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Ruben Hamans is one of the three finalists for the 2017 KNCV Golden Master Thesis award. Ruben did his thesis in the Nanomaterials for Energy Applications group at DIFFER, working on the assembly of a super-resolution microscope.

Starting September 2018, the DIFFER group Photonics for Energy, headed by prof. Jaime Gómez Rivas, will become a full part of Eindhoven University of Technology. The group studies the interaction of electromagnetic waves and matter in a broad range of frequencies and at different temporal and spatial scales .

Scientists are looking for ways to make chemical reactions run on light. This may open the possibility to synthesize nanomaterials with unique properties and to steer chemical reactions towards new products. In one approach, metal nanoparticles added to a reactor can selectively absorb light and convert its energy to promote the growth of a thin shell of a different metal around them.

You are kindly invited to participate in the matchmaking event of the NWA route Energy Transition taking place on Tuesday July 17th in Utrecht (13.00 – 18.00 h).

DIFFER presented its Fusion Road Show science demos to over 700 visitors of the ITER open doors day on 26 May 2018. This special 15 minute edition of the science theatre show was designed as a memorable introduction into plasmas and fusion reactors.