Congratulations to the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGR Joshua Hamilton who has now published his latest work on Torque driven ferromagnetic swimmers in AIP Physics of Fluids together with Andrew D. Gilbert, Peter G. Petrov, and Feodor Y. Ogrin. The publication is this month’s “Editor’s Pick”, hence featured for about 5-6 weeks on the journal’s homepage: https://aip.scitation.org/journal/phf. […]
Author: Anja Roeding
Induction week 2018
23 new EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGRs will arrive for induction week on 17 September 2018. Induction week will see 1st year specific sessions, as well as networking events for the individual cohorts and time for interactions between all PGRs and supervisors. Please see below the induction week schedule 2018. Please note, the Monday morning […]
Training and other events in September to December 2018
The new academic year brings a busy schedule for the Metamaterials PGRs. Please find below a table of all upcoming XM² training and other events from September 2018 until early December 2018 as far as planning currently allows. Yet to be confirmed: The monthly CDT group meetings are likely to commence on 31 October 2018 […]
XM2 thesis submitted by Sam Shelley: The Control of Fluid Flow Using Metamaterials Concepts
Very many congratulations to Sam Shelley, EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGR, who recently submitted his PhD thesis titled “The Control of Fluid Flow Using Metamaterials Concepts”. Sam was supervised by Roy Sambles (FRS), Alastair Hibbins and Simon Horsley, and previously published his work on Fluid Mobility over Corrugated Surfaces in the Stokes Regime and on […]
ZnO nanocomposites studies – latest research results published by Zahid Hussain
The CDT in Metamaterials PGR Zahid Hussain has recently published 2 journal articles on his work with ZnO nanocomposites. Congratulations to Zahid and the other authors. MOF Derived Porous ZnO/C Nanocomposites for Efficient Dye Photodegradation: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.8b00822 Structural, optical, electronic and magnetic properties of multiphase ZnO/Zn(OH)2/ZnO2 nanocomposites and hexagonal prism shaped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by pulse […]
XM2 thesis submitted by Timothy Spicer: Excitation of picosecond magnetization dynamics by spin transfer torque
Very many congratulations to the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGR Tim Spicer, who has recently submitted his PhD thesis on “Excitation of picosecond magnetization dynamics by spin transfer torque“. Tim was supervised by Rob Hicken and Volodymyr Kruglyak. Tim is currently working on 3 more papers to publish his results in addition to his article […]
Latest findings in Biotechnoloy/Healthcare research published by one of the first XM2 graduates, Dr Tanveer Tabish
Dr Tanveer Tabish, who recently graduated from the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials, has now published two more journal articles based on the work he undertoook during his PhD studies. Congratulations to Tanveer and the co-authors. Biocompatibility and toxicity of graphene quantum dots for potential application in photodynamic therapy: https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/nnm-2018-0018 Investigation into the toxic effects of […]
XM2 thesis submitted by Lauren Barr: Giving Metamaterials a Hand – Electromagnetic interactions in chiral metamaterials
Very many congratulations to the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGR Lauren Barr for submitting her PhD thesis on “Giving Metamaterials a Hand – Electromagnetic interactions in chiral metamaterials”, supervised by Prof. Euan Hendry and Prof. Alastair Hibbins. (The thesis title is a play-on-words, as the term chiral comes from the Greek word for hand, and […]
Honorary Fellow of IOP – Highest honour awarded to Prof Roy Sambles
Professor Roy Sambles (FRS) has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP) for his contributions in pure and applied physics, and as a superb ambassador for physics through outreach and an outstanding President of the IOP. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the melting process, spin waves in metals, […]
Stargazing on Dartmoor
The recent nice weather spell in England’s Southwest allowed our the CDT in Metamaterials PGRs and Exeter University Optical Society (EUOPS) members to finally set out with telescopes and binoculars on the long-planned camping trip to the nearby National Park, Dartmoor, for a stargazing night. They teamed up with non-CDT colleagues to use this amazing […]