Battery technology is an important Swedish and Nordic research area, something that has been underscored, not least by recent initiatives by the Swedish Government. The challenge of finding new, effective and sustainable lithium-ion battery alternatives is a complex and multifaceted task that requires collaboration between experts in different areas. This need motivated the new Battery
Cesium lead tribromide is a semiconductor that belongs to the so-called perovskite class of materials. Perovskites are grouped together due to their similar crystal structure and composition. They currently receive a lot of scientific attention as a cheap, abundant, and easy-to-make alternative to more conventional semiconductors. One particular scientific focus is perovskite materials in nanoparticle
There are materials that spontaneously separate positive and negative charges, and thus create an electric field, within themselves, without an external bias being applied. They are known as ferroelectric materials, and are the electric version of the more well-known ferromagnetic materials that fridge magnets are made of. Ferroelectric materials are currently attracting a lot of
Why has MAX IV decided to add Long Term Proposals (LTP) to the list of access modes?The beamline staff have seen a clear need for a mechanism where we can work together with users on a project over an extended period of time. The LTP access mode should enable this, whilst also providing an exciting
We asked a few questions about the experiment to Davide Schirone, Postdoctoral fellow at Physical Chemistry Lund University, and one of the authors behind the study. Why is it important to study the digestion of plant-based proteins?The adoption of intensive farming practices for meeting the demand of food products from wealthy countries imposes a significant strain
Catalysts are used to facilitate chemical reactions that otherwise would have been too slow to be practical, if at all possible. The most well-known example of a catalyst is the metal particles found inside the catalytic converter of a fossil-fuelled car. The exhaust gasses react on the surface of the metal particles and become less
The Mexican beaded lizard has little hard plates in its skin called osteoderms, which are made of bone and topped with a so-called capping tissue. The plates protect the lizard from being hurt when bitten, but are also unique from a materials standpoint. An international research team has used the beamline DanMAX to study the
Drug carrier nanoparticles are used when the drug molecules, for example, are not stable enough to be transported on their own in the body, or to decrease side effects by more efficiently guiding the molecules to the intended target. “Cubosomes are promising carriers for treating a range of diseases, particularly those requiring targeted drug delivery
On Tuesday, May 20, Professor Kiyoshi Ueda, from Tohoku University in Japan and Shanghai Tech University in China, gave a seminar at MAX IV. The seminar was part of a visit that also included beamtime at FlexPES using the ICE reaction microscope together with his Chinese colleagues. Kiyoshi Ueda has been in the synchrotron world
Batteries have an important role to play in a sustainable society. Lightweight, fast-charging batteries open for further utilisation of electric vehicles and renewable but non-continuous energy sources, which require efficient storage to be competitive. Battery research is focused on two tracks: inventing entirely new battery technologies or further developing the lithium-ion batteries that are the