By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 20 May 2022 Jesper Schwarz, Aleksandra Ilic and Kenneth Wärnmark demonstrate their red iron complex inside a hydrogen balloon in front of a light reactor. Missing are Reiner Lomoth and Catherine Johnson from Uppsala University. Photo by Johan Joelsson. A research group at Lund University has succeeded in creating a hydrogen-prod

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/first-step-towards-large-scale-fossil-free-hydrogen-production - 2025-07-07

Published 31 May 2022 The study demonstrates a low-temperature solution process to prepare free-standing vertically aligned green-emitting nanowires from anodized aluminum oxide templates. The length is controlled from 1 to 20 μm by the precursor amount. Picture: NanoLetters For the first time, researchers have succeeded in growing vertically aligned, free-standing metal halide perovskite (MHP) na

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/free-standing-metal-halide-perovskite-nanowires-one-step-closer-new-clean-energy - 2025-07-07

Published 13 June 2022 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)

https://www.nano.lu.se/annualreport2021 - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 9 August 2023 The green areas in the zebrafish brain indicate that the nerve cells send electrical signals when the implanted electrode transmits external stimuli. No tissue damage was observed after the injection. NanoLundians Roger Olsson, professor of chemical biology and therapeutics, and Martin Hjort, researcher in chemical

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/electrotherapy-without-surgery - 2025-07-07

Published 11 August 2023 The millimeter-sized chip on which the transistors are located. (Photo: Anton Persson) Transistors that can change properties are important elements in the development of tomorrow’s semiconductors. With standard transistors approaching the limit for how small they can be, having more functions on the same number of units becomes increasingly important in enabling the devel

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/cutting-edge-transistors-semiconductors-future - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 16 August 2023 Anne L’Huillier and her group will develop a new compact device for the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses. Photo: Getty As one of two researchers in Sweden, Anne L’Huillier will receive an ERC Proof of Concept Grant in the second call for 2023. A total of 66 researchers from 14 different countries will r

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-receives-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 24 August 2023 Were you among those who couldn’t make it to the conference EuroNanoForum2023? Don’t despair – we have gathered recordings of several sessions for you to watch. The EuroNanoForum 2023 marked a lively and engaging event where academia, industry, policymakers, and stakeholders converged to deliberate on Nanotechnolo

https://www.nano.lu.se/euronanoforum - 2025-07-07

Published 29 August 2023 Film made by “Faktabruket” for the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. NanoLundian Kimberly Dick is, for more than a decade, a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, and studies the building of new materials by working on an atom-scale. As put in the film: If an atom were the size of a Lego piece, lying in a hand, the hand would be the size of planet Earth. “Big discoveries are made

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/creating-completely-new-materials-atoms - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 7 September 2023 Alfred Larsson assembles an electrochemical cell at the instrument "The Swedish Materials Science Beamline P21.2" at the PETRA III particle accelerator in Hamburg. Photo: Jinshan Pan Corrosion-resistant metallic materials are required in applications such as rocket engines, nuclear power stations and chemical in

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/researchers-reveal-deficiencies-corrosion-resistant-metallic-materials - 2025-07-07

Published 5 September 2023 Welding, and whether new methods can be used to weld advanced alloys is in focus for the project for which Filip Lenrick has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. Photo: Klas Holger Jönsson Among the four scholars from Lund University who have received ERC Starting Grants is Filip Lenrick, a researcher in industrial production, for the project “Bulk-like Joints by Gas Actu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-starting-grant-nanolundian-filip-lenrick - 2025-07-07

Published 5 September 2023 Eleven new competence centers in Sweden get funding from Vinnova – four of them reside in Lund and two of the new ones are directly connected to NanoLund. Foto: Kennet Ruona Sweden’s Innovation Agency, Vinnova, will invest in 11 new competence centers starting in January 2024. Among the new ones, two are directly connected to NanoLund – adding up to the already existing

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-involved-vinnovas-new-competence-centers - 2025-07-07

Published 12 September 2023 Lung exposure to nanowires induces an inflammatory response and allergic response when tested on mice. “This emphasizes how important it is that we continue to take nanosafety into account”, says Professor Christelle Prinz, one of the researchers behind the study. In a collaboration with the National Research Center for the Working Environment in Copenhagen, led by Ulla

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/study-shows-importance-taking-nanosafety-account - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Ivan Maximov, Adam Burke, Anna-Karin Alm, Alexandra Lindholm and Evelina Lindén) - published 21 September 2023 Lectures, lab tours, Science Slam – and giving sneak peeks at MAX IV Laboratory Open Day. NanoLund and Solid State Physics were all over the place during the annual event ”Culture Night” (Kulturnatten). This year NanoLund participated again in a j

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/all-over-place-nanolund-participated-culture-night - 2025-07-07

Published 26 September 2023 Anne L’Huillier will be awarded the Lund University Gold Medal for her outstanding contribution. Photo: Evelina Lindén At Lund University’s annual ceremony in January, Professor Anne L'Huillier will receive Lund University’s gold medal for her outstanding contributions to the university. Lund University can award silver and gold medals to people who have made important

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-gold-medal-anne-lhuillier - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 3 October 2023 The hall was quickly filled with colleagues wanting to congratulate Anne L’Huillier at Fysicum, Lund University. Photo: Evelina LIndén For experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter, Professor Anne L’Huillier at Lund University is awarded the Nobel Pr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/and-nobel-prize-now-announced - 2025-07-07

Published 5 October 2023 Unlocking the full potential of harnessing solar power requires significant advancements in the process of clean energy generation, including how we collect, convert, and store it. Maning Liu and his colleagues are exploring this on a molecular scale. “Twisted or planar?” is the question that our brand new NanoLundian, Assistant Professor Maning Liu, and his colleagues exp

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/maning-liu-pioneers-wise-celebrates-its-first-scientific-publication - 2025-07-07

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 October 2023 “If we manage to solve how and why particles and light behave the way they do, and under what conditions, we can lay the foundation to whatever new technology there might be,” says Ville Maisi. Photo: Pixabay If we can understand how and why light and matter behave as they do, we are one step closer to solving some o

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologies - 2025-07-07

Published 13 October 2023 Take your chance to work in a thriving and excellent research environment, recently celebrating the honor of being the workplace of a Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics. Spread the word: We are looking for an early career researcher with pioneering ideas in the field of optics of semi­conductor nanostructures. As an assistant professor, you will be embedded into the strategi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tenure-track-position-assistant-professor-physics-semiconductor-optics - 2025-07-07

Published 17 October 2023 Eva Unger (in the middle) and Michael Saliba (next to her, right) receives the award from Helmholtz president Otmar D. Wiestler, Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Carla Seidel. Combining different disciplines and working together across centre boundaries to tackle one of the biggest challenges of our time – the energy transition – Eva Unger and her team fellows receive the firs

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/helmholtz-high-impact-award-nanolund-member-eva-unger - 2025-07-07

Published 20 October 2023 WISE (Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability) has opened two calls for the development of graduate courses and summer schools in 2024 with relevance to materials science for sustainability. The call for WISE Summer School 2024 aims to support the organisation of a one-week summer school. The summer school must be able to accommodate a minimum of 50 WIS

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wise-funding-call-graduate-courses-and-summer-schools - 2025-07-07