The XM² PGRs Ned Taylor, Francis Davies and Shane Davies are presenting their work at at the Fall European Material Research conference (E-MRS) in Warsaw, Poland with over 4000 attendees. Founded in 1983, the European Materials Research Society now has more than 4,000 members from industry, government, academia and research laboratories, who meet regularly to debate […]
SPIE in San Diego – XM2 PGRs present Exeter’s SPIE chapter activities
In September 2018, the XM² PGRs Erick Burgos Parra and Joaquin Faneca went to one of the most important events for optical engineering and applications, nanotechnology, quantum science, and organic photonics: SPIE OPTICS+ PHOTONICS (San Diego). They represented our EUOPS (Exeter University optics and photonics society) and the SPIE student chapter. Erick Burgos Parra was […]
4 XM2 vivas successfully completed!
Very many congratulations to the EPSRC CDT in Metamaterials PGRs who completed their vivas (all with only minor corrections) in September 2018: Ilya Starshynov “Quantum and classical correlations of multiply scattered light; supervisors: Dr Jacopo Bertolotti, Dr Janet Anders; Erick Burgos “Time resolved and time average of magnetic nano-structure”; supervisors: Prof Rob Hicken, Prof Feodor Ogrin; […]
New Publication: Torque driven ferromagnetic swimmers
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. […]
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 […]