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)
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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Mathematical Physics - Andreas Wacker
Mathematical Physics - Andreas Wacker (pdf)
Scientific tags: Electronics, Devices, Exploratory nanofabrication, Neural networks, Materials science.
Method tags: Modelling/Simulation, Theory.

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.

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
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.

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.

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 - 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
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

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.

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 - 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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
