Month: January 2016

Following successful evaluation, German Science Foundation's priority program PP 1594 "Topological Engineering of Ultra-Strong Glasses" is embarking into its second 3-year period. The programme - coordinated by Lothar Wondraczek at the Laboratory of Glass Science - brings together scientists from all Germany, covering a broad range of research areas, to tackle the fundamental issues of elasticity, plasticity and material failure in disordered solids. (Link to Press Release) in German...

Solar energy harvesting is often limited by the spectral sensitivity of the employed energy conversion system. In many applications, large parts of the solar spectrum do either not contribute to the harvesting scheme, or the full energetic potential of each photon cannot be put to use in the generation of electrical or chemical energy. Extrinsic sensitization through photoluminescent spectral conversion has been proposed as a route to at least partially overcome this problem. In a recent feature article which has been chosen for the cover page of Advanced Science, we discuss our related work in the emerging context of photochemical energy harvesting and storage through natural or artificial photosynthesis. Reference: L. Wondraczek, E. Tyystjärvi, J. Méndez-Ramos, F. A. Müller, Q. Zhang: Shifting the Sun: Solar spectral conversion and extrinsic sensitization in natural and artificial photosynthesis. Adv. Sci. 2, art. no. 1500218 (2015). Link to article: Click here ...

Congratulations to Ph.D student Karsten Hansgaard Nielsen who successfully defended his Ph.D thesis on December 18, 2015!...