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Thesis projects available

This page describes topics that are available for master thesis projects within NanoLund. Students are invited to contact the supervisors for the projects they find interesting directly.

Master project information

Information about the master thesis requirements for the different faculties can be found below.

Faculty of Engineering (LTH)

Degree project, Engineering

Applies to two-year Master’s programmes in Engineering and five-year MSc Engineering programmes

Faculty of Natural Science

Department of Physics

In physics, information about syllabus, conditions, examples of diploma works and introduction meeting and more, can be found on the Diploma work course website in Canvas

Department of Chemistry

Master thesis process Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry

Department of Biology

Information about Master's degree projects at the Department of Biology

Faculty of Medicine

Master's programmes and advanced courses at the medical faculty

Current master project offers

Presenting master thesis from Alix labs

Industrial Master Thesis in Nanotechnology with Axilabs - Amin Karimis group

Industrial Master Thesis in Nanotechnology with Axilabs - Amin Karimi (pdf)

Scientific Tags:FinFet Fabrication, Advanced electronics, Nanofabrication

Method Tags: Atomic layer etching, NanoPattering

 

Illustration of light emitted from vertical nanowires at the top. Graph: Krantz NanoArt.

Physics of biomolecular systems - Heiner Linke

Physics of biomolecular systems - Heiner Linke (pdf)

Scientific tags: Biophysics, Low-temperature transport, Nanothermodynamics, Photonics, Microfluidics/Nanofluidics.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment, Modelling/Simulation, Processing/Nanofabrication, Wetlab/Biochemistry, Single-molecule experiments, Fluorescence microscopy.

Nanoparticles produced by spark ablation. Graphics: Maria Messing.

Materials Science - Maria Messing's group

Materials Science - Maria Messing's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Materials science, Epitaxy, Nanosafety, Electron microscopy, Synchrotron radiation/MAX IV.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment, Processing/Nanofabrication.

Maxwell Demon for Masters degree projects. Graph: Peter Samuelsson.

Mesoscopic physics - Peter Samuelsson's group

Mesoscopic physics - Peter Samuelsson's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Quantum physics, Quantum technology, Quantum information, Low-temperature transport, Nanothermodynamics.

Method tags: Theory.

Analysis of atomic layers on surfaces of nanowires.

Surface Science - Rainer Timm's group

Surface Science - Rainer Timm's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Materials science, Surface characterization/STM/AFM, Electronics, Synchrotron radiation/MAX IV.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment.

A roll of plastic film. Detail of a machine used for packaging.

Nanoplastics from packaging of fruits and vegetables – Tommy Cedervall's group

Nanoplastics from packaging of fruit and vegetables - Tommy Cedervall's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Nanoplastics in food, food packaging, nanotoxicity

Method tags: Plastic breakdown, isolation, and characterization

Picture of the project

3D metamaterial fabrication and characterization - Matias Kagias' group

3D metamaterial fabrication and characterization - Matias Kagias' group

Scientific tags: Metasurfaces, optics, metamaterials, X-ray imaging, MAX IV..

Method tags: Holographic lithography, electron beam lithography, atomic layer deposition, optics and electromagnetic simulations.

 

Device for measurements of optical interactions. Graph: Andreas Wacker

Mathematical Physics - Andreas Wacker

Mathematical Physics - Andreas Wacker (pdf)

Scientific tags: Electronics, Devices, Exploratory nanofabrication, Neural networks, Materials science.

Method tags: Modelling/Simulation, Theory.

 

Jens Uhlig - Next generation x-ray detectors for Material Analysis

Next generation x-ray detectors for Material Analysis - Jens Uhlig's group

Next generation x-ray detectors for Material Analysis - Jens Uhlig's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Photonics, Devices Development, X-rays.

Method tags: Characterization, Experiment, Modelling.

Picture showing Martin Ek's research

Material Science - Martin Ek's group

Materials Science - Martin Ek's group (pdf)

Scientific Tags: Catalysis, Ceramics, Oxidation, Combustion.

Method Tags: Nanoscale characterization, Electron microscopy.

Clay, an ancient material with great future - Marie Skepö's group

Pictures of the project

Clay, an ancient material with great future - Marie Skepö's group (pdf)

Scientific tags:  BioBased Materials, Sustainable Adhesives, Packaging Materials, Nanostructure.

Method tags: Materials Science, Computational Chemistry, Polymer Science, Scattering Techniques.

 

Image of bacterial clusters

Deep understanding of separation of bacterial clusters with AI and microfluidics - Jonas Tegenfeldt's group

Deep understanding of separation of bacterial clusters with AI and microfluidics - Jonas Tegenfeldt's group

Scientific tags: Biophysics, Cell mechanics, Cell aggregation, Image Analysis, Deep Learning.

Method tags:  Modelling/Simulation, Particle sorting, Microfluidics, Light microscopy, AI/Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks. 

Wave functions (real part) for InAs/GaSb core-shell-shell nanowires. Graphics: Florinda Vinas Boström.

Quantum Physics - Martin Leijnse's group

Quantum Physics - Martin Leijnse's group (pdf) 

Research tags: Quantum physics, Quantum technology, Quantum information, Low-temperature transport, Nanothermodynamics.

Method Tags: Modelling/Simulation, Theory.

Wide bandgap semiconductor devices for power electronics

Wide bandgap semiconductor devices for power electronics - Philipp Gribisch & Erik Lind's group

Wide bandgap semiconductor devices for power electronics - P Gribisch group (pdf)

Scientific Tags:Nanoelectronics, High Power Electronic Devices, Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Material Science

Method Tags: Experiment/Design, Nanofabrication/Clean Room Processing, Electrical Characterization, Modelling

Emerging perovskites for light-converting devices – Maning Liu’s group

Emerging perovskites for light-converting devices – Maning Liu’s group

Emerging perovskites for light-converting devices – Maning Liu’s group

Scientific tags: Materials science, lead-free perovskites, perovskite-inspired materials (PIMs), electron microscopy, laser induced spectroscopy, MAX IV

Method tags: Colloidal nanocrystals synthesis, single-atom (photo)deposition, photo(electro)catalysis, thin film deposition, solar cells fabrication

Nanowire with double quantum dots to study electron transport at low temperature.

Low temperature electron transport - Claes Thelander's group

Low temperature electron transport - Claes Thelander's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Quantum physics, Quantum technology, Low-temperature transport, Electronics, Devices, Exploratory nanofabrication, Materials science.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment, Processing/Nanofabrication.

 

Perovskite anowires (top) and single nanowire device (bottom).

Coherent X-ray imaging - Jesper Wallentin's group

Coherent X-ray imaging - Jesper Wallentin's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Photonics, Devices, Materials science, Synchrotron radiation/MAX IV.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment, Modelling/Simulation, Processing/Nanofabrication.

High-quality ultrathin HfZrO2 films for ferroelectric memristors

High-quality ultrathin HfZrO2 films for ferroelectric memristors - Mattias Borg's group

High-quality ultrathin HfZrO2 films for ferroelectric memristors - Mattias Borg's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Material science, Nanoelectronics, Devices, Neuromorphic computing, Exploratory nanofabrication.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment, Modelling/Simulation, Processing/Nanofabrication.

Microscopy setup for sequencing of genetic sequences inside brain tissue

Sequencing in tissues - Nils Norlin's group

Sequencing in tissues - Nils Norlin's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Sequencing in tissues – Explore biological processes at the single base resolution with novel (micro-)fluidics.

Method tags: Software for (micro)fluidics system, microfluidics’ hardware development, prototyping, electronics.

Quantum device.

Quantum Physics - Ville Maisi's group

Quantum Physics - Ville Maisi's group (pdf)

Scientific tags: Quantum physics, Quantum technology, Low-temperature transport, Nanothermodynamics.

Method tags: Characterization/Experiment, Modelling/Simulation, Processing/Nanofabrication.

Colourful image of biomolecules

Detecting Biomolecules with AI and Nanowires - Ruby Davtyan's group

Detecting Biomolecules with AI and Nanowires - Ruby Davtyan's group

Scientific tags: Biophysics, Photonics, Image Analysis, Deep Learning.

Method tags: Modelling/Simulation, Processing/Nanofabrication,  Single-molecule detection, Fluorescence microscopy, AI/Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks. 

Sentio Competence Centre logotype

Master's thesis projects in Sentio Competence Centre

Most Master's thesis projects within Sentio are preformed in collaboration with the industrial partners in the competence centre.
Link to Sentio webpage and available master's thesis projects.

Scientific tags: Sensor technology & Material science.

Method tags: Computer vision, Computer vision, Machine Learning, Computational fluid dynamics analysis etc.

 

Picture of DyeTiO2 injection

Computational Nanoscience and Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics - Petter Persson

P Persson - Computational Nanoscience and Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics

Scientific tags: surface growth and reactivity, solar energy conversion, (photo)catalysis 

Method tags: modelling/simulations, ultrafast spectroscopy, molecular dynamics