Maths Karlsson

Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical engineering/ Energy and Material

+46317726770 Find me http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2914-6332

Maths Karlsson is Associate Professor at Chalmers. Prior to his appointment at Chalmers (2011), he was employed as a scientist at the European Spallation Source in Lund (2008-2011), where he, outstationed to the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France, was engaged in the development of new neutron scattering methods. He has also been a visiting scientist at Iowa State University (2004) and University of California in Santa Barbara (2012-2013). His research group focuses on studies of various fundamental aspects of structure and dynamics in functional - mostly energy relevant - materials, such as ionic conductors and luminescent materials, with a view towards their application in various technological devices (e.g., solid oxide fuel cells, batteries, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes). A unifying theme in almost every aspect of this research is the goal to develop a detailed understanding of the coupling of the materials' functional properties to their atomic-scale structure and dynamics. The primary tools to this end involve the use and development of a broad range of neutron scattering techniques, and vibrational spectroscopy, often complemented with computer modelling by collaborating research groups.

Maths is member of Chalmers Faculty Senate and he is vice chairman of the Faculty Assembly of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Furthermore, he is chairman of the Swedish Neutron Scattering Society (SNSS) and the Swedish delegate of the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA).


Please see our poster describing some of our research.

PhD courses

  • Neutron spectroscopy, FFY005 (3 ECTS). - The course gives an introduction to neutron spectroscopy (inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering) and is given within the framework of the Swedish Research School on Neutron Scattering (SwedNess, www.swedness.se).

MSc courses

  • Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Solid State Materials, KOO093 (7.5 ECTS). - The overall aim of the course is to give a good understanding of the synthesis, structure and properties of inorganic materials in the solid state, and to illustrate the technological applications of such materials. In addition an understanding of the relations between structure of materials and their properties will be obtained. 

Bachelor courses

  • Fysikalisk Kemi, LKT053 (9 ECTS). - Kursen skall ge grundläggande och vissa fördjupade kunskaper i fysikalisk kemi som fordras för fortsatta studier i kemi och kemitekniska ämnen. Den ska ge förståelse för hur gaser, vätskor, lösningar och blandningar uppträder under olika fysikaliska förhållanden. Vidare skall kursen ge grunder i kemisk termodynamik, termokemi och elektrokemi. Projektdelen skall ge träning i planering, ansvarstagande, handledning, kommunikation och presentation, som förberedelse för yrkeslivet. 

Other courses

  • German-Swedish School on Application of Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science (MATRAC), organizer. Click the link for details: https://ms.hereon.de/summerschool/index.php.en
  • Neutron scattering, 1FA574 (10 ECTS, Uppsala University), guest lecturer. This course introduces the basics of neutron scattering methods used for materials research.

Selection of previous, recent, courses

  • Solid State Chemistry, KBT101, MSc-level
  • Solid State Physics, FFY012/FFY011, BSc-level
  • Energy Related Materials, TIF260, MSc-level

Researcher

  • Dr. Aymen Yangui

PhD students

  • Lic. Rasmus Lavén
  • MSc. Elena Naumovska
  • MSc. Ida Nielsen (Uppsala University, collaboration with the group of Will Brant)
  • MSc. Lucas Fine (also affiliated with Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France)
  • MSc. Kanming Shi

Former group members

  • Dr. Laura Mazzei (PhD student, + postdoc)
  • Dr. Nico Torino (PhD student)
  • Dr. Carin Eklöf-Österberg (PhD student)
  • Dr. Yuan-Chih Lin (PhD student + postdoc)
  • Dr. Daria Noferini (PhD student)
  • Dr. Mikael Andersson (Postdoc)
  • Dr. Dariusz Wardecki (Postdoc)
  • Dr. Adrien Perrichon (Postdoc)
  • Dr. Suchinder Sharma (Postdoc)
  • MSc. Johannes Orstadius (MSc student)
  • Lic. Tobias Tingberg (Project worker)
  • MSc. Dharshani Ekanayake (MSc student)
  • MSc. Caroline Mburu (MSc student)
Opportunities? - We are continuously looking for talented persons to join our group as MSc thesis students, PhD students, or postdoctoral researchers. Please drop Maths an email to find out more.

​The group has published more than 80 original research papers, as well as several reviews and book chapters. For a complete list of publications, see scopus or similar.
2022
New review on oxide-ion and proton conductors 
Structure-Property Correlations in Oxide-Ion and Proton Conductors for Clean Energy Applications: Recent Experimental and Computational Advancements. M. Coduri, M. Karlsson, L. Malavasi. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2022). (Accepted)
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New paper on vibrational and magnetic properties in the oxyhydride SrVO2H
Vibrational properties of SrVO2H with large spin-phonon coupling. R. Lavén, P. I R. Moraes, M. Sannemo Targama, M. Karlsson, A. A. Leitao, P. H. B. Brant Carvalho, S. F. Parker, U. Häussermann, O. Y. Vekilova. Physical Review Materials (2022). (Accepted)
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2021
New publication by the Swedish Neutron Scattering Society
A Bibliometric Study on Swedish Neutron Users for the Period 2006-2020. H. Barriga, M. Cárdenas, S. Hall, M. Karlsson, A. Pavan, R. Peng, N. Strandqvist, M. Wolff. NEUTRON NEWS 32 28-33 (2021).
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New grant from the Swedish Research Council
Maths was granted 3.6 MSEK from the Swedish Research Council (VR) for the project “Thermal quenching of luminescence in organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites. – Neutron scattering studies of the effect of organic cation dynamics”
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Global and local structure of a complex metal hydride determined with neutron scattering techniques
Neutron scattering investigations of the global and local structures of ammine yttrium borohydrides. J. B. Grinderslev, M. S. Andersson, B. A. Trump, W. Zhou, T. J. Udovic, M. Karlsson, T. R. Jensen. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125 15415-15423 (2021).
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Proof-of-concept of a new neutron method for signal enhancement in studies of thin films
Resonant enhancement of grazing incidence neutron scattering for the characterization of thin films. A. Perrichon, A. Devishvili, K. Komander, G. K. Palsson, A. Vorobiev, R. Lavén, M. Karlsson, M. Wolff. Physical Review B 103 235423:1-12 (2021).
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Neutron spectroscopy analysis of the phase stability of metal halide perovskites

Cation dynamics and structural stabilization in formamidinium lead iodide perovskites. K. Druzbicki, R. Lavén, J. Armstrong, L. Malavasi, F. Fernandez-Alonso, M. Karlsson. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12 3503-3508 (2021).
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Observation of two-dimensional correlated diffusion of hydride-ions in the layered oxyhydride SrVO2H

Diffusional dynamics of hydride-ions in the layered oxyhydride SrVO2H. R. Lavén, U. Häussermann, A. Perrichon, M. S. Andersson, M. S. Targama, F. Demmel, M. Karlsson. Chemistry of Materials 33 2967-2975 (2021).
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Financial support

Maths is very grateful for financial support from the European Research Council (FP7), the Swedish Research Council (VR), FORMAS, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), Barbro Oshers Pro Suecia Foundation, the Swedish Energy Agency, Olle Engkvists Stiftelse, VINNOVA, Ångpanneföreningens forskningsstiftelse, Bertil & Britt Svenssons Stiftelse för Belysningsteknik, Interreg Project ESS&MAXIV, and Chalmers Foundation.

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