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Op 11 april 2019 organiseerde de vaste Tweede Kamer-commissie voor Economische Zaken en Klimaat een gesprek over de Klimaattafel Industrie. Wetenschappers waaronder DIFFER-directeur Richard van de Sanden gaven daarin hun visie op de aanpak van de energietransitie. "Er is nog veel onderzoek en ontwikkeling nodig."
A consortium of DIFFER, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and DIFFER spin-off Chromodynamics has received a €100,000 grant to develop RAMANTIS, a camera system that can see the chemical composition of materials and biological tissues. RAMANTIS will be able to observe and analyze up to 10 different wavelengths of light at the same time.
In ACS Nano, PhD student Ruben Hamans and his colleagues at DIFFER and TU/e show how an array of metallic nanoparticles enhances light emission from nearby fluorescent molecules.
Materials to capture CO2 from flue gas can be made to operate at up to 50 degrees lower temperatures by adding small amounts of transition metals such as zinc or nickel, report DIFFER researchers Mike Gleeson, Tesfaye Belete and Richard van de Sanden in the Journal of CO2 Utilization.