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43 Chalmers researchers receive funding for more research

43 Chalmers researchers have now learned about new grants after the Swedish Research Council published the successful applications. The Swedish Research Council will distribute a total of SEK 1.1 billion in natural and engineering sciences. The grants are for the period up to 2024.

Air pollution could be measured on every street corner

Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe – and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring it can be a challenge, however, as the equipment tends to be large and expensive. But soon, this may change, thanks to a small, optical nano-sensor, developed at Chalmers, which can be mounted onto an ordinary streetlight.

Portrait of Mikkel Jørgensen

Awarded efforts to save energy and provide clean air

Nanoparticles play a key role in catalysis, which for example is used to clean exhaust gases from our cars. To save energy and provide clean air, it is desirable to understand how the catalytic reactions proceed over the nanoparticles. In his PhD thesis, Mikkel Jørgensen has developed simulation methods to do so. Now he receives the Best Thesis Award for his efforts.

Fighting climate changes with a hydrogen-based energy system

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has granted four Agenda 2030 Research Centers (SSF-ARC) 50 million Swedish kronor each. Associate Professor Björn Wickman, Department of Physics at Chalmers, is part of one of the new centres: "Production, use and storage of hydrogen gas (PUSH)".

Illustration av nanoreaktor

Light at the end of the nanotunnel for catalysts of the future

Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles. Their work could help improve chemical processes, and lead to better catalysts and more environmentally friendly chemical technology. The results are published in the journal Nature Communications.

New insights on controlling diesel engine exhaust

Nitrogen monoxide (NO) is hazardous and catalytic techniques are used to reduce NO to molecular nitrogen and water using ammonia as a reducing agent. This is a challenging problem given that diesel exhaust contain only one NO molecule per 300 oxygen molecules.

Fysikforskning på IVA:s 100-lista för 2020

Physics innovations in the spotlight

An ultrafast nanosensor to minimise the risks of hydrogen, and a sustainable method for removing mercury from contaminated water. When the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering (IVA) presented its 100 list for 2020, two of the selected projects are from the Department of Physics at Chalmers.

The importance of good neighbours in catalysis

Are you affected by your neighbours? So are nanoparticles in catalysts. New research from Chalmers, published in the journals Science Advances and Nature Communications, reveals how the nearest neighbours determine how well nanoparticles work in a catalyst.

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Chemical Physics News

2021

2021-04-16 We welcome Mathilde Luneau to Chemical Physics! Mathilde Luneau is our new colleague working as a Postdoc with Björn Wickman on fuel cell catalysis.

2021-04-15 Congratulation to Noemi for a very successful Licentiate seminar!

2021-04-01 We wish Linnea Strandberg welcome to Chemical Physics! Linnea is a new PhD student working with Björn on fuel cells.

2021-03-12 Congratulations to Alvaro for a great PhD thesis defense! Well done Dr. Posada-Borbon!

2021-02-25 Yingxin's paper on mechanisms for N₂O formation during NH3-SCR is published. See here!

2021-02-15 New paper by Lin on the H₂O₂ formation over Pd-catalysts. See here!

2021-01-28 Congratulations to Iwan for a very successful PhD thesis defense! Well done Dr. Darmadi!

2021-01-21 New paper by Alvaro and Noemi on the visibility of oxygen vacancies in O1s XPS. See here!

2021-01-02 New paper by Unni on methane-to-methanol conversion in Cu-SSZ-13. See here!

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