By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 8 March 2021 Anne l’Huillier is the winner of the 2021 Max Born Award from the Optical Society (OSA). Photo: Magnus Bergström The Optical Society, OSA, awards NanoLundian Atomic Physics professor Anne l’Huillier the Max Born Award for pioneering work in ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. Anne L’Huillier, professor o

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-wins-max-born-award - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 16 March 2021 We are facing new challenges, and consequently we need the development of electronics to continue. But the question is: how do we do that? Mattias Borg, co-coordinator of Exploratory Nanotechnology, explains how. The basis of the electronics we use today, such as home computers and mobile phones, was invented more

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/how-make-smarter-and-more-efficient-electronics - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna-Karin Alm) - published 12 March 2021 Laboratory facilities within Lund University and Chalmers University will be used to prepare experiments using X-rays or neutrons. Picture from the PME-lab at Lund University. Courtesy of Jan-Eric Ståhl. Researchers from the two Strategic Research Areas NanoLund and SPI (Sustainable Production Initiative, Chalmers

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/x-rays-and-neutrons-entering-metals-and-manufacturing-industries - 2025-01-19

By Gerda [dot] Rentschler [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (Gerda Rentschler) - published 25 March 2021 Idea Competition: 5 000 Euro prize for the best idea for new application areas for biocomputation The Horizon 2020 project Bio4Comp, coordinated by Heiner Linke (NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University) announces an award for ideas to find applications for network-based computers using bio-

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alternative-uses-computing-devices-using-nanoscale-biomolecules - 2025-01-19

Published 6 April 2021 Using nanotechnology, researchers can insert biomolecules into the blood stem cells from the umbilical cord, without damaging the cells. NanoLund researchers Martin Hjort, Yang Chen, and Magnus Borgström have been awarded the Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne’s prize for future innovations. Their projects are named “Overcoming the shortage of blood stem cell donations wit

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Published 1 December 2015 Long-time NanoLund collaborator Dr. Heike Riel is one of three newly appointed honorary doctors by Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering in 2015/2016. She is the leader of the highly successful  Materials Integration & Nanoscale Devices (MIND) group at IBM Research in Zürich. Heike Riel has collaborated with NanoLund researchers in the EU-project Nanowire-Based One-Dim

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Published 3 May 2021 “It is difficult to predict where plexcitons will contribute to the societal needs in the future. Perhaps through photocatalysis applications they will help to reach sustainable development goals as defined by the United Nations”, says Donatas Zigmantas. A research team has succeeded in uncovering the fundamental properties of plexcitons, which were previously shrouded in myst

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/solved-nano-mystery-aiming-help-achieving-sustainability-goals - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna-Karin Alm) - published 26 May 2021 A magnified picture of a prototype of a micro-LED full-color display made by indium-gallium-nitride (InGaN) using 20x20 µm2 subpixels on an LTPS backplane. Courtesy of Glo AB. Leading California-based company within quantum dot light-emitting materials and technology, Nanosys, has acquired the NanoLund spin-off compa

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-spin-company-glo-ab-acquired-nanosys - 2025-01-19

Published 8 June 2021 Ivan Scheblykin, Alexander Kiligaridis, Aymen Yangui. Photo: Alexander Kiligaridis Tri-national team of researchers from NanoLund, the Russian Academy of Science, and the Technical University of Dresden in Germany has developed a new methodology for the study of lead halide perovskites. Metal halide perovskites have been under intense investigation over the last decade due to

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lead-halide-perovskites-horse-different-color - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Gerda Rentschler) - published 21 June 2021 In 2014, NanoLund was awarded in total 3.2 ME by the European Commission to train as many as twelve PhD students in the area of nanoscale materials for sustainable energy applications. Today, on the occasion of the graduation of Hailiang Xu, we proudly report that all twelve have graduated, and have produced a vas

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/twelve-PhDstudents-graduate-nanomaterials-for-sustainable-energy - 2025-01-19

Published 23 June 2021 2020 turned out to be a year like no other. It challenged us, but we found ways to keep up our good work. Read all about how NanoLund performed this special year in our annual report. Not only did NanoLund find ways to continue forwards despite ever-changing restrictions – but also did our best to contribute with research on covid-testing, mapping the way viruses spread, and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-annual-report-2020 - 2025-01-19

Published 7 July 2021 With nanoscience, we possess the keys to many solutions for the planet as well as for the human race. The need for high technology for, among other things, precision medicine and sustainable, renewable energy is growing. To achieve a healthier and more sustainable society, we need to strengthen research resources and infrastructure. But how do we do this in the best way, to a

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sustainable-energy-and-new-ways-finding-and-curing-diseases-nanoscience-places-sweden-forefront - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 8 September 2021 Physics researchers Peter Samuelsson, on the left, and Ville Maisi show the small brass component that contains connectors, microwave circuits and nanowires. Photo: Simon Wosny In a pioneering nano experiment, a research team in Lund has successfully constructed a new and very efficient microwave photon detector

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-microwaves-could-result-better-quantum-computers - 2025-01-19

Published 1 October 2021 The students were recruited internationally during the pandemic. Now, with restrictions eased, it was finally possible to have a kick-off meeting, interact and identify synergies between their projects which are in materials science, biomedicine and energy. In 2020, NanoLund was awarded GenerationNano, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND nanoscience doctoral training program t

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/14-nanolund-phd-students-kick-nanoscience-research-sustainability - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 19 October 2021 Vanya Darakchieva, professor of Solid State Physics, was one of the keynote speakers at NanoLund Annual Meeting 2021. Photo: Evelina Lindén Finally, the NanoLund community could arrange for an annual meeting together at the same venue. The theme of the meeting was ”Light for Nano – Nano for Light”. Every autumn,

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/weve-met-again-report-annual-meeting-2021 - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 27 October 2021 While in Skåne, Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren and his entourage particularly asked for visiting NanoLund – and had a close look at the Lund Nano Lab. Photo: Evelina Lindén The semiconductor shortage was one reason why Swedish Minister of EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren recently visited NanoLund and the Lu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/minister-eu-affairs-paid-nanolund-visit - 2025-01-19

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 15 December 2021 Arsenic and bismuth atoms on surface terraces of a GaAs nanowire. The red structures are GaBi islands. Figure: Johan Knutsson / Lund University / Nature Communications Site-selected crystal material synthesis at the atomic scale has been a long-standing challenge. NanoLundians Rainer Timm and Yi Liu use nanowire

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/novel-nanostructure-formation-atomic-scale-precision - 2025-01-19

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 13 October 2021 Matilda Forni with the ultra-thin microelectrodes during production (Photo: Agata Garpenlind) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a completely new stimulation method, using ultra-thin microelectrodes, to combat severe pain. This provides effective and personalised pain relief wit

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/pain-relief-without-side-effects-promising-technique-0 - 2025-01-19

By anna-karin [dot] alm [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (Anna-Karin Alm) - published 11 November 2021 The team behind the tour of the theatre play The right way recently gave their last performance for researchers and staff at Lund University. The right way has been part of an outreach activity for high school students focusing on how we handle new research findings in our everyday lives. The team beh

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/last-performance-right-way - 2025-01-19

Published 29 November 2021 After having been postponed last year due to the pandemic, the annual NanoLund retreat for student members, PhD students and postdocs did a well-received return in October. With a focus on networking, attendants from across NanoLund disciplines enjoyed two days filled with activities at Backafallsbyn on Hven island. With people being largely restricted in interacting wit

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/young-nanolundians-have-met-again-report-nanolund-student-retreat-2021 - 2025-01-19