Three Zernike researchers receive funding from "FOM-projectruimte"
Bart van Wees, Patrick Onck and George Palasantzas belong to the lucky few who succesfully applied for FOM-projectruimte. FOM-projectruimte is a funding tool that aims to stimulate groundbreaking fundamental research projects in physics with high scientific, industrial or societal relevance. In the current round 4.3 million Euro were awarded to ten research projects, three of which from the Zernike Institute:
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Biomimetic nanopores ‐ resolving the puzzling selectivity of the nuclear pore complex
Prof.dr.ir. Patrick Onck (RUG) en prof.dr. Cees Dekker (TUD)
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Bonding materials with Casimir forces
Prof.dr. Georgios Palasantzas (RUG)
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Spin‐valleytronics in two‐dimensional Van der Waals materials: Uniting electronic spin, valley and charge with photonic chirality
Prof.dr.ir Bart van Wees (RUG)
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Magnetization dynamics with spin‐polarized supercurrents
Prof.dr. Jan Aarts (LEI) -
Capturing reaction kinetics on a diffusing nanoparticle
Dr. Sanli Faez (UU) -
Splitting and tipping the electron
Dr. Lars Fritz (UU) -
Steering quantum spin interactions with light
Dr. Alexey Kimel (RU) -
Molecular billiards in slow motion: when molecules stick together
Dr. Bas van de Meerakker (RU) -
Functionalized organic‐metal (FOM) networks: a platform for designing Dirac fermions
Dr. Ingmar Swart (UU) en prof.dr. Cristiane de Morais Smith (UU) -
Living at the edge: Quantum spin Hall effect in germanene
Prof.dr.ir. Harold Zandvliet (UT)
| Last modified: | 18 May 2016 2.39 p.m. |
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