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Lighting and displays accounts for a major part of our energy consumption, and presently light emitting diodes are penetrating the market. A first political incentive towards developing more efficient devices was taken by abolishing…

https://www.nano.lu.se/nanoenergy/nanowire-leds- 2022-05-02

We strive for a detailed understanding of the interactions between cells and nanostructures with respect to cell behavior, cell physiology and cell mechanics. This knowledge allows us to develop novel nanoscale devices with applications in…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/life-science-nano/nanobio-interactions-and-applications- 2025-08-08

To study processes at the level of single molecules and single cells, the tools need to be on the same size scale as the objects under study. We therefore develop micro and nanofluidic devices on scales ranging from tens of nanometers to…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/life-science-nano/single-molecule-and-single-cell-biophysics- 2025-08-08

To generate the knowledge needed to implement Safe(r)-and-sustainable-by-design, we assess real-world emissions and exposure as well as properties of emitted particles in all stages of the life cycle of a nanomaterial. We are at the…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/nanosafety/emissions-and-exposure-assessment- 2025-08-08

Safe production and use of nanomaterials requires effective risk management. For this purpose, we combine nano-related exposure and toxicity knowledge with state-of-the-art processes and procedures for risk management, ranging from…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/nanosafety/risk-assessment-and-risk-management- 2025-08-08

Here we have collected answers to questions about safety of nanomaterials that we are often asked when meeting visitors, school classes or the general public. Our research concerns manufactured (also called engineered) nanoparticles in…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/nanosafety/frequently-asked-questions-about-nanosafety- 2024-07-05

We employ quantum thermodynamics to develop new paradigms for energy conversion and quantum devices at the nanoscale, where thermal and quantum fluctuations may conspire to profoundly alter the physical properties. We set focus on…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/quantum-physics/nanothermodynamics- 2025-08-08

Patterning methods at the nanoscale play a decisive role in our capability to make nanostructures with good control of their interfaces and thus electrical, optical and other properties of the devices. What approaches can be used to…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/exploratory-nanotechnology/atomic-sculpting- 2022-05-02

At the nanoscale, light interacts with matter in novel ways. There are many ways to affect the way light and matter interacts by designing suitable nanostructures. We investigate both how to understand the nanostructures on a quantum level…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/nanoelectronics-nanophotonics/light-matter-interaction- 2021-04-20

We engage in education at all levels, from undergraduate education to professional training for companies. We give specialized courses preparing students for graduate studies in our research, as well as for careers outside the university…

https://www.nano.lu.se/education- 2024-07-03

The III-Nitride materials are considered a key technology in this area, enabling lower loss, improved performance and reduced costs in a wide range of applications, such as for efficient transformers, for electrical power transmission, and…

https://www.nano.lu.se/research/nanoenergy/power-and-rf-electronics- 2022-05-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. NanoLund Member Thomas Laurell works with Emma Niméus from the Medical Faculty on a method to separate cells from breastcancer tumor tissue according to size,…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/collaboration-project-breast-cancer-cells- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.  Tommy Cedervall and fellow researchers are setting up a theatre play and a workshop in collaboration with the theatre Sagohuset in Lund, targeted  towards…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/theatre-nanoplastics- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 per cent of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/iron-based-solar-cells-track-becoming-more-efficient- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tommy Cedervall has been interviewed about nanoplastics on two different occations during September. WHO issued a report on an analysis of current research…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/tommy-cedervall-interviewed-nanoplastic- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Martin Leijnse and three researchers from University of Copenhagen have received in total 10 million Euro for an ERC Synergy project called ‘Foundations of…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/martin-leijnse-involved-awarded-erc-synergy-grant- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent work involving NanoLund's Lars Samuelson, Hongqi Xu and Sören Jeppesen closely collaborating with a group at University of Tokyo/RIKEN in Japan and…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/double-nanowire-josephson-junction-device-frontier-physics-research- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the 31st MAX IV User Meeting on September 23-25, 2019 Susanna Hammarberg won the Student Poster Award 2019 for her poster: “Strain mapping of nanowire…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/poster-award-susanna-hammarberg- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation announced on October 1st that Kenneth Wärnmark wins one of 20 prestigious grants for ground-breaking research…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kaw-project-funding-kennet-warnmark- 2020-11-16

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Associate Professor Maria Messing received the Smoluchowski Award August 27, 2019, during the Annual European Aerosol Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.The…

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/smoluchowski-award-maria-messing- 2020-11-16