Leiden University

This proposal addresses one of the key challenges of modern physics: understanding the interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Recently, an experimental test was proposed that can directly witness the need to unify the two theories: observing quantum...

The science objective of the proposal is twofold: (1) to adapt the state of the art numerical techniques being used in the field of holography to tackle more complex systems in equilibrium than before; and (2) to augment these methods by adopting state of the art techni...

Self-assembly of colloidal particles has emerged as the most promising strategy to obtain fundamental insights into otherwise prohibitively complex systems as well as to create new functional materials from the bottom up. However, most self-assembled colloidal structure...

Chemotherapy is efficient in curing cancer, but most treatments are very hard to stand for the patient, and side effects limit treatment efficacy. Phototherapy is a promising alternative, where the toxicity of a light-sensitive chemotherapeutic compound is locally relea...

The heavy elements (C, O, N) in exoplanetary atmospheres result from accretion of gas and impacts of icy pebbles and planetesimals in disks around young stars. The gas and dust, in turn, originate from the collapsing cloud that formed the star plus disk, with icy grains...