Congratulation to CMRI PGR Dan Moore whose paper ‘Acoustic metasurfaces with Frieze symmetries‘ has been published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The work also contains further CMRI contributions with CMRI academics Tim Starkey and Greg Chaplain as co-authors of the study. Frieze patterns are patterns that follow specific arrangement rules and […]
Category: Latest publications
New publication: High frequency magnetometry with an ensemble of spin qubits in hexagonal boron nitride
Congratulations to CMRI PGR Charlie Patrickson on his paper “High frequency magnetometry with an ensemble of spin qubits in hexagonal boron nitride” which has been published in npj Quantum Information. This work is Charlie’s first publication and includes CMRI alumni Dr Simon Baber and senior lecturer Dr Isaac Luxmoore as co-authors. In this paper, Charlie […]
New publication: Manipulating the quasi–normal modes of radially symmetric resonators
Congratulations to CMRI postdoctoral researcher James Capers on his latest paper ‘Manipulating the quasi–normal modes of radially symmetric resonators‘ which has been published in Optics Express. In this work, co-authored by CMRI PhD alumni Dr Dean Patient and assistant professor Dr Simon Horsley, James and colleagues derive methods for controlling the resonant frequency, linewidth and […]
New publication: Inverse Design of Thin-Plate Elastic Wave Devices
Congratulations to CMRI postdoctoral researcher James Capers who has had his work ‘Inverse Design of Thin-Plate Elastic Wave Devices‘ published in Physical Review Applied. In this work, James applies principles from electromagnetism to manipulate mechanical energy with a view towards using graded plates as lenses or for performing mode shaping. This work has applications for […]
New publication: Fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerators with ultrasonic spray coated graphene electrodes
Congratulations to CDT alumni Dr Kavya Sreeja Sadanandan whose work ‘Fabric-based triboelectric nanogenerators with ultrasonic spray coated graphene electrodes’ has been published in Nano Energy. In this work, Kavya and colleagues report on the effectiveness of a new triboelectric nanogenerator (devices that convert mechanical energy into an electric current) design which could be used in […]
New publication: Transformation-Optics-Designed Plasmonic Singularities for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution at Metal/Semiconductor Interfaces
Congratulations to new CMRI lecturer Changxu Liu whose work ‘Transformation-Optics-Designed Plasmonic Singularities for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution at Metal/Semiconductor Interfaces’ has been published in ACS Nano Letters. In this study, Changxu and his team applied transformation optics design concepts to utilise solar radiation for splitting water into hydrogen which has previously been identified as an […]
New publication: First principles study of layered transition metal dichalcogenides for use as electrodes in Li-ion and Mg-ion batteries
Congratulations to PGRs Conor Price and Edward Baker who have had their latest article ‘First principles study of layered transition metal dichalcogenides for use as electrodes in Li-ion and Mg-ion batteries’ published in the journal Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Conor, first author on the publication, provides the following summary of the work and reflection […]
New Publication: Inverse design in the complex plane: Manipulating quasi-normal modes
Congratulations to final year PGRs James Capers and Dean Patient, whose paper ‘Inverse design in the complex plane: Manipulating quasi-normal modes’ has been recently accepted by Physical Review A. James explains the importance of this paper’s findings: To design materials for use in solar panels, gas sensors and thermal emitters it is necessary to control the […]
New Publication: Designing Disordered Multi-Functional Metamaterials using the Discrete Dipole Approximation
Congratulations to fourth-year PGR James Capers, who has just had his paper ‘Designing Disordered Multi-Functional Metamaterials using the Discrete Dipole Approximation’ accepted for publication in New Journal of Physics. James explains the significance of the paper’s findings: Being able to manipulate radiation in any desired way is key to sensing, stealth, power transfer and next-generation […]
New Publication: Toward efficient and tailorable mid-infrared emitters utilizing multilayer graphene
Congratulations to fourth-year PGR Dean Patient, whose paper ‘Toward efficient and tailorable mid-infrared emitters utilizing multilayer graphene’ was recently published in Applied Physics Letters. Dean summarises the paper’s findings: In this work, we experimentally fabricate devices consisting of multi-layer graphene with an incorporated back-reflector. The resultant devices have a roughly 4-fold increase in emission compared […]