Published 10 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall has written the article "Borders and Fear: Insecurity, Gender and the Far Right in Europe", recently published in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Abstract:In this article I analyze how far right movements and parties in Europe are challenging European notions of open borders and the freedom of movement through activ

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-european-far-right - 2025-07-09

Published 12 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Jan Teorell has published the article "Demography and Democracy: A Global, District-level Analysis of Electoral Contestation" in American Political Science Review. Among the co-authors is John Gerring (Boston University). Abstract:"According to the classical perspective, polity size and democracy are inversely related. In this article, we argue th

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/teorell-democracy-and-size-polities - 2025-07-09

Published 14 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Catarina Kinnvall is the co-author and co-editor of an introductory essay to a special issue of Political Psychology. The introduction of the essay:Narratives are the stories people construct to make sense of their reality. Narratives help usunderstand who we are, where we come from, and the implications of that for our current lives. At acollecti

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/kinnvall-narratives-regarding-security - 2025-07-09

Published 17 August 2015 Erik Ringmar's latest book, Liberal Barbarism: The European Destruction of the Palance of the Emperor of China, has been reviewed in the Political Studies Review. "During October 1860, British and French troops looted Yuanmingyuan at the outskirts of Beijing. The sacking of what is commonly known in the Western World as the Summer Palace of the Chinese Emperor marked the d

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/ringmars-book-reviewed - 2025-07-09

Published 19 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstract:A decade and a half after the adoption of United Nat

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Published 19 August 2015 NEW FROM OUR RESEARCHERS: Annika Björkdahl and Johanna Mannergren have authored the article "Translating UNSCR 1325 from the global to the national: protection, representation and participation in the National Action Plans of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda" in the journal Conflict, Security and Development 15(4). Abstract:A decade and a half after the adoption of United Nat

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/bjorkdahl-united-nations-security-council-resolution-1325-0 - 2025-07-09

Published 30 January 2025 NanoLund researchers publish exciting breakthroughs in Nature on high-impedance microwave resonators with two-photon nonlinear effects. Samuel Andersson, Harald Havir, Antti Ranni, Subhomoy Haldar, and Ville Maisi have unveiled groundbreaking work on high-impedance microwave resonators with two-photon nonlinear effects. By leveraging a Josephson junction-based design, thi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/novel-energy-diagram-technique-analyzing-multi-photon-processes-precision - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 6 February 2025 New investments will help to ensure that Sweden has a well-functioning chain of companies, research institutes and resources that can manufacture the materials and components needed in semiconductor technology. Photo: Johan Persson The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth – Tillväxtverket – allocates S

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/semiconductor-ecosystem-be-strengthened - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 13 February 2025 Vanya Darakchieva is one of the chairs in the coming-up conference ICNS-15. Photo: Jonas Tegenfeldt The 15th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-15) is just around the corner. Taking place in Malmö, July 6–11, the conference will showcase groundbreaking advancements in materials, physics, op

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gearing-nitride-semiconductors-conference-icns-15 - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Heiner Linke) - published 20 January 2025 The problem with hares… reysphoto/Shutterstock Modern computers are a triumph of technology. A single computer chip contains billions of nanometre-scaled transistors that operate extremely reliably and at a rate of millions of operations per second. However, this high speed and reliability come at the cost of signi

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/biological-computers-could-use-far-less-energy-current-technology-working-more-slowly - 2025-07-09

Published 18 February 2025 “I am honored and grateful for NJP’s recognition,” says Armin Tavakoli, standing before Rydberg formula at the Department of Physics. Photo: Johan Lindskoug. Armin Tavakoli, Assistant Professor at Mathematical Physics, has been awarded the prestigious New Journal of Physics (NJP) Early Career Award 2024 for his outstanding contributions to quantum information science. Th

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/recognizing-excellence-quantum-information-research - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 4 March 2025 Red quantum dots meet Hongkong’s Light Show, where NanoLund PhD student Linnéa Jönsson spent almost seven weeks on a research visit in 2024. Linnéa Jönsson and Patrik Nilsson were two of the PhD students who seized the opportunity to have a research visit financed by NanoLund last year. This is a support that NanoLu

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/electrospray-and-surface-plasmon-resonance-spectroscopy-phd-students-broadened-their-horizons - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 5 March 2025 Electron microscopy image of algae sitting on the nanowires. Picture: Martin Hjort Polymer nanowires remain conductive after lithography-free manufacturing enabling an excellent path for intracellular bioelectronic manipulation of stem cells and algae. A new study spearheaded by NanoLundians Damien Hughes and Martin

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/making-conductive-polymer-nanowires-probe-cells - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Tiina Meri) - published 25 February 2025 The Boards of the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and the Faculty of Science have decided to aim for a more modest establishment in Science Village, i.e. the area between Max IV and ESS. They justify the decision by the fact that the Departments of Physics and Chemistry would incur high rental costs if both research an

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/establishment-operations-underway-it-will-be-smaller-scale-and-first-and-second-cycle-studies-will - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 6 March 2025 Vanya Darakchieva and Andri Dhora work on the PLD apparatus. Photo: Jenny Leyman What is the perfect recipe for semiconductors? Vanya Darakchieva is working on the answer in her research on novel semiconductor materials. As a professor of solid state physics at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), she is a “researc

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/research-chef-refines-recipe-semiconductors-0 - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 28 February 2025 From the abstract: Two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides are promising materials for optoelectronic applications due to their strongly bound excitons. Dark excitons are material excitations not visible under light illumination. Some acquire intrinsic momentum and become inherently mobil

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/dark-excitons-may-be-suitable-charge-transport-future-solar-cell-technologies - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 24 March 2025 Supported lipid bilayer formation on highly curved nanowire sensors is accelerated by energetically favored expansion, revealed by tracking vesicle adsorption and dynamics via fluorescence-enhanced lightguiding nanowires. Supported lipid bilayers are formed at a faster rate on light-guiding nanowires of high curvat

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/role-nanowires-support-formation-model-lipid-membranes - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 3 April 2025 Schematic illustration of the principle of terahertz EPR ellipsometry. Terahertz light with a defined polarization is directed onto and reflected of a sample. Credit: Rindert et al A new relation could be a valuable tool for gathering new insights into the magnetic excitations of semiconductors and other materials w

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/opening-new-exciting-possibilities-study-magnetic-materials - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson) - published 30 April 2025 Ahmed Alshemi fills a container with liquid helium during the experiment. Photo: Oskar Stepancic Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without resistance and are used in electromagnets, antennas and power lines. Researchers have now studied a multifaceted superconductor that exhibits a so-calle

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/researchers-have-mapped-superconductor-multiple-personalities - 2025-07-09

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 19 May 2025 Enhancing cancer treatment by improving how therapeutic nanoparticles enter and act within cells is a promising direction. Christelle Prinz and her team have shown that photothermal therapy is more effective when the nanoparticles target the endoplasmic reticulum, which is achieved by performing nanostraw injections.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/injecting-nanoparticles-cancer-cells-enhances-treatment - 2025-07-09