Student and staff presentations at Light in Complex Materials International Workshop

  The first “Light in Complex Materials” international workshop took place from 8 – 10 April 2019 at the University of Exeter. Organised jointly by researchers at the University of Exeter and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena (Germany), this workshop attracted over 70 scientists and researchers from 3 continents, including many of the […]

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Congratulations to Prof J Knight: Fellow of the Royal Society

Congratulations to the XM2 Oversight Board Chair and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of the University of Bath, Professor Jonathan Knight, who has been elected to the Royal Society for his exceptional contribution to science. “Professor Knight, whose research focuses on photonics and optical physics, was instrumental in establishing the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials at the […]

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“You should sell this concept” – great feedback on our STEM industry careers event

“You should sell this concept. The engagement with industry was impressive. Also, we made a couple of useful business to business contacts!” ( Charmyn Hall, HR Director, Plasma Technology at Oxford Instruments) The CDT in Metamaterials hosted its annual STEM industry careers event for PhD students and postdocs on 18 April 2019. We welcomed representatives […]

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Pablo Martinez Pancorbo attends the Organ-A-Chip Learning & Collaborative Event

On 8th and 9th April, third year PGR researcher Pablo Martinez Pancorbo attended the Organ-on-a-Chip Learning & Collaborative Event. The event provides a valuable opportunity for network members from academia, healthcare, industry, and governance to take part in a range of talks, industry demonstrations, training sessions and network workshops. Pablo attended as a member of […]

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XM2 proudly presents: The first Materials for Clean Energy Conference at NPL

Our very first Materials for Clean Energy Conference (MCEC2019) took place from 8 – 10 April 2019 at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). The MCEC2019 organisers would like to thank all participants, our sponsors (the CDT in Advanced Characterisation of Materials, the Energy Harvesting Network, the Knowledge Transfer Network, Shimadzu, and Princeton Instruments), and in […]

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Josh Hamilton passed his viva – well done, and good luck at QinetiQ!

It is our pleasure to announce that Joshua Hamilton, supervised by  Prof Feodor Ogrin and Dr Peter Petrov, has passed his viva with minor corrections. He was examined by Dr Mariana Medina Sanchez (IFW Dresden, Germany)  and Stefano Pagliara  (University of Exeter). He recently started a postdoc position at QinetiQ,  developing new materials or structures […]

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Impact of pump wavelength on terahertz emission of a cavity-enhanced spintronic trilayer

  Congratulations to third year CDT PGR Rosamund Herapath for her recent publication of Impact of pump wavelength on terahertz emission of a cavity-enhanced spintronic trilayer in Applied Physics Letters. In this paper, the authors enhance the THz generation of a novel, thin-film THz emitter by adding a set of dielectric overlayers. In doing so, […]

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