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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. University of Halmstad has made a feature of NanoLund scientist Håkan Pettersson and research recently funded with 4 MSEK by the Swedish Research Council. Read the feature on Halmstad University's homepage (in Swedish) or in the pick-ups by expertsvar (in Swedish), ETN (in Swedish) or in Evertiq (in Swedish).
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowires-iot - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University spin out Cellevate secured 5 million SEK in their third fund round. The new finance will be used for scaling up marketing and sales of their nanofibre based cell culture systems which mimics connective tissue and are used for medical research.Cellevate started as a student project during the course Pro
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/5-million-sek-funding-cellevate - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The list of Global Highly Cited Researchers 2018 recently released by Clarivate Analytics recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science. On the
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lars Samuelson had been awardes with Wilhelm Westrup's Prize by the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund for his excellent research on nanotechnology based upon materials science which has resulted in practical and commercial applications.Information about the prize can be found on the homepage of the Royal Physiograph
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wilhelm-westrups-prize-lars-samuelson - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund researchers in collaboration with researchers from Uppsala University and University of Copenhagen have designed an iron complex which has shown to be luminescent and to have charge-transfer capabilities. This opens up for the possibility of replacing the expensive and rare metals such as ruthenium, osmium an
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/luminescent-iron-molecule-may-result-cheaper-solar-energy - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has published the recipients of grants for instrument-, technology- or method development. From a total of 342 project applications 33 projects - of which two are by NanoLund researchers - were granted. Christelle Prinz and Eva Unger are funded for their projects on Nanowi
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/method-development-grants-c-prinz-and-e-unger - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The front cover of the October issue of Nature Nanotechnology is decorated by an illustration from an article by NanoLund researchers who experimentally demonstrated a nanoscale heat engine in which only electrons at a specific energy flow between the reservoirs generating an electric current. The image on the cover
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/cover-nature-nanotechnology - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the 10th International Aerosol Conference in Saint Louis, USA in September 2018, NanoLund PhD students Malin Alsved and Louise Green from Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology at Lund University won poster prizes - ”Overall top poster contest winner” - as they both finished in the top 5 after votation among the confere
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-poster-awards-m-alsved-and-l-gren - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Irene Geijselaers won the best student poster award at the 34th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) in Montpellier, France this summer. The poster was entitled “Determination of the band offsets in Wurtzite-Zinc-blende InP nanowires by means of photoluminescence spectroscopy”.
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-student-poster-award-irene-geijselaers - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund scientists are successful in more than “just” nanosience: our warmest congratulations to our Board member and scientist Sara Snogerup Linse for winning gold over both the Middle and the Long distance in her age group in the World Masters Orienteering Championships this summer. It’s great to see great science
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sara-linse-wins-world-championships - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A recent article in Nature Nanotechnology by NanoLund researchers show that a quantum dot-based heat engine can convert heat into work with an efficiency similar to that of similar machines with moving parts. As quantum dot-based engine has no moving parts it may be useful in applications such as nanotechnology and re
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/quantum-dot-heat-engine-works-without-moving-parts - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Calle Preger was awarded with ”Best Poster Award” at the conference Aerosol Technology in Bilbao for his poster “Using COMSOL Multiphysics as a Tool to Predict Aerosol Deposition Spot Size of an Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP)”
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-poster-award-calle-preger - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund PhD student Mohammad Karimi has been selected to receive the SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship for his potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mohammad-karimi-receives-spie-scholarship - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund researcher Jesper Wallentin has been granted an ERC starting grant. His project will investigate whether semiconductor nanowires can be used as high resolution X-ray detectors. Wallentins group have some initial results that show that they can get a measurable electric current from single nanowires that are e
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/jesper-wallentin-gets-erc-starting-grant - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam gives a talk on women’s role in peacemaking at European University Institute, ”The State of the Union: Women in Europe and the World”, on May 5 in Florens. Learn more on The State of Union’s websiteKarin Aggestam's personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/aggestam-womens-roles-peacemaking-eui - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren and Moira Nelson contributed a chapter to a volume entitled “Aiming High: Progressive Politics in a High-Risk, High-Opportunity Era” compiled by Policy Network. Mukhtar-Landgren and Nelson’s chapter outlines ongoing obstacles to women’s economic well-being in Sweden.This volume informs discussio
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/mukhtar-landgren-and-nelson-new-chapter-womens-economic-well-being-sweden - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Niklas Altermark defended his dissertation "After Inclusion. Intellectual Disability as Biopolitics" on May 20 at 10:15 in Edens Hörsal, Paradisgatan 5h, Lund. External reviewer: Professor Dan Goodley, University of Sheffield, UK..After Inclusion. Intellectual Disability as BiopoliticsNiklas Altermark’s personal page
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/niklas-altermark-has-defended-his-thesis - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Knaggård has written a chapter in the book "Decision-making under ambiguity and time constraints". In the chapter she suggests a development of John Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework, in order to enable a better understanding of how scientific knowledge affects the construction of political problems. She argues
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/knaggard-suggests-development-kingdons-multiple-streams-framework - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ellen Ravndal has written a briefing paper for "One World Trust" and "The 1 for 7 billion campaign" on how the appointment of Trygve Lie as the United Nations’ first secretary-general in 1946 still influences the process to appoint a new secretary-general today. The appointment of Trygve Lie as the first UN Secretary-
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ravndal-un-secretary-general-selection-process - 2026-10-15
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Annika Björkdahl and Susanne Buckley Zistel has co-edited the book "Spatialising Peace and Conflict: Mapping the Production of Places, Sites and Scales of Violence" (Palgrave 2016), which investigates the relationship linking peace and conflict with space and place. Learn more on palgrave.comAnnika Björkdahl’s persona
https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-relationship-linking-peace-and-conflict-space-and-place - 2026-10-15
