Research at Uppsala University
New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 February 2021. With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may le ...
Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 February 2021. Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, ...
The professor wanting to contribute to peace on Earth
25 January 2021. Isak Svensson is, as he describes it, a product of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. Si ...
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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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A Fundamental Approach to Charge Transfer in Transition Metal 1D Coordination Polymer Materials
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Charge transporting materials play a cruical role in one of the most active research areas: the development of molecular materials to facilitate the conversion of solar energy into electricity, fuels and ...
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A new tool for developing of plasmon-driven catalysis for sustainable chemistry
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2022-12-31
Solar energy, being an abundant and easily available energy resource, possesses great potential in driving environmentally benign chemical transformations. Plasmonic nanoparticles have attracted particular ...
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Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Efficient PEM fuel cells
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Our current dependence on fossil fuels as the primary energy source and carrier must eventually be superseded by a new energy-matrix that is secure, renewable and environmentally friendly. The development ...
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Aktuella trender i multifunktionella Dirac materialer, en internationell workshop
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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Antimikrobiella peptider mot sjukdomar hos grödor
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31
With an ever-increasing world population, the challenge remains to increase crop production in a sustainable way, so as not to exhaust the land of its potency for future uses. In this context, plant disease ...
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Improving water purification and soil remediation with natural products
Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
A key requirement for society is clean water for drinking, washing and other domestic purposes. This provision is coupled to the need to protect the environment from pollution. In many countries, the cost ...
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Arrested infection: probing intermediates in viral entry with cell mimetics
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Enveloped viruses such as influenza, HIV, and Zika enter cells via a process of membrane fusion between the viral envelope and a cellular membrane, mediated by viral fusion proteins. The non-protein components ...
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Revealing the mechanism of biological water oxidation
Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2024-11-30
Photosynthetic water oxidation is the basis of higher life on Earth. The electrons and protons required for CO2 fixation are extracted by photosystem II (PSII) in a light-driven process from water. This ...
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Batteries from renewable resources
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
This project concerns the development of batteries based on elements extractable from renewable resources. The technology is based on conducting redox polymers (CRPs) where a conducting polymer backbone ...
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Fuels from Sun: 3D Organic Semiconducting Polymer Nano-Dots as Efficient Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
My recent ground-breaking finding (Angew Chem Int Ed., 2016, 55, 12306, Hot Paper) shows that three dimensional organic polymer nano-dots (Pdots) prepared from pristine polymers are a family of efficient ...
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Colloids and Surfaces in Biology and Biomaterials
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2015-07-31
Dates: 4-6 November in Uppsala 2015.Web site: www.asmcs.se.Surface and colloid chemistry continues to play an important role in the investigation of biological systems for elucidating basic biological ...
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Development of Electrochemical Induced Raman Spectroscopy for investigation of catalytic intermediates in non-fossil fuel production
Research project from 2019-07-01 to 2022-06-30
The proposed research aims to develop a new physico-chemical investigation technique able to detect intermediates of electrocatalytic reactions. Electrochemical Induced Raman Spectroscopy, couples electrochemistry ...
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Development of Ion-Paired Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
Research project from 2017-05-01 to 2018-04-30
The coupling of nuclear motion to electron transfer is of highinterest as it is utilized in numerous biological events. For many years, proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) hasbeen at the forefront ...
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Development of hybrid de novo inorganic-protein systems for oxidative and reductive photocatalysis in well-defined protein environments
Research project from 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
New photocatalysts developed for CO2 reduction, H2 evolution, and H2O oxidation will be based on pyridine, cobaloxime, and tetra-coordinate Co2+ molecular catalysts incorporated into protein scaffolds ...
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Development of methods for probing ligand-receptor interactions in situ using frontal affinity chromatography coupled with desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Research project from 2015-07-01 to 2018-06-30
The association of seven transmembrane helices with the lipid bilayer of a biological cell is both what structurally defines G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR), and what makes them very difficult to study ...
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ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE TUNING OF HYBRID PEROVSKITES AS MATERIALS FOR SOLAR CELLS
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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Influence of ubiquinone and related prenols on lipid membranes
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The overall objective of the project is to gain a deeper understanding of the effects caused by bioactive prenols on the permeability and mechanical properties of lipid membranes. An important aim is to ...
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High efficiency, flexible and low cost building integrated hybrid solar cell/solar collector for environmental friendly buildings
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The project purpose is to develop flexible solar cell/solar collector building integrated materials for roofs and walls on buildings. The solar cells will be based on new materials that have recently been ...
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Towards a computational intestine for formulation assessment: Impact of dilution, digestion and absorption on restructuring of solubilizing lipoidal nanoaggregates
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2018-12-31
A major gap to understand drug performance in the intestine is the poor knowledge of the dynamics of solubilizing lipoidal nanostructures (micelles, vesicles, oil droplets) present in the intestinal fluid ...
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Excited State (Anti)Aromaticity and Heavy Group 14 Element Chemistry: Fundamental Studies with Potentials for Applications
Research project from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31
This research proposal is centered on two areas; the first devoted to investigations of excited state aromaticity and antiaromaticity effects (shortly, excited state (anti)aromaticity) or ES(A)A) and the ...
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Exploring a New Generation Environmentally Friendly Quantum Dot Materials
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Quantum dots (QDs) based on nanometer sized semiconductor particles are very promising for utilization in optoelectronic devices. The size and surface of the QDs are very important for the properties of ...
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Exploring molecular interactions - from protein function and regulation of biological processes to drug design
Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
AIMS: To obtain fundamental insights into the molecular basis of protein interactions with metal ions, ligands and other proteins, ultimately related to the chemical principles of regulation of biological ...
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Visualising Photo-induced Structural Dynamics in solution through Ultra-fast X-ray scattering and Femtosecond Spectroscopy
Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31
In this project we utilize time-resolved X-ray scattering to investigate photo-induced reaction dynamics in various chemical and biological molecular systems both in crystals and in solution. The program ...
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Photochemistry of iron carbene complexes
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
This project will investigate the excited state reactivity of a recently discovered class of iron complexes featuring unique nanosecond lifetimes and sizable luminescence quantum yields of their charge-transfer ...
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Functional Inks based on Chemically Passivated Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Research project from 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31
The aim of this project is to chemically passivate the defects and functionalize the monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials to formulate functional inks by combining them with semiconducting ...
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Functional phosphate glass-ceramics for hydrogen production and environmental carbon dioxide mitigation
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31
The goal of this project is to design and synthetize a novel class of photocatalytic materials capable of efficient solar energy storage in terms of splitting of water and/or converting carbon dioxide ...
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Understanding and controlling excitons, charges and defect states in new zero-, two-, and three-dimensional bismuth perovskite materials for optoelectronic applications
Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Lead-halide perovskites have the recent years been developed for use in optoelectronic devices. In particular solar cells based on these perovskites have shown very high solar to electricity conversion ...
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Understanding electrochemical interfaces in batteries by operando ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy
Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The functional interfaces between electrodes and electrolyte in batteries are the heart of chemical-electric energy conversion. Here redox reactions occur through charge transfer of electrons and lithium ...
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Gränsskikt för energiomvandling - struktur, funktion och design
Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
The general purpose of the project is atomic level understanding of structure, function and design of thin film and nano/micro-structured interfaces used for the conversion between light, electrical and ...
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High-throughput screening towards identifying and understanding solid-state ionic conductors
Research project from 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31
This proposal aims towards extending the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms driving the ionic conductivity in solid-state electrolyte (SSE) materials. The development of novel cost-efficient multiscale ...
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Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
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