Forskning vid Uppsala universitet

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Projektet syftar till att utveckla nya fotokemiska processer för produktion av hållbara fossilfria smörjoljor från föreningar med ursprung i svenska bioråvaror. Det finns en hög efterfrågan av hållbara ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2015-12-31

The proposed research is a multifaceted investigation centering on problems in homogeneous dynamics and fundamental questions about lattices. We will focus in particular on problems which hold the promise ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

The research program studies contact and symplectic topology and its relations to other geometric fields, in particular to physics inspired low-dimensional topology and knot theory. The main tool is theories ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

We aim to study molecule-surface interactions and shallow trap states on single crystal semiconducting metal oxides and thin solid film metal oxides by two main methods: infrared reflection-absorption ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-09-01 till 2019-12-31

Syfte och mål: I det nu avslutade projektet har en forskare och lärare från Uppsala universitet varit på plats hos den industriella parten (Sandvik additive) på deltid, vilket har varit grundsyftet med ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The framework of string compactifications is of undisputed importance to connect string theory to the physics of our world, and has promoted progress in fields ranging from quantum gravity and cosmology ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

The aim of the present project is to study CO2 photo-adsorption processes on metal oxide surfaces and investigate how those processes can be tailored for proton-coupled electron transfer reactions for ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2021-01-01 till 2024-12-31

The Fukaya category is a powerful invariant of exact symplectic manifolds in the form of an A-infinity category, the objects of which consist of (a suitable class of) its Lagrangian submanifolds, while ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Field effect gas sensors have been shown to be very efficient for the detection of hydrogen containing molecules. With the right material combination in terms of catalytic metal contact and gate dielectric ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

This project studies the mathematical models arising from a variety of imaging techniques. These problems are formulated mathematically as "inverse problems" where one deduces information about the differential ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2017-01-01 till 2020-12-31

Conserved quantities are important in various areas of physics, as in many cases they provide an essential characterization of a physical system. However, to define the mass, center of mass, angular and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and the quantum ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2012-01-01 till 2014-12-31

This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2016-12-31

During the past decade there has been an important development of the mathematical tools available for high-energy physics. I have participated in and contributed to this development of Generalized Complex ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

This research project aims to study several related topics in higher dimensional Auslander-Reiten theory. Classical Auslander-Reiten theory is an important tool in representation theory of associative ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2013-12-31

More than thirty years ago a result derived in the context of superspace supergravity indicated that even the most promising supergravity candidate had problems when viewed as a model for quantum gravity ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-01-01 till 2023-12-31

Hybrid metal halide perovskite solar cells represent a new photovoltaic technology that potentially offers efficient solar cells at very low cost and short energy payback times. Fundamental knowledge about ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2018-12-01 till 2021-12-31

The main purpose of this project is to further the understanding of exact Lagrangian manifolds in symplectic manifolds, and understand the relations to quantum physics. We propose the following specific ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2016-01-01 till 2019-12-31

Photocatalytic water splitting is a process where the energy of the sunlight is utilized to separate water into molecular oxygen and hydrogen where the latter can be used as an energy carrier. Here, hydrogen ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-11-01 till 2016-12-31

Syfte och mål: Det övergripande målet för projektet är att öka verkningsgraden hos CIGS moduler med 10 % relativt genom att utveckla nya fönsterlagerstrukturer samtidigt som produktionskostnaderna sänks ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2015-01-01 till 2018-12-31

Mathematical morphology (MM) is a widely-used framework for efficient processing and analysis of images. Linear filters, according to the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theory, are not affected by the sampling ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2014-01-01 till 2014-12-31

Vetenskapsfestivalen SciFest, 28 februari-1 mars 2014, i Uppsala är ett relativt nytt koncept med ursprung från Sydafrika som syftar till att öka intresset för naturvetenskap och teknik hos skolelever ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

Symplectic and contact geometry has its roots in the mathematical description of mechanics. Its modern development was initiated in the early 1980´s with conjectures by Arnold and then shaped by Gromov ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2020-12-01 till 2024-11-30

Over the last 35 years, the study of the role of geometric and topological aspects of fundamental physics in gauge theory and strings has been a central theme in both theoretical physics and in geometry ...

Forskningsprojekt från 2013-01-01 till 2016-12-31

The optimal battery energy density is the primary goal of this application that brings together scientists from chemistry and physics at the Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University under the leadership ...