CDT PGRs had a film evening on Friday 29th March, with the theme of ‘scientifically inaccurate fun movies’, complete with pizza. The chosen film was Kong: Skull Island and our PGRs were joined by some Physics PGRs based outside of the CDT, as well as a few plus ones. Everybody had a great time and […]
Tag: metamaterials
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, […]
Pablo Martinez Pancorbo wins first prize in ChemBio category of RSC Twitter Poster Competition
Third year PGR Pablo Martinez Pancorbo has won first prize in the ChemBio category of Royal Society of Chemistry‘s Twitter Poster Competition. Pablo’s poster was on Smart nanoparticle design for finding and killing early-stage single cancer cells. The #RSCPoster Twitter Conference is an online event held entirely over Twitter to bring members of the scientific […]
New Publication: Diffraction by a truncated planar array of dipoles: A Wiener–Hopf approach
Having recently passed his viva and recently joined University of Pennsylvania in a posdoctoral role, PGR Miguel Camacho Aguilar, who graduates this summer, has just published a paper on Diffraction by a truncated planar array of dipoles: A Wiener–Hopf approach in the Special Issue on Canonical Scattering of the journal Wave Motion. Abstract We present […]
New Publication: Origins of All-Optical Generation of Plasmons in Graphene
Congratulations to fourth year CDT PGR Craig Tollerton who has recently published an article on Origins of All-Optical Generation of Plasmons in Graphene in Scientific Reports journal. Abstract below. Abstract Graphene, despite its centrosymmetric structure, is predicted to have a substantial second order nonlinearity, arising from non-local effects. However, there is disagreement between several published […]
Integrated phase-change photonics for memory and computing devices
This video, narrated by our third year PGR Emanuele Gemo, gives a short description of the integrated phase-change photonic memory, a device allowing to store and retrieve non-volatile information on optical chips. Emanuele’s research project is focused on the theoretical study of this class of devices, and on the proposal of solutions to improve its […]
Ben Hogan is awarded SPIE IDL Micro Grant
Ben Hogan, fourth year CDT PGR, has been awarded a SPIE IDL Micro Grant for $2000- one of only two UK universities to receive it this year. The UNESCO International Day of Light is a global initiative highlighting to the citizens of the world the importance of light and light-based technologies in their lives, for […]
Porous ZnO/Carbon nanocomposites derived from metal-organic frameworks for highly efficient photocatalytic applications – A correlational study
Congratulations to XM² PGR student (third year) Mian Zahid Hussain for his latest publication on “Porous ZnO/Carbon nanocomposites derived from metal-organic frameworks for highly efficient photocatalytic applications – A correlational study” in Carbon journal. Abstract below. Abstract Porous ZnO/C nanocomposites derived from 3 different Zinc based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) including MOF-5, MOF-74 and ZIF-8, were […]
Training and other events: February 2019 to July 2019
Please find below a table of all upcoming XM² training and other events from February 2019 until July 2019 as far as planning currently allows and subject to change. PGRs, please highlight any XM²-training related absence times to your supervisors. In regards to annual leave or other absence time planning: All confirmed events have been […]
Miguel Camacho Aguilar passed his viva!
Congratulations to Miguel Camacho Aguilar, who has passed his viva. His thesis title was “Microwave response of finite periodic metal structures”. The examiners were Prof. Guido Valerio from University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris and Prof. Matthew Browning from University of Exeter. Miguel will be starting a postdoctoral role in the group of Prof. […]