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Single molecules show promise to optically detect single electrons 06 February 2019
Optical detection of a single electron using a single molecule has never been done. Leiden physicist Michel Orrit and his team have now identified a m...
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HTSM grant for physicist Tjerk Oosterkamp 19 December 2018
This header image was once elected Image of the Week by De Volkskrant and won second place in the LION Image Award. The research behind it is no less ...
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Atoms use tunnels to escape graphene cover 31 October 2018
Graphene has held a great promise for applications since it was first isolated in 2004. But we still don’t use it in our large-scale technology, becau...
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Insulator becomes conductor at the push of a button 11 September 2018
Ionic liquids are important in scientific research because they can apply a lot of charge over a surface. Leiden physicists have now found that the ch...
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Where does the quantum world end? 30 August 2018
With his ice-cold nano force sensor, Tjerk Oosterkamp searches for the boundary between the quantum world and the everyday world. The Leiden physicist...
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New transmission microscope for low-energy electrons 31 May 2018
Physicist Daniël Geelen has developed a new microscope that uses low-energy electrons. Those are less harmful to biological and organic materials. Gee...
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Physicist Michel Orrit new member KNAW 20 April 2018
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) selects prominent researchers as members based on their scientific achievements. On Septembe...
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Century-old law on electric noise overturned 27 March 2018
Electric noise can be useful for scientists but inconvenient for chip manufacturers. They do share a wish to predict the amount of noise. PhD student ...
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Two graphene layers lean in for a kiss 23 March 2018
Leiden physicists and chemists have managed to bring two graphene layers so close together that an electric current spontaneously jumps across. In the...
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Why does Ronald Mulder experience hardly any ice friction at 60 km/h? 12 February 2018
How can Ronald Mulder run his skates across an ice layer at 60 km/h? His skating blades get help from a lubricating layer of meltwater. In Leiden, phy...
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Electrons give resist layer electrical charge 07 February 2018
Leiden physicists found a surprising interaction between electrons and a resist layer. The resist appears to charge and discharge due to incoming elec...
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Use the new audio tour to stroll past the Leiden wall formulas 30 January 2018
From now on, you can go for a walk through Leiden’s scientific history and at the same time across the historic city center itself. Master students Lo...
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Visualising the nanoworld 24 January 2018
Visualising cell proteins without invasive techniques is possible with the help of fluorescence. During a lecture of the Natuurwetenschappelijk Gezels...
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Orrit receives NWO-TTW Open Technology Programme grant 20 December 2017
Michel Orrit has received an NWO-TTW Open Technology Programme grant. He will use it to image single molecules without the need for fluorescence.
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Humidity switches molecular diode off and on 04 December 2017
An international group of scientists, led by Leiden physicist Sense Jan van der Molen, has developed the first switchable molecular diode. You can tur...