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AMOLF, Thermo Fisher and Delmic present ultrafast SEM cathodoluminescence microscopes
Academic-industry collaboration leads to product on the market in two years
WIN Rising Star Award for Bruno Ehrler
Bruno Ehrler (group leader Hybrid Solar Cells) has won the WIN Rising Star Award of the year 2018. The prize is a new initiative from the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), part of the Canadian University of Waterloo on the occasion of the 10 year anniversary of the WIN. As the inaugural winner, Ehrler received the prize in recognition of his contributions to the advancement of novel solar cell materials and devices.
From sea urchin skeleton to semiconductor
Researchers at AMOLF have found a way of making calcium carbonate structures, such as a sea urchin skeleton, suitable for use in electronics. They do this by modifying the composition of the material so that it becomes a semiconductor without losing its shape. This research was published in the journal Nature Chemistry on June 4th 2018.
Physicists catch light in the eye of the storm
Stillness rules the eye of a hurricane; without a hurricane no eye, and without an eye no hurricane. In a similar manner, physicists of research institute AMOLF, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Texas at Austin, have captured light in the eye of an optical vortex. “The light could move in any direction but does not do so,” says researcher Hugo Doeleman. The research will be published on June 4th in the top journal Nature Photonics.
NWO Vidi grant awarded to Wim Noorduin
AMOLF group leader Wim Noorduin is one of the 86 researchers who received a NWO Vidi grant that is worth 800.000 euros. This grant allows Noorduin to further expand his research on versatile growth for functional materials.
Femius Koenderink wins 2018 ACS Photonics Young Investigator Award Lectureship
Femius Koenderink (head of the AMOLF Center for Nanophotonics) is the winner of the 2018 ACS Photonics Young Investigator Award Lectureship. This lectureship honors the contributions to the photonics research field of a researcher that is in the first 5 to 10 years of his or her career.
A Microscopic Roundabout for Light
AMOLF develops a magnet-free optical circulator Circulators are important components in communication technology. Their unique way of routing light usually requires centimeter-sized magnets, which are difficult to miniaturize for use on optical chips. Researchers at AMOLF and the University of Texas have circumvented this problem with a vibrating glass ring that interacts with light. They thus created a microscale circulator that directionally routes light on an optical chip without using magnets. The researchers publish their work in Nature Communications on 4 May 2018.
Bas Overvelde candidate for ‘Wetenschapstalent’
For the fourth time, New Scientist is looking for scientific talent in the Netherlands and Belgium. The contest is created to put young scientific talent and their work centre stage. AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde is in the top 25 of scientist competing in this contest.