Dark excitons are material excitations not visible under light illumination. Some acquire intrinsic momentum and become inherently mobile, which can be exploited in charge transport applications. Studying the properties of such excitons via spectroscopy is extremely challenging due to their dark nature.
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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 Hjort presents a simple, yet efficient way to bring conductive polymers into a nanowire shape suitable to interface with living cells – and even allowing them to get really cozy together!
Nanowires made from conductive polymers |
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COVID-19 is still part of everyday life. But unlike during the pandemic, we now know more about how the virus is spread through the air we breathe. Research results from Malin Alsved and Jakob Löndahl show that it only takes a few minutes to catch the virus in the same room as an infected person.
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Electrospray and Surface Plasmon Resonance spectroscopy – 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 NanoLundians, PhD students, and senior scientists can apply for at any time.
“Do it! You have to take the opportunity to do something like this if you get the chance,” says Linnéa Jönsson.
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The Junior Scientist Ideas Award – funding for seedling projects by students and postdocs – are ready. These are the 2025 Seedling Projects:
Hedda Christine Soland, PhD student, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis: A novel way to controllably grow ferromagnetic MnAs/semiconducting GaAs heterojunction nanowires
Ferdinand Omlor, PhD student, Solid State Physics: Ultrastrong coupled quantum dots interacting with photon pulses
Glenn J. Coope, postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis: Exploring the Biomedical Potential of Deep Eutectic Solvents for Stabilising Synthetic Lung Surfactant Formulations: A Nanoscale Approach |
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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. The NJP, co-owned by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), recognizes researchers making a significant impact in their field.
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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 significant energy consumption: data centres and household IT appliances like computers and smartphones account for around 3% of global electricity demand, and the use of AI is likely to drive even more consumption.
But what if we could redesign the way computers work so that they could perform computation tasks as quickly as today while using far less energy? Here, nature may offer us some potential solutions. Heiner Linke, professor of nanophysics, writes in The Conversation – a unique collaboration between academics and journalists that in a decade has become the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis.
Read Heiner Linke’s text in The Conversation |
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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 “research chef” designing the future cookbook for sustainable and safe electronics.
The driving force behind her research comes from a desire to contribute smart and sustainable solutions to society.
“Growing up, my mum told me she liked that I wanted to understand the universe, but that I should also use that interest to make the world a better place. Those words made me think and are one of the reasons why I conduct research,” explains Vanya Darakchieva.
Investigating novel semiconductor materials
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In March, the Vinnova Competence Centre Sentio held its second annual meeting, Sentio Days, with about 80 participants. It was hosted by the science institute LINXS at the newly inaugurated conference centre, The Loop in Science Village – situated between the large-scale research facilities MAX IV and ESS, where the future Nanolab Science Village will be built.
As part of the programme, the seven newly recruited PhD students presented themselves and their research projects. Jesús Carrero Robles demonstrating heat sensors (see the picture) was only one of many topics on the agenda.
The first day was open to everyone who would like to know more about the centre – and on the second day, the partners working in Sentio made plans for future activities with a focus on actions in the coming year.
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The next International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors – ICNS-15 – is getting closer. It will be held in Malmö on July 6–11, and registration is still open.
ICNS-15 will present high-impact scientific and technological advances in materials and devices based on group-III nitride semiconductors, and feature plenary sessions, parallel topical sessions, poster sessions, and an industrial exhibition. Vanya Darakchieva, Piotr Perlin, and Lars Samuelson are conference chairs.
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The 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) recognizes 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics – and NanoLund will celebrate our annual meeting focusing on Quantum Science, October 8th. Location: The Loop!
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Did you know that there are several support and funding opportunities for NanoLundians? NanoLund offers our members support in high-impact publishing.
As a member, you can get hands-on help from experienced editors to achieve the highest impact and visibility of your work. If you have an important result that you think should be published in one of the top journals in your field, contact Anna-Karin Alm.
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