Sökresultat

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There is a considerable risk that plastic waste in the environment releases nano-sized particles known as nanoplastics, according to a new study from Lund University. NanoLund researchers studied what happened when takeaway coffee cup lids, for example, were subjected to mechanical breakdown, in an effort to mimic the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/plastic-waste-disintegrates-nanoparticles - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A product from the Lund University spin out AcouSort  been selected as one of the top 10 innovations of 2018 by the life science journal The Scientist. AcouSort was founded in 2010 by, among others, NanoLund member Thomas Laurell. They use acoustofluidics to combine acoustics and microfluidics to separate and trap cel

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/acousort-product-innovation-list - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 Pr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/5-million-sek-funding-cellevate - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-highly-cited-nanolund-researchers-named-named-global-highly-cited-researchers-2018-list - 2026-11-02

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 Physiograp

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wilhelm-westrups-prize-lars-samuelson - 2026-11-02

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 - 2026-11-02

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 - 2026-11-02

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 - 2026-11-02

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 co

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/best-poster-awards-m-alsved-and-l-gren - 2026-11-02

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 - 2026-11-02

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 - 2026-11-02

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 r

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/quantum-dot-heat-engine-works-without-moving-parts - 2026-11-02

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 - 2026-11-02

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 

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/mohammad-karimi-receives-spie-scholarship - 2026-11-02

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

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/jesper-wallentin-gets-erc-starting-grant - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Physics World reports that Researchers at NanoLund have grown single continuous GaAs nanowires consisting of segments of pure wurtzite and zincblende phases. Using photoluminescence spectroscopy, they found that the spatial confinement along the radius of a nanowire resulted in bending of the band structure of the mat

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowire-thickness-alters-gaas-band-structure - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Marcus Wallenberg symposium on Tailored surfaces in operando conditions was held in Ystad June 11-14 with 80 participants. A number of international speakers from universities and industry talked on recent advances in operando investigation of reactivity at surfaces from both experimental and theoretical approaches.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/workshop-tailored-surfaces - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish Radio has made a feature on nanosafety - Hur farlig är nanotekniken?  (in Swedish, 19 min) - involving NanoLund scientists Christina Isaxon, Knut Deppert, Maria Hedmer and Tommy Cedervall. A short version was also brought in the Science news program Vetandets värld:  Säkerhetsforskningen kring nanomaterial går

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanosafety-featured-swedish-radio - 2026-11-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We congratulate our alumni Pyry Kivisaari on winning the highly prestigious Academy Postdoc funding from the Academy of Finland.  Pyry was at NanoLund during 2014-2017 as a postdoc, working on modelling of NW LEDs and solar cells, and funded by the Nokia Foundation.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/pyry-kivisaari-wins-academy-postdoc-funding - 2026-11-02