IVA's annual 100 list presents selected research projects believed to have the potential to develop into innovations, business development or other forms of utilization. Included on this year's list are three projects from the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience: “Graphene biosensors for speedy detection of pathogens”, “Electric current as healing power” and “Near-Quantum-Limited Broadband Microwave Amplifiers”.
On 12 November, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) presented the 100-list of 2024. The list includes research projects that are believed to have great potential for utilization through commercialization, business and method development or social impact. This year's list is themed interdisciplinary innovation and deals with topics such as society and welfare, infrastructure, deep tech, smart industry, circular economy, resource and energy efficiency, green and blue industries and new business models. There are a total of 93 projects on this year's list, 18 of which are connected to Chalmers - and three of which come from the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience:
Graphene biosensors for rapid detection of pathogens
Researchers: August Yurgens, Munis Khan, Santosh Pandit.
Business developers at the spin-off Layerlogic: Sebastian Samuelsson, Ebba Sandbecker, André Persson
“The food industry's market for pathogen detection is almost $22 billion but lacks reliable rapid testing methods. We have developed new, scalable biosensors based on graphene that can detect any pathogen within minutes. The project is carried out in collaboration with Ivan Mijakovic at Systems Biology at LIFE,” says August Yurgens, Assistant Professor of quantum device physics.
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Electric current as healing power
Researchers: Dr. José Leal Ordonez, Assistant Professor Maria Asplund
“The skin's amazing healing ability is controlled by signals, including electric fields that arise at the wound and guide the cells. Various diseases interfere with the ability to heal, leading to chronic wounds. Our goal is to deliver electric fields through direct current stimulation, to speed up wound healing,” says Maria Asplund, Assistant Professor of bioelectronics.
Near-Quantum-Limited Broadband Microwave Amplifiers
Researchers: Hampus Renberg Nilsson, Robert Rehammar, Anita Fadavi Roudsari, Vitaly Shumeiko, Per Delsing
”A critical obstacle to building large-scale superconducting quantum computers is achieving nearly noise-free readout of qubits. The research project addresses this challenge by developing quantum-limited, broadband microwave amplifiers that do not introduce more noise than quantum physics requires. Unique to our amplifiers is that they are the smallest in physical size, which facilitates integration and scalability in quantum systems while delivering exceptional performance,” says Hampus Renberg Nilsson, PhD in quantum technology.
Read more about IVA’s 100-list here
- Director of Master's Programme, Physics, Chemistry and Biological Engineering along with Mathematics and Engineering Preparatory Year
- Professor, Electronics Material and Systems, Microtechnology and Nanoscience
- Postdoc, Quantum Technology, Microtechnology and Nanoscience