Upcoming events co-sponsored by XM2: “Materials for Clean Energy” and “Light in Complex Materials”

On 8 – 10 April two events will take place in areas related to the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials: The Materials for Clean Energy Conference [MCEC2019] (National Physics Laboratory, London) and the Light in Complex Materials Workshop [LCM] (Streatham Court, Exeter) LCM will bring together the communities of scattering media, fibre optics and metamaterials together, […]

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New Publication: A Luneburg lens for spin waves

Congratulations to XM² PGR Natalie Whitehead for her publication on “A Luneburg lens for spin waves“: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5049470 (Applied Physics Letters 113). In this article, the researchers report on the theory of a Luneburg lens for forward-volume magnetostatic spin waves and verify its operation via micromagnetic modelling. The lens converts a plane wave to a point […]

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Riddle time!

An easy one to go with the Christmas celebrations and to kill the digestive time under the festively decorated needle tree: What’s the x standing for?   The answer to last month’s riddle: who killed the scientist?  Gabi and Felice, obviously, if you know your periodic table of elements: 31 => (Ga)llium; 83 => (Bi)smuth; 26 => (Fe)rrum; […]

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From Smart Materials to Smart Things – Smart NanoMaterials 2018 in Paris: Presentation prize for XM2 PGR Charlie-Ray Mann

The first European conference on Smart Nanomaterials took place at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie in Paris, France, 10 – 13 December 2018: Internationally known experts, including industry leaders, met at the first European conference on Smart Nanomaterials to discuss the most critical technological advances, innovations and new practical applications in smart technologies. SNAIA2018 […]

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Materials for Clean Energy Conference at NPL – Registration now open

We have the pleasure to announce that registration for the Materials for Clean Energy Conference (MCEC2019), held at the National Physical Laboratory from 8 – 10 April 2019, is now open: http://www.mcec2019.org/ MCEC2019 will focus on the latest developments in the fields of energy harvesting and energy storage, bringing together academics and industry leaders. The conference […]

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