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 - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Emeile Hilner) - published 25 October 2023 The general concept of the droplet-free zone around the metal after heating to 600°C (left) and the destruction of the zone when heating to 650°C (right). Metal patterns printed on a III-V semiconductor material can control the appearance and positions of droplets arising on its surface when heated. The result is

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/controllable-droplets-carry-promise-self-assembled-nanodevices - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 16 October 2023 The prizes for best posters were awarded to Ruby Davtyan, Meena Raveesh and Mattias Ammitzböll. Photo: Evelina Lindén Nanowires, quantum dots, lasers, and much more. At the Synergy Day 2023, researchers from Lund Laser Centre and NanoLund together with MAX IV Laboratory met under the umbrella of Lund university’s

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/success-light-materials-synergy-day - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Simon Wozny) - published 7 November 2023 The NanoLund annual student retreat is a popular event, gathering students, PhD students, and postdocs from NanoLund. Photo: Nils Gustafsson This year’s NanoLund Student and Postdoc retreat took place in Smygehamn with almost 70 participants. They used the opportunity to dive into the topics “Work-Life-Balance” and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/balancing-work-and-life-nanolund-student-and-postdoc-retreat - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 16 November 2023 Illustration of phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell. Image: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. “When the temperature ri

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2025-04-17

Published 24 November 2023 Photo by Flockine/Pixabay Using micro-engineered soil models, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the effect of tiny polystyrene particles on bacteria and fungi. While these nanoplastics reduced both bacterial and fungal growth, the fungus actually managed to “clean up” their surroundings, thereby easing the effect of the plastics. “Plastic waste i

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/vacuum-cleaner-effect-fungi-can-hold-nanoplastics-bay - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 19 December 2023 “We were surprised by how nicely the symmetry break of the pillars on the micrometer scale was reflected in the overall behavior of the waves on the millimeter scale,” says Jonas Tegenfeldt. First, they discovered how DNA can move in wavelike patterns on the millimeter scale in microfluidics devices – now they a

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/effect-symmetry-dna-waves - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna-Karin Alm och Evelina Lindén) - published 14 December 2023 Each year, the magazine Ny Teknik elects Sweden’s 33 best, most innovative and promising young technology companies. Photo: Tobias Ohls NanoLund wants to congratulate NanoLund spin-off companies Alix Labs and NordAmps for making it to the magazine NyTeknik’s list of Sweden’s 33 best, most inno

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-nanolund-spin-companies-prestigious-listing - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 11 January 2024 Professor Emeritus Lars Samuelson is now a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Science. Professor Lars Samuelson has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS. Professor Lars Samuelson has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, in the class of

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lars-samuelson-new-member-science-academy-china - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 12 January 2024 90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materia

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tremendous-impact-transformation-towards-sustainable-future - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Lindskoug) - published 22 January 2024 Snails with antennae illustrating nanowires. Illustration by Anastasia Tsioki. Snails with antennae illustrating nanowires. Illustration by Anastasia Tsioki. Jonas Johansson is a professor of physics and develops new knowledge for the production of materials at the nanoscale. Anastasia Tsioki is a first-year stu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/snails-illustrate-how-new-materials-can-be-built-nano-level - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 30 January 2024 NanoLund Deputy Director Maria Messing and her research group at Lunds University use spark discharge generation to obtain more efficient and environmentally friendly processes in the manufacture of nano-sized catalysts. Roughly 80 percent of all chemical products are manufactured using catalysts. The Swedish Fou

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sparks-can-provide-more-environmentally-friendly-nano-catalysts - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén and Sara Hängsel) - published 16 February 2024 For twenty years now, LTH has educated students in the programme Master of Science in Engineering Nanoscience. It’s an education that blurs the boundaries between traditional fields of knowledge such as biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, and electronics. “It felt very solemn and nic

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/no-longer-just-buzzword-science-fiction - 2025-04-17

Published 29 February 2024 “You need to build deep knowledge and do academic research in parallel with industrial development. Programs like WISE provide this opportunity,” says Tetra Pak’s Eva Gustavsson. Photo: Gunnar Menander Tetra Pak and Lund University join forces in a shared research project as part of WISE (The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability), the largest-ever r

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/exploring-ways-reduce-carbon-footprint-packaging-materials - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Anders Nilsson / Tidningen Curie) - published 8 March 2024 Konstantin Nestmann was aiming for Lund for his postdoc: “Here they do a lot of experiments with quantum dots, while I work theoretically with quantum dots, so it felt like a very good match.” Photo: Kennet Ruona How do you succeed with your Marie Curie application? Konstantin Nestmann, a postdoc a

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/he-knows-how-score-maximum-points-your-eu-application - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 21 March 2024 Semiconductors – the “brains” behind electronic products and systems. Whether mobile phones, automotive, energy, home appliances, or artificial intelligence, these components (“chips”) play a key role. At the same time, Asian countries account for more than half of the world’s semiconductor chip production. Sw

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/strengthening-swedish-semiconductor-capability - 2025-04-17

Published 26 March 2024 Heiner Linke and Vanya Darakchieva, our new Wallenberg Scholars, along with Anne L'Huillier, Stephanie Reimann, and Kimberly Dick Thelander. Vanya Darakchieva, Professor of Semiconductor Materials, and Heiner Linke, Professor of Nanophysics, have been named Wallenberg Scholars, a programme funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that supports excellent basic rese

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-wallenberg-scholars - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 9 April 2024 Rasmus Törnblom and Vanya Darakchieva are watching the Swedish Prime Minister being introduced to the mysteries of nanoscience by Yue Zhao and Kristi Adhami. Photo: Evelina Lindén Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson visited NanoLund for a tour of the nano lab, discussions on how to make science, technology, engineering,

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/prime-minister-visit-lund-nano-lab - 2025-04-17

Published 18 April 2024 Sarah McKibbin is a research engineer at Lund Nano Lab, and has recently been funded for a sustainability project making the lab greener. Optimise lab routines, minimise unnecessary consumption of lab consumables, recycle when possible, and improve user behaviour. That’s some of the improvements that can make the Lund Nano Lab greener, according to the project that Sarah Mc

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sarah-mckibbin-gets-funding-greening-lund-nano-lab - 2025-04-17

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 19 April 2024 The newsletter of NanoLund is out! But might have got caught in quarantine on it’s way to you. If you want to read about the Prime Minister’s visit to Lund Nano Lab, our new Wallenberg Scholars, the WISE investment in Lund, the strengthening of Swedish semiconductor capability, the Tech Girl of the Year (yes, she i

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/spring-newsletter-here - 2025-04-17