Monday 26 June 2023
On Saturday the 3rd of July the university opened its doors for the Open Huis. There was plenty to see and experience for people of all ages. Of course, PIN was also present to perform an experiment which reveals the physics of vacuum. We did this by enlarging candies and by boiling water at room temperature after which it freezes into a beautiful ice crystal. See the pictures above for an impression.
Movie of a droplet freezing in a vacuum:

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Wed 18 Feb 2026Pantelis Bampoulis appointed to the Editorial Board of 2D Materials
Mon 19 Jan 2026Pantelis Bampoulis winner of the 2D Materials Emerging Leaders Award
Thu 27 Nov 2025Changing quantumstates with an electric field
Thu 17 Jul 2025In 2024 Pantelis Bampoulis received a PPS-TKI project grant
Thu 3 Apr 2025Open Technology Programme funds UT research by Harold Zandvliet