https://www.uu.nl/en en Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:16:04 +0200 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:41:00 +0100 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/first-ever-observation-of-brazil-nut-effect-for-colloidal-particles Developers of paints and inks, and completely different disciplines, such as geology, will benefit from understanding this phenomenon. 128469 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:41:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/evidence-at-last-for-long-awaited-new-liquid-crystal-phase The new phase makes the materials suitable for the further development of screens, sensors and coatings. 125621 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:33:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-article-published-calorimetry-reveals-attraction-of-ions-to-electrode-pore-walls Joren Vos and coworkers were able to detect the heat of double layer formation inside the nanometric pores of capacitive electrodes. 124863 Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:40:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-promising-nanogel-separates-chemicals-continuously Nanomaterials scientists have improved a nanogel in such a way that it can now transport individual molecules from one liquid to the other. 115844 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/third-scientific-wall-mural-depicts-van-t-hoff-first-nobel-prize-winner-in-chemistry Van ’t Hoff obtained his PhD in 1874 in Utrecht on the topic of stereochemistry, as illustrated on the mural unveiled today at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht. 107741 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:45:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/separating-chemicals-with-a-new-type-of-nano-structured-membranes-0 Physical chemist Martin Haase is developing nano-structured membranes obtained from ‘bijels’, They enhance the efficiency of turning seawater into drinking water. 104310 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:46:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/alex-van-silfhout-and-ben-erne-nominated-for-kijk-award The 'magnetic waste separation' is nominated for for the best tech idea of the year by Dutch popular-scientific magazine KIJK. 100255 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:20:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/lecture-by-freddy-rabouw Heineken Young Scientist Award winner Freddy Rabouw will give a lecture about his research for the general public (in Dutch) on Saturday September 12, 2020 during ‘Open Monumentendag’. 99378 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:10:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/researchers-discover-a-novel-liquid-crystal-phase-of-banana-shaped-particles The new liquid crystals can switch their orientation under electric fields at ultra-fast speeds. The results are published today in Science. 98849 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/improved-waste-separation-using-super-stable-magnetic-fluid This super-stable magnetic fluid increases the possibilities of magnetic waste separation and makes it more economically viable. 98084 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:48:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/marjolein-dijkstra-appointed-as-knaw-member The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has selected eighteen new members, among which Utrecht physics researcher Marjolein Dijkstra. 95311 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:44:00 +0200 Nieuws Marjolein Dijkstra https://www.uu.nl/en/news/save-the-date-2021-debye-spring-school The new dates for the Debye Spring School, originally scheduled for April 2020, are: April 12 - 14, 2021. 87543 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:20:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/recap-debye-institute-30th-anniversary-symposium Recap of the 30th Anniversary Symposium of the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science. 85413 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:51:00 +0200 Nieuws Debye Institute 30th anniversary https://www.uu.nl/en/news/save-the-date-debye-institute-30th-anniversary-symposium The 30th anniversary symposium takes place on Thursday October 17, 2019. 82381 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:46:00 +0200 Nieuws beeldmerk Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science https://www.uu.nl/en/news/harvard-professor-joanna-aizenberg-debye-visiting-chair Bioinspired Materials Design Pioneer Joanna Aizenberg (Harvard University) is the 2019 Debye Visiting Chair. 75733 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws debye institute for nanomaterials science, Debye Visiting Chair, Joanna Aizenberg https://www.uu.nl/en/news/charlie-maslen-receives-unilever-prize-2018 Charlie worked on micro-crawlers that operate in a similar way as thermodynamic heat engines. 71303 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:14:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/prof-henk-lekkerkerker-received-the-overbeek-medal-2018 The medal was rewarded as a recognition of his distinguished career in colloid science. 66929 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:28:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/nwo-echo-grant-for-ben-erne The grant will finance research into the experimental thermodynamics of ion confinement in porous carbon electrodes. 61721 Mon, 07 May 2018 15:34:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/viral-infection-a-matter-of-simple-physics The manner in which some viruses inject their DNA into bacteria or other types of cells, appears to be much simpler than scientists had previously thought 61603 Thu, 03 May 2018 16:48:00 +0200 Nieuws Willem Kegel virus schematische weergave https://www.uu.nl/en/news/superballs-organise-themselves-into-interesting-structures Publication in Nature Communications 48356 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:35:00 +0100 Nieuws ‘Superballs’ organise themselves into interesting structures