Forskning
1) Electromagnetiske felter.
2) Optiske sensorer og avbildningssystemer.
3) Statistisk fysikk og mikrostrukturer.
4) Fornybare energikilder.
Formidling
Store norske leksikon (Fluidmekanikk – Store norske leksikon (snl.no) og Varme- og stofflære – Store norske leksikon (snl.no))
Undervisning
PHYS102 (emneansvarlig vår 2020-) og PHYS208 (emneansvarlig høst 2015-).
Tidligere emneansvarlig for PHYS111 (2008-2014) og PHYS328.
Har gjennom årene bidratt til følgende kurs: PHYS114, PHYS117, NANO200, ENERGI210/ENERGI360, SDG207.
Publikasjoner
2026
2015
- Xiaodong Guo; Lars Egil Helseth (2015). Layer-by-layer polyelectrolyte films for contact electric energy harvesting. (ekstern lenke)
- Espen Hestenes Eika; Lars Egil Helseth (2015). Photocapacitor systems for generation and storage of electrical energy. (ekstern lenke)
- Tonje Opkvitne; Lars Egil Helseth (2015). Investigation of a new optical technology for the detection of Hydrogen Peroxide in water. (ekstern lenke)
- Lars Egil Helseth (2015). Optisk overvåking av vann. (ekstern lenke)
- Xiaodong Guo; Ye Dai; Mingjun Gong et al. (2015). Changes in wetting and contact charge transfer by femtosecond laser-ablation of polyimide. (ekstern lenke)
- Xiaodong Guo; Lars Egil Helseth (2015). Optical and wetting properties of nanostructured fluorinated ethylene propylene changed by mechanical deformation and its application in triboelectric nanogenerators. (ekstern lenke)
- Lars Egil Helseth; Xiaodong Guo (2015). Contact electrification and energy harvesting using periodically contacted and squeezed water droplets. (ekstern lenke)
Kompetanse
Academic education and positions:
2008 - : Professor, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Norway.
2005 - 2008: Assistant Professor, Divison of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2003 - 2005: Postdoc/scientist at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee (USA), 2003-2005.
2002 - 2003: Postdoc/scientist at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm/Potsdam (Germany), 2002 - 2003
2000 - 2002: PhD-studies at the University of Oslo, Norway, obtained a Dr. Scient. degree (physics) in optics/magnetism.
1994 - 1999: Undergraduate studies at the University of Bergen, Norway, obtained a Master of Science (Cand. Sci.) degree in experimental physics.