New Publication: Dynamics of spiral spin waves in magnetic nanopatches: Influence of thickness and shape

Congratulations to fourth year PGR David Osuna Ruiz, whose paper ‘Dynamics of spiral spin waves in magnetic nanopatches: Influence of thickness and shape’ was published in Physical Review B last month. The co-authors include CDT alumnus Erick Burgos Parra. An abstract of the paper is below: Abstract We explore the dynamics of spiral spin waves […]

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New Publications: ‘Mechanochemical synthesis of carbon-stabilized Cu/C, Co/C and Ni/C nanocomposites with prolonged resistance to oxidation’ and ‘Tuning silicon-rich nitride microring resonances with graphene capacitors for high-performance computing applications’

Congratulations to CDT alumnus Dr Benjamin Hogan who has recently published two papers: the first, Mechanochemical synthesis of carbon-stabilized Cu/C, Co/C and Ni/C nanocomposites with prolonged resistance to oxidation, published in Scientific Reports; the second, Tuning silicon-rich nitride microring resonances with graphene capacitors for high-performance computing applications, published in Optics Express. Tuning silicon-rich nitride microring resonances with […]

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Fun-COMP creates first ever integrated nanoscale device programmable with either photons or electrons

Congratulations to Prof. C. David Wright whose work as lead of the EU H2020 project Fun-COMP was featured on the University’s main news webpage. The team have created the first-ever integrated nanoscale device programmable with either photons or electrons. This device helps achieve faster and more energy efficient computer memories and processors. Fun-COMP is a collaboration […]

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New Publication: ‘The Fundamental Mechanism Behind Colossal Permitivity in Oxides’

Congratulations to fourth year PGRs Francis Davies and Ned Taylor, third year PGR Shane Davies and second year PGR Conor Price, who have co-authored a paper with Dr. Steven Hepplestone. The paper, titled ‘The Fundamental Mechanism Behind Colossal Permittivity in Oxides‘, determines the mechanism responsible for colossal permittivity exhibited by various oxides to be that of […]

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New Publication: Controlling collective rotational patterns of magnetic rotors

Congratulations to CDT alumnus Dr.Joshua Hamilton,  whose paper Controlling collective rotational patterns of magnetic rotors has recently been published in Nature Communications. Josh works as a postdoctoral research fellow in TEAM-A  at University of Exeter. A summary of the paper is below: Combining experiments, simulations, and theoretical arguments Josh Hamilton and his collaborator Daiki Matsunaga have […]

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New Publication: Novel Au–SiO2–WO3 Core–Shell Composite Nanoparticles for Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Potential Application in Cancer Cell Imaging

  Congratulations to third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo for his latest publication- a paper on Novel Au–SiO2–WO3 Core–Shell Composite Nanoparticles for Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Potential Application in Cancer Cell Imaging , published this week in Advanced Functional Materials. Abstract With the rapid development of nanotechnology during the last decades, the ability to detect and […]

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New Publication: Metasurface bilayer for slow microwave surface waves

Congratulations to fourth year PGR Julia de Pineda Gutiérrez, whose paper ‘Metasurface bilayer for slow microwave surface waves’ was recently published in Physical Review B. Julia’s previous publications include Microwave edge modes on a metasurface with glide symmetry and Hexagonal symmetry metasurfaces for broadband antenna applications. Julia’s thesis is on exploration of beam shaping at microwave frequencies using […]

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New Publication: 2D WS2 liquid crystals: tunable functionality enabling diverse applications

Congratulations to PGR Ben Hogan, who has just published a paper on ‘2D WS2 liquid crystals: tunable functionality enabling diverse applications’  in Nanoscale. Ben says of his paper: This paper describes the first observation of a liquid crystal phase for dispersions of two-dimensional tungsten disulfide particles in organic solvents. We detail the synthesis methods used […]

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New Publication: Photoluminescence from NV− Centres in 5 nm Detonation Nanodiamonds: Identification and High Sensitivity to Magnetic Field

Congratulations to fourth year PGR Ben Hogan, who has co-authored a paper on ‘Photoluminescence from NV− Centres in 5 nm Detonation Nanodiamonds: Identification and High Sensitivity to Magnetic Field’, published last week in Nanoscale Research Letters. The paper was the result of a collaboration with Ioffe Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia), Université Paris-Sud & Université Paris-Saclay […]

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Alumnus Miguel Camacho Aguilar has published his tenth journal article!

Congratulations to Miguel Camacho Aguilar, who graduated from the CDT last month, for the recent publication of his tenth journal article. This is an extraordinary research output for a PGR. Miguel is in a postdoctoral role in the prestigious group of Prof. Nader Engheta at the University of Pennsylvania. Miguel’s journal publications are:  “Extraordinary transmission […]

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