In the Annual Report for 2021 which just arrived from the print shop, you can see our new stats and read about some of the highlights from last year. Read the full report online or info [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (subject: NanoLund%20Annual%20Report%202021) (contact us) to get your paper copy. NanoLund annual report 2021 (pdf, 2.4 MB)

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Aerosol particles in the smoke were measured while firefighters practiced in realistic conditions. Watch a short film (in Swedish) about the research project. We all know that when it burns, it smokes. But what do we really know about the contents of that smoke and how it is affected by different fire processes? Not only that, but how do these smoke particles affect the emergency personnel who are

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/unique-project-studies-fire-smoke-detail - 2025-09-03

NanoLundian and Assistant professor Sara Blomberg at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Lunds tekniska högskola, Lunds universitet, was awarded the Swedish Catalysis Society Berzelius Prize at the 19th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis in Esbo stad, Finland. Sara Blomberg receives the prize for broadening the possibilities to measure processes on the catalytic surface and the gas phase simultaneo

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/swedish-catalysis-society-berzelius-prize-nanolundian - 2025-09-03

Joanna Persson, Alexander Lundh and Jennifer Cately just finished second grade in high school – and are spending two weeks at NanoLund as part of a program aiming to rise the priority of scientific perspectives. Photo: Evelina Lindén Summer holiday? Not yet – at least not for the three high school students, who were chosen to spend two weeks at NanoLund right after the end of the school year. “Thi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/getting-sneak-peek-science - 2025-09-03

The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability – WISE – is hiring, and two of the WISE fellows will be at NanoLund, one in Materials Chemistry. Please help us spread the word! The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will encompass major efforts at seven of Sweden’s foremost universities.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/call-wise-faculty-recruitments - 2025-09-03

The new, interdisciplinary profile areas will contribute to increased interaction with industry and society. Picture: Catrin Jakobsson The latest edition of NanoLund’s newsletter is here! Due to a technical issue with the Lund University email servers, our latest newsletter may have got stuck in your spam filter. Please read it below!  Donation for equipment to Nano Lab Science Village • NanoLundi

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A first meeting with the aim of coordinating the national agenda is booked by Erik Renström, Lund University, Stefan Christiernin, Volvo Cars, Darja Isaksson, Vinnova, Pia Sandvik, RISE and Lars-Erik Wernersson, LTH. Photo: Jessika Sellergren How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discussion during “Politics We

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2025-09-03

Sparbanken Skåne's CEO Andreas P. Nilsson presents the award to Louise Green at LTH's graduation ceremony. Photo: Johan Persson The Sparbanken Skåne Prize to a new doctor at LTH for particularly outstanding doctoral thesis is in 2022 awarded NanoLundian Louise Gren for her thesis in Aerosol Technology. The Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs and Frosta awards the Sparbanken Skåne Prize to a new doctor at LTH

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/louise-gren-receives-sparbanken-skanes-research-prize-2022 - 2025-09-03

Anne L’Huillier, Professor of Atom Physics and member of NanoLund, is awarded the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award. Photo: Kennet Ruona In memory of the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, the Gothenburg Physics Centre since 2006 awards a prize to a scientist who made a breakthrough discovery in physics. Next week, Anne L’Huillier is given the prize at a ceremony in Gothenburg. The Gothenburg Physics Cen

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gothenburg-lise-meitner-award-anne-lhuillier - 2025-09-03

Normally, Nobel Symposia are quite rare, therefore it is quite remarkable that NanoLund researchers were the main organizers of two symposia that took place nearly at the same time. The Nobel Symposium NS 173: “Exploring complex molecular and condensed phase processes and functions by multidimensional spectroscopy from THz to X-rays” was held August 7–11, 2022 in Båstad. The Nobel Symposium NS166:

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-nobel-symposia-held-southern-sweden-within-one-month - 2025-09-03

Lars Samuelson celebrates together with colleagues including Lund University vice chancellor Erik Renström, NanoLund directors Anders Mikkelsen and Maria Messing – and, online, colleagues from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Lars Samuelson, professor of nanotechnology and semiconductor electronics at LTH and founder of NanoLund, is awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lars-samuelson-receives-ivas-great-gold-medal - 2025-09-03

The researchers Peter Samuelsson and Björn Annby-Andersson in front of a white board. Photo: Johan Lindskoug NanoLund researchers Björn Annby-Andersson and Peter Samuelsson have developed a “master equation” that will help engineers understand feedback at the quantum scale. Many everyday technologies make use of feedback control routinely in order to manage operations of devices and processes. But

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/master-equation-boost-quantum-technologies - 2025-09-03

Jonatan Fast was one of the scientists giving talks at the annual event “Culture Night”. Photo: Ivan Maximov Able to celebrate the annual ”Culture Night” in Lund again, NanoLund and the Department of Physics contributed by showing the amazing world of physics – covering topics from the smallest elements to the deepest mysteries of the universe. Kulturnatten – The Culture Night – at Fysicum feature

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/diligent-participation-culture-night - 2025-09-03

Photo by Carsten Lundager. Per Augustsson, Affiliated faculty member of NanoLund and Associate Professor at the department of Biomedical Engineering at Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for the project TAPAS, Taking blood apart by sound. Per Augustsson is one of 55 researchers from around Europe who receives EUR 150,000 from the European Research Council to investigat

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-grant-nanolund-affiliated-faculty-member - 2025-09-03

Simplified schematic of a triple-junction photovoltaic nanowire. Illustration from Materials Today Energy (open access). More details below! “Our main conclusion is that nanowires are promising building blocks for the next generation of high efficiency solar cells at economically viable cost that are sustainable, flexible and radiation hard,” says NanoLund researcher Lukas Hrachowina. “Generating

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowires-promise-high-efficient-economical-solar-cells - 2025-09-03

Last but not least, the NanoLund director Anders Mikkelsen acclaimed program chairs Maria Messing and Mattias Borg, and the coordinator Mirja Carlsson Möller. Photo: Ivan Scheblykin An entire day full of scientific talks, poster mingling, and plenty of opportunities to discuss all varieties of playing with the energies inside materials. The NanoLund Annual Meeting was held, dinner was enjoyed – an

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/recap-annual-meeting-2022 - 2025-09-03

Mathieu Gisselbrecht and Sara Linse are rewarded project grants by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Photo: Johan Joelsson The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding SEK 700 million to 23 innovative basic research projects at Swedish universities. Four of them are based in Lund – and two are connected to NanoLund. Sara Linse will study disease-preventing proteins – and Mathieu Gissel

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/disease-preventing-proteins-and-more-temperature-resistant-quantum-computers - 2025-09-03

Nanoplastics can be utilized by bacteria which in turn serve as additional food for the zooplankton Daphnia Magna. Photo: Per Harald Olsen, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet There is still much we don’t know about the tiny plastic particles thought to be all around us. In a new study, Tommy Cedervall and his research group show that the rate of degradation may be faster for nanoplasti

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/study-nanoplastics-surprises-scientists - 2025-09-03

The NanoLund annual student retreat is a popular event, gathering students, PhD students and postdocs from NanoLund. Photo: Oskar Ström “Industry versus Academia” was the theme for this year’s NanoLund student retreat. It took place in Höllviken with more than 85 participants attending the exciting program. This year’s Nanolund student retreat in Höllviken had more than 85 student members, PhD stu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/biggest-nanolund-student-retreat-ever - 2025-09-03

Photo by Fauxels at pexels.com. 193 applications were submitted in the first PhD and postdoc project call from which 90 projects have been granted funding. The projects are awarded in total 260 million Swedish Crowns by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) for a period of up to four years. Awarded projects are distributed broadly across seven universities. “The granted projects are of ve

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/first-wise-phd-and-postdoc-projects-approved - 2025-09-03