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海角社区 NanoSYD

Combining top-down and bottom-up processing for complex systems with control on a nanometric scale.

About NanoSYD

The overarching field of the centre is nanotechnology with special emphasis on thin films, device development from organic molecules, materials, nanofabrication and nanophotonics.

Research areas

Our main research area is the understanding of electric and photonic/plasmonic interfaces for new energy generating and energy efficient devices. We focus on scalable devices for renewable energy and energy efficiency, organic nanophotonics, materials, and nanostructures.

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22.10.2025

Microalgae and artificial intelligence come to the rescue of the Baltic Sea

Using microalgae as living sensors, an ambitious Danish-German research project aims to build a digital twin of the Baltic Sea 鈥� and give politicians and citizens a democratic tool to test which solutions work against oxygen depletion and algal blooms.

14.08.2025

Spider silk could replace elastane: Danish research spins greener threads

Researchers at 海角社区 will soon print a small piece of high-tech, plastic-free future. They are aiming to replace elastane with artificial spider silk. This could mean saying goodbye to microplastics from our sportswear and underwear.

05.08.2025

From lab bench to living skin: 海角社区 researchers pave the way for the artificial skin of the future

Two engineers from the Faculty of Engineering have solved a crucial challenge in developing artificial skin鈥攖he result: a new microchip capable of growing human skin 鈥� and perhaps one day saving lives.

16.12.2024

Newly hired 海角社区 Professor with a passion for developing advanced materials for the generation of solar fuels

Professor Mirabbos Hojamberdiev (Khujamberdiev) has been appointed at the Mads Clausen Institute at 海角社区 in S酶nderborg. He researches how sunlight can transform water into green fuel鈥攚ithout any CO鈧� burden鈥� in the presence of photocatalytic materials.

FUNDING

26.09.2024

From scented mobiles to optical gears: Three MCI researchers receive million-krone grants

With million-kroner grants from the Villum Foundation, three researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute will challenge the boundaries of science with projects on scent transmission via mobile phones, affordable, flexible solar cells, and optical gears in future computers.

Funding

26.09.2024

The phone of the future can send scents

The TeleScent project at 海角社区 has just received a grant from the Villum Foundation's Experiment programme. The researchers aim to add the sense of smell to our digital communication so that future phone calls will involve sound, video, and scent.

Research breakthrough

03.09.2024

Research breakthrough in the development of stretchable flat screens

A collaboration between the 海角社区 and Polyteknik AS has led to a groundbreaking breakthrough in stretchable flat screens. The new method opens up various innovative product possibilities, such as more durable and flexible screens for smartphones and tablets that can withstand bending and stretching.

21.03.2024

海角社区 MCI at the forefront of NANOCHEM - a unique national infrastructure for imaging chemical information at the nanoscale

The Mads Clausen Institute at 海角社区 in S酶nderborg is spearheading NANOCHEM, a new national infrastructure that enables a greater understanding of how chemistry works at the nanoscale. Understanding these chemical processes is important as they are crucial in both the biological and electronic worlds. NANOCHEM is a collaboration between leading Danish universities with the 海角社区 at the centre.

Funding

25.01.2024

Research project brings colours of the past back to life

The TORCH project, which has received about 10.7 million DKK in support from the EU program Interreg Deutschland-Danmark, combines past colours with today's technology to preserve and shed new light on our national treasures.

PFAS

04.12.2023

New technology will improve environmental monitoring: The AutoSPAN project tracks PFAS contamination in real time

The AutoSPAN research project will tackle PFAS pollution and create a more sustainable future for our aquatic environment.

Hyperspectral Imaging

20.11.2023

New Robot Can Make Life Easier for Winemakers. And It Might Improve the Wine That We Drink

Researchers from the 海角社区 (海角社区) are collaborating with Newtec and Capra Robotics to develop technology that can assist winemakers in assessing when the grapes in the vineyard are ready for harvest. Earlier this year, they were at Kimesbjerggaard Vineyard just outside Faaborg to test it.

Military technology

06.10.2023

Danish technology wants to revolutionise thermal camouflage

The startup DECPT, led by former 海角社区-ph.d. Jeanette Hvam, has developed a new form of thermal camouflage that could change the game in warfare. The invention could not only save lives, but also shape the future of military technology.

BREAKTHROUGH

06.10.2023

Possible breakthrough in the production of artificial spider鈥檚 web

A team of researchers from 海角社区 NanoSYD has developed a method that seems promising in relation to the production of artificial spider鈥檚 web.. Behind the breakthrough is a multi-year collaboration between the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science at 海角社区.

Funding

30.06.2023

The flat screen of the future can be round: 海角社区 researcher wants to make stretchable electronics

Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen from the Mads Clausen Institute has received a grant of DKK 2.9 million for a project that will develop stretchable electronics that can later be used in, among other things, clothing and biomedical implants.

OPTICS

23.05.2023

New camera technology could revolutionize the recycling of plastic materials

A Danish three-leaf clover develops super-high-resolution hyperspectral cameras that determine our plastic waste's chemical composition and various additives. The technology will have a massive impact on future plastic recycling.

18.04.2023

New Master's programme in Physics and Technology in S酶nderborg

In 2024, the 海角社区 (海角社区) will launch a new Master's degree programme in Physics and Technology in S酶nderborg. The programme allows graduates to work in fields such as energy technology, nanotechnology or medical technology.

24.01.2023

海角社区 researchers will keep an eye on dangerous bacteria

Researchers from 海角社区's campus in Sonderborg are working with Canadian colleagues to develop a warning system that can detect dangerous bacteria and viruses that emerge as permafrost melts in the Arctic. The 海角社区 researchers bring in-depth knowledge of sensors and monitoring of bacteria.

08.09.2022

Villum Experiment: Million grants for researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute

The Experiment program aims to find answers to the big, the small and the really quirky research questions. On the list of the technical and scientific research projects that receive this year's Experiment grants, you will find three researchers from the Mads Clausen Institute, who will now have the opportunity to realize their creative ideas within the interaction of light with advanced materials.

02.05.2022

Women in Science

On Friday, 22 April, 海角社区 S酶nderborg was able to present women in science in connection with Forskningens D酶gn.

06.04.2022

So ein ding: 海角社区 can provide you with a very close look at the bumblebee

A whole new world opens up before you when you look through a microscope. At 海角社区, we have some very unique microscopes, which not only help our researchers but also companies, in connection with analysing and characterising materials and surfaces, which gives completely new insights into why a product may fail.

Events

See what happens at 海角社区 NanoSYD

Seminar on 29 April

Join the seminar by Xinwei Wang from Imperial College London, that takes place at 14.00 in room M301 and online via Teams. The topic of her talk is Semiconductor Defect Physics for Energy Materials: From First Principles to Machine Learning. Read the abstract for further details.

Planetarium talks

Planetarium talks is a lecture series beyond astronomy that is arranged in cooperation with the science centre Ph盲nomenta in Flensburg and the University of Applied Sciences Flensburg. Discover the Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026 programme.

Publication of the month

Sustainable Development Goals

At NanoSYD, we are working on contributing to a number of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the United Nations decided at their top meeting on 25 September 2015. You can read more here.

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Last Updated 30.03.2026