• Natural Dyes as Candidate Materials for Organic Solar Cells - An Optical, Electronic and Structural Characterisation 

      Richter, Annika (Master thesis, 2018)
      Natural dyes strongly absorbing light in the visible spectrum are appealing ma- terials for the use in organic solar cells, due to their direct availability from nature. An especially interesting potential application ...
    • Naturvitenskapens egenart som en del av fysikkundervisningen 

      Fagerheim, Svein Ove Haugum (Master thesis, 2023)
      Vitenskap har i århundrer vært med å prege samfunnet som vi lever i. Hva det er som kjennetegner vitenskap blir ofte kalt for naturvitenskapens egenart. I et samfunn i stadig raskere utvikling, hvor tilgangen på informasjon ...
    •  Theoretical studies of the intermidiate band solar cell 

      Strandberg, Rune (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2010:94, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      This thesis presents theoretical work on the intermediate band solar cell (IBCS). It is divided into two main parts: The first part is an introduction to basic solar cell physics and a presentation of central parts of the ...
    • Net optical parametric gain in a submicron silicon core fiber pumped in the telecom band 

      Wu, Dong; Shen, Li; Ren, Haonan; Campling, Joseph; Hawkins, Thomas; Ballato, John; Gibson, Ursula; Peacock, Anna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      A silicon core fiber (SCF) has been designed and fabricated with a dispersion engineered profile to support broadband optical parametric amplification across the telecom window. The combination of low optical transmission ...
    • Network topology of the desert rose 

      Hope, Sigmund Mongstad; Kundu, Sumanta; Roy, Chandreyee; Manna, S. S.; Hansen, Alex (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-08)
      Desert roses are gypsum crystals that consist of intersecting disks. We determine their geometrical structure using computer assisted tomography. By mapping the geometrical structure onto a graph, the topology of the desert ...
    • Neuromorphic computing with ferromagnetic nano-oscillators 

      Lyngaas, Jens Anker (Master thesis, 2023)
      I løpet av de siste ̊arene har nevrale nettverk blitt fremtredende gjennom maskin- læring. Disse er ofte implementert p ̊a kommersielt tilgjengelige, transistorbaserte enheter, som ikke er godt egnet til ̊a etterligne ...
    • A Neutral Beam Model for High-Energy Neutrino Emission from the Blazar TXS 0506+056 

      Zhang, Bing; Petropoulou, Maria; Murase, Kohta; Oikonomou, Foteini (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The IceCube collaboration reported an ~3.5σ excess of 13 ± 5 neutrino events in the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 during an ~6 month period in 2014–2015, as well as the (~3σ) detection of a high-energy muon neutrino ...
    • Neutron and Quark Stars 

      Sæther, Halvor (Master thesis, 2020)
      I denne masteroppgaven tar vi for oss mange av hovedtrekkene knyttet til det å bestemme strukturen og den øvre massegrensen til kompakte stjerner, spesielt nøytronstjerner og kvarkstjerner. Vi begynner med en innføring i ...
    • The Neutron Star Population in M28: A Joint Chandra/GBT Look at Pulsar Paradise 

      Vurgun, Eda; Linares, Manuel; Ransom, Scott; Papitto, Alessandro; Bogdanov, Slavko; Bozzo, Enrico; Rea, Nanda; García-Senz, Domingo; Freire, Paulo; Stairs, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We present the results of a deep study of the neutron star (NS) population in the globular cluster M28 (NGC 6626), using the full 330 ks 2002–2015 ACIS data set from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and coordinated radio ...
    • Neutron stars - Investigating candidates for the equation of state in the relativistic mean-field approximation 

      Sivertsen, Lars (Master thesis, 2018)
      Various models for the equation of state (EoS) for a neutron star have been considered using the relativistic mean-field approximation. Firstly, we derive Einstein's field equations and apply them to a spherically symmetric ...
    • Neutron Stars - Study of the Mass-Radius Relation and Mean-Field Approaches to the Equation of State 

      Pogliano, Francesco (Master thesis, 2017)
      The structure and the relation between the total mass, the radius and the central energy density of a neutron star may be found by numerically solving a set of three coupled differential equations. One of these equations ...
    • Neutron Stars: The electromagnetic forces at the surface and its implications. 

      Sogge, Nicolas Vallet (Master thesis, 2013)
      A neutron star is a compact object formed in a core-collapse supernova explosion or in an accretion process of a white dwarf. Its radius is of the order of tens of kilometers and its mass on the order of one solar mass. ...
    • "Never at Rest" - Anvendelse av kraftbegrepet i lærebøker i fysikk for videregående skole 

      Stavrum, Lars Rikard (Master thesis, 2014)
      Denne oppgaven har undersøkt hvordan kraft behandles i lærebøker i fysikk beregnet på elever i den videregående skolen i Norge. Læreverkene <> og <> for Fysikk 1 og Fysikk 2, i alt fire bøker, har dannet grunnlaget for ...
    • “Never at rest”: developing a conceptual framework for descriptions of ‘force’ in physics textbooks 

      Stavrum, Lars Rikard; Bungum, Berit; Persson, Rolf Jonas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The concept of ‘force’ is abstract and challenging for many physics students, and many studies have revealed misconceptions that hinder students’ understanding and learning in classical physics. One reason for this may be ...
    • New Calculation of Secondary Antiprotons in Cosmic Rays 

      Moskalenko, Igor V.; Jóhannesson, Gudlaugur; Kachelriess, Michael; Orlando, E; Ostapchenko, Sergey; Porter, T.A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      A dramatic increase in the accuracy and statistics of space-borne cosmic ray (CR) measurements has yielded several breakthroughs over the last several years. The most puzzling is the rise in the positron fraction above 10 ...
    • A new facility for viscosity and density measurements for CO2 – rich mixtures relevant for CO2 transport and storage 

      Khosravi, Bahareh; Austegard, Anders; Stang, Hans Georg Jacob; Einen, Caroline; Jakobsen, Jana Poplsteinova; Snustad, Ingrid; Løvseth, Sigurd Weidemann (Journal article, 2022)
      For safe and cost-effective design, optimization, and operation of CO2 capture, transport, and storage (CCS) processes, accurate viscosity and density data of CO2-rich mixtures are required. Currently, there are large ...
    • New Forceful Magnetic Bioseparation using GIAMAG Magnet Systems 

      Skjeltorp, Arne T.; Dommersnes, Paul Gunnar; Høyer, Henrik (Journal article, 2017)
      Magnetic bioseparation is an important area of biotechnology. Various techniques are used with a wide range of possible applications in bioscience research. Magnetic micro- or nanospheres can be functionalized with appropriate ...
    • New insights into orthophosphoric acid assisted rapid aqueous processing of NMC622 cathodes 

      Tolchard, Julian R; Vullum, Per Erik; Arstad, Bjørnar; Wagner, Nils Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The use of orthophosphoric acid to stabilize aqueous processing of high nickel NMC622 electrodes was assessed under rapid processing conditions, in which the active material powder was in suspension for less than 1 hour. ...
    • Next-generation sequencing reveals mitogenome diversity in plasma extracellular vesicles from colorectal cancer patients 

      Bjørnetrø, Tonje; Bousquet, Paula; Redalen, Kathrine Røe; Siebke, Anne-Marie; Lüders, Torben; Stang, Espen; Sanabria-Moreno, Adriana Maria; Johansen, Christin; Fuglestad, Anniken Jørlo; Kersten, Christian; Meltzer, Sebastian; Ree, Anne Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Recent reports have demonstrated that the entire mitochondrial genome can be secreted in extracellular vesicles (EVs), but the biological attributes of this cell-free mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) remain ...
    • NNanomechanical characteristics of proteins and peptides in amyloid 

      Boayue, Nya Mehnwolo (Master thesis, 2012)
      ......The understanding of the aggregation of amyloid fibrils is essential as they are linked to a number of diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkston’s disease. Amy- loids from different proteins or peptides have common ...