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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

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 - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Jonas Andersson) - published 30 November 2021 “We get a giant boost! The funding will make it easier to attract younger, excellent researchers who fit in well with the faculty’s ambition for renewal and strengthening”, says Anders Mikkelsen, director of NanoLund. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is investing over SEK 3 billion in research that crea

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/billions-materials-science-sustainable-world - 2025-07-07

Published 10 December 2021 Last Monday a large group of undergraduates gathered in K-space at the promise of free pizza and inspiring presentations on brain-inspired designs in engineering – given by four NanoLund researchers. Mattias Borg and Lars-Erik Wernersson of the Nanoelectronics department at LTH spoke about novel memory devices that act as artificial synapses in neuromorphic systems, and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/successful-pizza-science-night - 2025-07-07

Published 13 December 2021 “I completely believe that nanotechnology is one of the absolutely best tools we have to solve several of our sustainability challenges”, says Christina Isaxon, researcher at NanoLund. Photo: Kennet Ruona Christina Isaxon has always been interested in how small particles in the air affect our health. As society’s use of nanomaterials increases, research questions about s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/better-knowledge-needed-about-handling-nanoparticles - 2025-07-07

Published 14 December 2021 Earlier this year, Magnus Borgström and Yang Chen received a special commendation in the Future Innovations for their idea “Transparent solar cells: Solar cell windows”. In this podcast produced by VentureLab (Lund University), they talk about the recent developments of their idea. They discuss how transparent solar cells based on semiconductor materials work and how the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/venturelabs-innovation-podcast-including-nanolund-researchers-magnus-borgstrom-and-yang-chen - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 16 December 2021 Peter Jönsson, senior lecturer at the Department of Chemistry and affiliated to NanoLund, is awarded this year's prize from the Sven and Ebba-Christina Hagberg Foundation. Jönsson is being recognized for his studies of protein-protein interactions on cell surfaces that control communication between cells. Congra

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/chemistry-scientist-awarded-studies-cell-communication - 2025-07-07

Published 20 December 2021 Have you always wanted to visit the cleanroom Lund Nano Lab? Or are you curious about how researchers separate cancer cells from the blood with lab-on-a-chip technique? Or – maybe you just want to make your own pH indicator out of red cabbage. We hope that you haven’t missed LTH’s Christmas calendar filled with exciting experiments. Each day a short film is being publish

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/christmas-calendar-lth-gift-keeps-giving - 2025-07-07

Published 22 December 2021 When the Cooper pair in the superconductor broke, the quasiparticles were able to make their way, via so-called quantum mechanical tunnelling, through the insulation to the copper, where the researchers observed them with a charge detector. Picture: Aalto Superconductors are a cornerstone of quantum computers and particle detectors, among other things. However, a common

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/moments-silence-point-way-towards-better-superconductors - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 21 December 2021 The new study could be useful for future pandemics. ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH Using a mathematical model, researchers have been able to link confirmed covid-19 cases with intensive care admissions and deaths. The model, which allows prediction and planning of health care burden, could be valuable during the current

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mathematical-model-useful-pandemic-planning - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 4 January 2022 Jenny Rissler is a Principal Investigator at NanoLund, and active in the Mistra Environmental Nanosafety research program. Photo: Kennet Ruona A new study shows that carbon nanotubes used as additives to polymers – to make materials lighter, stronger, and electrically conductive – do not necessarily degrade under the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/higher-temperatures-are-needed-ensure-carbon-nanotubes-decomposition - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 25 January 2022 Doctoral student Veronica Lattanzi hopes the results of the new study can be useful in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Photo: Johan Joelsson Using X-ray and neutron scattering, a team of researchers in Lund has succeeded in mapping the fibril structure of the beta-amyloid 42 protein that contributes to Alzheimer’s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-detailed-knowledge-harmful-protein-can-help-fighting-alzheimers-disease - 2025-07-07