The first Exeter Acoustics Metamaterials (XAM3) Meeting will take place at the University of Exeter on Monday April 16th and Tuesday 17th April 2018. This two-day meeting will explore the latest developments in acoustic metamaterials/metasurfaces and industrial engagement with university research in the field. It aims to bring together industrialists, established academics, and early career researchers from world-leading institutions to identify […]
Author: Anja Roeding
CDT in Metamaterials – that’s what our PGRs say
We love working with and learning from our postgraduate researchers – and it’s great to hear what they think about their experience in the Centre for Doctoral Training in Metamaterials: what they do, value and take away from their time as part of the local cohort and wider network of metamaterials science. Spend three minutes […]
New Publication: Novel circuit design for high-impedance and non-local electrical measurements of two-dimensional materials
Jake Mehew‘s work on an optical isolator circuit which grants access to high-impedance states by electrically decoupling the current-injection from the voltage-sensing circuitry has recently been published in AIP Review of Scientific Instruments: “Two-dimensional materials offer a novel platform for the development of future quantum technologies. However, the electrical characterisation of topological insulating states, non-local […]
Riddle time!
In need of a break? Try this for a bit of a change: Ever played the game Tetris? There’s the possibility to completely clear the board after the first five pieces are placed in a block that’s 10 x 2 squares wide/high. Can you figure out how many different arrangements of Tetris pieces there are […]
First XM2 PhD thesis submission by Tanveer Tabish: Development of graphene nanostructures for use in anti-cancer nanomedicine
Tanveer Tabish is the first XM2 PGR to submit his PhD thesis (15 February 2018). Please see the abstract of his thesis below. Tanveer is supervised by Shaowei Zhang and Yongde Xia and he published more than 10 journal articles and conference proceedings during his time in the CDT for Metamaterials, for example in the […]
XM2 Oversight Board meeting summary
On 13 February 2018 the XM2 Oversight Board (OB) visited us to evaluate the progress our centre has made over the last 6 months. The day’s agenda saw a few ‘firsts’ as highlights of the day: Prof Alastair Hibbins gave his first talk as Director of the CDT to the OB – an open session to […]
Training and other events in March 2018
Please see below upcoming trainings, meetings and talks related to the CDT programme. A final reminder: The next call for Soapbox Science speakers will close on 23rd February 2018. Learn more about Soapbox Science and how to participate. Date Training/Event Cohort Time Venue 07.03.2018 CDT Group Meeting Group 2 13.30 – 14.30 Har209 09.03.2018 Physics […]
SPIE Photonics West – Our PGRs at the world’s largest photonics technologies event
The XM2 PGRs Joaquin Faneca and Liam Trimby visited San Francisco (California) for one of the biggest events in photonics: the SPIE photonic WEST conference. Joaquin gave a presentation on his recent research results on integrated 2D materials in silicon nitride platformin in the Silicon Photonic section, and presented a poster in a section devoted […]
Julia De Pineda Gutiérrez – the new SAG representative for our second year PGRs
Julia De Pineda Gutiérrez has joined our Student Advisory Group (SAG) to co-represent the 2016 cohort for the remainder of the academic year 2017/18. Zahid Hussain has stepped down due to his extended research stay in Germany. The Student Advisory Group consists of normally 2 members of each cohort who represent the student body at […]
New Publication: A new class of magnetically actuated pumps and valves for microfluidic applications
has published his latest article on “A new class of magnetically actuated pumps and valves for microfluidic applications” in Scientific Reports in Jan 2018. The research team proposes a new class of magnetically actuated pumps and valves that could be incorporated into microfluidic chips with no further external connections. The idea is to repurpose ferromagnetic […]