Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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2D magnets for spintronic and magnonic applications
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
For a very long time, magnetic order in two dimensions was not expected to exist. Everything changed just two years ago when the first-ever 2D ferromagnet, a monolayer of CrI3 was obtained. This finding ...
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The 9th International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers
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Research project from 2015-11-01 to 2015-11-30
The 9th International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers (MML2016), takes place at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, during June 20-24 2016, after previous symposia of this series held in 1993 in Kyoto ...
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A 1D Imaging SXES/RIXS Spectrometer at the XFEL SQS Station
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Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Resonant inelastic soft X-ray scattering spectroscopy has several important features that makes is attractive for studies ranging from fundamental phenomena in atoms and molecules to the function of complex ...
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A new family of single-molecule magnets: structural and magnetic characterization of self-assembled monolayers
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Research project from 2012-07-01 to 2015-06-30
The aim of the proposed project is to study the magnetism of a new family of singlemolecule magnets (SMMs), and determine how their magnetic properties are modified when interacting with the surface of ...
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A unified theory of spin torques for antiferromagnetic spintronics and spin-orbitronics
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Despite being a mature field of research studying of magnetism and spin-dependent phenomena remains one of the most fascinating area in condensed matter physics. Indeed, progress in technological development ...
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THE ACCELERATOR-BASED ION TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM - AB-ITC
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Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The present project will meet the swedish national scientific, industrial and societal demands within high-quality material analysis by sustaining and advancing the role of the Tandem laboratory at Uppsala ...
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ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR GENERATION IV NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL
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Research project from 2017-12-01 to 2020-12-31
The goal of the project is to improve scientific knowledge of processes important for optimizing the properties of fuel materials for fourth generation (GEN IV) nuclear reactors. We aim to establish the ...
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Accelerated recursive expansions with applications in electronic structure theory
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31
We propose the development of a new class of accelerated recursive expansion methods for electronic structure calculations. Our aim is to substantially reduce the computational effort required by modern ...
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Advanced Hybrid Materials for High-Energy Density Storage: Fundamentals and Design
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Global energy consumption is projected to triple from 2001 to 2100 reaching the milestone of 43 TW. Although recent analysis shows that fossil-fuel reserves could in principle be the supplier of such huge ...
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Aktuella trender i multifunktionella Dirac materialer, en internationell workshop
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Research project from 2016-11-01 to 2016-11-30
Name of the conference: Current Trends in Multifunctional Dirac Materials, an International Workshop. In Swedish: Aktuella trender i multifunktionella Dirac materialer, en internationel workshop.The ...
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Amorphous magnetic nanostructures
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Magnetic materials have played an important role in building up our modern information based society. Magnets are used in power generators, transformers, and for data storage, to mention a few examples ...
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Amorphous layered films with optimized magnetic properties
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Aims of the project are to 1) understand why hard magnetic materials containing rare earths (RE) have their strong properties; 2) investigate theoretically and experimentally if similar properties can ...
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Anmälan om utnyttjande av återvändarbidrag för beviljade postdoktorsstipendier
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Research project from 2014-02-21 to 2015-02-21
Anmälan om utnyttjande av återvändarbidrag för beviljade postdoktorsstipendier ...
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Tuning the speed of hydrogen transport in amorphous metals: from ultra-fast to ultra-slow
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Lack of control of the flow of hydrogen in materials is a severe hindrance for many applications such as switchable mirrors, hydrogen gas sensing, hydrogen-induced embrittlement and hydrogen storage. Here ...
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Atomistic Modeling of Advanced Materials for CO2 Reduction: A Promising Approach for Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The Sun provides to the Earth in one hour an amount of energy that exceeds our energy consumption in one year. However, available technologies do not allow us to harvest even 0.02 % of such energy in a ...
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CONTROLLING MAGNETISM WITH LIGHT IN SPACE AND TIME
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Modern science is founded on the principles for conservation of energy, linear and angular momentum. Their impact on our understanding of matter in states very far from equilibrium is particularly important ...
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Imaging of magnetic nanostructures with high spatial and temporal resolution
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Lasers which provide pulse lengths in the order of femtoseconds are today used for magnetically sensitive microscopy that provides high temporal resolution but where the spatial resolution is restricted ...
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Tunable catalytic properties of novel materials for renewable energy
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The hydrogen economy is elucidated as developing the alternate sources of clean and sustainable energy to commensurate the increasing demand of energy and declining supply of environment affecting fossil ...
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BIO-IMAGING INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE EUROPEAN X-RAY FREE-ELECTRON LASER
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Research project from 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
We propose to provide bio-imaging instrumentation for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser. The instrument will permit near-atomic resolution coherent imaging of non-periodic objects by ultra-fast diffraction ...
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Computational Design of Composite Photocatalyst using Nanoclusters and Two Dimensional Materials
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Nanocomposite materials formed by zero dimensional (0D) nanoclusters supported on two dimensional (2D) materials provide new opportunities for fabricating superior photocatalyst for water splitting. The ...
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Cation disorder in Quaternary Chalcogenide Semiconductors: Quantification, Control and Consequences
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31
The Quaternary Chalcogenides are a group of semiconductors with huge potential in solid-state devices (an example being Cu2ZnSnS4, in development for solar cells). However, there is still a clear need ...
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Coherence and spin polarization of probe waves: new frontiers in spectroscopic research
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Recent progresses with manipulating electron beam in transmission electron microscopes opened new frontiers of research. Use of the electron vortex beams, that is beams that carry an orbital angular momentum ...
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Coherent Control of Materials Properties
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Emergent phenomena, such as insulator to metal transitions, magnetism and superconductivity, often occur in materials where many degrees of freedom are strongly coupled to each other. To understand, and ...
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Creating nanostructures using self-assembly of colloidal particles
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
A challenge for science is to develop methods for creating large areas of material that have defined structures as the atoms in a crystal, but the scale of tens of nanometers. This project addresses this ...
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The importance of the weak
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Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
We intend to establish understanding of the ordering and phase transitions of magnetic systems involving more than one energy scale. The planned activity is based upon investigations of patterned model ...
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Design of high-performance nonvolatile memories based on phase-change materials
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Chalcogenide films with reversible crystalline-amorphous phase transition have been commercialized as optical rewritable data-storage media (such as DVD-RW) for decades and are currently investigated as ...
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Development of instrumentation and competence for in situ studies using thermal analysis in neutron scatering
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
We propose to create a platform for advanced, time-resolved in situ structural and thermal investigations of crystalline, amorphous and liquid materials, utilizing the unique competences and resources ...
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Dielectric and magnetic properties in ferroelectric, films and magnetic materials
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
In the present proposal we will study the dielectric and magnetic properties of ferroelectric and magnetic materials. The main thrust in this proposal is to integrate a highly accurate theoretical instrument ...
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Dynamics of Materials
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Research project from 2014-07-01 to 2023-12-31
We intend to develop our expertise in atomistic spin-dynamics simulations, coupled to ab-initio, electronic structure theory and the evaluation of interatomic exchange, to explore theoretically, skyrmions ...
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ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE TUNING OF HYBRID PEROVSKITES AS MATERIALS FOR SOLAR CELLS
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Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
The purpose of the project is to clarify the mechanisms for optimizing the electronic structure of the metalhalide perovskites so that it leads to an improvement of their performance as materials for photovoltaics ...
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