiler, D. (2018). Indigo in the nanochannels of zeolite L : towards a new type of colorant. Dyes and Pigments, 2018(149), 456–461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.10.029
• Cao, P., Khorev, O., Devaux, A., Sägesser, L., Kunzmann, A., Ecker, A., Häner, R., Brühwiler, D., Calzaferri, G., & Belser, P. (2016). Supramolecular organization of dye molecules in zeolite L channels : synthesis, properties, and composite materials. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(12), 4046–4060. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504404
• Marti, R., Dabros, M., Pieles, U., Frey, U., & Ecker, A. (2016). International relations at universities of applied sciences. Chimia, 70(7-8), 555–556. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2016.555
• Dabros, M., Vorlet, O., Marti, R., Riedl, W., Grundler, G., Vaccari, A., Zinn, M., Ecker, A., & Hinderling, C. (2015). PAT at the Universities of Applied Sciences. Chimia, 69(7-8), 482–484. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.482
• Ecker, A., Frey, U., Gygax, D., & Naef, O. (2010). Fünf Jahre Bachelor FH in der Schweiz. Chimia, 64(7-8), 617–620. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2010.617

Other publications

• Ecker, A., Fourré, C., & Grandchamp, T. (2019). Textilien färben mit Avocadoschalen oder Rotkohlblättern. Transfer, 2019(2), 4. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18826
• Brühwiler, D., & Ecker, A. (2017). True Color Pigments : die Suche nach dem perfekten Farbmittel. Transfer, 2017(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5024

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

please refer to ORCID

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