Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2022-12-31

Solenergi, som är en riklig och lättillgänglig energiresurs, äger stor potential för att driva miljövänliga kemiska transformationer. Plasmoniska nanopartiklar har blivit uppmärksammade för sin effektivitet ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 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Our current dependence on fossil fuels as the primary energy source and carrier must eventually be superseded by a new energy-matrix that is secure, renewable and environmentally friendly.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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-11-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-12-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 2021-12-31

Projektet syftar till att utveckla batterier från råmaterial som återfinns i de naturliga kretsloppen och som både uppfyller krav på hållbarhet och prestanda. Tekniken är baserad på ledande redoxpolymerer ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-07-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-07-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-05-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-07-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2017-12-31

I projektet kommer vi att utveckla flexibla (böjliga) solceller/solfångare integrerade i material för tak och fasader på byggnader. Solcellerna baseras på material som nyligen har upptäckts ge högeffektiva ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2019-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 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 ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 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 ...