News
Vinnova - Vinn Nu (2010-06-17)
Today CleanSense was awarded 300,000 SEK from Vinnova's program Vinn Nu. Read more about ithere
Royal scientific award (2010-05-07)
Two of the researchers in CleanSense, Dr. Elin Larsson and Dr. Christoph Langhammer, will in May 15th be awarded a prize from the Swedish king for their work. The prize is from the King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50-years fund for Science, Technology and Environment and constitutes 125,000 SEK. They get the prize for their work with using a nanobased sensing technology to solve complex scientific questions. Read more in the press release herePresents in Switzerland (2010-04-15)
Dr. Christoph Langhammer presents CleanSense's technology at the Bio-Plasmonics Conference in Zurich, on April 23rd. Dr. Langhammer's presentation has the title "Indirect Nanoplasmonic Sensing: Ultrasensitive Optical Probes for Nanomaterials Science and Catalysis". Read more about the conference hereForskning & Framsteg (2010-03-19)
CleanSense is highlighted in the latest issue of the Swedish magazine Forskning & Framsteg, read the full article hereNew Scientific Publication (2010-03-17)
A new example of applications with CleanSense's technology is presented in the prestigious magazine Physical Review Letters.Read more here
Göteborgs-Posten (2010-03-05)
CleanSense is highlighted in today's issue of Göteborgs-PostenFinancing (2010-02-15)
CleanSense is currently looking for external capital and experienced investors. If interested please contact Jonas Odéhn at jonas.odehn@cleansense.se or+46(0)73-9220111
ChemicalProcessing.com (2010-02-01)
CleanSense is highlighted on the website ChemicalProcessing.com, where Dr. Elin Larsson is interviewed about the technology, read the full article herePatrik Dahlqvist new board member (2010-01-27)
CleanSense welcomes Patrik Dahlqvist as a new member of the board. Patrik is currently CEO of Medfield Diagnostics AB and has previously worked at Q-Sense AB in various positions. Read more about Patrik herePresents in Switzerland (2010-01-25)
Dr. Christoph Langhammer presents CleanSense's technology at the 4th Symposium Hydrogen and Energy in Wildhaus, Switzerland. Dr. Langhammer's presentation has the title "Indirect Naoplasmonic Sensing Applied to Hydrogen Storage in Nanoparticles an Catalysis" and will be held on February 26th. Read more about the conference herePresents at MRS Conference in Boston (2009-11-27)
Ph.D. Elin Larsson presents CleanSense's technology at the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, which is one of the world's largest scientific conferences. Elin's presentation has the title "Plasmonic Meets Catalysis: A Novel Highly Versatile Remote Sensing Technique to Monitor Catalytic Reactions" and will be held in session Y4.4 on December 1st at 9:30 AM. Read more about the conference hereScientific publications available (2009-11-12)
All relevant publications for CleanSense are now available online at CleanSense's webpage, find them herePresents in San Jose (2009-11-02)
Prof. Igor Zoric presents CleanSense's technology at the American Vacuum Society 56th International Symposium in San Jose, California. The conference takes place 8-13 November and Prof. Zoric's presentation has the title "Nanoplasmonic sensing of metal hydride formation and catalytic reactions on metallic nanoparticles" and covers CleanSense's unique approach to LSPR-sensing. Read more about the conference here.CleanSense in Nature Nanotechnology (2009-10-30)
The magazine Nature Nanotechnology has today written an article about CleanSense's technology. Read it hereCleanSense in physicsworld.com (2009-10-28)
CleanSense's technology is today presented as headline news in the web portal physicsworld.com. The article describes how CleanSense's technology bridges the previously known pressure and material gaps in research. Very well respected researchers also share their praises about the technology. For example Niek van Hulst of the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona is impressed by the technique and says "The elegance of the method is that only a transparent glass with nanoparticles needs to be mounted in the reaction chamber - it's simple and effective". Read the full article herePUBLICATION IN SCIENCE (2009-10-23)
CleanSense's technology is today presented in the online version of the world's most renowned scientific magazine Science. Special focus is on the technology's unique ability for real-time monitoring of catalytic reactions under realistic conditions. The name of the article is "Nanoplasmonic Probes of Catalytic Reactions" and the authors are Elin Larsson, Christoph Langhammer, Bengt Kasemo and Igor Zoric. Find the both the abstract and the full-text version of the article here.CleanSense presents in Warsaw (2009-10-20)
Prof. Igor Zoric presents CleanSense's technology at the conference "Hydrogen for the future" in Warsaw, Poland. The conference takes place 21-25 October and is part of the Marie Curie Research Training Network "Hydrogen". Prof. Zoric's presentation has the title "Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydriding and degydriding of metallic nanoparticles; does the size matter?" and covers CleanSense's unique approach to LSPR-sensing. Read more about the conference here.CleanSense in Ny Teknik (2009-09-23)
CleanSense is presented in today's issue of the newspaper Ny TeknikCleanSense presents in Stockholm (2009-09-07)
Ph.D. Elin Larsson presents CleanSense's technology at the conference "International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis" in Stockholm at September 14th. The presentation has the topic "Plasmonics meets Catalysis: A Novel Highly Versatile Remote Sensing Technique to Monitor Catalytic Reactions" and covers CleanSense's unique approach to LSPR-sensing. Read more about the conference here.CleanSense presents in Sandbjerg (2009-08-23)
Prof. Bengt Kasemo presents CleanSense's technology at the conference "Reactivity of nanoparticles for more efficient and sustainable energy production" in Sandbjerg. The presentation is held August 23rd and covers aspects of how nanoplasmonics can be used in the shift toward a sustainable energy production.Ph.D. Elin Larsson will also present a poster at the conference describing CleanSense's technology. More information about the conference and invited speakers can be found here.
CleanSense approved for 2 MSEK-program (2009-08-11)
CleanSense was today approved a grant of 2 MSEK in the program Vinn Verifiering, hosted by Vinnova.CleanSense moves to new premises (2009-07-30)
CleanSense is now located at Ekmansgatan 3 in central Gothenburg, in the vicinity of the research facilities at Chalmers University of Technology, see map.CleanSense in Plastforum (2009-06-17)
CleanSense's technology is today presented in the newspaper Plastforum. A special focus is paid to its ability to measure the plasmon resonance even on particles without any plasmon resonance on their own, like plastics, isolators and semi conductors. Read the full article here.CleanSense in forskning.se (2009-06-16)
CleanSense and especially the work in Christoph Langhammer's and Elin Larsson's theses are today featured in the web-portal forskning.se. Read the full article here.CleanSense voted "Best Investment Object" (2009-05-06)
CleanSense was today voted the most interesting investment object. The prize was financed by Innovationskapital.CleanSense winner in Venture Cup (2009-04-29)
Tonight CleanSense was awarded third prize in the Swedish business plan competition Venture Cup. In the Final for the West Region ten companies were nominated and CleanSense finished third and is thereby awarded a place in the Swedish Final that is held in the beginning of June, as one of Sweden's twelve most promising startups.The jury had the following motivation for awarding CleanSense (in Swedish): En pedagogisk skriven affärsplan med en affärsidé baserad på mångårig forskning . Idén har goda möjligheter att stödja utvecklingen på marknaden och stor potential att bli ett viktigt verktyg för hållbara lösningar.
Read more about the Final here.