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  • Solving crimes with glowing evidence: a brand-new method to detect gunshot residue at the crime scene

    Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers from the groups of Wim Noorduin (AMOLF/University of Amsterdam) …

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  • Three months – Three PhD celebrations  

    In the past three months, three AMOLF PhD students successfully defended their thesis at a Dutch university. Their names are Christiaan van Campenhout, Susan Rigter and Balázs Antalicz.   Christiaan van …

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  • Live experiment on WNL op Zondag TV program by Wim Noorduin

    Yesterday, Wim Noorduin demonstrated the lead detection test developed by him and his research team on the Dutch-language TV program WNL op Zondag. NWO president Marcel Levi, a regular guest …

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  • AMOLF group leader Wim Noorduin wins prestigious NWO Stairway to Impact Award

    Wim Noorduin (AMOLF group leader / UvA professor) has been awarded the prestigious NWO Stairway to Impact Award for his success in translating fundamental research into a societal application. In …

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  • Wim Noorduin about taking to market his research invention 

    On Monday 4 November, AMOLF researcher Wim Noorduin participated in the NWO debate "Science Works! The future of research and innovation in the Netherlands" in Nieuwspoort, The Hague.  At this …

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  • A lead test based on solar cell technology

    AMOLF researchers have used the special properties of perovskite semiconductors to develop a simple spray test to demonstrate the presence of lead. Perovskite is a material suitable for use in …

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  • Hot crystals through laser light

    Shells, skeletons, and bones are all made of crystals. To function properly these crystals need to grow at the right time and place. Inspired by these natural processes, AMOLF researchers …

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  • A low-tech way to create high-tech materials

    AMOLF researcher Christiaan Van Campenhout has found a new, simple method to create a material with a regular pattern of crystalline bands. The pattern formed by the crystals is not …

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  • SHINE consortium receives NWO funding to combine the best of two worlds

    A consortium consisting of AMOLF and other academic partners in the Netherlands receives funding from the NWO Research Infrastructure (RI) call for the project ‘Shining light on atomic-scale processes’ (SHINE).

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  • Regular patterns – like those found in nature – now also produced in the lab

    AMOLF researchers have found a new method for producing layered materials. Inspired by nature, they developed a physical-chemical process that yields highly regular microstructures. They describe this in a paper …

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