Congratulations to final year PGR Ned Taylor, who is lead author of ‘Calcium-stannous oxide solid solutions for solar devices’, published in Applied Physics Letters last week. Ned gives a short summary of his work: In this work, the potential of calcium-doped stannous oxide is explored for its potential as an active layer in an all-oxide solar […]
New Publication: Zahid Hussain translates “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” into Urdu
Final year PGR Zahid Hussain in partnership with Fasi Malik, University of California has translated Carlo Rovelli’s “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” into Urdu. Their translation has just been published by Mashal Books, Lahore. Below, Zahid discusses his motivations and the importance of the book: I am pleased to announce that our translation of Carlo Rovelli’s […]
Advisory Board Chair Prof Miles Padgett awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020
Very many congratulations to the Centre for Metamaterial Research and Innovation’s Advisory Board Chair Prof Miles Padgett OBE! Miles was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for “services to scientific research and outreach”. He holds the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy in the School of […]
Prof Sir Roy Sambles receives knighthood in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Congratulations to Prof Sir Roy Sambles, who has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to scientific research and outreach. Roy has worked in the University’s Department of Physics since 1972, becoming a senior lecturer there in 1985, a reader in 1988 and was made Professor of Experimental Physics in […]
New Publication: ‘Surface functionalized N-C-TiO2/C nanocomposites derived from metal-organic framework in water vapour for enhanced photocatalytic H2 generation’
Congratulations to PGR Zahid Hussain, who is lead author of the paper ‘Surface functionalized N-C-TiO2/C nanocomposites derived from metal-organic framework in water vapour for enhanced photocatalytic H2 generation’, published in the Journal of Energy Chemistry. Zahid’s previous publications include ‘MOF Derived Porous ZnO/C Nanocomposites for Efficient Dye Photodegradation’ published in ACS Applied Energy Materials, and […]
David Newman and Kostas Chatzimpaloglou present at the Institute of Physics Current Research in Magnetism 2020: High Frequency Spintronics
Last month, 2nd year PGRs David Newman and Kostas Chatzimpaloglou both gave contributed talks for the Institute of Physics Current Research in Magnetism 2020: High Frequency Spintronics, which was held virtually. David’s presentation was on “Spin current propagation through an epitaxial antiferromagnetic NiO layer”. In this talk, he demonstrated the use of the inverse spin […]
Training and other events: September 2020 to December 2020
Please find below a table of all upcoming XM² training and other events from September 2020 to December 2020. Please note due to the current lockdown situation, dates and location are subject to change. All Beyond a PhD and Colloquia will take place online. Induction is scheduled to take place in week beginning 21st September […]
Welcome to our new cohort for 2020!
We have seven new students this year, who have just finished the first week of their projects! Having attended a busy virtual induction week, they were pleased to meet the rest of the CDT face-to-face in a socially-distanced outdoor treasure hunt across the city. Our new students are: 2020 XM² cohort Theme Project Supervisor 1 […]
Julia De Pineda passes her viva!
Congratulations to Julia De Pineda, who passed her viva this month. Her thesis was entitled ‘Multi-layer metasurfaces for manipulating the propagation of microwaves along surfaces and edges’. Julia published four papers during her time with the CDT. Below, Julia describes the challenges and rewards of undertaking a PhD and the experience of having a virtual […]
Pablo Martinez Pancorbo submits his thesis!
Congratulations to PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo, who submitted his thesis this month and on 18th September, successfully passed his viva. Here’s Pablo’s words on the challenges and rewards of undertaking his PhD and his time with the CDT: My thesis is submitted just in time! It has been four years working on this incredible research […]