Sampson’s PhD defence

by | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

On the upcoming Friday, 20th September, Sampson will defend his PhD. The ceremony will be held at 12:45 pm in the aula of the academy building (Broerstraat 5). Sampson’s work focused on hybrid metal halid perovskites and their photophysical proerpties,...

Herman’s cover attracts attention

by | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

With 2500 views in just six weeks after publication, Herman’s recent paper “Mechanism of surface passivation of methylammonium lead tribromide single crystals by benzylamine” made it into the top 5 of AIP publications according to the altmetric score. It even...

Master graduation – four out of four

by | Sep 9, 2019 | Uncategorized

Last Friday our four top masters in nanoscience received their degree. We are very happy to announce that Karolina, Kush, Christian and Eelco passed all the requirements to become a master of science. Moreover, we are very pleased to see Eelco and Karolina coninuing...

Herman and Kahmann do Raman

by | Sep 2, 2019 | Uncategorized

Last week our new confocal Raman microscope was installed and especially our spectroscopists are excited about all the new possibilities for research. Our Qontor system from Renishaw includes two lasers emitting at 532 and 1064 nm and is able to resolve Raman spectra...

Open projects for students

by | Aug 12, 2019 | Uncategorized

The P&OE group has a lot of attractive topics for master’s theses currently available. Said projects include, but are not limited to, new perovskite-like materials for photovoltaic applcations, Raman microscopy for thin film characterisation and quantum dot...

In the news: Herman’s new paper!

by | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

Herman’s latest work “Mechanism of surface passivation of methylammonium lead tribromide single crystals by benzylamine” has now been published as part of a first set of original research reports in Applied Physics Reviews. Amongst other aspects,...