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By studying cold atoms, researchers have in a unique way been able to observe a precursor to a quantum phase transition, and thereby study physical processes that can be compared to the Higgs mechanism. The discovery can, among other things, provide more knowledge about quantum mechanical processes that are similar to the processes in which matter changes its state from gas, liquid, or solid form

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/observing-emergence-quantum-phase-transition-shell-shell - 2025-10-11

Christelle Prinz, professor of solid state physics and affiliated to NanoLund, receives 150,000 euros to further develop research results that are considered to have great innovation potential by the European Research Council. For several years, physicist Christelle Prinz has developed nanotechnology to diagnose and study diseases in various ways, such as cancer. In an ongoing ERC project, she and

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-grant-one-step-covid-detection - 2025-10-11

Since January 1, NanoLund has a new director – Anders Mikkelsen, and a new deputy director – Maria Messing. “Organizing the work in NanoLund will be an interesting challenge, but we take it on with great enthusiasm and look forward to engaging with the entire staff,” says Anders Mikkelsen. “It is now time to look forward into 2021, but first we would like to extend our warm thanks to Heiner Linke

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/new-directors-maria-messing-and-anders-mikkelsen - 2025-10-11

‘JSAP fellow’ is presented to individuals who have remarkably contributed to the progress of applied physics through the continuous activities in Japan Society of Applied Physics. Lars Samuelson, Professor of Solid State Physics and founder of NanoLund receives the Award of ”JSAP Fellow International” for ”Creation and Application of Compound Semiconductor Quantum Nanostructures and Contribution t

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lars-samuelson-receives-award-japan-society-applied-physics - 2025-10-11

As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells. Why? Because nanodiamonds are consistently bright and can give us unique knowledge about the inner life of cells over a long time. Now physics researchers Elke Hebisch and Christelle Prinz from the strategic research area NanoLund have succeeded in injecting a large number of nanodiamonds dir

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/fluorescent-nanodiamonds-successfully-injected-living-cells - 2025-10-11

The Optical Society, OSA, awards NanoLundian Atomic Physics professor Anne l’Huillier the Max Born Award for pioneering work in ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. Anne L’Huillier, professor of Atomic Physics and affiliated member of NanoLund, has been awarded the Optical Society Max Born Award 2021 “for pioneering work in ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics, realizing and u

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-wins-max-born-award - 2025-10-11

We are facing new challenges, and consequently we need the development of electronics to continue. But the question is: how do we do that? Mattias Borg, co-coordinator of Exploratory Nanotechnology, explains how. The basis of the electronics we use today, such as home computers and mobile phones, was invented more than 50 years ago. And in recent years its development has begun to stall. According

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/how-make-smarter-and-more-efficient-electronics - 2025-10-11

Researchers from the two Strategic Research Areas NanoLund and SPI (Sustainable Production Initiative, Chalmers and Lund University) have joined forces in a new collaboration together with major Swedish companies from the metals and manufacturing industries. The project aims to facilitate and improve the industry’s use of MAX IV and ESS through direct collaborations between industrial and academic

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/x-rays-and-neutrons-entering-metals-and-manufacturing-industries - 2025-10-11

Idea Competition: 5 000 Euro prize for the best idea for new application areas for biocomputation The Horizon 2020 project Bio4Comp, coordinated by Heiner Linke (NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University) announces an award for ideas to find applications for network-based computers using bio-molecular agents. The challenge is to find applications in the field of diagnostics or lab- on-a-ch

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/alternative-uses-computing-devices-using-nanoscale-biomolecules - 2025-10-11

NanoLund researchers Martin Hjort, Yang Chen, and Magnus Borgström have been awarded the Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne’s prize for future innovations. Their projects are named “Overcoming the shortage of blood stem cell donations with the help of nanotechnology” and “Transparent solar cells: solar cell windows”. What innovations will we see in the future? Eight of the most innovative ideas

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/double-innovation-prize-nanolund - 2025-10-11

Long-time NanoLund collaborator Dr. Heike Riel is one of three newly appointed honorary doctors by Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering in 2015/2016. She is the leader of the highly successful  Materials Integration & Nanoscale Devices (MIND) group at IBM Research in Zürich. Heike Riel has collaborated with NanoLund researchers in the EU-project Nanowire-Based One-Dimensional Electronics (NODE

https://www.nano.lu.se/heike-riel-appointed-honorary-doctor - 2025-10-11

A research team has succeeded in uncovering the fundamental properties of plexcitons, which were previously shrouded in mystery. Now the researchers can show how the plexcitons function and suggest how they could be used in potential applications in the future. A plasmon is a quasiparticle that stems from quantisation of oscillations in a plasma or a metal particle. An exciton is a bound state of

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/solved-nano-mystery-aiming-help-achieving-sustainability-goals - 2025-10-11

Leading California-based company within quantum dot light-emitting materials and technology, Nanosys, has acquired the NanoLund spin-off company Glo AB – thus forming one of the world’s leading companies in the field of displays. Glo was founded in 2003 based on research and key know-how within the field of III-Nitride nanophysics developed by professor Lars Samuelson and colleagues within the Nan

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-spin-company-glo-ab-acquired-nanosys - 2025-10-11

Tri-national team of researchers from NanoLund, the Russian Academy of Science, and the Technical University of Dresden in Germany has developed a new methodology for the study of lead halide perovskites. Metal halide perovskites have been under intense investigation over the last decade due to the remarkable rise in their performance in optoelectronic devices such as solar cells or light-emitting

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lead-halide-perovskites-horse-different-color - 2025-10-11

In 2014, NanoLund was awarded in total 3.2 ME by the European Commission to train as many as twelve PhD students in the area of nanoscale materials for sustainable energy applications. Today, on the occasion of the graduation of Hailiang Xu, we proudly report that all twelve have graduated, and have produced a vast amount of new scientific findings on the way. The PhD4Energy project was funded fro

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/twelve-PhDstudents-graduate-nanomaterials-for-sustainable-energy - 2025-10-11

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 much more. Our publica

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-annual-report-2020 - 2025-10-11

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 achieve maximum synergy

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sustainable-energy-and-new-ways-finding-and-curing-diseases-nanoscience-places-sweden-forefront - 2025-10-11

In a pioneering nano experiment, a research team in Lund has successfully constructed a new and very efficient microwave photon detector. The discovery could accelerate the development of future quantum computers. Microwaves are a collective term for electromagnetic radiation in the higher radio frequency bands; they can be used for everything from warming up fish dishes to searching for extraterr

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-microwaves-could-result-better-quantum-computers - 2025-10-11

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 to address sustainability

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/14-nanolund-phd-students-kick-nanoscience-research-sustainability - 2025-10-11

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, NanoLund celebrates scientific results by arranging a symposium on a specific focus theme, with invited talks by leading scientists, local presentations, and a large poster session on NanoLund research. Also invited are friend

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/weve-met-again-report-annual-meeting-2021 - 2025-10-11