Debye Colloquia

Finding the Marvellous in the Mundane: Catalysis with Iron and Light Prof.dr. Axel Jacobi von Wangelin, University of Regensburg

Ultrafast nanophotonics: active control over light using plasmonic and nanophotonic devices Prof.dr. Otto Muskens, University of Southampton, UK

Composite Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Biosensing and Catalysis Luis M. Liz-Marzán, BioNanoPlasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain

Light microscopy with electrons
Dr. Jacob Hoogenboom, TNW Delft, Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology

Single molecule reactivity studies in a liquid-STM
Dr. Hans Elemans (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Subwavelength plasmonic and magnetic resonators to control photons and emitters
Prof. Dr. Femius Koenderink (FOM Institute AMOLF)

Floating on air
Prof. Dr. Detlef Lohse (University of Twente)

Electrocatalysis for solar fuels
Prof. Dr. Marc T.M. Koper (Leiden University)

In-situ studies of surfaces in action
Prof. Dr. Joost W.M. Frenken (Leiden University)

From Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals: Mecanocatalytic Deconstruction of (Ligno)Cellulose
Prof. Dr. Ferdi Schüth ​(Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung​)

Dopants and Charge Carriers in Colloidal Quantum Dots
Prof. Daniel Gamelin (Washington University)​

Functional domain walls in ferroelastic thin films
Prof. Dr. Beatriz Noheda

Controlling gene expression fluctuations
Prof. Dr. Alexander van Oudenaarden​ (Hubrecht Institute)

Liquid-liquid phase transitions: a key to unlock the mystery of supercooling and glasses?
Prof. Klaas Wynne (University of Glasgow)

Gold-palladium bimetallic catalysts for selective hydrogenation
Catherine Louis (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Towards Majorana Rail Tracks
Prof. dr. E.P.A.M. Bakkers (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Solar highways: core-shell nanowires for high-efficiency solar conversion
Erik Garnett, Sander Mann, Beniamino Sciacca, Sebastian Oener, Cristina Sfiligoj, Michiel de Goede (FOM Institute AMOLF​)

Sustainable Energy and the quest for sustainability
Prof. dr. Gert Jan Kramer (Shell Global Solutions and Leiden University)

Towards room-temperature H2 generation from C1-molecules and H2O
Leo E. Heim, Nils E. Schlörer, Jong-Hoo Choi, Martin H. G. Prechtl (University of Cologne)

Preparation of Oxide-Supported Metal Catalysts – A Surface Science Approach
Prof. dr. Martin Sterrer (University of Graz)

Critical Casimir Interactions: New temperature control of nanoparticle assembly
Prof. dr. Peter Schall (University of Amsterdam)

Why is (wet) granular rheology so complicated?
Prof. dr. Daniel Bonn (University of Amsterdam)

How gold affects TiO2 based photocatalysis
Prof. dr. Guido Mul (University of Twente​)

Deep subwavelength optical microscopy with electrons
Prof. dr. Albert Polman (FOM Institute AMOLF)

Lyotropic Smectic B Phase Formed in Suspensions of Charged Colloidal Platelets
Dzina Kleshchanok, Peter Holmqvist, Janne-Mieke Meijer, Henk N. W. Lekkerkerker (Utrecht University)

Plasmonic thin-film solar cells
Prof. dr. Albert Polman (FOM Institute AMOLF)

Shaped wavefronts and speckle correlations: A window into opaque media
Prof. dr. Allard P. Mosk (Utrecht University)

Artificial cells in picoliter droplets
Dr. Wilhelm T. S. Huck (Radboud University​)

Computational catalysis for sustainable chemistry: from reaction mechanisms to working devices
Dr. Evgeny A. Pidko (Eindhoven University of Technology)

On the way towards catalyst design in zeolites
Florian Göltl (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon)

Femtosecond Optical Control of Magnetism: from fundamentals to submicron dynamics
Dr. A. V. Kimel (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

Metal Organic Frameworks: a Versatile Class of Advanced Materials
Jorge Gascon and Freek Kapteijn (Technische Universiteit Delft)

Imaging Cellular Signaling one Molecule at a Time
Prof. dr. Thomas Schmidt (University of Leiden)