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Grant for catalysis research on atomistic level

Researchers will produce a new research methodology that, on atomistic level, will enable customisation of the next generation of catalysts, which may become the cornerstones of future energy systems.

Oct 13th, 2015

Studies of individual nanoparticles can be the key to future catalysis

Studying catalytic processes on one single nanoparticle at a time, instead of on several billion simultaneously as has previously been the case, will create unique and more in-depth understanding of catalytic reactions on nanoparticles than previously possible - and it will at the same time lay the foundation for a new and sustainable energy technology and chemical synthesis.

Oct 13th, 2015

Nanoplasmonics makes the impossible possible

Researchers will take on a task that until now has been deemed impossible: creating strong interaction between light and magnetic fields and determining ways to control light with magnetism on the nanoscale.

Oct 13th, 2015

Just a touch of skyrmions

Researchers have found a way to manipulate skyrmions - tiny nanometer-sized magnetic vortices found at the surface of magnetic materials - using mechanical energy.

Oct 13th, 2015

Researchers extend the lifetime of atoms using a mirror

Researchers have succeeded in an experiment where they get an artificial atom to survive ten times longer than normal by positioning the atom in front of a mirror.

Oct 13th, 2015

Graphene-coated 'e-textile' detects noxious gases

Scientists have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light.

Oct 13th, 2015

Chemistry controls magnetism

Magnets are well-known from the physics lessons at school, but they are hardly covered in chemistry lectures; and it is still a chemical process by means of which researchers have succeeded in controlling magnetic properties in bulk ferromagnets.

Oct 12th, 2015

Dielectric film has refractive index close to air

Researchers have developed a dielectric film that has optical and electrical properties similar to air, but is strong enough to be incorporated into electronic and photonic devices - making them both more efficient and more mechanically stable.

Oct 12th, 2015

Novel approach for 'nanohoops' could energize future devices

While application is down the road, these tiny organic circular structures could be used in solar cells, light-emitting diodes and medical diagnostics.

Oct 12th, 2015

New way to store information uses ions to save data and electrons to read data

Scientists have developed a new way to store information that uses ions to save data and electrons to read data. This could enable the size of storage cells to be reduced to atomic dimensions. But that is not the only advantage of the new technology, as the researchers report.