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Jyväskylän yliopiston kiihdytinlaboratorion materiaalitutkimuksen ryhmä on mukana RADIATE-kumppanuushankkeessa, jonka tavoitteena on lisätä tutkimustiedon saatavuutta Euroopassa.

The physics and chemistry research infrastructures of the University of Jyväskylä receive one million euros of EU Horizon 2020 funding

The European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (Horizon2020) funds major European research and innovation projects.

Palkitut vasemmalta: Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Jouni Taskinen, Peppi Taalas, Alexei Lobski, Hanna Pirinen, Mirka Saarela ja Akseli Mansikkamäki.

Heroes of research and teaching awarded in the Annual Celebration

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 6 March.

New receptor molecules flag the presence of chiral molecules

A new ‘chemical nose’ sniffs out pollutants in the environment

Many pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, freon substitutes, dyes and drugs e.

Uusi kulta–alumiini-yhdiste (vasen) reagoi hiilidioksidin kanssa tuottaen insertioyhdisteen (oikea) samalla kuvastaen kulta-atomin nukleofiilista luonnetta.

The first nucleophilic gold complex

A collaborative research effort between the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland) has resulted in the discovery of a gold compound exhibiting nucleophilic behaviour hitherto unknown...

11.1.2019 Pyrolysis integrated with pulping offers an interesting possibility to make novel bio-products (Ghalibaf)

M.Sc. Maryam Ghalibaf defends her doctoral dissertation in Applied Chemistry "Analytical Pyrolysis of Wood and Non-Wood Materials from Integrated Biorefinery Concepts".

12.12.2018: Non-wood materials as starting materials of the biorefinery (Ullah)

The primary aim of modern biorefinery studies is to develop more selective and environmentally friendly processes for the efficient conversion of lignocellosic materials into value-added products for industrial chemicals.

Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen achieves the “highly cited researcher” status in 2018

Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen has been named as one of the most-cited researchers in the world in 2018 by Clarivate Analytics in its annual “highly cited researchers” list. The 2018 list includes 35 researchers from Finland.

Kulta-atomit altistuvat vahvalle sähkökentälle. Credit: Alexander Ericson.

How to melt gold at room temperature

As tension rises unexpected things can happen. This is also true for gold atoms. Researchers, have, for the first time, managed to make the surface of a gold object melt at room temperature.

Prof. Mika Pettersson oli allekirjoittamassa sopimusta Salamancassa Espanjassa.

The laserlab of University of Jyväskylä becomes a member of the European consortium

University of Jyväskylä’s Laser laboratory of the Nanoscience Center (Laserlab-NSC) became a full member of Laserlab-Europe in the general assembly of the consortium at Salamanca, Spain.

Rakennekuva yksittäismolekyylimagneetista (dysprosium-metalloseeniyhdiste)

Molecular memory can be used to increase the memory capacity of hard disks

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have taken part in an international British-Finnish-Chinese collaboration where the first molecule capable of remembering the direction of a magnetic above liquid nitrogen temperatures has been prepared and...

High-resolution imaging of nanoparticlesurface structures is now possible

Using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), extremely high resolution imaging of the molecule-covered surface structures of silver nanoparticles is possible, even down to the recognition of individual parts of the molecules protecting the surface.

Phosphorus recovery from the biomass ash

Recovery of phosphorus from solid ash residues is seen as one of the conservation methods that assist to mitigate the threat for supply of affordable phosphorus.

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